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X tests (explores) the ground

  • 1 П-452

    ЗОНДИРОВАТЬ/ПОЗОНДИРОВАТЬ (ПРОЗОНДИРОВАТЬ) ПОЧВУ lit VP subj: human to (try to) find out about sth. beforehand ( usu. in order to determine ahead of time the chances for success)
    X зондирует почву — X tests (explores) the ground
    X tests the waters X sounds (feels, checks) out the possibilites X puts out feelers.
    По прибытии нашем в роту нас медленно ощупывали, заранее стараясь определить, какое количество жизненных благ можно от нас получить... Мы, со своей стороны, тоже зондировали почву... (Лившиц 1). When one of us arrived in the company, they mentally felt us over, trying to predetermine the number of earthly blessings which they could extract from us....For our part we also explored the ground.. (1a).
    The Russian idiom is apparently a loan translation of the French sonder le terrain.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > П-452

  • 2 зондировать почву

    ЗОНДИРОВАТЬ/ПОЗОНДИРОВАТЬ (ПРОЗОНДИРОВАТЬ) ПОЧВУ lit
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    to (try to) find out about sth. beforehand (usu. in order to determine ahead of time the chances for success):
    - X зондирует почву X tests (explores) the ground;
    - X sounds (feels, checks) out the possibilites;
    - X puts out feelers.
         ♦ По прибытии нашем в роту нас медленно ощупывали, заранее стараясь определить, какое количество жизненных благ можно от нас получить... Мы, со своей стороны, тоже зондировали почву... (Лившиц 1). When one of us arrived in the company, they mentally felt us over, trying to predetermine the number of earthly blessings which they could extract from us....For our part we also explored the ground.. (1a).
    —————
    ← The Russian idiom is apparently a loan translation of the French sonder le terrain.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > зондировать почву

  • 3 позондировать почву

    ЗОНДИРОВАТЬ/ПОЗОНДИРОВАТЬ (ПРОЗОНДИРОВАТЬ) ПОЧВУ lit
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    to (try to) find out about sth. beforehand (usu. in order to determine ahead of time the chances for success):
    - X зондирует почву X tests (explores) the ground;
    - X sounds (feels, checks) out the possibilites;
    - X puts out feelers.
         ♦ По прибытии нашем в роту нас медленно ощупывали, заранее стараясь определить, какое количество жизненных благ можно от нас получить... Мы, со своей стороны, тоже зондировали почву... (Лившиц 1). When one of us arrived in the company, they mentally felt us over, trying to predetermine the number of earthly blessings which they could extract from us....For our part we also explored the ground.. (1a).
    —————
    ← The Russian idiom is apparently a loan translation of the French sonder le terrain.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > позондировать почву

  • 4 прозондировать почву

    ЗОНДИРОВАТЬ/ПОЗОНДИРОВАТЬ (ПРОЗОНДИРОВАТЬ) ПОЧВУ lit
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    to (try to) find out about sth. beforehand (usu. in order to determine ahead of time the chances for success):
    - X зондирует почву X tests (explores) the ground;
    - X sounds (feels, checks) out the possibilites;
    - X puts out feelers.
         ♦ По прибытии нашем в роту нас медленно ощупывали, заранее стараясь определить, какое количество жизненных благ можно от нас получить... Мы, со своей стороны, тоже зондировали почву... (Лившиц 1). When one of us arrived in the company, they mentally felt us over, trying to predetermine the number of earthly blessings which they could extract from us....For our part we also explored the ground.. (1a).
    —————
    ← The Russian idiom is apparently a loan translation of the French sonder le terrain.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > прозондировать почву

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