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1 a feast or a famine
амер.либо всё, либо ничего; большой успех или полный провалIn this business it's either a feast or a famine. (DAI) — Это дело может кончиться только большим успехом или полным провалом.
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2 a feast or a famine
1) Общая лексика: все или ничего2) Пословица: или пан, или пропал, либо пан, либо пропал, пан или пропал -
3 A feast or a famine.
<04> Пан или пропал. Saying (Поговорка).Англо-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом > A feast or a famine.
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4 feast
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5 feast
1. n пир; празднество; банкетto make feast — пировать, устраивать пир
Barmecide feast — Бармецидов пир, видимость угощения
2. n наслаждение3. n праздникmovable feasts — праздники, отмечаемые в разные дни
feast day — праздничный день,
feast rite — праздничный обряд, праздничная служба
Feast of Orthodoxy — праздник «торжество православия»
4. v пировать, праздновать5. v угощать; потчевать; принимать, чествовать6. v наслаждаться7. v услаждать, ласкать8. v совершать богослужение в праздники; праздноватьСинонимический ряд:1. banquet (noun) banquet; barbecue; dinner; regale; repast; spread; sumptuous repast2. celebration (noun) anniversary; carnival; carousal; celebration; ceremony; commemoration; entertainment; festival; fiesta; holiday; jubilee3. delight (verb) delight; gratify4. dine (verb) dine; gorge5. eat (verb) eat; glut oneself; gorge oneself; gourmandize; stuff oneself6. relish (verb) devour; relish; revel in; savorАнтонимический ряд:dearth; distress; famine; fast; hunger; indigence; necessity; need; scarcity -
6 Feast or famine
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7 either feast or famine
то переизбыток, то недостачаThis month is very dry, and last month it rained almost every day. Our weather is either feast or famine.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > either feast or famine
См. также в других словарях:
feast\ or\ a\ famine — • feast or a famine • either a feast or a famine n. phr. Plenty or very little; big success or bad failure. In this business it s either a feast or a famine. He is very careless with his money, it is always a feast or a famine with him … Словарь американских идиом
feast or a famine — {n. phr.} Plenty or very little; big success or bad failure. * /In this business it s either a feast or a famine./ * /He is very careless with his money, it is always a feast or a famine with him./ … Dictionary of American idioms
feast or a famine — {n. phr.} Plenty or very little; big success or bad failure. * /In this business it s either a feast or a famine./ * /He is very careless with his money, it is always a feast or a famine with him./ … Dictionary of American idioms
either\ a\ feast\ or\ a\ famine — • feast or a famine • either a feast or a famine n. phr. Plenty or very little; big success or bad failure. In this business it s either a feast or a famine. He is very careless with his money, it is always a feast or a famine with him … Словарь американских идиом
either a feast or a famine — See: FEAST OR A FAMINE … Dictionary of American idioms
either a feast or a famine — See: FEAST OR A FAMINE … Dictionary of American idioms
famine — See: FEAST OR A FAMINE … Dictionary of American idioms
famine — See: FEAST OR A FAMINE … Dictionary of American idioms
famine — See: feast or a famine … Словарь американских идиом
feast or famine — phrase a situation in which there is either far too much of something or not nearly enough of it Thesaurus: difficult situations and experiencessynonym Main entry: feast * * * either too much of something or too little … Useful english dictionary
feast today, famine tomorrow — If you indulge yourself with all that you have today, you may have to go without tomorrow … The small dictionary of idiomes