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ДВАДЦАТЬ ДВА НЕСЧАСТЬЯ coll, humor NP Invar fixed WOa person experiencing a long period of bad luck, a series of failuresa walking catastrophe(in limited contexts) trouble and he (she etc) are never far apart an accident (a disaster) waiting to happen. (source) (Дуняша:) Человек он несчастливый, каждый день что-нибудь. Его так и дразнят у нас: двадцать два несчастья... (Чехов 2). I context transl) (D.:) He's an unlucky fellowevery day something happens to him. They tease him about it around herethey call him Two-and-twenty Troubles (2a).The nickname of a character in Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard («Вишневый сад»), 1903. -
3 двадцать два несчастья
• ДВАДЦАТЬ ДВА НЕСЧАСТЬЯ coll, humor[NP; Invar; fixed WO]=====⇒ a person experiencing a long period of bad luck, a series of failures:- [in limited contexts] trouble and he (she etc) are never far apart;- an accident (a disaster) waiting to happen.♦ [source] [Дуняша:] Человек он несчастливый, каждый день что-нибудь. Его так и дразнят у нас: двадцать два несчастья... (Чехов 2). [context transl] [D.:] He's an unlucky fellow: every day something happens to him. They tease him about it around here; they call him TWo-and-twenty Troubles (2a).—————← The nickname of a character in Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard ("Вишневый сад"), 1903.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > двадцать два несчастья
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