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1 опасная тварь
General subject: awkward customer (о собаке и т.п.) -
2 опасный тип
1) General subject: awkward customer2) Irish: Gouger (Слэнг дублинских полицейских) -
3 нескладный (опасный , непокладистый) человек
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > нескладный (опасный , непокладистый) человек
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4 нескладный человек
1) General subject: (опасный, непокладистый) awkward (ugly, tough) customer, duffer, hodmandod, lout, lubber, numb hand, oaf, plug, slouch2) Idiomatic expression: loose and gooseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > нескладный человек
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5 гусь лапчатый
прост., неодобр.cf. sly (cunning) rogue (beggar); a sly (cunning) one; queer customer; artful (fast) fellow; old fox; bad eggРаза два его рот покривился в насмешливую улыбку: гусю лапчатому не нравились почему-то ни мой протокол, ни протокол врачей. (А. Чехов, Драма на охоте) — Two or three times his mouth was drawn to one side in a sarcastic smile: for some reason neither my official report nor the doctors' pleased this cunning rogue.
- В тюрьме сидел? - Так точно, ваше бродье. - За что? - Не могу знать. - Э, да ты, я вижу, гусь лапчатый... (А. Новиков-Прибой, Шалый) — 'Been in prison?' 'Yessir.' 'What for?' 'Don't know, sir.' 'H'm, a bad egg, I see.'
- Неудобно мне, знаешь, одному мужику среди женщин крутиться. Поглядывают на меня девочки подозрительно. Наверно, меж собой говорят, сороки: "Всех разослал, а сам остался, гусь лапчатый", или ещё пообиднее что-нибудь. (Н. Островский, Как закалялась сталь) — 'It's awkward for me here, the only man among all these women. You ought to see the nasty looks they give me. I'm sure they're saying: 'Look, the sly beggar, sent everybody off, but stays on himself!' Or something worse still.'
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