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(И) КОНЦЫ В ВОДУ coll NP these forms only usu. used as a clause in a compound or complex sent preceded by one or more clauses fixed WO(and) no bits of evidence (from a reprehensible action, crime etc) will be left for anyone to discover, no one will ever find out about itand no traces will be left behind(and) none (no one) will be (any) the wiser and no one will (would) know the difference.«Ешьте, не стесняйтесь. Я знаю: вы постоянно испытываете дьявольский аппетит, особенно в гостях». - «Что скажет Вера Николаевна!» — воскликнул я. «...Мы с вами сейчас расправимся со всем этим... затем отнесём посуду на кухню - и концы в воду» (Катаев 3). "Eat, man, don't be shy. I know you always have a devilish appetite, particularly when you're dining out." "What will Vera Nikolayevna say!" I exclaimed. "...We'll soon finish this off...take the dishes back to the kitchen-and no one will be any the wiser" (3a). -
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• (И) КОНЦЫ В ВОДУ coll[NP; these forms only; usu. used as a clause in a compound or complex sent preceded by one or more clauses; fixed WO]=====⇒ (and) no bits of evidence (from a reprehensible action, crime etc) will be left for anyone to discover, no one will ever find out about it:- and no one will (would) know the difference.♦ "Ешьте, не стесняйтесь. Я знаю: вы постоянно испытываете дьявольский аппетит, особенно в гостях". - "Что скажет Вера Николаевна!" - воскликнул я. "...Мы с вами сейчас расправимся со всем этим... затем отнесём посуду на кухню - и концы в воду" (Катаев 3). "Eat, man, don't be shy. I know you always have a devilish appetite, particularly when you're dining out." "What will Vera Nikolayevna say!" I exclaimed. "...We'll soon finish this off... take the dishes back to the kitchen-and no one will be any the wiser" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > и концы в воду
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• (И) КОНЦЫ В ВОДУ coll[NP; these forms only; usu. used as a clause in a compound or complex sent preceded by one or more clauses; fixed WO]=====⇒ (and) no bits of evidence (from a reprehensible action, crime etc) will be left for anyone to discover, no one will ever find out about it:- and no one will (would) know the difference.♦ "Ешьте, не стесняйтесь. Я знаю: вы постоянно испытываете дьявольский аппетит, особенно в гостях". - "Что скажет Вера Николаевна!" - воскликнул я. "...Мы с вами сейчас расправимся со всем этим... затем отнесём посуду на кухню - и концы в воду" (Катаев 3). "Eat, man, don't be shy. I know you always have a devilish appetite, particularly when you're dining out." "What will Vera Nikolayevna say!" I exclaimed. "...We'll soon finish this off... take the dishes back to the kitchen-and no one will be any the wiser" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > концы в воду
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разг. and no one will be any the wiser, and no one will know the difference, and no traces will be left behind
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