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ВЕРТЕТЬСЯ ВОЛЧКОМ VP1. ( subj: concr) to rotate without stoppingX вертелся волчком = X was spinning like a top.Он два раза испытал это страшное мучительное чувство страха смерти... Первый раз он испытал это чувство тогда, когда граната волчком вертелась перед ним и он смотрел на жнивьё, на кусты, на небо и знал, что перед ним была смерть (Толстой 7). Ttoice he had experienced that agonizing feeling, the dread of death....The first time he had felt it was when the shell had spun like a top in front of him, and he had looked at the stubble field, at the bushes, and the sky, and knew that he was face to face with death (7a).2. (subj: human to be in constant motion (while standing or sitting in one place)X вертится волчком = X can't hold (stand, sit) still(in limited contexts) X is fidgety X has ants in his pants.3. (subj: human to bustle, busy o.s. without taking any time to sit down and restX вертится волчком = X is (always) buzzing about (around)X is (always) on the go (the run) X is (always) running around (like crazy) X is (always) busy as a bee.(Лебедев:) В наше время, бывало, день-деньской с лекциями бьёшься, а как только настал вечер, идёшь прямо куда-нибудь на огонь и до самой зари волчком вертишься... (Чехов 4). (L.:) Now, in our time you'd sweat away at your lectures all day long, then you'd make for the bright lights in the evening and buzz around till the crack of dawn (4b). -
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[VP]=====1. [subj: concr]⇒ to rotate without stopping:- X вертелся волчком≈ X was spinning like a top.♦ Он два раза испытал это страшное мучительное чувство страха смерти... Первый раз он испытал это чувство тогда, когда граната волчком вертелась перед ним и он смотрел на жнивьё, на кусты, на небо и знал, что перед ним была смерть (Толстой 7). Twice he had experienced that agonizing feeling, the dread of death....The first time he had felt it was when the shell had spun like a top in front of him, and he had looked at the stubble field, at the bushes, and the sky, and knew that he was face to face with death (7a).2. [subj: human]⇒ to be in constant motion (while standing or sitting in one place):- X вертится волчком≈ X can't hold (stand, sit) still;- [in limited contexts] X is fidgety;- X has ants in his pants.3. [subj: human]⇒ to bustle, busy o.s. without taking any time to sit down and rest:- X is (always) busy as a bee.♦ [Лебедев:] В наше время, бывало, день-деньской с лекциями бьёшься, а как только настал вечер, идёшь прямо куда-нибудь на огонь и до самой зари волчком вертишься... (Чехов 4). [L.:] Now, in our time you'd sweat away at your lectures all day long, then you'd make for the bright lights in the evening and buzz around till the crack of dawn (4b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вертеться волчком
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( vaquero [bakéro] < Spanish vaca 'cow' < Latin vaccam 'cow'and Spanish suffix -ero 'profession or office.' Mason's speculation that a Nigerian form mbakara > bakara 'white man' is the model can easily be dismissed on linguistic grounds. See Cassidy and Hill for further details)1) Texas: 1827. A working cowboy; later it came to mean any ranch hand. Watts suggests that the term was popularized in pulp literature because it conjures an image of a man on a bucking horse; indeed, A. A. Hill posits a blend with the term buck( ing) as the source for the first syllable. Watts also notes that the most widely known form, buckaroo, was used in the Northwest. In the Southwest bucka-ree was common. Blevins indicates that the term buckaroo was commonly used in "the desert basins of Northern Nevada, Northern California, Eastern Oregon, and Western Idaho." Hendrickson indicates that this word has become so integrated into the English language that it has been the model for over fifty American slang words. Among those referenced by Hendrickson are stinkaroo (a bad play or movie), the old switcheroo (the act of substituting one thing for another with the intention to deceive, 'bait-and-switch tactics'), antsaroo (refers to someone who is impatient or has 'ants in his pants'), jugaroo (jail), and ziparoo (energy). The original Spanish term is vaquero, a common name for a man who cares for cattle.Alternate forms: (some early forms were stressed on the second syllable) baccaro, bacquero, baquero, bucaroo, buccaro, buccaroo, buchario, buckara, buckaree, buckayro, buckeroo, buckhara, bukkarer, jackeroo.2) Nevada: 1967. It may also be a verb meaning to work as a cowboy.
См. также в других словарях:
ants in one's pants — {n. phr.}, {slang} Nervous over activity; restlessness. * /Jane can not sit still; she has ants in her pants./ * /You have ants in your pants today. Is something wrong?/ … Dictionary of American idioms
ants in one's pants — {n. phr.}, {slang} Nervous over activity; restlessness. * /Jane can not sit still; she has ants in her pants./ * /You have ants in your pants today. Is something wrong?/ … Dictionary of American idioms
ants\ in\ one's\ pants — n. phr. slang Nervous over activity; restlessness. Jane can not sit still; she has ants in her pants. You have ants in your pants today. is something wrong? … Словарь американских идиом
ants in one's pants — People who have ants in their pants are very restless or excited about something. I wish he d relax. He s got ants in his pants about something today … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
have ants in one's pants — idi have ants in one s pants, Slang. to be impatient or eager to act … From formal English to slang
have ants in one's pants — ► have ants in one s pants informal be fidgety. Main Entry: ↑ant … English terms dictionary
have ants in one's pants — (informal) To be restless, impatient, needlessly hurrying • • • Main Entry: ↑ant * * * informal be fidgety or restless … Useful english dictionary
ants in one's pants — phrasal impatience for action or activity ; restlessness … New Collegiate Dictionary
ants in one's pants — restless, can t sit still, jumpy, fidgety … English contemporary dictionary
ants in one's pants — phrasal : a usually obvious and excessive eagerness for action : restlessness, impatience … Useful english dictionary
ants in one's pants, have — Be restless or excited … A concise dictionary of English slang
