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1 место кающегося грешника
1) American: anxious bench (в некоторых церквах), anxious seat (в некоторых церквах)2) Religion: anxious seatУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > место кающегося грешника
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2 мучаться неизвестностью
General subject: be on the anxious bench, be on the anxious seatУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > мучаться неизвестностью
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3 мучиться неизвестностью
1) General subject: be on the anxious bench, be on the tenters, to be( sit, stand, walk) on thorns, to be on (the) tenter-hooks, to be on the gridiron2) American: be on the anxious seat3) Obsolete: to be on tenters4) Makarov: be on the gridiron, twist in the windУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > мучиться неизвестностью
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4 сидеть как на иголках
1) General subject: be on nettles, be on pins and needles, be on pins and needles -, be on the anxious bench, be on thorns, sit on thorns, stand on thorns, to be( sit, stand, walk) on thorns, to be in a stew, to be on (the) tenter-hooks, to be on hot coals, to be on pins and needles, to be on tenterhooks, walk on thorns, be on tenter-hooks, to be on nettles, butterflies in the stomach, be on tenterhooks2) American: be on the anxious seat3) Obsolete: be on the tenters, to be on tenters4) Makarov: be on hot coalsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > сидеть как на иголках
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5 место в церкви для кающегося грешника
Religion: anxious benchУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > место в церкви для кающегося грешника
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6 как на иголках
как (будто, словно, точно) на иголках (на иглах) (быть, сидеть и т. п.)разг.sit < as if> on pins < and needles>; cf. sit on thorns; be on tenterhooks (on edge, on nettles, on the anxious bench, on the gridiron); be all on wires; be < like a cat> on hot bricks (coals); be on the tiptoe of expectationМарья Ильинична сидела как на иголках; язык у неё так и свербел. (А. Пушкин, Арап Петра Великого) — Marya Ilyinishna sat as if on needles and pins; her tongue itched to speak...
Рогожин смотрел в недоумении и в ужасном беспокойстве переводил взгляды то на князя, то на Птицына. Дарья Алексеевна была как на иголках. (Ф. Достоевский, Идиот) — Rogozhin looked on with amazement and great anxiety, turning his eyes from Myshkin to Ptitsyn. Darya Alexeyevna seemed on tenterhooks of expectation.
Страх, что он может не выиграть, зависть и финансовые соображения, наполняющие его стриженую голову, не дают ему сидеть спокойно, сосредоточиться. Вертится он, как на иголках. (А. Чехов, Детвора) — The fear that he may not win, envy, and the financial combinations of which his cropped head is full, will not let him sit still and concentrate his mind. He fidgets as though he were sitting on thorns.
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