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1 В-224
ВОЛК В ОВЕЧЬЕЙ ШКУРЕ coll, disapprov NP usu. subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum (subj: human fixed WOa person who has evil intentions but covers them up, appears harmless or friendlywolf in sheep's clothing.Мы «злые», лишь по недоразумению восхитившие наименование «добрых». Мы волки в овечьей шкуре (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). It was we who were "the wicked" who merely appropriated the name of "the good" owing to a misunderstanding. We were the wolves in sheep's clothing (2a).Russian source: the Bible (Matt. 7:15)English source: Aesop's fables and the Bible. -
2 волк в овечьей шкуре
• ВОЛК В ОВЕЧЬЕЙ ШКУРЕ coll, disapprov[NP; usu. subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum (subj: human); fixed WO]=====⇒ a person who has evil intentions but covers them up, appears harmless or friendly:- wolf in sheep's clothing.♦ Мы " злые", лишь по недоразумению восхитившие наименование " добрых". Мы волки в овечьей шкуре (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). It was we who were "the wicked" who merely appropriated the name of "the good" owing to a misunderstanding. We were the wolves in sheep's clothing (2a).—————← Russian source: the Bible (Matt. 7:15); English source: Aesop's fables and the Bible.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > волк в овечьей шкуре
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3 О-25
ПО ОБРАЗУ И ПОДОБИЮ чьему, кого obsoles PrepP Invar adv fixed WOpatterned after s.o. or sth., using s.o. or sth. as an examplein the image and likeness (semblance) of s.o. sth.in s.o.'s image and likeness in s.o. Ts image (likeness).Повторяем: вся эта тяга к стиху, созданному по образу и подобию определенных социально-экономических богов, была в Чернышевском бессознательна... (Набоков 1). Let us repeat: all this leaning toward a line created in the image and likeness of definite socio-economic gods was unconscious on Chernyshevski's part... (1a).Мы вошли в аудиторию с твёрдой целью в ней основать зерно общества по образу и подобию декабристов и потому искали прозелитов и последователей (Герцен 2). We went into the lecture-room with the firm purpose of founding in it the nucleus of a society in the image and semblance of the Decembrists, and therefore we sought proselytes and adherents (2a).Я думаю, что если дьявол не существует и, стало быть, создал его человек, то создал он его по своему образу и подобию». - «В таком случае, равно как и бога» (Достоевский 1). "I think that if the devil does not exist, and man has therefore created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness." "As well as God, then" (1a).«И очень вам советую: подумайте, попытайтесь подумать, что вы можете дать детям. Поглядите на себя. Вы родили их на свет и калечите их по своему образу и подобию» (Стругацкие 1). "And I urge you. think, try to think of what you could do for the children. Look at yourselves. You gave them life, and you are deforming them in your own image" (1a).From the Bible (Gen. 1:26). -
4 по образу и подобию
• ПО ОБРАЗУ И ПОДОБИЮ чьему, кого obsoles[PrepP; Invar; adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ patterned after s.o. or sth., using s.o. or sth. as an example:- in the image and likeness (semblance) of s.o. (sth.);- in s.o.'s image and likeness;- in s.o.Ts image (likeness).♦ Повторяем: вся эта тяга к стиху, созданному по образу и подобию определенных социально-экономических богов, была в Чернышевском бессознательна... (Набоков 1). Let us repeat: all this leaning toward a line created in the image and likeness of definite socio-economic gods was unconscious on Chernyshevski's part... (1a).♦ Мы вошли в аудиторию с твёрдой целью в ней основать зерно общества по образу и подобию декабристов и потому искали прозелитов и последователей (Герцен 2). We went into the lecture-room with the firm purpose of founding in it the nucleus of a society in the image and semblance of the Decembrists, and therefore we sought proselytes and adherents (2a).♦ "Я думаю, что если дьявол не существует и, стало быть, создал его человек, то создал он его по своему образу и подобию". - "В таком случае, равно как и бога" (Достоевский 1). "I think that if the devil does not exist, and man has therefore created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness." "As well as God, then" (1a).♦ "И очень вам советую: подумайте, попытайтесь подумать, что вы можете дать детям. Поглядите на себя. Вы родили их на свет и калечите их по своему образу и подобию" (Стругацкие 1). "And I urge you. think, try to think of what you could do for the children. Look at yourselves. You gave them life, and you are deforming them in your own image" (1a).—————← From the Bible (Gen. 1:26).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > по образу и подобию
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5 О-112
ВАЛААМОВА ОСЛИЦА (ЗАГОВОРИЛА) lit NP ( sing only) or VP'bj ( usu. indep. clause)) a meek, quiet person who unexpectedly begins to protest sth. or express his opinion about sth.: Balaam' ass (has begun to speak).«Ну, теперь тебе удовольствие будет, и именно на твою тему. Насмеёшься. У нас валаамова ослица заговорила, да как говорит-то, как говорит!» Валаамовою ослицей оказался лакей Смердяков (Достоевский 1). "Well, now you're going to have some fun, and precisely in your line. You'll laugh your head off. Balaam's ass, here, has started to talk, and what a talker, what a talker!" Balaam's ass turned out to be the lackey Smerdyakov (1a).From the Bible (Num. 22:27-28). -
6 валаамова ослица
• ВАЛААМОВА ОСЛИЦА ( ЗАГОВОРИЛА) lit[NP (sing only) or VPsubj (usu. indep. clause)]=====⇒ a meek, quiet person who unexpectedly begins to protest sth. or express his opinion about sth.:- Balaam's ass (has begun to speak).♦ "Ну, теперь тебе удовольствие будет, и именно на твою тему. Насмеёшься. У нас валаамова ослица заговорила, да как говорит-то, как говорит!" Валаамовою ослицей оказался лакей Смердяков (Достоевский 1). "Well, now you're going to have some fun, and precisely in your line. You'll laugh your head off. Balaam's ass, here, has started to talk, and what a talker, what a talker!" Balaam's ass turned out to be the lackey Smerdyakov (1a).—————← From the Bible (Num. 22:27-28).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > валаамова ослица
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7 валаамова ослица заговорила
• ВАЛААМОВА ОСЛИЦА (ЗАГОВОРИЛА) lit[NP (sing only) or VPsubj (usu. indep. clause)]=====⇒ a meek, quiet person who unexpectedly begins to protest sth. or express his opinion about sth.:- Balaam's ass (has begun to speak).♦ "Ну, теперь тебе удовольствие будет, и именно на твою тему. Насмеёшься. У нас валаамова ослица заговорила, да как говорит-то, как говорит!" Валаамовою ослицей оказался лакей Смердяков (Достоевский 1). "Well, now you're going to have some fun, and precisely in your line. You'll laugh your head off. Balaam's ass, here, has started to talk, and what a talker, what a talker!" Balaam's ass turned out to be the lackey Smerdyakov (1a).—————← From the Bible (Num. 22:27-28).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > валаамова ослица заговорила
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8 Б-84
НА БЛЮДЕЧКЕ С ГОЛУБОЙ КАЁМОЧКОЙ преподносить, подавать что и т. п. НА БЛЮДЕЧКЕ (С ЗОЛОТОЙ КАЁМОЧКОЙ) НА БЛЮДЕ all coll PrepP these forms only sent adv fixed WO(to give sth. to s.o., let s.o. have sth. etc) without the recipient's having to work hard to obtain it: (hand s.o. sth. (have sth. handed to one etc)) on a silver platter.(Андрей:) Слушай, я, наверно, оттого такой пустой, что мне вей на блюдечке подавалось - дома благополучие... сыт, одет... (Розов 1). (A.:) I'm probably so shallow because everything has been handed to me on a silver platter-the family is well-off...they feed and clothe me... (1a).The source of the first variant is The Golden Calf («Золотой телёнок») by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov, 1931, ch.2. The original source of the last variant is possibly the Russian translation of the Bible. Cf. Matt. 14:8, Mark 6:25, in reference to Salome's demand that John the Baptist's head be given to her "in a charger." -
9 П-550
ПРИТЧА ВО ЯЗЫЦЕХ lit NP sing only usu subj-compl with copula (subj: human or abstr fixed WOa subject of general conversation, mockery, gossip etcthe talk of the town ( village, office etc)(some place is) abuzz with the story (of s.o. sth.) (in limited contexts) the scandal of the neighborhood.Их скандальный развод стал притчей во языцех. Their scandalous divorce has become the talk of the town.From the Bible (Deut. 28:37): "And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee." «Во языцех» is the Church Slavonic form of the locative plural of «язык». -
10 на блюде
• НА БЛЮДЕЧКЕ С ГОЛУБОЙ КАЕМОЧКОЙ преподносить, подавать что и т.п.; НА БЛЮДЕЧКЕ( С ЗОЛОТОЙ КАЕМОЧКОЙ; НА БЛЮДЕ all coll[PrepP; these forms only; sent adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ (to give sth. to s.o., let s.o. have sth. etc) without the recipient's having to work hard to obtain it:- (hand s.o. sth. <have sth. handed to one etc>) on a silver platter.♦ [Андрей:] Слушай, я, наверно, оттого такой пустой, что мне вей на блюдечке подавалось - дома благополучие... сыт, одет... (Розов 1). [A.:] I'm probably so shallow because everything has been handed to me on a silver platter-the family is well-off...they feed and clothe me... (1a).—————← The source of the first variant is The Golden Calf ("Золотой телёнок") by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov, 1931, ch.2. The original source of the last variant is possibly the Russian translation of the Bible. Cf. Matt. 14:8, Mark 6:25, in reference to Salome's demand that John the Baptist's head be given to her "in a charger."Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на блюде
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11 на блюдечке
• НА БЛЮДЕЧКЕ С ГОЛУБОЙ КАЕМОЧКОЙ преподносить, подавать что и т.п.; НА БЛЮДЕЧКЕ (С ЗОЛОТОЙ КАЕМОЧКОЙ; НА БЛЮДЕ all coll[PrepP; these forms only; sent adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ (to give sth. to s.o., let s.o. have sth. etc) without the recipient's having to work hard to obtain it:- (hand s.o. sth. <have sth. handed to one etc>) on a silver platter.♦ [Андрей:] Слушай, я, наверно, оттого такой пустой, что мне вей на блюдечке подавалось - дома благополучие... сыт, одет... (Розов 1). [A.:] I'm probably so shallow because everything has been handed to me on a silver platter-the family is well-off...they feed and clothe me... (1a).—————← The source of the first variant is The Golden Calf ("Золотой телёнок") by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov, 1931, ch.2. The original source of the last variant is possibly the Russian translation of the Bible. Cf. Matt. 14:8, Mark 6:25, in reference to Salome's demand that John the Baptist's head be given to her "in a charger."Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на блюдечке
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12 на блюдечке с голубой каемочкой
• НА БЛЮДЕЧКЕ С ГОЛУБОЙ КАЕМОЧКОЙ преподносить, подавать что и т.п.; НА БЛЮДЕЧКЕ( С ЗОЛОТОЙ КАЕМОЧКОЙ; НА БЛЮДЕ all coll[PrepP; these forms only; sent adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ (to give sth. to s.o., let s.o. have sth. etc) without the recipient's having to work hard to obtain it:- (hand s.o. sth. <have sth. handed to one etc>) on a silver platter.♦ [Андрей:] Слушай, я, наверно, оттого такой пустой, что мне вей на блюдечке подавалось - дома благополучие... сыт, одет... (Розов 1). [A.:] I'm probably so shallow because everything has been handed to me on a silver platter-the family is well-off...they feed and clothe me... (1a).—————← The source of the first variant is The Golden Calf ("Золотой телёнок") by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov, 1931, ch.2. The original source of the last variant is possibly the Russian translation of the Bible. Cf. Matt. 14:8, Mark 6:25, in reference to Salome's demand that John the Baptist's head be given to her "in a charger."Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на блюдечке с голубой каемочкой
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13 на блюдечке с золотой каемочкой
• НА БЛЮДЕЧКЕ С ГОЛУБОЙ КАЕМОЧКОЙ преподносить, подавать что и т.п.; НА БЛЮДЕЧКЕ( С ЗОЛОТОЙ КАЕМОЧКОЙ; НА БЛЮДЕ all coll[PrepP; these forms only; sent adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ (to give sth. to s.o., let s.o. have sth. etc) without the recipient's having to work hard to obtain it:- (hand s.o. sth. <have sth. handed to one etc>) on a silver platter.♦ [Андрей:] Слушай, я, наверно, оттого такой пустой, что мне вей на блюдечке подавалось - дома благополучие... сыт, одет... (Розов 1). [A.:] I'm probably so shallow because everything has been handed to me on a silver platter-the family is well-off...they feed and clothe me... (1a).—————← The source of the first variant is The Golden Calf ("Золотой телёнок") by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov, 1931, ch.2. The original source of the last variant is possibly the Russian translation of the Bible. Cf. Matt. 14:8, Mark 6:25, in reference to Salome's demand that John the Baptist's head be given to her "in a charger."Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на блюдечке с золотой каемочкой
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14 притча во языцех
• ПРИТЧА ВО ЯЗЫЦЕХ lit[NP; sing only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: human or abstr); fixed WO]=====⇒ a subject of general conversation, mockery, gossip etc:- the talk of the town ( village, office etc);- (some place is) abuzz with the story (of s.o. < sth.>);- [in limited contexts] the scandal of the neighborhood.♦ Их скандальный развод стал притчей во языцех. Their scandalous divorce has become the talk of the town.—————← From the Bible (Deut. 28:37): "And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee." "Во языцех" is the Church Slavonic form of the locative plural of " язык".Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > притча во языцех
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15 Й-1
НИ НА (ОДНУ (ЕДИНУЮ» ЙОТУ И НА ЙОТУ all lit PrepP these forms only adv (intensif) used with negated verbs fixed WOnot at all, not in the leastnot one (an) iotanot one (a) jot (whit)."...Ну что же, - обратился он к поэту, - успеха я вам желать не буду, потому что в успех этот ни на йоту не верю» (Булгаков 9). "Well," he turned to the poet, "I shall not wish you success, for I do not have an iota of confidence in your success" (9a).«Из этой фразы, братцы, я делаю совершенно определённый вывод, что Лучников ни на йоту не изменил свою позицию...» (Аксёнов 7). "From these words I conclude beyond a shadow of a doubt that Luchnikov has not modif ied his position one jot..." (7a).From the name of the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. Cf. the Bible (Matt. 5:18). -
16 П-122
КАК ПЕСОК МОРСКОЙ КАК (ЧТО) ПЕСКУ МОРСКОГО кого-чего (как + NP these forms only adv ( var. with песок) or quantit subj-compl with copula, subj / genany common noun ( var. with песку)fixed WO(to increase) to large amounts(some people or things are) available in large numbers or quantities: (multiply etc) like the sands of the sea (be (become)) as numerous as the sands of the sea."...Показания умножились, как песок морской!» (Достоевский 2). ". The evidence has multiplied like the sands of the seaf" (2a).From the Bible (Gen. 22:17, 41:49 et al.). -
17 и на йоту
• НИ НА (ОДНУ < ЕДИНУЮ> ЙОТУ; И НА ЙОТУ all lit[PrepP; these forms only; adv (intensif); used with negated verbs; fixed WO]=====⇒ not at all, not in the least:- not one <a> jot < whit>.♦ "...Ну что же, - обратился он к поэту, - успеха я вам желать не буду, потому что в успех этот ни на йоту не верю" (Булгаков 9). "Well," he turned to the poet, "I shall not wish you success, for I do not have an iota of confidence in your success" (9a).♦ "Из этой фразы, братцы, я делаю совершенно определённый вывод, что Лучников ни на йоту не изменил свою позицию..." (Аксёнов 7). "From these words I conclude beyond a shadow of a doubt that Luchnikov has not modified his position one jot..." (7a).—————← From the name of the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. Cf. the Bible (Matt. 5:18).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > и на йоту
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18 ни на единую йоту
• НИ НА (ОДНУ < ЕДИНУЮ> ЙОТУ; И НА ЙОТУ all lit[PrepP; these forms only; adv (intensif); used with negated verbs; fixed WO]=====⇒ not at all, not in the least:- not one <a> jot < whit>.♦ "...Ну что же, - обратился он к поэту, - успеха я вам желать не буду, потому что в успех этот ни на йоту не верю" (Булгаков 9). "Well," he turned to the poet, "I shall not wish you success, for I do not have an iota of confidence in your success" (9a).♦ "Из этой фразы, братцы, я делаю совершенно определённый вывод, что Лучников ни на йоту не изменил свою позицию..." (Аксёнов 7). "From these words I conclude beyond a shadow of a doubt that Luchnikov has not modified his position one jot..." (7a).—————← From the name of the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. Cf. the Bible (Matt. 5:18).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ни на единую йоту
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19 ни на йоту
• НИ НА (ОДНУ < ЕДИНУЮ> ЙОТУ; И НА ЙОТУ all lit[PrepP; these forms only; adv (intensif); used with negated verbs; fixed WO]=====⇒ not at all, not in the least:- not one <a> jot < whit>.♦ "...Ну что же, - обратился он к поэту, - успеха я вам желать не буду, потому что в успех этот ни на йоту не верю" (Булгаков 9). "Well," he turned to the poet, "I shall not wish you success, for I do not have an iota of confidence in your success" (9a).♦ "Из этой фразы, братцы, я делаю совершенно определённый вывод, что Лучников ни на йоту не изменил свою позицию..." (Аксёнов 7). "From these words I conclude beyond a shadow of a doubt that Luchnikov has not modified his position one jot..." (7a).—————← From the name of the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. Cf. the Bible (Matt. 5:18).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ни на йоту
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20 ни на одну йоту
• НИ НА (ОДНУ < ЕДИНУЮ> ЙОТУ; И НА ЙОТУ all lit[PrepP; these forms only; adv (intensif); used with negated verbs; fixed WO]=====⇒ not at all, not in the least:- not one <a> jot < whit>.♦ "...Ну что же, - обратился он к поэту, - успеха я вам желать не буду, потому что в успех этот ни на йоту не верю" (Булгаков 9). "Well," he turned to the poet, "I shall not wish you success, for I do not have an iota of confidence in your success" (9a).♦ "Из этой фразы, братцы, я делаю совершенно определённый вывод, что Лучников ни на йоту не изменил свою позицию..." (Аксёнов 7). "From these words I conclude beyond a shadow of a doubt that Luchnikov has not modified his position one jot..." (7a).—————← From the name of the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. Cf. the Bible (Matt. 5:18).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ни на одну йоту
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