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2 идти на попятный
разг., часто неодобр.back off (out); back-pedal; backslide; beat a retreat; back the oars; back water Amer.; go back on (upon) one's word- Обличают. У нас все обличают. Родители первые на попятный и сами своей прежней морали стыдятся. (Ф. Достоевский, Идиот) — 'Exposures are the craze. Everybody's at it. The parents are the first to backslide. They're ashamed of the old moral standards.'
Отец Геннадий начал издалека. Сначала он рассказал нам притчу о блудном сыне. Этот сын, как я понял тогда, ушёл от своего отца странствовать, но потом, как видно, ему пришлось туго, и он пошёл на попятный. (А. Гайдар, Школа) — Father Gennady began from afar. At first he related the parable of the prodigal son. That son, from what I could gather at the time, left his father to go travelling, but then, after roughing it, he back-pedalled.
- Жаль, - сказал я. - Очень жаль, что не сможем побывать в том лесу. Распалил моё любопытство, а теперь на попятную? (В. Тельпугов, Дыхание костра) — 'I'm sorry,' I said. 'I'm really sorry that we won't have the chance to be in that forest. You fired my curiosity, and now back off?'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > идти на попятный
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3 на попятный двор
< идти> на попятный дворуст., разг., неодобр.take the back track; start backing out; back the oars; beat a retreat; go back on one's word; cf. eat one's wordsАкакий Акакиевич смекнул это и хотел было уже, как говорится, на попятный двор, но уж дело было начато. (Н. Гоголь, Шинель) — Akaky Akakyevich perceived this and was, as the saying is, beating a retreat, but things had gone too far...
- Так вот же: до тех пор, пока не скажешь, не сделаю! - Ну вот видишь, вот уж и нечестно с твоей стороны: слово дал, да и на попятный двор. (Н. Гоголь, Мёртвые души) — 'Very well, then; until such time as you tell me I'm not going through with it.' 'There, you see now; that's already actually dishonest on your part - you give your word, and then start backing out.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на попятный двор
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1) General subject: bang out (на рояле), chatter, drum, knock, rap, tap, clatter2) Naval: back the oars, back water -
6 гребной спорт (команды судей)
"Вёсла на воду!" — "Hold water"
"Внимание!" — "Attention!"
"Внимание, препятствие!" — "Attention, obstacle!"
"Возвращайтесь обратно!" — "Back!"
"Вперёд!" — "Go!"
"Готовы?" — "Are you ready?"
"Дистанция!" — "Keep apart!"
"Займите первую (вторую...) воду!" — "Take lane number one (two...)!"
"Ожидайте распоряжений!" — "Await instructions!"
"Отойдите в сторону!" — "Keep aside!"
"Продвиньтесь вперёд!" — "Ahead!"
"Стоп!" — "Backstop!"
"Табань!" — "Back the oars!"
Русско-английский спортивный словарь > гребной спорт (команды судей)
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7 сесть в вёсла
- Садись, тюлень, в вёсла! - кратко скомандовал Челкаш, почему-то сдержав в себе целый поток горячей ругани, хлынувшей ему в горло. (М. Горький, Челкаш) — 'Here, take over the oars, you lump,' snapped Chelkash, holding back the flood of oaths that surged in his throat.
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8 расслабиться
1) General subject: ease, relax, rest easy, unwind, lie on oars, switch off (от работы, от ежедневных проблем (I just want to go home and switch off)), have (one's) fling, let (one's) guard down (потерять бдительность)2) Colloquial: blow off steam, loosen up, veg out (делая что-либо, не требующее особых усилий), get a life3) Jargon: unlax, chiz (I gotta to get back to my room and chiz a while. Я должен вернуться в свою комнату и на время расслабиться.), hold one's horses, kick back4) Obstetrics: (в результате выполнения упражнений на расслабление) go limp5) Graphic expression: smell the roses7) Phraseological unit: Let one's hair down8) Chat: take a load off -
9 отдыхать
1) General subject: holiday, lie by, lounge, recreate, relax, repose, repose oneself, rest, spell, take a holiday, take a rest, take one's ease, take repose, take rest, wind down, go on holiday, lie on oars, rest on oars, take ease2) Colloquial: be no match for, be out of the competition, be sidelined5) Jargon: hit the grit6) Travel: have a rest, have-rest7) Sakhalin A: unwind (How do you unwind)8) Makarov: lie on (one's) oars, recreate oneself, rest (от дел и т.п.), rest on (one's) oars -
10 сидеть сложа руки
1) General subject: let the grass grow under feet, not to do a hand's turn, sit at home, twirl thumbs, sit idly by, sit back and do nothing, idle one's time away, rest on oars2) Set phrase: sit twiddling one's thumbs
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