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1 К-370
НА КРАЮ ГИБЕЛИ (ПРОПАСТИ) PrepP these forms only usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: human or collect) fixed WOone is very close to serious, mortal dangeron the brink (the verge) of disaster (catastrophe, ruin)on the edge (the brink) of the (an) abyss on the edge of the precipice.Во время войн в Италии он несколько раз находится на краю гибели и всякий раз спасается неожиданным образом (Толстой 7). During the wars in Italy he is several times on the brink of disaster and each time is saved in some unexpected way (7a).(Лунц) всё рос да рос и уж совсем, видимо, стал считать себя неуязвимым, как вдруг в один миг оказался на краю пропасти (Буковский 1). Lunts...continued to grow and grow, and it seems that he had already come to regard himself as invulnerable, when suddenly, overnight, he found himself on the edge of an abyss (1a). -
2 быть на краю гибели
1) General subject: be on a razor's edge, be on a razor-edge, nod, to be on the ragged edge, hang on by eyebrows, hang on by eyelashes, be on the verge of disaster2) Makarov: be on the ragged edge, hang on by ( one's) eyebrows, hang on by (one's) eyelashes, hang on by on's eye brows, hang on by on's eyelashes, hang on by the eye brows, hang on by the eyelashesУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > быть на краю гибели
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3 на краю пропасти
1) General subject: on the razor's edge, on thin ice, on the brink of a precipice, on a precipice2) Literal: on the verge of disaster -
4 пропасть
I пр`опастьж1) бездна abyss, chasm, precipiceбыть на краю́ пропасти в опасности — to be on the edge of the precipice, to be on the verge of disaster
2) большое расхождение chasm, gulfэ́ти две па́ртии разделя́ет (полити́ческая) про́пасть — there is a (political) chasm between these two parties
II проп`астьде́нег у него́ пропасть — he has heaps/loads/tons of money
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5 пропасть пропаст·ь
перен.gulf, abyss -
6 пропасть
I ж.1. precipice, abyss; gulf (тж. перен.)II сов. см. пропадатьна краю пропасти (перен.) — on the verge of disaster / ruin
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7 пропасть
............................................................1. precipice(n.) صخره پرتگاه، پرتگاه، سراشیبی تند............................................................2. gulf(vt. & vi. & n.) خلیج، گرداب، هر چیز بلعنده و فرو برنده، جدایی، فاصله، دوری، مفارقت............................................................3. abyss(abysm=)(n.) بسیار عمیق، بی پایان، غوطه ور ساختن، مغاک............................................................4. yawning gap........................................................................................................................6. a lot............................................................7. lots(د.گ.) خیلی زیاد، بسیار، فراوان............................................................8. a great deal -
8 пропасть
I проп`асть II пр`опастьж.1) (обрыв, бездна) precipice, abyss; gulf2) ( резкое различие) gulf, chasm [k-], abyssме́жду ни́ми пролега́ет пропасть — there is a chasm between them
3) разг. (рд.; множество) a great deal (of); piles (of), heaps (of), loads (of)у него́ пропасть де́нег — he has piles / heaps / loads of money
наро́ду там бы́ло пропасть — there were swarms of people there
••на краю́ пропасти — on the verge of disaster / ruin
тьфу, пропасть! в знач. межд. — damn (it)!
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9 ходить по краю пропасти
[khodit' po krayu propasti]
To walk on a brink of an abyss.
To be in imminent mortal danger; to be on the verge of disaster.
Cf. On a brink of a precipice. Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > ходить по краю пропасти
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10 катастрофа катастроф·а
1) перен. disaster, calamity, catastropheзакончиться катастрофой — to culminate in / to result in catastrophe
вызвать / навлечь катастрофу (на народы и т.п.) — to impose a disaster
предотвратить катастрофу — to avert a catastrophe / a disaster
ядерная катастрофа — nuclear catastrophe / holocaust / disaster
опасность ядерной катастрофы — danger of a nuclear catastrophe / holocaust
предотвращение ядерной катастрофы — prevention of nuclear catastrophe / holocaust / disaster
2)потерпеть катастрофу (о самолёте, вертолёте) — to crash
Russian-english dctionary of diplomacy > катастрофа катастроф·а
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11 на краю пропасти
на краю пропасти (бездны, гибели)on the brink of precipice; on the verge (brink) of disaster; on a razor-edge- Вы, конечно, стоите на краю финансовой пропасти? - спросил он Балаганова. - Это вы насчёт денег? - сказал Шура. - Денег у меня нет уже целую неделю. (И. Ильф, Е. Петров, Золотой телёнок) — 'You, of course, are on the verge of financial disaster,' he said to Balaganov. 'Are you speaking of money?' Shura inquired. 'I haven't had any for a week.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на краю пропасти
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12 на краю гибели
• НА КРАЙ ГИБЕЛИ < ПРОПАСТИ>[PrepP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: human or collect); fixed WO]=====⇒ one is very close to serious, mortal danger:- on the brink < the verge> of disaster (catastrophe, ruin);- on the edge of the precipice.♦ Во время войн в Италии он несколько раз находится на краю гибели и всякий раз спасается неожиданным образом (Толстой 7). During the wars in Italy he is several times on the brink of disaster and each time is saved in some unexpected way (7a).♦ [Лунц] всё рос да рос и уж совсем, видимо, стал считать себя неуязвимым, как вдруг в один миг оказался на краю пропасти (Буковский 1). Lunts...continued to grow and grow, and it seems that he had already come to regard himself as invulnerable, when suddenly, overnight, he found himself on the edge of an abyss (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на краю гибели
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13 на краю пропасти
• НА КРАЙ ГИБЕЛИ < ПРОПАСТИ>[PrepP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: human or collect); fixed WO]=====⇒ one is very close to serious, mortal danger:- on the brink < the verge> of disaster (catastrophe, ruin);- on the edge of the precipice.♦ Во время войн в Италии он несколько раз находится на краю гибели и всякий раз спасается неожиданным образом (Толстой 7). During the wars in Italy he is several times on the brink of disaster and each time is saved in some unexpected way (7a).♦ [Лунц] всё рос да рос и уж совсем, видимо, стал считать себя неуязвимым, как вдруг в один миг оказался на краю пропасти (Буковский 1). Lunts...continued to grow and grow, and it seems that he had already come to regard himself as invulnerable, when suddenly, overnight, he found himself on the edge of an abyss (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на краю пропасти
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14 край
I муж.1) edge, border, fringe; (b)rim (сосуда); brink (пропасти и т. п.)на краю гибели — on the brink/verge of disaster/ruin
на краю могилы, у края могилы — at death's door, one foot in the grave
с неровными краями — ( о бумаге) deckle-edged
литься через край — overflow, brim over
полный до краев — full to the brim, brim-full
через край — limitless, without limit, enough and to spare
2) (часть туши)- тонкий край••бить через край — to burst forth, to brim over
краем уха — half listen ( слушать); to overhear, happen to hear ( слышать)
хватить через край — разг. to go a little too far, to carry things to extremes
- на край светахлебнуть через край — разг. to have (more than) one's share of sorrow/misfortune
- на краю света II муж.1) (страна, местность)land, countryв наших краях — in our corner of the world, in our neck of the woods
чужие края — foreign/strange lands
krai, territory
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