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121 верный себе
[AdjP; modif (long-form var. only) or subj-compl with copula (subj: human); fixed WO]=====⇒ (one is) consistent in carrying out one's views or displaying one's character, habits:- (one is < remains>) true to o.s.;- (one is < remains>) true to form;- (one acts) in character.♦ Опомниться! Быть верным себе, не изменять своим привычкам. А то всё полетит прахом (Пастернак 1). He must come to his senses. He must be true to himself and to his habits. Otherwise everything would go up in smoke (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > верный себе
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122 глаз набит
[these forms only (variants with short-form Part; NP, sing only (var. with long-form Part; VPsubj with copula (all variants) or subj or indir obj (last var.)]=====⇒ s.o. has experience and skill in some area and can easily evaluate things within that area (with regard to their classification, worth etc) just by looking at them:- X has an eye (a good eye) for Y.♦ "У моряка намётанный глаз, и притом наган на шнуре. Он сразу видит - имущий класс... Матрос хвать наган и хлоп его [доктора] как муху" (Пастернак 1). "A sailor has a trained eye and a gun. He takes a look at him [the doctor] and what does he see? A member of the propertied classes....He pulls out his gun-and goodbye" (1a).♦ Намётанным глазом сразу вижу: умрёт к вечеру (Гинзбург 2). With my practiced eye I could see immediately that he would be dead by evening (2a).♦ Тут только дядя Сандро обратил внимание на то, что сидящие за столом уже порядочно выпили. Теперь он присмотрелся к ним своим намётанным глазом и определил, что выпито уже по двенадцать-тринадцать фужеров (Искандер 3). Only now did Uncle Sandro turn his attention to the fact that those sitting at the table had had a great deal to drink. Now he trained his experienced eye on them and determined that they had already consumed twelve to thirteen glasses apiece (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > глаз набит
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123 глаз наметан
[these forms only (variants with short-form Part; NP, sing only (var. with long-form Part; VPsubj with copula (all variants) or subj or indir obj (last var.)]=====⇒ s.o. has experience and skill in some area and can easily evaluate things within that area (with regard to their classification, worth etc) just by looking at them:- у X-a (в Y-e) глаз намётан≈ X has a trained (practiced, experienced) eye;- X has an eye (a good eye) for Y.♦ "У моряка намётанный глаз, и притом наган на шнуре. Он сразу видит - имущий класс... Матрос хвать наган и хлоп его [доктора] как муху" (Пастернак 1). "A sailor has a trained eye and a gun. He takes a look at him [the doctor] and what does he see? A member of the propertied classes....He pulls out his gun-and goodbye" (1a).♦ Намётанным глазом сразу вижу: умрёт к вечеру (Гинзбург 2). With my practiced eye I could see immediately that he would be dead by evening (2a).♦ Тут только дядя Сандро обратил внимание на то, что сидящие за столом уже порядочно выпили. Теперь он присмотрелся к ним своим намётанным глазом и определил, что выпито уже по двенадцать-тринадцать фужеров (Искандер 3). Only now did Uncle Sandro turn his attention to the fact that those sitting at the table had had a great deal to drink. Now he trained his experienced eye on them and determined that they had already consumed twelve to thirteen glasses apiece (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > глаз наметан
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124 наметанный глаз
[these forms only (variants with short-form Part; NP, sing only (var. with long-form Part; VPsubj with copula (all variants) or subj or indir obj (last var.)]=====⇒ s.o. has experience and skill in some area and can easily evaluate things within that area (with regard to their classification, worth etc) just by looking at them:- X has an eye (a good eye) for Y.♦ "У моряка намётанный глаз, и притом наган на шнуре. Он сразу видит - имущий класс... Матрос хвать наган и хлоп его [доктора] как муху" (Пастернак 1). "A sailor has a trained eye and a gun. He takes a look at him [the doctor] and what does he see? A member of the propertied classes....He pulls out his gun-and goodbye" (1a).♦ Намётанным глазом сразу вижу: умрёт к вечеру (Гинзбург 2). With my practiced eye I could see immediately that he would be dead by evening (2a).♦ Тут только дядя Сандро обратил внимание на то, что сидящие за столом уже порядочно выпили. Теперь он присмотрелся к ним своим намётанным глазом и определил, что выпито уже по двенадцать-тринадцать фужеров (Искандер 3). Only now did Uncle Sandro turn his attention to the fact that those sitting at the table had had a great deal to drink. Now he trained his experienced eye on them and determined that they had already consumed twelve to thirteen glasses apiece (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > наметанный глаз
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125 очертя голову
• ОЧЕРТЯ ГОЛОВУ coll[Verbal Adv; Invar; adv; fixed WO]=====1. очертя голову броситься, кинуться и т.п. (to rush into sth., do sth.) recklessly, thoughtlessly:- (rush <plunge, throw o.s. etc> headlong (into sth.);- (throw o.s. etc) rashly (into sth.);- throwing caution to the winds.♦ "Вот что значит говорить очертя голову обо всём, чего ты не понимаешь и не можешь понять..." (Герцен 1). "This is what comes of rushing headlong into conversation about all sorts of things you don't understand and can't understand..." (1a).♦ "...Неужели ты думаешь, что я как дурак пошел, очертя голову? Я пошёл как умник, и это-то меня и сгубило!"(Достоевский 3). "Do you think I plunged headlong like a fool? No, I was clever about it-that's how I came to grief" (3b).♦...Она [Фрида Вигдорова] очертя голову бросалась во все дела, где была попрана справедливость и где можно было надеяться её восстановить (Эткинд 1)....She [Frida Vigdorova] threw herself headlong into any cases where justice had been interfered with and there seemed some hope of restoring it (1a).2. бежать, мчаться и т.п. очертя голову (to run, race) very quickly, impetuously:- like a bat out of hell.♦ Завернув за угол, бухгалтер незаметно перекрестился и побежал очертя голову (Ильф и Петров 2). Не [the bookkeeper] turned the corner, surreptitiously crossed himself and ran for all he was worth (2b).—————← Apparently, a blend of сломя голову( which influenced the meaning) and очертить кругом (which refers to the old custom of drawing a line around oneself or another person in order to obtain protection from evil forces). Очертя is the old form of the short active participle of очертить; the corresponding modem form is the perfective verbal adverb очертив.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > очертя голову
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126 тяжел на ногу
[AdjP; subj-compl with copula, subj: human (both variants) or modif (var. with long-form Adj); fixed WO (var. with short-form Adj)]=====⇒ one cannot walk long distances, one tires easily:- X has trouble walking.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > тяжел на ногу
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127 тяжелый на ногу
[AdjP; subj-compl with copula, subj: human (both variants) or modif (var. with long-form Adj); fixed WO (var. with short-form Adj)]=====⇒ one cannot walk long distances, one tires easily:- X has trouble walking.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > тяжелый на ногу
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128 сложа руки
• СЛОЖА РУКИ сидеть, less often ждать, стоять и т.п. coll[Verbal Adv; Invar; adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ (to be) idle, inactive (usu. when the situation requires some decisive, energetic action):- (be sitting around < about>) twiddling one's thumbs;- (be sitting) idly by.♦ "Та-ли!" - кричала она, как бы выплёскивая из рыданий имя дочери. "А-а-а", - рыданьем отвечали женщины со двора тёти Маши, как бы говоря ей: и мы скорбим с тобой, и мы, как видишь, не сидим сложа руки (Искандер 3). "Ta-li!" she shouted, casting up her daughter's name from a wave of sobs. "A-A-ah," the women sobbed in reply from Aunt Masha's yard, as if to tell her: We too grieve with you, and as you see, we're not sitting on our hands (3a).♦ Лизка - молодчага, не сидела сложа руки. Пока он [Михаил] ходил за житом, она заново подтопила печь... (Абрамов 1). Lizka was splendid; she hadn't been sitting around twiddling her thumbs. While he [Mikhail] was out getting the barley she had gotten the stove hot again (1a).♦ "А не думаете ли вы, Елена Станиславовна, что нам нужно продолжать работу?.. Нельзя сидеть сложа руки!" (Ильф и Петров 1). "Don't you think we ought to carry on without them, Elena Stanislavovna?...We can't sit around doing nothing" (1a).—————Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сложа руки
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