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1 ломать себе голову над
1) General subject: beat brains with, break head over (чем-л.), cudgel brains about, set wits to work (чем-л.), cudgel brains about (чем-л.)2) Makarov: beat( one's) brains about (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) brains on (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) brains out about (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) brains out on (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) brains out with (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) brains with (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) head about (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) head on (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) head out about (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) head out on (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) head out with (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) head with (smth.) (чем-л.), break (one's) head over (smth.) (чем-л.), drag (one's) brains about (smth.) (чем-л.), drag (one's) brains with (smth.) (чем-л.), puzzle (one's) brains about (smth.) (чем-л.), puzzle (one's) brains with (smth.) (чем-л.), rack (one's) brains about (smth.) (чем-л.), rack (one's) brains with (smth.) (чем-л.), set (one's) wits to work (чем-л.), cudgel brains about (чем-л.), cudgel brains with (чем-л.)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > ломать себе голову над
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2 Была бы собака, а палка найдется
If you feel like punishing anyone, you will always find a weapon to do it withVar.: Коли быть собаке битой, найдётся и палка. Кому надо собаку ударить, тот и палку сыщет. Сердитому палка найдётсяCf: Any stick /will do/ to beat the dog (Br.). Не who has a mind to beat a dog will easily find a stick (Am.). Не who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick (Br.). It's an easy thing to find a stick to beat a dog with (Am., Br.). A man that will fight may find a cudgel in every hedge (Br.). A staff (A stick) is quickly (soon) found to beat a dog with (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Была бы собака, а палка найдется
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3 ломать голову
1) General subject: addle (над чем-либо), flog memory, puzzle (над чем-л.), rack ones brains, (себе) ransack brain, scratch head over (над чем л.), set (one's) wits to work, bother head, beat brains (над чем-л.-about, with), cudgel brains (над чем-л.-about, with), rack brains (над чем-л.-about, with), scratch head over (над чем-л.), (над чем-либо) puzzle head (over something)2) Colloquial: rack( one's) brains, (над чем-либо) tax (one's) noggin3) Jargon: rack one's brains4) Makarov: bother (one's) brains, bother ( one's) head -
4 ломать голову
разг.break one's head over smth.; rack (cudgel, beat, puzzle) one's brain (brains, head, wits); drag one's brains about (with) smth.; worry one's head < off>; puzzle over smth.Взяв под руки обеих девушек, Тоня направилась к дому. А Виктор, идя сзади, ломал голову над сказанными Тоней словами, не понимая их смысла. (Н. Островский, Как закалялась сталь) — Taking the two girls by the arm, Tonya led the way to the house. As he followed them, Victor puzzled over her words, unable to fathom their meaning.
Ждать было невыносимо: голод повис над семьёй. Андрей голову ломал над тем, как беде помочь, но придумать ничего не мог. (Б. Горбатов, Непокорённые) — Waiting was unendurable. Hunger threatened his family. Andrei racked his brains for some way of relieving the situation, but he couldn't think of anything.
- Думаешь, Мише Бурову не хочется поломать голову над каким-нибудь современным перпетуум мобиле? (В. Ерёменко, Слепой дождь) — 'Do you think Misha Burov wouldn't like to be breaking his head over some contemporary perpetuum mobile?'
Юрка всё время ломал голову, что бы такое придумать, чтобы Виталию Сергеевичу доставить удовольствие. (Н. Дубов, Беглец) — Yurka was cudgeling his brains all the time for something that would be a nice treat for Vitaly Sergeyevich.
См. также в других словарях:
cudgel — [kuj′əl] n. [ME (SW dial.) kuggel < OE cycgel, lit., club with rounded head, akin to Ger kugel, ball < IE base * geu , to curve, bend > COD2] a short, thick stick or club vt. cudgeled or cudgelled, cudgeling or cudgelling to beat with a… … English World dictionary
Cudgel — Cudg el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cudgeled} or {Cudgelled} ( ?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cudgeling} or {cudgelling}.] To beat with a cudgel. [1913 Webster] An he here, I would cudgel him like a dog. Shak. [1913 Webster] {To cudgel one s brains}, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cudgel — ► NOUN ▪ a short thick stick used as a weapon. ► VERB (cudgelled, cudgelling; US cudgeled, cudgeling) ▪ beat with a cudgel. ● cudgel one s brain Cf. ↑cudgel one s brain … English terms dictionary
cudgel — {{11}}cudgel (n.) O.E. cycgel club with rounded head; perhaps from PIE root *geu to curve, bend. {{12}}cudgel (v.) to beat with a cudgel, 1590s, from CUDGEL (Cf. cudgel) (n.). Related: Cudgeled; cudgeling … Etymology dictionary
cudgel — I. n. Club, bludgeon. II. v. a. Cane, drub, thrash, baste, beat with a cudgel. See beat … New dictionary of synonyms
cudgel — [ kʌdʒ(ə)l] noun a short, thick stick used as a weapon. verb (cudgels, cudgelling, cudgelled; US cudgels, cudgeling, cudgeled) beat with a cudgel. Phrases cudgel one s brain Brit. think har … English new terms dictionary
cudgel — n. & v. n. a short thick stick used as a weapon. v.tr. (cudgelled, cudgelling; US cudgeled, cudgeling) beat with a cudgel. Phrases and idioms: cudgel one s brains think hard about a problem. take up the cudgels (often foll. by for) make a… … Useful english dictionary
Beat — (b[=e]t), v. t. [imp. {Beat}; p. p. {Beat}, {Beaten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beating}.] [OE. beaten, beten, AS. be[ a]tan; akin to Icel. bauta, OHG. b[=o]zan. Cf. 1st {Butt}, {Button}.] 1. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Beat — (b[=e]t), v. t. [imp. {Beat}; p. p. {Beat}, {Beaten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beating}.] [OE. beaten, beten, AS. be[ a]tan; akin to Icel. bauta, OHG. b[=o]zan. Cf. 1st {Butt}, {Button}.] 1. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Beat — (b[=e]t), v. t. [imp. {Beat}; p. p. {Beat}, {Beaten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beating}.] [OE. beaten, beten, AS. be[ a]tan; akin to Icel. bauta, OHG. b[=o]zan. Cf. 1st {Butt}, {Button}.] 1. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To cudgel one's brains — Cudgel Cudg el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cudgeled} or {Cudgelled} ( ?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cudgeling} or {cudgelling}.] To beat with a cudgel. [1913 Webster] An he here, I would cudgel him like a dog. Shak. [1913 Webster] {To cudgel one s brains}, to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
