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1 генералитет
1) American: high brass2) Military: big brass, brass, brass hats, general officers, generalship -
2 начальство
1) General subject: authority, brass, brass hats, command, front office, muckey a muck, superior, windjammer2) American: muckey-a-muck3) Military: viper4) Diplomatic term: muckamucks5) Jargon: higher-ups, muckey-mucks, top brass6) Makarov: authorities, chiefs, superiors7) Security: head -
3 высокопоставленные должностные лица
1) General subject: administrators, brass hats, high-ranking officials, higher-ups, policy-makers, top executives2) Military: high officials, high-level officialsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > высокопоставленные должностные лица
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4 испортить много крови
испортить (попортить, перепортить) много крови ( кому), тж. столько (сколько) крови испортить (попортить и т. п.) ( кому)неодобр.worry smb. needlessly (unnecessarily); cause no end of trouble (worry); be a thorn in the side of smb.Всё же на Вашем месте я бы не волновался так отчаянно. И роль Анны и сама пьеса не стоят того, чтобы из-за них портили столько крови и нервов. (А. Чехов, Письмо О. Л. Книппер, 1 ноября 1899) — But yet in your place I would not be so desperately upset. Both the part of Anna and the play itself are not worth wasting so much feeling and nerves over.
- Вот уж истинная напасть на мою голову это начальство! Сколько оно мне портит крови! - Значительно больше, чем японцы, - иронически заметил Борейко. (А. Степанов, Порт-Артур) — 'Those Brass Hats are a veritable curse!' he added in disgust. 'The trouble they give us is beyond belief!' 'Much more than the Japanese!' observed Boreiko ironically.
- Я бы посоветовал вам, Грубский, серьёзно подумать над вашей ролью. Руководство стройки нам не жаловалось, но мы и сами знаем, сколько крови вы испортили Беридзе и его помощникам. (В. Ажаев, Далеко от Москвы) — I should advise you, Grubsky, to give serious thought to the role you are playing. The construction management has not complained to us, but we know ourselves that you have been a thorn in the side of Beridze and his assistants.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > испортить много крови
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