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НЕЧЕГО СКАЗАТЬ coll Invar fixed WO1.Interj) used to express displeasure with, indignation at, or an ironic attitude toward s.o., sth., or, occas., o.s. (used in conjunction with a word or phrase expressing a positive evaluation to emphasize that this word or phrase is used ironically): (a fine (nice, brilliant etc) NP), I must say! (a fine (nice, brilliant etc) NP), indeed (to be sure)! some NP (he (that etc) is)!«Поздравляю, господин исправник. Ай да бумага! По этим приметам немудрено будет вам отыскать Дубровского. Да кто же не среднего роста, у кого не русые волосы, не прямой нос да не карие глаза!.. Нечего сказать, умные головушки приказные» (Пушкин 1). "I congratulate you, Mr Chief of police. What a document! It'll be easy to trace Dubrovsky from such a description! Who is not of medium height? Who has not got fair hair-or a straight nose, or brown eyes?...1 must say, these officials are clever fellows!" (1b).Хорош, нечего сказать! Опять двойку принёс - уже вторую на этой неделе. You're a fine one indeed! This is the second "D" you've brought home this week.Хорош, нечего сказать! хорош мальчик!.. Отец на одре лежит, а он забавляется, квартального на медведя верхом сажает. Стыдно, батюшка, стыдно!» (Толстой 4). "A fine fellow, to be sure! A fine fellow!...His father is on his deathbed, and he amuses himself by mounting a policeman on a bear. For shame, sir, for shame!" (4a).2. obsusu. sent adv (parenth)) (used to confirm the truth and indisputable nature of what is being stated) truly, without questionthere's no denying ityou (one) cannot deny it (in limited contexts) and (make) no mistake (about it).«Что будет - то будет, - сказала попадья, - а жаль, если не Владимир Андреевич будет нашим господином. Молодец, нечего сказать» (Пушкин 1). "What will be, will be," said the priest's wife. "But it'll be a pity if Vladimir Andreyevitch does not become our master. He is a fine young man, and no mistake" (1b). -
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• АЙ ДА...! coll[Interj; Invar; foll. by NP; fixed WO]=====⇒ used to express approval, admiration:- [when foll. by an anim noun] what (a)...!;- good for you <her, him etc>!;- you are <he is etc> (really) quite a...!;- atta boy < girl>!;- he <she etc> is really something!;- ah, that...!;- good job (...)!;- well done (...)!;- [when foll. by an inanim noun] what (a)...!;- (now) that's <here's, there's> (a)...(for you)!;- that's (really) quite a...!;- [when used ironically only] some...!;- some...he <she, that etc> is!♦ "Поздравляю, господин исправник. Ай да бумага! По этим приметам немудрено будет вам отыскать Дубровского. Да кто же не среднего роста, у кого не русые волосы, не прямой нос да не карие глаза!.. Нечего сказать, умные головушки приказные" (Пушкин 1). "I congratulate you, Mr Chief of Police. What a document! It'll be easy to trace Dubrovsky from such a description! Who is not of medium height? Who has not got fair hair or a straight nose, or brown eyes?....I must say, these officials are clever fellows!" (1b).♦...Совершенно неожиданно было получено письмо за подписями начальника и политрука музыкальной команды военной части номер такой-то, в котором родителям ефрейтора Аркадия Мансурова от лица командования выражалась благодарность за хорошее воспитание сына... Ай да Аркашка! (Залыгин 1)....There came a completely unexpected letter signed by the C.O. and the political officer of the concert party of unit No. so-and-so, expressing official gratitude to the parents of Lance-corporal Arkady Mansurov for bringing him up so well....Good for you, Arkady! (la).♦ "Она [моя барыня] разрядится, точно пава, и ходит так важно; а кабы кто посмотрел, какие юбки да какие чулки носит, так срам посмотреть!.."Все, кроме Захара, засмеялись. "Ай да Татьяна Ивановна, мимо не попадёт!" - говорили одобрительно голоса (Гончаров 1). "She [my mistress] gets all dressed up in her finery and parades around like a peacock, but if you ever got a look at the petticoats and stockings she wears - it's a disgrace!..." Everyone except Zakhar laughed. "Ah, that Tatyana Ivanovna, she never misses!" they said approvingly (1b).♦ Ай да герой! Собственной тени боится! Some hero! Afraid of his own shadow!Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ай да...!
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23 умная голова
• УМНАЯ ГОЛОВА < ГОЛОВУШКА> coll, occas. iron[NP; often appos or vocative; fixed WO]=====⇒ a sensible, intelligent person:- a clever one <fellow, girl etc>;- (a real <a total, you>) brain;- (one is) so clever.♦ "Поздравляю, господин исправник. Ай да бумага! По этим приметам немудрено будет вам отыскать Дубровского. Да кто же не среднего роста, у кого не русые волосы, не прямой нос да не карие глаза!.. Нечего сказать, умные головушки приказные" (Пушкин 1). "I congratulate you, Mr Chief of police. What a document! It'll be easy to trace Dubrovsky from such a description! Who is not of medium height? Who has not got fair hair - or a straight nose, or brown eyes?...I must say, these officials are clever fellows!" (1b).♦ [Шабельский:] Для всех ты, гениальная башка, изобретаешь и учишь всех, как жить, а меня хоть бы раз поучил... Поучи-ка, умная голова, укажи выход... (Чехов 4). [Sh.:] You're such a mastermind, always concocting plans for everyone, teaching everyone how to live, but you've never yet taught me any thing.... Come on, give me an idea, if you're so clever, show me a way out (4a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > умная голова
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24 умная головушка
• УМНАЯ ГОЛОВА < ГОЛОВУШКА> coll, occas. iron[NP; often appos or vocative; fixed WO]=====⇒ a sensible, intelligent person:- a clever one <fellow, girl etc>;- (a real <a total, you>) brain;- (one is) so clever.♦ "Поздравляю, господин исправник. Ай да бумага! По этим приметам немудрено будет вам отыскать Дубровского. Да кто же не среднего роста, у кого не русые волосы, не прямой нос да не карие глаза!.. Нечего сказать, умные головушки приказные" (Пушкин 1). "I congratulate you, Mr Chief of police. What a document! It'll be easy to trace Dubrovsky from such a description! Who is not of medium height? Who has not got fair hair - or a straight nose, or brown eyes?...I must say, these officials are clever fellows!" (1b).♦ [Шабельский:] Для всех ты, гениальная башка, изобретаешь и учишь всех, как жить, а меня хоть бы раз поучил... Поучи-ка, умная голова, укажи выход... (Чехов 4). [Sh.:] You're such a mastermind, always concocting plans for everyone, teaching everyone how to live, but you've never yet taught me any thing.... Come on, give me an idea, if you're so clever, show me a way out (4a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > умная головушка
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25 нечего сказать
• НЕЧЕГО СКАЗАТЬ coll[Invar; fixed WO]=====1. [Interj]⇒ used to express displeasure with, indignation at, or an ironic attitude toward s.o., sth., or, occas., o.s. (used in conjunction with a word or phrase expressing a positive evaluation to emphasize that this word or phrase is used ironically):- (a fine (nice, brilliant etc) [NP]), I must say!;- (a fine (nice, brilliant etc) [NP]), indeed (to be sure)!;- some [NP] (he (that etc) is)!♦ "Поздравляю, господин исправник. Ай да бумага! По этим приметам немудрено будет вам отыскать Дубровского. Да кто же не среднего роста, у кого не русые волосы, не прямой нос да не карие глаза!.. Нечего сказать, умные головушки приказные" (Пушкин 1). "I congratulate you, Mr Chief of police. What a document! It'll be easy to trace Dubrovsky from such a description! Who is not of medium height? Who has not got fair hair - or a straight nose, or brown eyes?...I must say, these officials are clever fellows!" (1b).♦ Хорош, нечего сказать! Опять двойку принёс - уже вторую на этой неделе. You're a fine one indeed! This is the second "D" you've brought home this week.♦ "Хорош, нечего сказать! хорош мальчик!.. Отец на одре лежит, а он забавляется, квартального на медведя верхом сажает. Стыдно, батюшка, стыдно!" (Толстой 4). "A fine fellow, to be sure! A fine fellow!...His father is on his deathbed, and he amuses himself by mounting a policeman on a bear. For shame, sir, for shame!" (4a).2. obs [usu. sent adv (parenth)]⇒ (used to confirm the truth and indisputable nature of what is being stated) truly, without question:- [in limited contexts] and (make) no mistake (about it).♦ "Что будет -то будет, - сказала попадья, - а жаль, если не Владимир Андреевич будет нашим господином. Молодец, нечего сказать" (Пушкин 1). "What will be, will be," said the priest's wife. "But it'll be a pity if Vladimir Andreyevitch does not become our master. He is a fine young man, and no mistake" (1b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > нечего сказать
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26 одурачивать
dupe глагол:niggle (размениваться на мелочи, одурачивать, надоедать, заниматься пустяками, придираться по пустякам, раздражать)словосочетание:do brown (одурачивать, поджарить или испечь до появления румяной корочки)pull the nose (одурачивать, дурачить)
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brown-nose — (v.) also brownnose, 1939, American English colloquial, said to be military slang originally, from BROWN (Cf. brown) + NOSE (Cf. nose) (n.), from the implication that servility is tantamount to having one s nose in the anus of the person from… … Etymology dictionary
brown-nose — brown ,nose verb intransitive or transitive INFORMAL to try very hard to please someone important or powerful, for example by agreeing with them all the time, in a way that annoys other people: He had just brown nosed his way to the top. ╾ brown … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
brown-nose — /brown nohz /, v., brown nosed, brown nosing, n. Slang. v.i. 1. to curry favor; behave obsequiously. v.t. 2. to seek favors from (a person) in an obsequious manner; fawn over. n. 3. Also, brown noser. a toady; sycophant. Cf. ass kissing. [1935… … Universalium
brown-nose — ☆ brown nose [broun′nōz΄ ] vt., vi. brown nosed, brown nosing [from the image of currying favor by kissing someone s buttocks] Slang to seek favor or approval from (someone) by obsequious behavior; fawn (on) n. Slang one who brown noses: also… … English World dictionary
brown-nose — v [I and T] informal to try to make someone in authority like you by being very nice to them used in order to show disapproval >brown noser n >brown nosing n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
brown nose — When someone tries to make themselves popular with somebody, usually in a position of authority, especially by flattering them, they are brown nosing … The small dictionary of idiomes
brown-nose — brown′ nose v. nosed, nos•ing, n. Slang. 1) sts to curry favor 2) sts to seek favors from (a person) in an obsequious manner; fawn over 3) sts Also, brown′ nos er. a toady • Etymology: 1935–40 … From formal English to slang
brown-nose — verb flatter with the intention of getting something • Syn: ↑butter up • Hypernyms: ↑flatter, ↑blandish • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody Sam cannot brown nose Sue * * * … Useful english dictionary
brown-nose — UK / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms brown nose : present tense I/you/we/they brown nose he/she/it brown noses present participle brown nosing past tense brown nosed past participle brown nosed informal, showing disapproval to try… … English dictionary
brown-nose — to flatter Not from exposure to the sun but from the figurative proximity of your proboscis to the anal area of the object of your sycophancy: Hungerford you missed the beginning but this is a course you can t fail so there is no need… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
brown-nose — 1. AND brownie; brown noser n. a sycophant; one who flatters for self serving motives. □ You are just a plain old brown nose. □ That brown noser actually gave the boss a bottle of wine for her birthday. 2. tv. & in. to curry favor with someone;… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions