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1 до темноты в глазах
The doctors stand by while Yevgeni Khrunov is being rotated on a diabolical merry-go-round until he is blue in the face and cannot see straight.Русско-английский словарь по космонавтике > до темноты в глазах
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2 закручивать
The doctors stand by while Yevgeni Khrunov is being rotated on a diabolical merry-go-round until he is blue in the face and cannot see straight. -
3 По Павушке и славушка
See Каков Савва, такова ему и слава (К)Cf: A crooked stick will cast (will have) a crooked shadow (Am.). If the staff be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > По Павушке и славушка
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4 Каков Савва, такова ему и слава
A mean person has a bad reputation. See Как живешь, так и слывешь (К), По Павушке и славушка (П)Var.: Какова пава, такова ей и славаCf:A crooked stick throws a crooked shadow (Br.). A crooked stick will cast (have) a crooked shadow (Am.). A crooked tree throws only a crooked shadow (Am.). If the staff be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Каков Савва, такова ему и слава
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5 Кривое дерево не разогнется прямо
See Горбатого могила исправит (Г)Cf: A crooked tree will never straighten its branches (Am.). That which is crooked cannot be made straight (Br.). What is bred in the bone will not /come (go)/ out of the flesh (Am., Br.). Wood that grows warped can never be straightened (Br.). You can't make a crooked stick lay straight (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Кривое дерево не разогнется прямо
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6 Горбатого могила исправит
Once a person's basic character has been formed, it cannot be changed. See Волк каждый год линяет, да обычая не меняет (B), Гони природу в дверь, она влетит в окно (Г), Змея, меняя шкуру, не меняет натуру (3), Из собаки блох не выбьешь (И), Каков в колыбельку, таков и в могилку (K), Кривое дерево не разогнется прямо (K), Наряди свинью хоть в серьги, а она все в навоз пойдет (H), Природа свое возьмет (П), Собачьего нрава не изменишь (C), Черного кобеля не отмоешь добела (4), Черное от стирки не белеет (4), Что природа дала, того и мылом не отмоешь (4)Cf: Can the Ethiopian change his colour (his skin)? (Br.). Can the leopard change his spots? (Br.). A (The) leopard cannot (does not) change his spots (Am., Br.). What is bred in the bone will not /come/ out of the flesh (Am., Br.). What's in the bone is in the marrow (Am.). You can never scare a dog from a greasy hide (Br.). You cannot make a crab walk straight (Br.). You can't take the grunt out of a pig (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Горбатого могила исправит
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7 дело идет
I• ДЕЛО ИДЕТ/ПОШЛО к чему[VPsubj; fixed WO) sth. is approaching, sth. is about to happen: дело идёт к X-y ≈ things are heading toward (to) X; things are moving toward X; things are heading straight for X; it looks as if (like) there is going to be X; X is coming; the way things are going, there is bound to be X; [in limited contexts]=====⇒ X is in the air; X is brewing; [in refer, to seasons, holidays etc] X is on the way.♦ Он прекрасно понимал, куда идёт дело - к роковому моменту, к скандалу, к катастрофе, к разоблачению! (Аксёнов 6). He knew perfectly well where things were heading - to the moment of truth, to a scandal, to catastrophe, to exposure! (6a).♦ "Ну что ж, - помрачнел старший великан, - видно, дело идёт к свадьбе" (Искандер 5). "Well then," the eldest giant said darkly, "evidently things are moving toward a wedding" (5a).II[VPsubj; fixed WO]=====⇒ what is involved here is...:- the matter (the question) concerns (involves) X.♦ [Михаил (волнуется):]...Давайте говорить серьезно. Речь идет о деле, а не о справедливости... (Горький 1). [М. (agitated).]. Can't we talk seriously? It's a question of good business practice, not of justice, (1b)♦ "Вот это, господа присяжные, я называю уликой! Вот тут уж я знаю, вижу, осязаю деньги и не могу сказать, что их нет или не было. Так ли в настоящем случае? А между тем ведь дело идет о жизни и смерти, о судьбе человека" (Достоевский 2). "This, gentlemen of the jury, is what I call evidence! Here I know, I see, I touch the money, and I cannot say that it does not or never did exist Is that so in the present case? And yet it is a matter of life and death, of a man's fate" (2a)♦ Полицейские были довольны, что узнали, кто раздавленный. Раскольников назвал и себя, дал свой адрес и всеми силами, как будто дело шло о родном отце, уговаривал перенести поскорее бесчувственного Мармеладова в его квартиру (Достоевский 3). The policemen were pleased to learn the trampled mans identity. Raskolnikov gave his own name too, and his address, and did his very utmost, as if it were his own father involved, to persuade them to take the unconscious Marmeladov back as quickly as possible to his own apartment (3a).♦ "...Ради бога, не откажите мне в моей просьбе: дело идёт о счастии всей моей жизни" (Пушкин 2). [context transl] "...For the love of God, please do not refuse my request: the happiness of my whole life is at stake" (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > дело идет
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