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1 мне наплевать
1) General subject: I don't care a brass farthing, I don't care a button, I don't care a chip, I don't care a damn, I don't care a feather, I don't care a fig, I don't care a hang, I don't care a pin, I don't care a rap, I don't care a red cent, I don't care a red cent for, I don't care a straw, I don't care a whoop, I don't care shucks about it, I don't give a rat's ass, I don't give a two pins, not worth shucks don't care shucks about it2) Colloquial: see if I care3) American: I don't care a continental4) Makarov: I don't care a groat, don't care shucks about it -
2 относиться безразлично
1) General subject: not to care a straw, not to care a tuppence, not to care a twopence, not to care tuppenceУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > относиться безразлично
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3 совершенно не интересоваться
1) General subject: not to care a ( brass) farthing, not to care a damn, not to care a darn, not to care a fiddlestick, not to care a jack-straw, not to give a darn2) Makarov: not to care a bean, not to care a brass farthing, not to care a button, not to care a cent, not to care a curse, not to care a feather, not to care a fig, not to care a hang, not to care a hoot, not to care a jackstraw, not to care a rap, not to care a rush, not to care a whoop, not to care two straws, not to give a curse for ( smth.) (чем-л.), care a fiddlestickУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > совершенно не интересоваться
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4 мне безразлично
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5 терпение и труд всё перетрут
Set phrase: a wilful man must have his way, care and diligence bring luck, constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dropping will wear away a stone, diligence is the mother of good luck, diligence is the mother of success, drop by drop the sea is drained, elbow grease gives the best polish, everything comes to him who waits, feather by feather a goose is plucked, if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again, it is dogged that does it, labour and patience defeat all resistance, little strokes fell great oaks, with time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin (patience and hard work bring success)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > терпение и труд всё перетрут
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6 терпение и труд все перетрут
Set phrase: a wilful man must have his way, care and diligence bring luck, constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dropping will wear away a stone, diligence is the mother of good luck, diligence is the mother of success, drop by drop the sea is drained, elbow grease gives the best polish, everything comes to him who waits, feather by feather a goose is plucked, if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again, it is dogged that does it, labour and patience defeat all resistance, little strokes fell great oaks, with time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin (patience and hard work bring success)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > терпение и труд все перетрут
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7 греть руки
греть руки (руку) ( на чём), сов. в. - нагреть (погреть) руки (руку) ( на чём)разг., неодобр.profit by smth.; reap a fat profit; cf. line one's coat (pockets); feather one's nest; take care of number one; get a piece of the pie- А коли так - сто! Сегодня же сто тысяч представлю! Птицын, выручай, руки нагреешь! (Ф. Достоевский, Идиот) — 'If that's how it is, I give a hundred. This very day I'll produce a hundred thousand! Ptitsyn, help me out and you'll reap a fat profit!'
- Он... мелкий собственник и шкурник. Понятно? Решил руки погреть! Я его давно понял! И не желаю с ним разговаривать! (Ю. Трифонов, Утоление жажды) — 'He is a cheap little self-seeker. D'you realize that? Decided to line his pockets. I've understood him for a long while. I don't want to talk to him.'
Когда его просили стать компаньоном Лоу, те, кто приказал, имели в виду, что он погреет руки. (В. Черняк, Час пробил) — When they had asked him to become Lowe's partner, those who had given the orders had intended for him to get a piece of the pie.
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8 с детства
1. from a childдни детства, детство — cap and feather days
2. from childhoodвторое детство, старческий маразм — second childhood
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