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1 сказка про белого бычка
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2 неправдоподобная история
Русско-английский синонимический словарь > неправдоподобная история
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3 невероятная история
1) General subject: a tall tale, a tough story, snake story, tall story (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=81224&dict=CALD)2) Jocular: snake-story3) Jargon: cock-and-bull, cock-and-bull story, scuttle-butt, corkerУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > невероятная история
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4 малоправдоподобная история
1) General subject: hardly probable story2) Jargon: cock-and-bull, cock-and-bull storyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > малоправдоподобная история
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5 небылица
tale, fable, invention; cock-and-bull story* * ** * *tale, fable, invention; cock-and-bull story* * *fairy-taletale -
6 турусы на колёсах
разг., ирон.nonsense; twaddle; rubbish; cf. a cock-and-bull story; a mare's nest- Выдумать всё, что вы рассказали, невозможно... Но другие люди, более недоверчивые, скажут: вот старый глупый человек, дал деньги каким-то неизвестным ссыльным, наговорившим ему турусы на колесах. (В. Обручев, Земля Санникова) — 'It's impossible to have made up all that you told me... But other people will be sceptical and say: that old blockhead gave his money to some exiles who came to with a cock-bull story.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > турусы на колёсах
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РАССКАЗЫВАТЬ СКАЗКИ (кому) coll VP subj: human to tell s.o. invented, fabricated, concocted storiesX рассказывает (Y-y) сказки - X is spinning yarnsX is telling (fish) stories X is telling tall tales X is telling (giving, handing) Y cock-and-bull stories X is handing Y a line (in limited contexts) X is giving Y a song and dance X is making it upNeg Imper не рассказывай сказки = don't give me that. Cf. tell it to the marines.(author's usage) «Не кипятись, Варвара! Я никогда не вру». - «Врёшь! Врёшь! Это кому ты сказки-то сказываешь?» (Абрамов 1). "Don't get worked up, Varvara. I never lie to you." "Liar! Liar! Who are you telling stories to?" (1a).«И каждому из нас отлично понятно, что именно ты хотел сказать этими своими словами... А теперь будешь нам сказки рассказывать, он, мол, не в этом смысле» (Войнович 4). "Everyone here understands full well just what you meant by those words....And now, you're going to hand us some cock-and-bull story about what you meant and didn't mean" (4a).Шмага:)...Я убеждал Гришку отправиться в трактир «Собрание весёлых друзей»... (Дудукин:) Отказался? Неужели? (Коринкина:) Да это он сказки рассказывает (Островский 3). (Sh.:)...I tried to convince Grisha to set out with me for the Merry men Tavern.... (D.:) You mean to say he refused? Is it possible? (K.:) Don't listen to him, he's just making it up (3a). -
8 рассказывать сказки
• РАССКАЗЫВАТЬ СКАЗКИ ( кому) coll[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to tell s.o. invented, fabricated, concocted stories:- X is telling (giving, handing) Y cock-and-bull stories;- [in limited contexts] X is giving Y a song and dance;|| Neg Imper не рассказывай сказки≈ don't give me that. Cf. tell it to the marines.♦ [author's usage] "Не кипятись, Варвара! Я никогда не вру". - "Врёшь! Врёшь! Это кому ты сказки-то сказываешь?" (Абрамов 1). "Don't get worked up, Varvara. I never lie to you." "Liar! Liar! Who are you telling stories to?" (1a).♦ "И каждому из нас отлично понятно, что именно ты хотел сказать этими своими словами... А теперь будешь нам сказки рассказывать, он, мол, не в этом смысле" (Войнович 4). "Everyone here understands full well just what you meant by those words....And now, you're going to hand us some cock-and-bull story about what you meant and didn't mean" (4a).♦ [Шмага:]...Я убеждал Г ришку отправиться в трактир "Собрание весёлых друзей"... [Дудукин:] Отказался? Неужели? [Коринкина:] Да это он сказки рассказывает (Островский 3). [Sh.:]... I tried to convince Grisha to set out with me for the Merry men Tavern.... [D.:] You mean to say he refused? Is it possible? [K.:] Don't listen to him, he's just making it up (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > рассказывать сказки
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9 невероятно большой счёт для оплаты
Jargon: cock-and-bull, cock-and-bull storyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > невероятно большой счёт для оплаты
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10 россказни
только мн.; разг.
old wives' tale ед., cock-and-bull story ед., yarn ед.* * ** * *только old wives' tale ед.* * *fictionsflamsfudgestale -
11 выдумка
1) General subject: a figment of the mind, artifice, brainchild, capriccio, caprice, cock-and-bull story, coinage, confabulation, contrivance, fable, fabrication, fairy tale, fib, fiction, fictitious narrative, fictive narrative, figment, flam, fudge, gammon, invention, made-up story, make believe, make up, make-believe, make-believe reply, make-up, malarkey, romance, story, story telling, tale, verisimilitudes, whigmaleerie, whim wham, whim-wham (дикая), whimsy whamsy, windy, tarradiddle, hoax3) Literal: myth4) Poetical language: forgery5) Jocular: fish story6) Australian slang: yarn7) Diplomatic term: baloney, figment of the mind, make reply8) Psychology: imagination10) Jargon: bum, gag, ackamarackus, ackamaracka11) American English: tall tale -
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1) General subject: an old wives' tale, cock-and-bull story, fishy story, fishy tale, unlikely tale2) Jargon: scuttle-butt, tall story3) Makarov: improbable storyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > неправдоподобная история
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13 небылица
1. cock-and-bull storyнеправдоподобный рассказ; небылица — tall story
2. tall story3. tale; fable; invention4. concoction5. yarnСинонимический ряд:сказка (сущ.) басня; небывальщина; побасенка; россказни; сказкаАнтонимический ряд: -
14 небылицы
1) General subject: bedtime story, cock-and-bull story, concoction, fish story, tell stories2) Colloquial: fairytale, yarn, wild tales3) Makarov: bedtime stories -
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РАЗВЕСИСТАЯ КЛЮКВА humor or iron NP sing only fixed WOa totally improbable, nonsensical story betraying the storyteller's complete ignorance of the subject mattera pure fabrication: tall tale (story) cock-and-bull story fable.Originally used in reference to ignorant descriptions of Russia by foreigners, this phrase is thought to come from an account by a Frenchman (possibly Alexandre Dumas pere, 1802-70) of his sitting sous I ombre dun kliukva majestueux ("in the shade of a majestic cranberry"). -
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• РАЗВЕСИСТАЯ КЛЮКВА humor or iron[NP; sing only; fixed WO]=====⇒ a totally improbable, nonsensical story betraying the storyteller's complete ignorance of the subject matter; a pure fabrication:- fable.—————← Originally used in reference to ignorant descriptions of Russia by foreigners, this phrase is thought to come from an account by a Frenchman (possibly Alexandre Dumas рёге, 1802-70) of his sitting sous I ombre d'un kliukva majestueux ("in the shade of a majestic cranberry").Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > развесистая клюква
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17 небылица
1) General subject: cock-and-bull story, concoction, fable, fairy tale, invention, malarkey, romance, tale, tall story, tall tale, yarn2) Colloquial: malarky3) Jargon: banger, cuffer, ackamarackus, ackamaracka -
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СВЕТ (МИР) HE ПРОИЗВОДИЛ кого-чего СВЕТ НЕ ВИДАЛ (НЕ ВИДЕЛ, НЕ ВИДЫВАЛ) all coll VP subj. these forms only usu. used in a subord clause after такой... какого ( каких) fixed WO(in refer, to a high degree of a certain, generally negative, human quality) such as has never before existedthe likes of which the world has never knownthe world has never known such a NP the biggest (greatest etc) NPthe world has ever known (produced)like (such as) you've never seen you've never seen anything like him (her etc) the biggest (worst etc) NPon earth.Когда знакомые хвалили характер Николая Андреевича, Мария Павловна, глядя на мужа весёлыми сердитыми глазами, говорила: «Пожили бы с ним под одной крышей, вы бы узнали чудного Коленьку: деспот, псих, а эгоист такой, какого свет не видел» (Гроссман 1). His (Nikolai Andreyevich's) acquaintances praised his character now and then, but when they did, Mariya Pavlovna, with her gay and angry eyes fixed on her husband, would exclaim: "You think he's so wonderful. You ought to live with him and then you would find out all about him: Kolya, the despot, the psychopath, an egoist the likes of which the world has never known" (1a).Он (Захар) иногда, от скуки, от недостатка материала для разговора или чтоб внушить более интереса слушающей его публике, вдруг распускал про барина какую-нибудь небывальщину... Или объявит, что барин его такой картёжник и пьяница, какого свет не производил... (Гончаров 1). (Sometimes,) out of boredom, or lacking material for a conversation, or simply to arouse the interest of his audience, he (Zakhar) would suddenly unfold some cock-and-bull story about his master....Or he would announce that his master was the greatest gambler and drunkard the world had ever known... (1b).Кочкарёв:)....Дом невесты) не только заложен, да за два года ещё проценты не выплачены. Да в сенате есть ещё брат, который тоже запускает глаза на дом сутяги такого свет не производил... (Гоголь 1). (К.:) Not only is it (the young lady's house) mortgaged, the interest hasn't been paid for two years. And there's a brother in the Senate who's got his eye on the property-a shyster, you've never seen anything like him (1b).«...Он (председатель палаты) только что масон, а такой дурак, какого свет не производил» (Гоголь 3)."...Не (the President of the Court of Justice) may be a freemason, but he's the biggest fool on earth" (3a). -
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• СВЕТ (МИР) НЕ ПРОИЗВОДИЛ кого-чего; СВЕТ НЕ ВИДАЛ( НЕ ВИДЕЛ, НЕ ВИДЫВАЛ) all coll[VPsubj; these forms only; usu. used in a subord clause after такой... какого < каких>; fixed WO]=====⇒ (in refer, to a high degree of a certain, generally negative, human quality) such as has never before existed:- the world has never known such a [NP];- the biggest (greatest etc) [NP] the world has ever known (produced);- you've never seen anything like him (her etc);- the biggest (worst etc) [NP] on earth.♦ Когда знакомые хвалили характер Николая Андреевича, Мария Павловна, глядя на мужа весёлыми сердитыми глазами, говорила: "Пожили бы с ним под одной крышей, вы бы узнали чудного Коленьку: деспот, псих, а эгоист такой, какого свет не видел" (Гроссман 1). His [Nikolai Andreyevich's] acquaintances praised his character now and then, but when they did, Mariya Pavlovna, with her gay and angry eyes fixed on her husband, would exclaim: "You think he's so wonderful. You ought to live with him and then you would find out all about him: Kolya, the despot, the psychopath, an egoist the likes of which the world has never known" (1a).♦ Он [Захар] иногда, от скуки, от недостатка материала для разговора или чтоб внушить более интереса слушающей его публике, вдруг распускал про барина какую-нибудь небывальщину... Или объявит, что барин его такой картёжник и пьяница, какого свет не производил... (Гончаров 1). [Sometimes,] out of boredom, or lacking material for a conversation, or simply to arouse the interest of his audience, he [Zakhar] would suddenly unfold some cock-and-bull story about his master....Or he would announce that his master was the greatest gambler and drunkard the world had ever known... (1b).♦ [Кочкарёв:]...[Дом невесты] не только заложен, да за два года ещё проценты не выплачены. Да в сенате есть ещё брат, который тоже запускает глаза на дом; сутяги такого свет не производил... (Гоголь 1). [К.:] Not only is it [the young lady's house] mortgaged, the interest hasn't been paid for two years. And there's a brother in the Senate who's got his eye on the property-a shyster; you've never seen anything like him (1b).♦ "...Он [председатель палаты] только что масон, а такой дурак, какого свет не производил" (Гоголь 3). "... Не [the President of the Court of Justice] may be a freemason, but he's the biggest fool on earth" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > мир не производил
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20 свет не видал
[VPsubj; these forms only; usu. used in a subord clause after такой... какого < каких>; fixed WO]=====⇒ (in refer, to a high degree of a certain, generally negative, human quality) such as has never before existed:- the world has never known such a [NP];- the biggest (greatest etc) [NP] the world has ever known (produced);- you've never seen anything like him (her etc);- the biggest (worst etc) [NP] on earth.♦ Когда знакомые хвалили характер Николая Андреевича, Мария Павловна, глядя на мужа весёлыми сердитыми глазами, говорила: "Пожили бы с ним под одной крышей, вы бы узнали чудного Коленьку: деспот, псих, а эгоист такой, какого свет не видел" (Гроссман 1). His [Nikolai Andreyevich's] acquaintances praised his character now and then, but when they did, Mariya Pavlovna, with her gay and angry eyes fixed on her husband, would exclaim: "You think he's so wonderful. You ought to live with him and then you would find out all about him: Kolya, the despot, the psychopath, an egoist the likes of which the world has never known" (1a).♦ Он [Захар] иногда, от скуки, от недостатка материала для разговора или чтоб внушить более интереса слушающей его публике, вдруг распускал про барина какую-нибудь небывальщину... Или объявит, что барин его такой картёжник и пьяница, какого свет не производил... (Гончаров 1). [Sometimes,] out of boredom, or lacking material for a conversation, or simply to arouse the interest of his audience, he [Zakhar] would suddenly unfold some cock-and-bull story about his master....Or he would announce that his master was the greatest gambler and drunkard the world had ever known... (1b).♦ [Кочкарёв:]...[Дом невесты] не только заложен, да за два года ещё проценты не выплачены. Да в сенате есть ещё брат, который тоже запускает глаза на дом; сутяги такого свет не производил... (Гоголь 1). [К.:] Not only is it [the young lady's house] mortgaged, the interest hasn't been paid for two years. And there's a brother in the Senate who's got his eye on the property-a shyster; you've never seen anything like him (1b).♦ "...Он [председатель палаты] только что масон, а такой дурак, какого свет не производил" (Гоголь 3). "... Не [the President of the Court of Justice] may be a freemason, but he's the biggest fool on earth" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > свет не видал
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