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81 сесть в лужу
1) General subject: be in pretty pickle, boob, drop a clanger, put one's foot into it, go squash, put foot in, put foot into, make an ass of oneself, put foot in it, get into a mess, have egg on one's face2) Colloquial: put one's foot in it, lay an egg3) American: pull a boner4) Politics: have egg on (one's) face get into a mess5) Set phrase: put one's foot in one's mouth6) Makarov: be in the mire, come a mucker, find oneself in the mire, stick in the mire -
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HE КАЗАТЬ (HE ПОКАЗЫВАТЬ/НЕ ПОКАЗАТЬ) ГЛАЗ (куда, к кому) coll VP subj: human not to visit s.o., not to go or come to some placeX (к Y-y (в место Z)) глаз не кажет — X hasn't shown his face (at Y's place (in place Z))X doesn't show himself at Yb place (in place Z) X hasn't been to see Y (to place Z, in place Z) X is keeping away from Yты что (почему и т. п.) глаз не кажешь? - where have you been hiding (keeping) yourself?«Забыли совсем, Лев Львович, старика. Вторую неделю глаз не кажете» (Максимов 3). "Thought you'd quite forgotten an old man, Lev Lvovich. Haven't shown your face for over a week now" (3a).«Ты чего ж это глаз не кажешь?» (Шолохов 2). "Why haven't you been to see us?" (2b).В Рубежин приехали к обеду. Фомин действительно оказался дома. Он встретил Петра по-хорошему... «Ты что-то, односум, и глаз не кажешь», -говорил Фомин протяжно, приятным баском... (Шолохов 4). They reached Rubezhin at dinner-time. Fomin was indeed at home. He greeted Petro affably.... "Where've you been hiding yourself, chum?" Fomin drawled in his pleasant bass... (4a). -
83 Ж-38
В ЖИЗНИ (B ЖИЗНЬ) coll PrepP Invar used with negated ( usu. pfv) verbs to intensify negation) not evernever in one's lifenot in a lifetime never (ever) (in limited contexts) such NP as one has never seen (met etc) in one's entire life the best (greatest etc) NPone has ever seen (met etc) in onefc life.Летом, когда мама была у сестры на даче, она (Катя) приходила к нему, глаза сердитые, стеснялась сидевших у подъезда женщин. «Пялят зенки. Больше в жизни не приду» (Рыбаков 2). She (Katya) came to see him in the summer, when his mother was away at her sister's dacha. Her eyes were angry and she was embarrassed by the women sitting at the entrance. "All eyes! I'll never come here again in my life!" (2a)....Вам в жизни не разрешить эту задачу (Терц 1)....You won't solve this problem in a lifetime (1a).Абарчук постепенно различил в полумраке лицо Магара. Он не узнал бы его... умирающий старик!.. Ощущая на себе взгляд Магара, он подумал: «Тоже, наверно, считает: в жизни б не узнал» (Гроссман 2). Gradually, in the half-light, he (Abarchuk) made out Magar's face. He would never have recognized him...he was an old man who was about to die....Sensing that Magar was looking at him, he thought: "He's probably thinking the same thing-" "Well, I'd never have recognized him" (2a)....Встретил меня старый и седой слуга с тёмным, медного цвета, лицом... и такими глубокими морщинами на лбу и на висках, каких я в жизни не видывал... (Тургенев 3)____I was met by a grey-haired old servant with a face the colour of dark copper...and the deepest wrinkles on his forehead and temples I had ever seen in my life (3b). -
84 Л-116
ЛОБ В ЛОБ столкнуться, сойтись и т. п. coll Invar adv fixed WO(to meet, run into one another) right up close, facing each other: (collide (meet etc)) head-on(run (crash etc)) right into each other (meet (come etc)) face to face....Стоило ему заступить в должность, как уже на другой день грянула беда: в самом исходе перегона Роща-Дубки лоб в лоб столкнулись два товарняка (Максимов 3)....Sure enough, the very day after he took up his duties, disaster struck. Two freight trains crashed head-on on the last lap of the Roshcha-Dubki run (3a). -
85 П-370
HE ПОЯВЛЯТЬСЯ (HE ПОКАЗЫВАТЬСЯ) НА ПОРОГ coll VP subj: human not to come to s.o. 's home for a long time (because one has quarreled with s.o., is too busy, no longer wants to see s.o. etc)X не появляется на порог = X never visits YX never comes (goes) to see Y (in limited contexts) X doesn't set foot in (show his face at) Y's house (home etc).Мы с Максимом поссорились, с тех пор он не появляется на порог. Maksim and I had a falling-out, and he hasn't shown his face at my house since. -
86 Р-101
НА РЕДКОСТЬ PrepP Invar1. ( modif (intensif)) extremely, to an extent rarely encounteredexceptionallyuncommonly unusually most extraordinarily exceedingly (in limited contexts) a rare NP. Ноябрь был на редкость теплый, настоящее бабье лето (Горенштейн 1). November was exceptionally warm, a real Indian summer (1a).Мой спутник оказался очень услужливым и на редкость молчаливым стариком (Искандер 3). The old man proved to be a very obliging and uncommonly taciturn traveling companion (3a)Он нашел вместо Фаины лишь маленькое, на редкость ласковое письмо. Она ушла (Битов 2). Не found, instead of Faina, only a short, unusually affectionate letter. She was gone (2a)Пожалуй, единственное преимущество его состояло в том, что он не боялся уронить себя в чьих-то глазах... В этом смысле Момун, сам того не подозревая, был на редкость счастливым человеком (Айтматов 1). Perhaps his only advantage was that he never feared losing face with others. In this respect, Momun, without suspecting it himself, was extraordinarily fortunate (1a)Служащий метро Обри был на редкость уродлив.. Оренбург 4). Aubry, a subway employee, was exceedingly ugly (4a)2. ladv (intensif)l excellently, highly satisfactorily, as happens rarely extremely wellзнать свое дело - = really know one's business (stuff)know one's business (stuff) inside and out know all the ins and outs (of sth.)удаться - = turn (come) out perfectly (great etc)be as good as they come be a great successнам \Р-101 повезло - we (really) lucked outwe had a rare stroke of luck we were extremely lucky.Однажды мне на редкость повезло. Меня повезли на допрос не ночью, как обычно, а среди белого дня. И, выходя из ворот дома Васькова (тюрьмы!, я увидала своего Ваську... Вот он, жив-здоров и неплохо выглядит (Гинзбург 2). One day I had a rare stroke of luck I was taken along to the interrogation not, as usual, at night but in broad daylight. As I emerged from the gates of (the prison called) Vaskovs House I caught a glimpse of my Vasya There he was, alive and well, and looking reasonably fit (2a)3. ( subj-compl with copula ( subj: concr, abstr, or human) or nonagreeing modif) a thing (phenomenon, or, less often, person) is of remarkable quality, of a quality rarely encounteredX был на редкость - X was exceptional (outstanding, beyond compare)X was exceptionally good (beautiful etc)....Георгины в эту осень вышли на редкость, хоть в Женеву на выставку... (Трифонов 1). The dahlias were exceptionally beautiful that fall —good enough to put on exhibit in Geneva.. (1a) -
87 С-292
СЛОВА HE ИДУТ С ЯЗЫКА у кого VP subj. pres or past usu. this WO s.o. is unable or lacks the resolve to say sth. (because he is embarrassed, nervous, afraid of unpleasant repercussions, afraid of upsetting the interlocutor etc): у X-a слова не идут с языка — X cannot bring himself to utter a word X cannot get a word out of his mouth X cannot get the words to come out X is incapable of uttering a word X is tongue-tied.Он (Обломов) припал к её руке лицом и замер. Слова не шли более с языка (Гончаров 1). Не (Oblomov) pressed his face to her hand and fell silent. He could not bring himself to utter another word (1a). He (Oblomov) pressed his face to her hand and fell silent, incapable of uttering another word (1b). -
88 С-369
ВО ВСЯКОМ СЛУЧАЕ PrepP Invar1. ( usu. advused with verbs in the fut or with надо, следует, пора etc) without fail, given any circumstances (the action in question will or should be carried out or come about)in any case (event)one way or another (the other) whatever happens....Ему (Бородавкину) незачем было торопиться, так как можно было заранее предсказать, что предприятие его во всяком случае окончится успехом... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1)....He (Wartkin) had no reason to hurry, since he could predict beforehand that his venture would in any case end in success... (1a).«Скверно! - решил он наконец, - скверно, с какой стороны ни посмотри. Во-первых, надо будет подставлять лоб и во всяком случае уехать...» (Тургенев 2). "It's a bad business!" he decided finally. "A bad business, whichever way you look at it. In the first place I'll have to stand there waiting to be shot at, and whatever happens 111 have to leave..." (2e).2. (used as Particle, often parenthusu. placed before the word or phrase modif ied) used in conjunction with a word or phrase that qualifies or restricts the preceding statementat leastat any rate in any case (in limited contexts) anyway.Я неудачник. Во всяком случае так считает моя мама (Войнович 5). I'm a failure. Or at least my mother considers me one (5a).«Не нужно нам никакой квартиры, - сказал Дмитриев задыхающимся голосом. - Не нужно, понятно тебе? Во всяком случае, мне не нужно» (Трифонов 4). "We don't need any apartment at all," said Dmitriev in a choked voice. "We don't need it, you understand? In any case / don't need it" (4a)..Никто у него в семье не был (в 1937 году) посажен или убит и палачей -явных, во всяком случае, - не определялось (Аксёнов 12)....No one in his family had been imprisoned or killed (in 1937) and there were no executioners—obvious ones, anyway— recruited from among his kin (12a).3. (sent adv (parenth)) regardless of the circumstances described in the preceding context, often regardless of which of the described options is correct or validin any case (event)at any rate at (in) all events whatever the case.От Коровьева и Бегемота несло гарью, рожа Бегемота была в саже, а кепка наполовину обгорела. «Салют, мес-сир», - прокричала неугомонная парочка... «Очень хороши», - сказал Воланд... «Во всяком случае, мы явились, мессир, - докладывал Коровьев, - и ждём ваших распоряжений» (Булгаков 9). Koroviev and Behemoth reeked of smoke, Behemoth's face was sooty, and his cap badly singed "Salute, Mes-sire!" cried the irrepressible pair...."A fine pair," said Woland. "In any case, we've come, Messire," reported Koroviev, "and we are waiting for your orders" (9a).«Значит, он миллионер?» - «Во всяком случае, за расходами не стоит» (Войнович 3). "Then he's а millionaire?" "At any rate, he doesn't spare expense" (3a).Возможно, он (архитектор III.) сам спровоцировал запрет барельефа. Возможно, сразу согласился. Возможно, не очень энергично отстаивал. Во всяком случае, теперь сотрудничество с тобой повредило бы его положению и карьере (Зиновьев 1). "Probably he (the architect S.) provoked the banning of the bas-relief himself. Probably he was the first to agree to it. Probably he defended it without any great conviction. At all events, working with you would have damaged his professional position" (1a).Знал ли он (Маяковский) о моём восторженном отношении к нему? Во всяком случае, между нами порой среди той или иной собравшейся группы литераторов устанавливался бессловесный контакт... (Олеша 3). Was he (Mayakovsky) aware of my rapturous regard for him? Whatever the case, from time to time, at one gathering of literary people or another, a tacit understanding was established between us... (3a). -
89 не казать глаз
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ not to visit s.o., not to go or come to some place:- X (к Y-y < в место Z>) глаз не кажет≈ X hasn't shown his face (at Y's place < in place Z>);- X hasn't been to see Y (to place Z, in place Z);♦ "Забыли совсем, Лев Львович, старика. Вторую неделю глаз не кажете" (Максимов 3). "Thought you'd quite forgotten an old man, Lev Lvovich. Haven't shown your face for over a week now" (3a).♦ "Ты чего ж это глаз не кажешь?" (Шолохов 2). "Why haven't you been to see us?" (2b).♦ В Рубежин приехали к обеду. Фомин действительно оказался дома. Он встретил Петра по-хорошему... "Ты что-то, односум, и глаз не кажешь", - говорил Фомин протяжно, приятным баском... (Шолохов 4). They reached Rubezhin at dinner-time. Fomin was indeed at home. He greeted Petro affably.... "Where've you been hiding yourself, chum?" Fomin drawled in his pleasant bass... (4a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не казать глаз
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90 не показать глаз
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ not to visit s.o., not to go or come to some place:- X (к Y-y < в место Z>) глаз не кажет≈ X hasn't shown his face (at Y's place < in place Z>);- X hasn't been to see Y (to place Z, in place Z);♦ "Забыли совсем, Лев Львович, старика. Вторую неделю глаз не кажете" (Максимов 3). "Thought you'd quite forgotten an old man, Lev Lvovich. Haven't shown your face for over a week now" (3a).♦ "Ты чего ж это глаз не кажешь?" (Шолохов 2). "Why haven't you been to see us?" (2b).♦ В Рубежин приехали к обеду. Фомин действительно оказался дома. Он встретил Петра по-хорошему... "Ты что-то, односум, и глаз не кажешь", - говорил Фомин протяжно, приятным баском... (Шолохов 4). They reached Rubezhin at dinner-time. Fomin was indeed at home. He greeted Petro affably.... "Where've you been hiding yourself, chum?" Fomin drawled in his pleasant bass... (4a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не показать глаз
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91 не показывать глаз
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ not to visit s.o., not to go or come to some place:- X (к Y-y < в место Z>) глаз не кажет≈ X hasn't shown his face (at Y's place < in place Z>);- X hasn't been to see Y (to place Z, in place Z);♦ "Забыли совсем, Лев Львович, старика. Вторую неделю глаз не кажете" (Максимов 3). "Thought you'd quite forgotten an old man, Lev Lvovich. Haven't shown your face for over a week now" (3a).♦ "Ты чего ж это глаз не кажешь?" (Шолохов 2). "Why haven't you been to see us?" (2b).♦ В Рубежин приехали к обеду. Фомин действительно оказался дома. Он встретил Петра по-хорошему... "Ты что-то, односум, и глаз не кажешь", - говорил Фомин протяжно, приятным баском... (Шолохов 4). They reached Rubezhin at dinner-time. Fomin was indeed at home. He greeted Petro affably.... "Where've you been hiding yourself, chum?" Fomin drawled in his pleasant bass... (4a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не показывать глаз
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92 в жизни
[PrepP; Invar; used with negated (usu. pfv) verbs to intensify negation]=====⇒ not ever:- never (ever);- [in limited contexts] such [NP] as one has never seen (met etc) in one's entire life;- the best (greatest etc) [NP] one has ever seen (met etc) in one's life.♦ Летом, когда мама была у сестры на даче, она [Катя] приходила к нему, глаза сердитые, стеснялась сидевших у подъезда женщин. "Пялят зенки. Больше в жизни не приду" (Рыбаков 2). She [Katya] came to see him in the summer, when his mother was away at her sister's dacha. Her eyes were angry and she was embarrassed by the women sitting at the entrance. "All eyes! I'll never come here again in my life!" (2a).♦...Вам в жизни не разрешить эту задачу (Терц 1)....You won't solve this problem in a lifetime (1a).♦ Абарчук постепенно различил в полумраке лицо Магара. Он не узнал бы его... умирающий старик!.. Ощущая на себе взгляд Магара, он подумал: "Тоже, наверно, считает: в жизни б не узнал" (Гроссман 2). Gradually, in the half-light, he [Abarchuk] made out Magar's face. He would never have recognized him...he was an old man who was about to die....Sensing that Magar was looking at him, he thought: "He's probably thinking the same thing-" "Well, I'd never have recognized him" (2a).♦...Встретил меня старый и седой слуга с тёмным, медного цвета, лицом... и такими глубокими морщинами на лбу и на висках, каких я в жизни не видывал... (Тургенев 3) I was met by a grey-haired old servant with a face the colour of dark copper...and the deepest wrinkles on his forehead and temples I had ever seen in my life (3b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > в жизни
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93 в жизнь
[PrepP; Invar; used with negated (usu. pfv) verbs to intensify negation]=====⇒ not ever:- never (ever);- [in limited contexts] such [NP] as one has never seen (met etc) in one's entire life;- the best (greatest etc) [NP] one has ever seen (met etc) in one's life.♦ Летом, когда мама была у сестры на даче, она [Катя] приходила к нему, глаза сердитые, стеснялась сидевших у подъезда женщин. "Пялят зенки. Больше в жизни не приду" (Рыбаков 2). She [Katya] came to see him in the summer, when his mother was away at her sister's dacha. Her eyes were angry and she was embarrassed by the women sitting at the entrance. "All eyes! I'll never come here again in my life!" (2a).♦...Вам в жизни не разрешить эту задачу (Терц 1)....You won't solve this problem in a lifetime (1a).♦ Абарчук постепенно различил в полумраке лицо Магара. Он не узнал бы его... умирающий старик!.. Ощущая на себе взгляд Магара, он подумал: "Тоже, наверно, считает: в жизни б не узнал" (Гроссман 2). Gradually, in the half-light, he [Abarchuk] made out Magar's face. He would never have recognized him...he was an old man who was about to die....Sensing that Magar was looking at him, he thought: "He's probably thinking the same thing-" "Well, I'd never have recognized him" (2a).♦...Встретил меня старый и седой слуга с тёмным, медного цвета, лицом... и такими глубокими морщинами на лбу и на висках, каких я в жизни не видывал... (Тургенев 3) I was met by a grey-haired old servant with a face the colour of dark copper...and the deepest wrinkles on his forehead and temples I had ever seen in my life (3b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > в жизнь
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94 лоб в лоб
• ЛОБ В ЛОБ столкнуться, сойтись и т.п. coll[Invar; adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ (to meet, run into one another) right up close, facing each other:- (collide <meet etc>) head-on;- (run <crash etc>) right into each other;- (meet <come etc>) face to face.♦...Стоило ему заступить в должность, как уже на другой день грянула беда: в самом исходе перегона Роща-Дубки лоб в лоб столкнулись два товарняка (Максимов 3)....Sure enough, the very day after he took up his duties, disaster struck. Two freight trains crashed head-on on the last lap of the Roshcha-Dubki run (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лоб в лоб
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95 не показываться на порог
• НЕ ПОЯВЛЯТЬСЯ < НЕ ПОКАЗЫВАТЬСЯ> НА ПОРОГ coll[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ not to come to s.o.'s home for a long time (because one has quarreled with s.o., is too busy, no longer wants to see s.o. etc):- [in limited contexts] X doesn't set foot in (show his face at) Y's house (home etc).♦ Мы с Максимом поссорились, с тех пор он не появляется на порог. Maksim and I had a falling-out, and he hasn't shown his face at my house since.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не показываться на порог
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96 не появляться на порог
• НЕ ПОЯВЛЯТЬСЯ < НЕ ПОКАЗЫВАТЬСЯ> НА ПОРОГ coll[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ not to come to s.o.'s home for a long time (because one has quarreled with s.o., is too busy, no longer wants to see s.o. etc):- [in limited contexts] X doesn't set foot in (show his face at) Y's house (home etc).♦ Мы с Максимом поссорились, с тех пор он не появляется на порог. Maksim and I had a falling-out, and he hasn't shown his face at my house since.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не появляться на порог
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97 на редкость
[PrepP; Invar]=====1. [modif (intensif)]⇒ extremely, to an extent rarely encountered:- uncommonly;- unusually;- most;- exceedingly;- [in limited contexts] a rare [NP].♦ Ноябрь был на редкость теплый, настоящее бабье лето (Горенштейн 1). November was exceptionally warm, a real Indian summer (1a).♦ Мой спутник оказался очень услужливым и на редкость молчаливым стариком (Искандер 3). The old man proved to be a very obliging and uncommonly taciturn traveling companion (3a)♦...Он нашел вместо Фаины лишь маленькое, на редкость ласковое письмо. Она ушла (Битов 2). He found, instead of Faina, only a short, unusually affectionate letter. She was gone (2a)♦ Пожалуй, единственное преимущество его состояло в том, что он не боялся уронить себя в чьих-то глазах... В этом смысле Момун, сам того не подозревая, был на редкость счастливым человеком (Айтматов 1). Perhaps his only advantage was that he never feared losing face with others. In this respect, Momun, without suspecting it himself, was extraordinarily fortunate (1a)♦ Служащий метро Обри был на редкость уродлив.. (Эренбург 4). Aubry, a subway employee, was exceedingly ugly (4a)2. [adv (intensif)]⇒ excellently, highly satisfactorily, as happens rarely extremely well; || знать свое дело на редкость ≈ really know one's business (stuff); know one's business (stuff) inside and out; know all the ins and outs (of sth.); || удаться на редкость ≈ turn (come) out perfectly (great etc); be as good as they come; bea great success; || нам на редкость повезло ≈ we (really) lucked out; we had a rare stroke of luck; we were extremely lucky.♦ Однажды мне на редкость повезло. Меня повезли на допрос не ночью, как обычно, а среди белого дня. И, выходя из ворот дома Васькова [тюрьмы], я увидала своего Ваську... Вот он, жив-здоров и неплохо выглядит (Гинзбург 2). One day I had a rare stroke of luck I was taken along to the interrogation not, as usual, at night but in broad daylight. As I emerged from the gates of [the prison called] Vaskovs House I caught a glimpse of my Vasya There he was, alive and well, and looking reasonably fit (2a)3. [subj-compl with copula (subj: concr, abstr, or human) or nonagreeing modif]⇒ a thing (phenomenon, or, less often, person) is of remarkable quality, of a quality rarely encountered:- X был на редкость≈ X was exceptional (outstanding, beyond compare);- X was exceptionally good (beautiful etc).♦...Георгины в эту осень вышли на редкость, хоть в Женеву на выставку... (Трифонов 1). The dahlias were exceptionally beautiful that fall - good enough to put on exhibit in Geneva... (1a)Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на редкость
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98 слова не идут с языка
[VPsubj; pres or past; usu. this WO]=====⇒ s.o. is unable or lacks the resolve to say sth. (because he is embarrassed, nervous, afraid of unpleasant repercussions, afraid of upsetting the interlocutor etc):- X is tongue-tied.♦ Он [Обломов] припал к её руке лицом и замер. Слова не шли более с языка (Гончаров 1). Не [Oblomov] pressed his face to her hand and fell silent. He could not bring himself to utter another word (1a). He [Oblomov] pressed his face to her hand and fell silent, incapable of uttering another word (1b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > слова не идут с языка
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99 во всяком случае
[PrepP; Invar]=====1. [usu. adv; used with verbs in the fut or with надо, следует, пора etc]⇒ without fail, given any circumstances (the action in question will or should be carried out or come about):- in any case < event>;- one way or another < the other>;- whatever happens.♦...Ему [Бородавкину] незачем было торопиться, так как можно было заранее предсказать, что предприятие его во всяком случае окончится успехом... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1).... Не [Wartkin] had no reason to hurry, since he could predict beforehand that his venture would in any case end in success... (1a).♦ " Скверно! - решил он наконец, - скверно, с какой стороны ни посмотри. Во-первых, надо будет подставлять лоб и во всяком случае уехать..." (Тургенев 2). "It's a bad business!" he decided finally. "A bad business, whichever way you look at it. In the first place I'll have to stand there waiting to be shot at, and whatever happens I'll have to leave..." (2e).2. [used as Particle; often parenth; usu. placed before the word or phrase modified]⇒ used in conjunction with a word or phrase that qualifies or restricts the preceding statement:- at least;- at any rate;- in any case;- [in limited contexts] anyway.♦ Я неудачник. Во всяком случае так считает моя мама (Войнович 5). I'm a failure. Or at least my mother considers me one (5a).♦ "Не нужно нам никакой квартиры, - сказал Дмитриев задыхающимся голосом. - Не нужно, понятно тебе? Во всяком случае, мне не нужно" (Трифонов 4). "We don't need any apartment at all," said Dmitriev in a choked voice. "We don't need it, you understand? In any case / don't need it" (4a).♦...Никто у него в семье не был [в 1937 году] посажен или убит и палачей - явных, во всяком случае, - не определялось (Аксёнов 12)....No one in his family had been imprisoned or killed [in 1937] and there were no executioners - obvious ones, anyway - recruited from among his kin (12a).3. [sent adv (parenth)]⇒ regardless of the circumstances described in the preceding context, often regardless of which of the described options is correct or valid:- at any rate;- at <in> all events;- whatever the case.♦ От Коровьева и Бегемота несло гарью, рожа Бегемота была в саже, а кепка наполовину обгорела. "Салют, мессир", - прокричала неугомонная парочка... "Очень хороши", - сказал Воланд... "Во всяком случае, мы явились, мессир, - докладывал Коровьев, - и ждём ваших распоряжений" (Булгаков 9). Koroviev and Behemoth reeked of smoke, Behemoth's face was sooty, and his cap badly singed "Salute, Messire!" cried the irrepressible pair...."A fine pair," said Woland. "In any case, we've come, Messire," reported Koroviev, "and we are waiting for your orders" (9a).♦ "Значит, он миллионер?" - "Во всяком случае, за расходами не стоит" (Войнович 3). "Then he's a millionaire?" "At any rate, he doesn't spare expense" (3a).♦ Возможно, он [архитектор III.] сам спровоцировал запрет барельефа. Возможно, сразу согласился. Возможно, не очень энергично отстаивал. Во всяком случае, теперь сотрудничество с тобой повредило бы его положению и карьере (Зиновьев 1). "Probably he [the architect S.] provoked the banning of the bas-relief himself. Probably he was the first to agree to it. Probably he defended it without any great conviction. At all events, working with you would have damaged his professional position" (1a).♦ Знал ли он [Маяковский] о моём восторженном отношении к нему? Во всяком случае, между нами порой среди той или иной собравшейся группы литераторов устанавливался бессловесный контакт... (Олеша 3). Was he [Mayakovsky] aware of my rapturous regard for him? Whatever the case, from time to time, at one gathering of literary people or another, a tacit understanding was established between us... (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > во всяком случае
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100 ASS
• Ass dreams of thistles (The) - Голодной курице просо снится (Г), Кошка спит, а мышку видит (K), Не спится - хлеб снится (H), Сова спит, а кур видит (C)• Ass endures his burden, but no more than his burden (An) - Бери ношу по себе, чтоб не падать при ходьбе (Б)• Asses fetch the oats and the horses eat them - Дурак дом построил, а умный купил (Д), Медведь пляшет, а поводырь деньги берет (M)• Ass is beautiful to an ass, and a pig to a pig (An) - Подобный подобного любит (П)• Ass is /but/ an ass, though laden with gold (An) - Как свинью в кафтан ни ряди, она свиньей останется (K), На свинью хоть седло надень - все конем не будет (H), Осел ослом остается и в орденах, и в лентах (O)• Ass is known by his ears (An) - Осла знать по ушам, медведя - по когтям, а дурака - по речам (O)• Ass laden with gold climbs to the top of the castle (An) - Деньги все двери открывают (Д)• Ass loaded with gold still eats thistles (The) - Владеет городом, а помирает голодом (B), Скупой богач беднее нищего (C), Шуба висит, а тело дрожит (Ш)• Ass to an ass is beautiful (An) - Подобный подобного любит (П)• Braying of an ass does not reach heaven (The) - Собака лает, ветер носит (C)• Even if the ass is laden with gold, he will seek his food among the thorns - Владеет городом, а помирает голодом (B), Скупой богач беднее нищего (C), Шуба висит, а тело дрожит (Ш)• Every ass likes (loves) to hear himself bray - Сам поет, сам слушает, сам и хвалит (C)• Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king's horses - Всякая козявка лезет в букашки (B), Куда конь с копытом, туда и рак с клешней (K), Лезет в волки, а хвост собачий (Л), С суконным рылом в калачный ряд не суйся (C)• He is an ass that brays against another ass - Дурак, кто с дураком свяжется (Д)• He that cannot beat the ass, beats the saddle - Кошку бьют, а невестке наветки дают (K), Не по коню, так по оглобле (H)• He that makes himself an ass must not complain if men ride him - На дураках воду возят (H)• If an ass bray at you, don't bray at him - Дурак, кто с дураком свяжется (Д)• If an ass goes a - traveling, he'll not come back a horse - Ворона за море летала, а умнее не стала (B), Полетели гуси за море, а прилетели тоже не лебеди (П)• If an ass goes a - travelling, he will not come home a horse - Ворона за море летала, а умнее не стала (B), Полетели гуси за море, а прилетели тоже не лебеди (П)• It's a sorry ass that will not bear his own burden - Для ленивой лошади и дуга в тягость (Д)• Jest with an ass and he will flap (slap) you in the face with his tail - С дураками не шутят (C)• Living ass is better than a dead lion (A) - Живая собака лучше мертвого льва (Ж)• Make yourself an ass and everyone will lay a sack on you - Кто везет, на того и накладывают (K)• Old ass is never good (An) - Был конь, да изъездился (Б), Годы хребет горбят (Г), На старого и немочи валятся (H), Старость не радость (C)• One ass calls another long ears - Не смейся, горох, не лучше бобов (H), Чья бы корова мычала, а твоя бы молчала (4)• One ass scrubs another - Свой своему поневоле брат (C)• What good can it do to an ass to be called a lion? - Не смотри на кличку - смотри на птичку (H)• When the ass dreams it is of thistles - Лиса и во сне кур считает (Л)• Where ever an ass falls there will he never fall again - На ошибках учатся (H)
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