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  • 81 О-50

    ПОВОРАЧИВАТЬ/ПОВЕРНУТЬ VP subj: human
    1. rude when addressed to the interlocutor to set off back i n the direction from which one came, leave some place ( usu. with the implication that one has failed, or is about to fail, to accomplish what one set out to do)
    X повернул оглобли - X went back (where he came from)
    X (gave it up and) turned back X turned back empty-handed (in limited contexts) X turned tail.
    (Подхалюзин:) А то вон, что сватался за Алимпияду Сам-соновну, благородный-то, - и оглобли назад поворотил (Островский 10). (Р:) As for that noble's courting Olimpiada Samsonovna-why he's turned tail already (10b).
    2. often disapprov to retreat from one's former position, renounce one's former convictions, go back on one's promise(s) etc: X повернул оглобли - X did (made) an about-face
    X back-pedaled X changed his tune.

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  • 82 С-94

    СДЕЛКА С СОВЕСТЬЮ NP fixed WO
    an action undertaken by one that defies one's convictions and that one tries to justify to o.s. ( usu. on some flimsy grounds)
    a deal (a compromise etc) with one's conscience
    пойти на сделку с совестью - make a deal (a bargain) with one's conscience
    compromise one's conscience.

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  • 83 С-103

    ОТ СЕБЙ PrepP Invar adv
    1. in the direction away from the doer
    away from
    (as a sign on doors etc) push.
    Уважаемый тянет ручку двери - не поддается. Тянет сильнее - никакого эффекта. Да что за черт!.. Он тянет ручку двумя руками. Спокойно. Никакой истерики. Надо взять себя в руки. Здесь что-то написано: «От себя» (Войнович 3). Our respected colleague pulls on the door handle-it doesn't give. He pulls harder—no effect. What the devil!...He pulls the handle with both hands. Easy, no hysterics. You must get control of yourself. There's something written here....It says PUSH (3a).
    2. говорить \С-103 to speak on one's own behalf, communicate one's own ideas, views, convictions: (speak) for o.s.
    (express (voice)) one's own opinion (in limited contexts) speak on one's own.
    «Вы хотите сказать от себя - вы ничего не можете сказать от себя. Вы только от лица той же власти сказать можете» (Битов 2). "You want to speak on your own - you can't speak a word on your own. You can speak only in the name of that same regime" (2a).

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  • 84 С-171

    НЕЧИСТАЯ СИЛА coll НЕЧИСТЫЙ ДУХ obs NP sing only subj or obj) an evil being, a demon or demons: the devil the devitfs brood evil forces (spirits) the powers of darkness. "... Кто-то неведомый, но весьма энергичный выхватывал у нас из-под носа и переправлял за пределы королевства самых важных, самых отпетых и отвратительных преступников. Так ускользнули от нас: безбожный астролог Багир Киссэнский преступный алхимик Синдра, связанный, как доказано, с нечистой силой и с ируканскими властями...» (Стругацкие 4). "Some unknown but extremely energetic person snatched away from right under my nose all the most important, incorrigible and detestable criminals and abducted them across the border. This way many have gotten away, as for instance the godless astrologer Bagir Kissenski
    the criminal alchemist Synda, who, it has been definitely proven, was in alliance with the devil's brood as well as with the Irukanian potentates..." (4a).
    He хотите икону, убеждения не позволяют? - обойдемся простой репродукцией... От нечистой силы, от дурного глаза тоже хорошо помогает (Терц 5). You say you don't want an ikon, your convictions don't permit it? Then we'll manage with a simple reproduction....It also gives good protection against the powers of darkness and the evil eye (5a).

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  • 85 С-674

    СУМА ПЕРЕМЁТНАЯ coll, derog NP sing only often subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum (subj: human or appos) a person who easily changes his convictions, changes sides
    turncoat
    double-crosser (double-crossing) traitor.
    «Атаманы-молодцы! Где же я вам его (градоначальника) возьму, коли он на ключ заперт!» - уговаривал толпу объятый трепетом чиновник, вызванный событиями из административного оцепенения... Но волнение не унималось. «Врёшь, перемётная сума!» - отвечала толпа... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). "Chieftains, bold atamans-where shall I get him (the town governor) for you if he's all locked up!" The fear-stricken official, summoned by events from his administrative torpor, attempted to sway the multitude....But the agitation did not abate. "You lie, turncoat!" replied the crowd (1a).
    По лёгкой поспешности, с какой майор не глядя наложил утвердительную резолюцию, его (Фёдора) осенило, что тому о нём с Полиной давно всё известно. «Носов, - запоздало догадался он, - сума перемётная!» (Максимов 1). The haste with which the major, without looking at him (Fyodor), wrote out a note expressing his agreement made him realize that he had long known all about Fyodor and Polina. "Nosov," he realized too late, "the double-crossing traitor!" (1a).

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  • 86 У-106

    ЖИТЬ СВОИМ (СОБСТВЕННЫМ) умбм coll VP subj: human to be independent in one's actions, hold to one's views, act in accordance with one's convictions
    X живёт своим умом — X thinks for himself
    X has a mind of his own
    X lives his own way (life). (Кулигин:) Пора бы уж вам, сударь, своим умом жить (Островский 6). (К.:) It's high time, sir, you started to think for yourself (6a).
    «Что ж, Иван, живи своим умом, я тебе больше не советчик...» (Максимов 1). "All right, Ivan, live your own way. I shan't give you any more advice" (1a).

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  • 87 У-107

    ЖИТЬ ЧУЖИМ УМОМ coll VP subj: human not to be independent in one's actions, to adhere to and act in accordance with another's or others' views, convictions
    X живет чужим умом - X lives as others tell him to
    X lets other people (someone else) think for him.

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  • 88 Ч-172

    НИ ЗА ЧТО2 НИ ЗА ЧТО НИ ПРО ЧТО НИ ЗА ЧТО НИ ПРО ЧТО all coll PrepP these forms only adv more often used with pfv verbs fixed WO
    1. погибнуть, пропасть и т. п. — (of a person) (to perish, be destroyed etc) to no purpose, futilely: (all) for nothing (naught)
    (all) in vain.
    Здесь ни за что погиб мой отец... Ни за грош пропала моя собственная жизнь (Зиновьев 1). "My Father died here for nothing.... My own life has been ruined for nothing" (1a).
    2. обидеть, оскорбить, ударить, ругать, арестовать кого и т. п. \Ч-172 (to offend, insult, hit, berate, arrest etc s.o.) without any reason or grounds for doing so
    for no reason (at all)
    for no reason whatever (whatsoever) for no good (particular) reason for nothing (at all) for nothing, for no reason just for the hell of it (quarrel) over nothing.
    Настёна обычно отмалчивалась, она научилась этому ещё в то... лето, когда обходила с Катькой ангарские деревни и когда каждый, кому не лень, мог ни за что ни про что ее облаять (Распутин 2). Nastyona usually held her peace. She had learned how that summer when she and Katya made the rounds of the Angara villages and anyone who felt like it could shower her with curses for no reason at all (2a).
    Чёрт сбил с толку обоих чиновников: чиновники, говоря попросту, перебесились и перессорились ни за что (Гоголь 3). The Devil led the two officials astray the officials, to put it plainly, went crazy and fell out with each other for no reason whatsoever (3c).
    Я защищал людей, которых сажали, как принято выражаться, за убеждения, или, иначе говоря, ни за что (Войнович 1)....I spoke out in defense of people who, as we usually say, were imprisoned for their convictions, or, to put it another way, for nothing at all (1a).
    «Значит, вас арестовали ни за что ни про что? Мы сажаем невинных людей?» (Рыбаков 2). "So, you were arrested for nothing, for no reason? We put innocent people in prison, do we?" (2a).
    Эти умники из Кенгура... вполне могут засадить человека ни за что ни про что (Искандер 4)....Those wiseacres from Kengur...were quite capable of putting a man in prison just for the hell of it (4a).

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  • 89 менять декорации

    • МЕНЯТЬ/ПЕРЕМЕНЯТЬ < СМЕНЯТЬ> ДЕКОРАЦИИ
    [VP; subj: human; often infin with пора, надо etc; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to make changes in one's physical surroundings, one's behavior, the outward manifestations of one's views etc (usu. in an attempt to conform to changed circumstances) (in contemp. usage often used in political contexts with the implication that one is trying to create the impression that he has changed his views, convictions etc although he has not):
    - X переменил декорации≈ [usu. in refer, to changing one's physical surroundings] X changed his decor;
    - X changed the face < the look> of things;
    - X put a new face <a fresh face, a new look> on things;
    - X gave his office (his kitchen etc) a face-lift;
    || X-ы переменили декорации - [in refer, to changing one's views etc] Xs changed their tune;
    - it's time for X to make a change,
    ○ ПЕРЕМЕНА ДЕКОРАЦИЙ [NP; sing only]≈ [usu. in refer, to one's changing his physical surroundings] change of decor; new face on things; new look; face-lift; [in refer, to one's changing his views etc] change of tune; change of heart; about-face.
         ♦ Вчерашние коммунисты быстро переменили декорации и стали выдавать себя за демократов. Yesterday's communists quickly changed their tune and started passing themselves off as democrats.

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  • 90 перемена декораций

    • МЕНЯТЬ/ПЕРЕМЕНЯТЬ < СМЕНЯТЬ> ДЕКОРАЦИИ
    [VP; subj: human; often infin with пора, надо etc; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to make changes in one's physical surroundings, one's behavior, the outward manifestations of one's views etc (usu. in an attempt to conform to changed circumstances) (in contemp. usage often used in political contexts with the implication that one is trying to create the impression that he has changed his views, convictions etc although he has not):
    - X переменил декорации≈ [usu. in refer, to changing one's physical surroundings] X changed his decor;
    - X changed the face < the look> of things;
    - X put a new face <a fresh face, a new look> on things;
    - X gave his office (his kitchen etc) a face-lift;
    || X-ы переменили декорации - [in refer, to changing one's views etc] Xs changed their tune;
    - it's time for X to make a change,
    ○ ПЕРЕМЕНА ДЕКОРАЦИЙ [NP; sing only]≈ [usu. in refer, to one's changing his physical surroundings] change of decor; new face on things; new look; face-lift; [in refer, to one's changing his views etc] change of tune; change of heart; about-face.
         ♦ Вчерашние коммунисты быстро переменили декорации и стали выдавать себя за демократов. Yesterday's communists quickly changed their tune and started passing themselves off as democrats.

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  • 91 переменить декорации

    • МЕНЯТЬ/ПЕРЕМЕНЯТЬ < СМЕНЯТЬ> ДЕКОРАЦИИ
    [VP; subj: human; often infin with пора, надо etc; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to make changes in one's physical surroundings, one's behavior, the outward manifestations of one's views etc (usu. in an attempt to conform to changed circumstances) (in contemp. usage often used in political contexts with the implication that one is trying to create the impression that he has changed his views, convictions etc although he has not):
    - X переменил декорации≈ [usu. in refer, to changing one's physical surroundings] X changed his decor;
    - X changed the face < the look> of things;
    - X put a new face <a fresh face, a new look> on things;
    - X gave his office (his kitchen etc) a face-lift;
    || X-ы переменили декорации - [in refer, to changing one's views etc] Xs changed their tune;
    - it's time for X to make a change,
    ○ ПЕРЕМЕНА ДЕКОРАЦИЙ [NP; sing only]≈ [usu. in refer, to one's changing his physical surroundings] change of decor; new face on things; new look; face-lift; [in refer, to one's changing his views etc] change of tune; change of heart; about-face.
         ♦ Вчерашние коммунисты быстро переменили декорации и стали выдавать себя за демократов. Yesterday's communists quickly changed their tune and started passing themselves off as democrats.

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  • 92 сменить декорации

    • МЕНЯТЬ/ПЕРЕМЕНЯТЬ < СМЕНЯТЬ> ДЕКОРАЦИИ
    [VP; subj: human; often infin with пора, надо etc; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to make changes in one's physical surroundings, one's behavior, the outward manifestations of one's views etc (usu. in an attempt to conform to changed circumstances) (in contemp. usage often used in political contexts with the implication that one is trying to create the impression that he has changed his views, convictions etc although he has not):
    - X переменил декорации≈ [usu. in refer, to changing one's physical surroundings] X changed his decor;
    - X changed the face < the look> of things;
    - X put a new face <a fresh face, a new look> on things;
    - X gave his office (his kitchen etc) a face-lift;
    || X-ы переменили декорации - [in refer, to changing one's views etc] Xs changed their tune;
    - it's time for X to make a change,
    ○ ПЕРЕМЕНА ДЕКОРАЦИЙ [NP; sing only]≈ [usu. in refer, to one's changing his physical surroundings] change of decor; new face on things; new look; face-lift; [in refer, to one's changing his views etc] change of tune; change of heart; about-face.
         ♦ Вчерашние коммунисты быстро переменили декорации и стали выдавать себя за демократов. Yesterday's communists quickly changed their tune and started passing themselves off as democrats.

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  • 93 по дороге

    • ПО ДОРОГЕ; ПО ПУТИ
    [PrepP; these forms only]
    =====
    1. [adv]
    ⇒ while one or s.o. is going some place, during a trip:
    - as one is walking (riding, driving);
    - [in limited contexts] on the voyage (somewhere).
         ♦ По дороге он мне рассказывал о роскоши правительственных охот, куда он допускался в качестве опытного егеря... (Искандер 4). Along the way he told me about the splendor of government hunts, to which he was admitted as an expert huntsman (4a).
         ♦...Вдруг звонок в дверь. Иду открывать, мысленно по дороге чертыхаясь: кого еще там нелёгкая на ночь глядя принесла? (Войнович 1)....All of a sudden the doorbell rang. I went to the door, cursing on the way: Who the hell could it be at this time of night? (1a).
         ♦ По пути [домой Николай] отправлял ей [своей невесте] письма с лоцманами (Солженицын 1). On the voyage home he [Nikolai] sent her [his fiancee] letters by pilot boats (1a).
    2. по дороге зайти, заехать, заглянуть куда, к кому [adv]
    ⇒ (to stop by somewhere, stop in to see s.o. etc) while going somewhere else:
    - on the (one's) way (to...);
    - while (when) passing by.
         ♦...Прежде, чем к князю, по дороге надо было заехать к Ивиным (Толстой 2)....On the way to the Prince's I had to call in at the Ivins (2b).
    3. [subj-compl with copula (subj: concr) or sent adv]
    ⇒ (located) at some point along s.o.'s (planned, intended) route or in the general direction s.o. is going:
    - (right) on s.o.'s way (route);
    || Neg не по пути≈ out of s.o.'s (the) way.
         ♦ Ты не занесёшь мой костюм в химчистку, если тебе по дороге? Could you take my suit to the cleaners if it's on your way?
         ♦ "У меня очень покойная коляска... я могу вас подвезти, а Евгений Васильич может взять ваш тарантас..." - "Да помилуйте, вам совсем не по дороге, и до меня далеко". - "Это ничего, ничего..." (Тургенев 2). "I have a very comfortable carriage....I can take you, and Yevgeny Vasilich can have your tarantass... " "But of course not, it is quite out of your way, and it is a long distance to my home." "It's nothing, nothing..." (2f)
    4. по дороге кому (с кем) [compl of copula, impers]
    ⇒ (s.o. is going) in the same direction as someone else:
    - X-y и V-y (X-y с Y-ом) было по дороге≈ X was going the same way as Y;
    || Neg X-у с Y-ом было не по пути≈ X and Y were going in different directions;
    - our (your, their) paths parted (diverged).
         ♦ "...Меня поманил шофер захудалой машины, сказал так добродушно - ну вот, нам по пути, садись, подвезу..." (Иоффе 1). "...The driver of a car, a rather shabby car, beckoned to me and said, there now, we are going the same way - get in and I'll give you a lift" (1a).
         ♦ Обратно, из школы, Толе было по пути с заключёнными... (Аксенов 6). On the way back from school, Tolya's route took him in the same direction as the prisoners.. (6a).
    5. по дороге кому с кем [compl of copula, impers; in the affirm, the var. по пути is more common; more often neg]
    ⇒ having common interests, outlooks, sharing the same convictions etc:
    - X-у с Y-ом по пути≈ X goes along with Y;
    - X's aims (views etc) are the same as Y's;
    || Neg X-у с Y-ом (больше) не по пути≈ X and Y have come to a parting of the ways.
         ♦ Большой делец, он [Эфрос] откровенно соблазнял Мандельштама устройством материальных дел, если он согласится на создание литературной группы, - "вы нам нужны"... Мандельштам отказался наотрез. Каждому в отдельности он сказал, почему ему с ним не по пути... (Мандельштам 2). A great operator, he [Efros] frankly tried to tempt M[andelstam] with the prospect of being able to do well for himself if he would agree to the creation of a literary group ("We need you")... M[andelstam] refused outright. He told those present-each in turn - why he could not go along with them... (2a).
         ♦ "Вы, я вижу, бескорыстно любите деньги. Скажите, какая сумма вам нравится?" - "Пять тысяч", - быстро ответил Балаганов. "В месяц?" - "В год". - "Тогда мне с вами не по пути. Мне нужно пятьсот тысяч". (Ильф и Петров 2). "You, I see, love money. Tell me, how much would you like?" "Five thousand," Balaganov promptly replied. "A month?" "A year." "Then we don't think alike. I need five hundred thousand" (2a).
         ♦ "Смертельно жаль Потебню и его товарищей, - говорил я Бакунину, - и тем больше, что вряд по дороге ли им с поляками..." (Герцен 3). "I am mortally sorry for Potebnya and his comrades," I said to Bakunin, "and the more so that I doubt whether their aims are the same as those of the Poles" (3a).
         ♦ Нам не по пути с Юркой. Странно, правда? А ведь так бывает (Михайловская 1). Yuri and I came to a parting of the ways. Strange, isn't it? But it happens (1a).

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  • 94 по пути

    • ПО ДОРОГЕ; ПО ПУТИ
    [PrepP; these forms only]
    =====
    1. [adv]
    ⇒ while one or s.o. is going some place, during a trip:
    - as one is walking (riding, driving);
    - [in limited contexts] on the voyage (somewhere).
         ♦ По дороге он мне рассказывал о роскоши правительственных охот, куда он допускался в качестве опытного егеря... (Искандер 4). Along the way he told me about the splendor of government hunts, to which he was admitted as an expert huntsman (4a).
         ♦...Вдруг звонок в дверь. Иду открывать, мысленно по дороге чертыхаясь: кого еще там нелёгкая на ночь глядя принесла? (Войнович 1)....All of a sudden the doorbell rang. I went to the door, cursing on the way: Who the hell could it be at this time of night? (1a).
         ♦ По пути [домой Николай] отправлял ей [своей невесте] письма с лоцманами (Солженицын 1). On the voyage home he [Nikolai] sent her [his fiancee] letters by pilot boats (1a).
    2. по пути зайти, заехать, заглянуть куда, к кому [adv]
    ⇒ (to stop by somewhere, stop in to see s.o. etc) while going somewhere else:
    - on the (one's) way (to...);
    - while (when) passing by.
         ♦...Прежде, чем к князю, по дороге надо было заехать к Ивиным (Толстой 2)....On the way to the Prince's I had to call in at the Ivins (2b).
    3. [subj-compl with copula (subj: concr) or sent adv]
    ⇒ (located) at some point along s.o.'s (planned, intended) route or in the general direction s.o. is going:
    - (right) on s.o.'s way (route);
    || Neg не по пути≈ out of s.o.'s (the) way.
         ♦ Ты не занесёшь мой костюм в химчистку, если тебе по дороге? Could you take my suit to the cleaners if it's on your way?
         ♦ "У меня очень покойная коляска... я могу вас подвезти, а Евгений Васильич может взять ваш тарантас..." - "Да помилуйте, вам совсем не по дороге, и до меня далеко". - "Это ничего, ничего..." (Тургенев 2). "I have a very comfortable carriage....I can take you, and Yevgeny Vasilich can have your tarantass... " "But of course not, it is quite out of your way, and it is a long distance to my home." "It's nothing, nothing..." (2f)
    4. по пути кому (с кем) [compl of copula, impers]
    ⇒ (s.o. is going) in the same direction as someone else:
    - X-y и V-y (X-y с Y-ом) было по дороге≈ X was going the same way as Y;
    || Neg X-у с Y-ом было не по пути≈ X and Y were going in different directions;
    - our (your, their) paths parted (diverged).
         ♦ "...Меня поманил шофер захудалой машины, сказал так добродушно - ну вот, нам по пути, садись, подвезу..." (Иоффе 1). "...The driver of a car, a rather shabby car, beckoned to me and said, there now, we are going the same way - get in and I'll give you a lift" (1a).
         ♦ Обратно, из школы, Толе было по пути с заключёнными... (Аксенов 6). On the way back from school, Tolya's route took him in the same direction as the prisoners.. (6a).
    5. по пути кому с кем [compl of copula, impers; in the affirm, the var. по пути is more common; more often neg]
    ⇒ having common interests, outlooks, sharing the same convictions etc:
    - X-у с Y-ом по пути≈ X goes along with Y;
    - X's aims (views etc) are the same as Y's;
    || Neg X-у с Y-ом (больше) не по пути≈ X and Y have come to a parting of the ways.
         ♦ Большой делец, он [Эфрос] откровенно соблазнял Мандельштама устройством материальных дел, если он согласится на создание литературной группы, - "вы нам нужны"... Мандельштам отказался наотрез. Каждому в отдельности он сказал, почему ему с ним не по пути... (Мандельштам 2). A great operator, he [Efros] frankly tried to tempt M[andelstam] with the prospect of being able to do well for himself if he would agree to the creation of a literary group ("We need you")... M[andelstam] refused outright. He told those present-each in turn - why he could not go along with them... (2a).
         ♦ "Вы, я вижу, бескорыстно любите деньги. Скажите, какая сумма вам нравится?" - "Пять тысяч", - быстро ответил Балаганов. "В месяц?" - "В год". - "Тогда мне с вами не по пути. Мне нужно пятьсот тысяч". (Ильф и Петров 2). "You, I see, love money. Tell me, how much would you like?" "Five thousand," Balaganov promptly replied. "A month?" "A year." "Then we don't think alike. I need five hundred thousand" (2a).
         ♦ "Смертельно жаль Потебню и его товарищей, - говорил я Бакунину, - и тем больше, что вряд по дороге ли им с поляками..." (Герцен 3). "I am mortally sorry for Potebnya and his comrades," I said to Bakunin, "and the more so that I doubt whether their aims are the same as those of the Poles" (3a).
         ♦ Нам не по пути с Юркой. Странно, правда? А ведь так бывает (Михайловская 1). Yuri and I came to a parting of the ways. Strange, isn't it? But it happens (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > по пути

  • 95 свой в доску

    • СВОЙ В ДОСКУ; СВОЙ ПАРЕНЬ В ДОСКУ both highly coll
    [NP; often subj-compl with copula (subj: human); usu. this WO (1st var.)]
    =====
    ⇒ genuinely close (in convictions, values etc) and trusted, accepted by the group in question:
    - one of our (your, their) own;
    - one of the gang (the guys etc);
    - one of us (you, them, ours, yours, theirs) (all right).
         ♦ Тут мы собутыльники... А за дверями Павильона мы социальные индивиды, устраивающие свои делишки. Тут ты свой в доску парень. А там ты активист. Карьерист, точнее говоря (Зиновьев 1). "We're all drinking companions here....But as soon as we get outside the doors of the Pavilion we're social individuals going about our own little affairs. In here you're just one of the lads. Out there you're an activist, or rather a careerist" (1a).
         ♦ Дважды уже мимо Пантелея прошли дружинники... "Боятся, что иностранец", - подумал Пантелей... "Который час, не скажете?" - спросил дружинник. Решили, наконец, выяснить - иностранец или наш. Сейчас он им покажет, что в доску свой, несмотря на длинные волосы и замшевые кеды. "У вас рубля случайно не будет, папаша? - хриплым голосом ответил он вопросом на вопрос. - Душа горит..." Дружина испустила вздох облегчения - свой парень! (Аксёнов 6). [context transl] Twice already a group of vigilantes had walked past Pantelei....They're afraid I'm a foreigner, thought Pantelei...."What's the time, please?" asked one of the vigilantes. They had finally decided to find out whether he was a foreigner or one of ours. He would now show them that he was one hundred percent Soviet, in spite of his long hair and suede sneakers. "You wouldn't happen to have a ruble to spare, would you, dad?" He answered their question with another question in a hoarse, desperate voice. "My soul's on fire..." The vigilantes gave a sigh of relief-he's one of ours all right! (6a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > свой в доску

  • 96 свой парень в доску

    • СВОЙ В ДОСКУ; СВОЙ ПАРЕНЬ В ДОСКУ both highly coll
    [NP; often subj-compl with copula (subj: human); usu. this WO (1st var.)]
    =====
    ⇒ genuinely close (in convictions, values etc) and trusted, accepted by the group in question:
    - one of our (your, their) own;
    - one of the gang (the guys etc);
    - one of us (you, them, ours, yours, theirs) (all right).
         ♦ Тут мы собутыльники... А за дверями Павильона мы социальные индивиды, устраивающие свои делишки. Тут ты свой в доску парень. А там ты активист. Карьерист, точнее говоря (Зиновьев 1). "We're all drinking companions here....But as soon as we get outside the doors of the Pavilion we're social individuals going about our own little affairs. In here you're just one of the lads. Out there you're an activist, or rather a careerist" (1a).
         ♦ Дважды уже мимо Пантелея прошли дружинники... "Боятся, что иностранец", - подумал Пантелей... "Который час, не скажете?" - спросил дружинник. Решили, наконец, выяснить - иностранец или наш. Сейчас он им покажет, что в доску свой, несмотря на длинные волосы и замшевые кеды. "У вас рубля случайно не будет, папаша? - хриплым голосом ответил он вопросом на вопрос. - Душа горит..." Дружина испустила вздох облегчения - свой парень! (Аксёнов 6). [context transl] Twice already a group of vigilantes had walked past Pantelei....They're afraid I'm a foreigner, thought Pantelei...."What's the time, please?" asked one of the vigilantes. They had finally decided to find out whether he was a foreigner or one of ours. He would now show them that he was one hundred percent Soviet, in spite of his long hair and suede sneakers. "You wouldn't happen to have a ruble to spare, would you, dad?" He answered their question with another question in a hoarse, desperate voice. "My soul's on fire..." The vigilantes gave a sigh of relief-he's one of ours all right! (6a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > свой парень в доску

  • 97 чего изволите

    [Invar; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. obs [indep. sent]
    ⇒ (used as a deferential question) what would you like me to do for you?:
    - in what way may I serve you?;
    - what would you like?;
    - what can < might> I do for you?;
    - [in limited contexts] yes, sir < ma'am>?
         ♦ "Захар!" - сказал он. "Чего изволите?" - вяло отозвался Захар (Гончаров 1). "Zakhar!" he said. "Yes, sir?" Zakhar responded listlessly (1a).
    2. derog [usu. nonagreeing postmodif]
    ⇒ used to characterize the behavior of a person who, lacking in convictions, principles etc, behaves obsequiously, is prepared to do or say whatever is most personally advantageous under the given circumstances:
    - (have < take>) an at-your-service (attitude etc);
    - a whatever-you-say-sir (attitude <role etc>);
    - [in limited contexts](be) a yes-man <- woman>.
         ♦ Поглядев на удостоверение с печатью Большого дома, Прокофьев стал в позицию "чего изволите?" и уступил - без попыток сопротивления (Эткинд 1). Having seen this document with the stamp of the Big House, Prokofiev took up an "at your service" attitude and gave in without the slightest resistance (1a).

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  • 98 изменить самому себе

    • ИЗМЕНЯТЬ/ИЗМЕНЯТЬ (САМОМУ) СЕБЕ
    [VP; subj: human; usu. this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to act against one's nature, habits, or beliefs:
    - X изменил (самому) себе≈ X was untrue < false> to himself;
    - X went against his convictions < principles>.
         ♦ Для русских историков... Наполеон есть предмет восхищения и восторга... Кутузов же, тот человек, который от начала и до конца своей деятельности в 1812 году... ни разу ни одним действием, ни словом не изменяя себе, являет необычайный в истории пример самоотвержения и сознания в настоящем будущего значения события, - Кутузов представляется им чем-то неопределённым и жалким... (Толстой 7). For Russian historians...Napoleon is the object of adulation and enthusiasm....But Kutuzov, the man who from the beginning to the end of his activity in 1812...was never once by word or deed false to himself, who presents an example rare in history of self-sacrifice and of present insight into the future significance of events - Kutuzov seems to them something indeterminate and pitiful... (7a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > изменить самому себе

  • 99 изменить себе

    • ИЗМЕНЯТЬ/ИЗМЕНЯТЬ (САМОМУ) СЕБЕ
    [VP; subj: human; usu. this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to act against one's nature, habits, or beliefs:
    - X изменил (самому) себе≈ X was untrue < false> to himself;
    - X went against his convictions < principles>.
         ♦ Для русских историков... Наполеон есть предмет восхищения и восторга... Кутузов же, тот человек, который от начала и до конца своей деятельности в 1812 году... ни разу ни одним действием, ни словом не изменяя себе, являет необычайный в истории пример самоотвержения и сознания в настоящем будущего значения события, - Кутузов представляется им чем-то неопределённым и жалким... (Толстой 7). For Russian historians...Napoleon is the object of adulation and enthusiasm....But Kutuzov, the man who from the beginning to the end of his activity in 1812...was never once by word or deed false to himself, who presents an example rare in history of self-sacrifice and of present insight into the future significance of events - Kutuzov seems to them something indeterminate and pitiful... (7a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > изменить себе

  • 100 изменять самому себе

    • ИЗМЕНЯТЬ/ИЗМЕНЯТЬ (САМОМУ) СЕБЕ
    [VP; subj: human; usu. this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to act against one's nature, habits, or beliefs:
    - X изменил (самому) себе≈ X was untrue < false> to himself;
    - X went against his convictions < principles>.
         ♦ Для русских историков... Наполеон есть предмет восхищения и восторга... Кутузов же, тот человек, который от начала и до конца своей деятельности в 1812 году... ни разу ни одним действием, ни словом не изменяя себе, являет необычайный в истории пример самоотвержения и сознания в настоящем будущего значения события, - Кутузов представляется им чем-то неопределённым и жалким... (Толстой 7). For Russian historians...Napoleon is the object of adulation and enthusiasm....But Kutuzov, the man who from the beginning to the end of his activity in 1812...was never once by word or deed false to himself, who presents an example rare in history of self-sacrifice and of present insight into the future significance of events - Kutuzov seems to them something indeterminate and pitiful... (7a).

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