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cut a slice off the loaf

  • 1 skr|oić

    skr|oić, skr|ajać pf — skr|awać1 impf vt 1. (odkroić) to cut [sth] off, to cut off [skórkę, spaleniznę]
    - skroić tłuszcz z szynki to cut the fat off the ham
    2. (pokroić) to cut, to slice [kiełbasę, chleb]; to shred [kapustę]
    - skrić cały bochenek chleba to slice the whole loaf of bread
    3. (wyciąć) to cut [buty, sukienkę]
    - dobrze/źle skrojony garnitur a well-cut/badly-cut suit
    - film był zgrabnie skrojony przen. the film was well made
    4. pot. (zbić) to whip
    - skroić komuś skórę a. tyłek to whip sb’s hide pot.
    - skroić konia batem to whip a horse

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > skr|oić

  • 2 отрезанный ломоть

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    1) (человек, отделившийся от семьи, ставший самостоятельным) a son (a daughter) cut off from the parent stem (strayed from his (her) family)

    Лиза... Она ту меньше любила, да ведь она уж и отрезанный ломоть: у неё свои обязанности, своё семейство... (А. Писемский, Тюфяк) — Liza... Your mother never loved her so much, and anyhow she's what you call cut off from the parent stem. She has duties of her own, a family...

    2) (человек, порвавший связь с привычной средой) one estranged; a severed branch (limb); a loner; a lone wolf; lit. a slice severed from the loaf

    Старик жалел его, но делать было нечего. Солдатство было - как смерть. Солдат был отрезанный ломоть, и поминать о нём - душу бередить - незачем было. (Л. Толстой, Хаджи-Мурат) — The old man regretted his going away, but there was no help for it. Conscription in those days was like death. A soldier was a severed branch; and to think about him at home was to tear one's heart uselessly.

    Слёз не было, не плачут по отрезанном ломте, но всё по-своему провожало Матвея: прохожие без шапок сторонились на обочину, жавороночек малость позвенел в высоте... (Л. Леонов, Русский лес) — There were no tears, for one does not weep over a severed limb, but all took their leave of Matvei in their own fashion: the passers-by bared their heads and stepped back to the roadsides, a lark trilled briefly in the sky...

    Кузьма решил, что брат для деревни совсем уж отрезанный ломоть... потому, что его не манит сюда приехать, посмотреть, как живут свои и не свои... (В. Распутин, Деньги для Марии) — Kuzma concluded that, as far as the village was concerned, his brother was a slice severed from the loaf. Nothing would induce him to come back and see how his kinsmen and friends were getting on...

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отрезанный ломоть

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