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ПОКУПАТЬ/КУПИТЬ КОТА В МЕШКЕ coll VP subj: human the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WOto buy, get etc sth. without having seen it, without having carefully examined its qualityX купил кота в мешке ' X bought a pig in a pokeX bought thing Y sight unseen, о КОТ В МЕШКЕ NP sing only) ' a pig in a poke.«Гляну пойду для порядка на животину твою. Потом и порешим. А то вроде как кота в мешке обговариваю» (Максимов 3). "I'll go and take a look at your animals (sic), just to do things properly. Then we'll decide. I won't want to buy a pig in a poke"(3a)Loan translation of the French acheter chat en poche. -
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• ПОКУПАТЬ/КУПИТЬ КОТА В МЕШКЕ coll[VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]=====⇒ to buy, get etc sth. without having seen it, without having carefully examined its quality:- X bought thing Y sight unseen,○ КОТ В МЕШКЕ [NP; sing only]≈ a pig in a poke.♦ "Гляну пойду для порядка на животину твою. Потом и порешим. А то вроде как кота в мешке обговариваю" (Максимов 3). Til go and take a look at your animals [sic], just to do things properly. Then we'll decide. I won't want to buy a pig in a poke"(3a)—————← Loan translation of the French acheter chat en poche.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > кот в мешке
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• ПОКУПАТЬ/КУПИТЬ КОТА В МЕШКЕ coll[VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]=====⇒ to buy, get etc sth. without having seen it, without having carefully examined its quality:- X bought thing Y sight unseen,○ КОТ В МЕШКЕ [NP; sing only]≈ a pig in a poke.♦ "Гляну пойду для порядка на животину твою. Потом и порешим. А то вроде как кота в мешке обговариваю" (Максимов 3). Til go and take a look at your animals [sic], just to do things properly. Then we'll decide. I won't want to buy a pig in a poke"(3a)—————← Loan translation of the French acheter chat en poche.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > купить кота в мешке
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• ПОКУПАТЬ/КУПИТЬ КОТА В МЕШКЕ coll[VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]=====⇒ to buy, get etc sth. without having seen it, without having carefully examined its quality:- X bought thing Y sight unseen,○ КОТ В МЕШКЕ [NP; sing only]≈ a pig in a poke.♦ "Гляну пойду для порядка на животину твою. Потом и порешим. А то вроде как кота в мешке обговариваю" (Максимов 3). Til go and take a look at your animals [sic], just to do things properly. Then we'll decide. I won't want to buy a pig in a poke"(3a)—————← Loan translation of the French acheter chat en poche.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > покупать кота в мешке
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