empty phrases

Adj.

1. hollow (auch Zahn); Nuss: empty; das ist was für den hohlen Zahn umg., fig. that’s not enough to keep a sparrow alive

2. Augen, Wangen: hollow, sunken; Hand: cupped; OPT. concave; eine hohle Hand machen cup one’s hand; aus der hohlen Hand trinken drink from one’s cupped hand; etw. in der hohlen Hand halten hold s.th. cupped in one’s hand ( oder in the hollow of one’s hand)

3. Klang: hollow; hohl klingend hollow-sounding

4. lit.: hohle Gasse Hohlweg

5. fig. pej. Pathos, Phrasen etc.: hollow, empty; Schwätzer: empty-headed; einen hohlen Kopf haben umg. have nothing but sawdust in one’s head; der / das ist so hohl! umg. (blöd) he / it is so stupid!

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concave; cavernous; hollow

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1. adj

1) (lit, fig = leer) hollow; Geschwätz etc empty, shallow; Blick empty, vacant

2) (= konkav) hollow; Augen, Wangen hollow, sunken

3) Klang, Stimme, Husten hollow

2. adv

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1) (having an empty space in it: a hollow tree; Bottles, pipes and tubes are hollow.) hollow

2) ((of a sound) strangely deep, as if made in something hollow: a hollow voice.) hollow

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I. adj

1. (leer) hollow

2. (eine Mulde bildend) hollow

in der \hohlen Hand in the hollow of one's hand

mit der \hohlen Hand with cupped hands

\hohle Wangen sunken cheeks

3. (dumpf klingend) hollow

4. (pej: nichts sagend) empty, hollow

\hohle Phrasen empty phrases

II. adv hollow

das Fass klingt \hohl the barrel sounds empty

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1) hollow

2) (eingewölbt) cupped < hand>; sunken, hollow <cheeks, eyes>

3) (dumpf) hollow <sound, voice, etc.>

4) (abwertend): (geistlos) hollow, empty <phrases, slogans>; empty < talk, chatter>

1) (dumpf) hollowly

2) (abwertend): (geistlos) inanely

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hohl adj

1. hollow (auch Zahn); Nuss: empty;

das ist was für den hohlen Zahn umg, fig that’s not enough to keep a sparrow alive

2. Augen, Wangen: hollow, sunken; Hand: cupped; OPT concave;

eine hohle Hand machen cup one’s hand;

aus der hohlen Hand trinken drink from one’s cupped hand;

etwas in der hohlen Hand halten hold sth cupped in one’s hand ( oder in the hollow of one’s hand)

3. Klang: hollow;

hohl klingend hollow-sounding

4. liter:

hohle Gasse → Hohlweg

5. fig pej Pathos, Phrasen etc: hollow, empty; Schwätzer: empty-headed;

einen hohlen Kopf haben umg have nothing but sawdust in one’s head;

der/das ist so hohl! umg (blöd) he/it is so stupid!

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1) hollow

2) (eingewölbt) cupped < hand>; sunken, hollow <cheeks, eyes>

3) (dumpf) hollow <sound, voice, etc.>

4) (abwertend): (geistlos) hollow, empty <phrases, slogans>; empty <talk, chatter>

1) (dumpf) hollowly

2) (abwertend): (geistlos) inanely

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cavernous adj.

concave adj.

hollow adj. adv.

concavely adv.

hollowly adv.

f expression; allgemeine Redensart common saying; abgedroschene Redensart hackneyed expression ( oder phrase), cliché; das ist nur so eine Redensart it’s just a figure of speech; bloße Redensarten empty phrases ( oder talk)

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expression; phrase

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1. (feststehender Ausdruck) expression

das ist nur so eine \Redensart it's just a figure of speech

eine feste [o stehende] \Redensart a. pej a stock phrase

2. pl (pej: leere Versprechung) empty words [or talk]

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1) expression; (Sprichwort) saying

2) Plural (Phrase) empty or meaningless words

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Redensart f expression;

allgemeine Redensart common saying;

abgedroschene Redensart hackneyed expression ( oder phrase), cliché;

das ist nur so eine Redensart it’s just a figure of speech;

bloße Redensarten empty phrases ( oder talk)

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1) expression; (Sprichwort) saying

2) Plural (Phrase) empty or meaningless words

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colloquialism n.

expression n.

idiom n.

vernacular n.

balderdash (noun)

empty phrases (noun)

flourish (noun)

high-sounding phrase (noun)

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hohl [ho:l] adj

1) ( leer) hollow

2) ( eine Mulde bildend) hollow;

in der \hohlen Hand in the hollow of one's hand;

mit der \hohlen Hand with cupped hands;

\hohle Wangen sunken cheeks; s. a. Gasse

3) ( dumpf klingend) hollow;

4) (pej: nichts sagend) empty, hollow;

\hohle Phrasen empty phrases

adv hollow;

das Fass klingt \hohl the barrel sounds empty

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(mus., gram.) phrase;

(neds) empty phrase; cliché;

[ fast frase] stock phrase;

[ tomme fraser] empty phrases, cant.

1) great-grandmother;

2) the name of the book Edda, written by Snorri Sturluson, c. 1220.

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u, f. a great-grandmother, Rm. 2. 4; móðir ( mother) heitir ok amma (grandmother), þriðja edda (the third is edda), Edda 108: this sense is obsolete.

II. metaph. the name of the book Edda, written by Snorri Sturluson, and containing old mythological lore and the old artificial rules for verse making. The ancients only applied this name to the work of Snorri; it is uncertain whether he himself called it so; it occurs for the first time in the inscription to one of the MSS. of Edda, viz. the Ub., written about fifty or sixty years after Snorri’s death: Bók þessi heitir Edda, hann hefir saman setta Snorri Sturlusonr eptir þeim hætti sem hér er skipat (viz. consisting of three parts, Gylfagynning, Skáldskaparmál, and Háttatal), Edda ii. 250 (Ed. Arna-Magn.); sva segir í bók þeirri er Edda heitir, at sá maðr sem Ægir hét spurði Braga …, 532 (MS. of the 14th century); hann (viz. Snorri) samansetti Eddu, he put together the Edda, Ann. 1241 (in a paper MS., but probably genuine). As the Skáldskaparmál ( Ars Poëtica) forms the chief part of the Edda, teaching the old artificial poetical circumlocutions (kenningar), poetical terms and diction, and the mythical tales on which they were founded, the Edda became a sort of handbook of poets, and therefore came gradually to mean the ancient artificial poetry as opposed to the modern plain poetry contained in hymns and sacred poems; it, however, never applies to alliteration or other principles of Icel. poetry: reglur Eddu, the rules of Edda, Gd. (by Arngrim) verse 2, Lil. 96, Nikulas d. 4; Eddu list, the art of Edda, Gd. (by Arni) 79;—all poems of the 14th century. The poets of the 15th century frequently mention the Edda in the introduction to their Rímur or Rhapsodies, a favourite kind of poetry of this and the following time, Reinalds R. I. 1, Áns R. 7. 2, Sturlaugs R., Sigurðar þögla R. 5. 4, Rimur af Ill Verra og Vest, 4, 3, Jarlmanns R. 7. 1, 5, II. 3, Dímis R. 2. 4, Konraðs R. 7. 5;—all these in vellum and the greater part of them belonging to the 15th century. Poets of the 16th century (before 1612), Rollants R. 9. 6, 12. 1, Pontus R. (by Magnus Gamli, died 1591), Valdimars R., Ester R. 2. 2, 6. 3, Sýraks R. 1. 2, 6. 2, Tobias R. I. 2; from the first half of the 17th century, Grett. R., Flores R. 6. 3, 9. 2, Króka Refs R. 1. 7, Lykla Pétrs R. 4. 2, 12. 1, Apollonius R. 1. 5, Flovents R. 6. 3, Sjö Meistara R. 1. 7, 2. 1, 3. 8;—all in MS. In these and many other references, the poets speak of the art, skill, rules, or, if they are in that mood, the obscure puerilities and empty phrases of the Edda, the artificial phraseology as taught and expounded by Snorri; and wherever the name occurs (previous to the year 1643) it only refers to Snorri’s book, and such is still the use of the word in Icel.; hence compd words such as Eddu-lauss, adj. void of Eddic art; Eddu-borinn, part. poetry full of Eddic phrases; Eddu-kenningar, f. pl. Eddic circumlocutions, Kötlu Draumr 85, e. g. when the head is called the ‘sword of Heimdal,’ the sword the ‘fire or torch of Odin,’ etc.; Eddu-kendr = Edduborinn; Eddu-bagr, adj. a bungler in the Eddic art, etc. The Icel. bishop Brynjolf Sveinsson in the year 1643 discovered the old mythological poems, and, led by a fanciful and erroneous suggestion, he gave to that book the name of Sæmundar Edda, the Edda of Sæmund; hence originate the modern terms the Old or Poetical and New or Prose Edda; in foreign writers Eddic has been ever since used in the sense of plain and artless poetry, such as is contained in these poems, opposed to the artificial, which they call Scaldic (Skald being Icel. for a poet); but this has no foundation in old writers or tradition. Further explanation of this subject may be seen in Ersch and Gruber’s Encyclopedia, s. v. Graagaas.

1. Also: И ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ ( fixed WO

(of numerous disorderly lines made when writing, drawing, stitching etc, of tracks left by vehicles or people, of a person's gait etc) unsystematically, in an irregular or disorderly fashion, in different ways or directions

in all (different) directions

написано (напечатано) вкривь и вкось = written (printed) at all angles (across the page).

2. ( sth. is going, progressing) poorly

all wrong

3. толковать (что), судить и т. п. \В-151. Also: ВКРИВЬ (ВКОСЬ) И ВПРЯМЬ obs, coll ( fixed WO

(to interpret sth.) the way one wants to (with the implication that one's interpretation is incorrect or unfounded, that one distorts the phenomenon's true nature or meaning)

in any way one likes

• ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ; ВКОСЬ И ВКРИВЬ obs

[AdvP; these forms only; adv]

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1. Also: И ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ [fixed WO]

⇒ (of numerous disorderly lines made when writing, drawing, stitching etc, of tracks left by vehicles or people, of a person's gait etc) unsystematically, in an irregular or disorderly fashion, in different ways or directions:

- in all (different) directions;

- every which way;

- all over (the place <the paper etc>;

- this way and that (way);

- [in limited contexts] crisscrossing (in all directions);

- [in limited contexts] all askew;

     ♦ Столы были сдвинуты со своих, геометрией подсказанных, правильных мест и стояли то там, то сям, вкривь и вкось... (Битов 2). The tables had been moved from their geometrically suggested correct places to stand here and there, every which way (2a).

     ♦ Для довершения сходства [с медведем] фрак на нём был совершенно медвежьего цвета, рукава длинны, панталоны длинны, ступнями ступал он и вкривь и вкось и наступал беспрестанно на чужие ноги (Гоголь 3). То complete the resemblance [to a bear], his frock coat was precisely the color of a bear's pelt, with sleeves and trousers that were too long; he set his feet down clumsily, this way and that way, and was continually treading on other people's feet (3c).

     ♦ С ними [оловянными солдатиками] происходило что-то совсем необыкновенное... Усы, нарисованные вкривь и вкось, стали на свои места и начали шевелиться... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Something quite unusual was happening to [the tin soldiers].... Their mustaches, painted all askew, rose up in their places and began to twitch... (1a).

2. (sth. is going, progressing) poorly; (sth. is done) not as it should be (done):

- all wrong;

- sloppily;

- any old way;

- twisted and awry.

     ♦ И мне плохо. Плохо оттого, что все идёт у нас с Юркой вкривь и вкось, и он этого не замечает (Михайловская 1). And I feel rotten. Because everything between Yuri and me is twisted and awry and he fails to notice it (1a).

3. толковать (что), судить и т.п. Also: ВКРИВЬ (ВКОСЬ) И ВПРЯМЬ obs, coll [fixed WO]

⇒ (to interpret sth.) the way one wants to (with the implication that one's interpretation is incorrect or unfounded, that one distorts the phenomenon's true nature or meaning):

- in any way one likes;

- every which way;

- [in limited contexts](interpret etc sth.) to suit one's own interests.

     ♦ "Давно пора понять, что это всё - пустые фразы, которые можно толковать вкривь и вкось" (Зиновьев 2). "It's high time to realise that all that is just empty phrases which you can interpret in any way you like" (2a).

     ♦...[Троекуров] мало заботился о выигрыше им затеянного дела, Шабашкин за него хлопотал, действуя от его имени, стращая и подкупая судей и толкуя вкривь и впрямь всевозможные указы (Пушкин 1). [Troekurov] cared... little about winning the case he had initiated. It was Shabashkin who kept busy on his behalf, acting in his name, intimidating and bribing judges, and interpreting every possible edict every which way (1a).

• ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ; ВКОСЬ И ВКРИВЬ obs

[AdvP; these forms only; adv]

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1. Also: И ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ [fixed WO]

⇒ (of numerous disorderly lines made when writing, drawing, stitching etc, of tracks left by vehicles or people, of a person's gait etc) unsystematically, in an irregular or disorderly fashion, in different ways or directions:

- in all (different) directions;

- every which way;

- all over (the place <the paper etc>;

- this way and that (way);

- [in limited contexts] crisscrossing (in all directions);

- [in limited contexts] all askew;

     ♦ Столы были сдвинуты со своих, геометрией подсказанных, правильных мест и стояли то там, то сям, вкривь и вкось... (Битов 2). The tables had been moved from their geometrically suggested correct places to stand here and there, every which way (2a).

     ♦ Для довершения сходства [с медведем] фрак на нём был совершенно медвежьего цвета, рукава длинны, панталоны длинны, ступнями ступал он и вкривь и вкось и наступал беспрестанно на чужие ноги (Гоголь 3). То complete the resemblance [to a bear], his frock coat was precisely the color of a bear's pelt, with sleeves and trousers that were too long; he set his feet down clumsily, this way and that way, and was continually treading on other people's feet (3c).

     ♦ С ними [оловянными солдатиками] происходило что-то совсем необыкновенное... Усы, нарисованные вкривь и вкось, стали на свои места и начали шевелиться... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Something quite unusual was happening to [the tin soldiers].... Their mustaches, painted all askew, rose up in their places and began to twitch... (1a).

2. (sth. is going, progressing) poorly; (sth. is done) not as it should be (done):

- all wrong;

- sloppily;

- any old way;

- twisted and awry.

     ♦ И мне плохо. Плохо оттого, что все идёт у нас с Юркой вкривь и вкось, и он этого не замечает (Михайловская 1). And I feel rotten. Because everything between Yuri and me is twisted and awry and he fails to notice it (1a).

3. толковать (что), судить и т.п. Also: ВКРИВЬ (ВКОСЬ) И ВПРЯМЬ obs, coll [fixed WO]

⇒ (to interpret sth.) the way one wants to (with the implication that one's interpretation is incorrect or unfounded, that one distorts the phenomenon's true nature or meaning):

- in any way one likes;

- every which way;

- [in limited contexts](interpret etc sth.) to suit one's own interests.

     ♦ "Давно пора понять, что это всё - пустые фразы, которые можно толковать вкривь и вкось" (Зиновьев 2). "It's high time to realise that all that is just empty phrases which you can interpret in any way you like" (2a).

     ♦...[Троекуров] мало заботился о выигрыше им затеянного дела, Шабашкин за него хлопотал, действуя от его имени, стращая и подкупая судей и толкуя вкривь и впрямь всевозможные указы (Пушкин 1). [Troekurov] cared... little about winning the case he had initiated. It was Shabashkin who kept busy on his behalf, acting in his name, intimidating and bribing judges, and interpreting every possible edict every which way (1a).

• ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ; ВКОСЬ И ВКРИВЬ obs

[AdvP; these forms only; adv]

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1. Also: И ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ [fixed WO]

⇒ (of numerous disorderly lines made when writing, drawing, stitching etc, of tracks left by vehicles or people, of a person's gait etc) unsystematically, in an irregular or disorderly fashion, in different ways or directions:

- in all (different) directions;

- every which way;

- all over (the place <the paper etc>;

- this way and that (way);

- [in limited contexts] crisscrossing (in all directions);

- [in limited contexts] all askew;

     ♦ Столы были сдвинуты со своих, геометрией подсказанных, правильных мест и стояли то там, то сям, вкривь и вкось... (Битов 2). The tables had been moved from their geometrically suggested correct places to stand here and there, every which way (2a).

     ♦ Для довершения сходства [с медведем] фрак на нём был совершенно медвежьего цвета, рукава длинны, панталоны длинны, ступнями ступал он и вкривь и вкось и наступал беспрестанно на чужие ноги (Гоголь 3). То complete the resemblance [to a bear], his frock coat was precisely the color of a bear's pelt, with sleeves and trousers that were too long; he set his feet down clumsily, this way and that way, and was continually treading on other people's feet (3c).

     ♦ С ними [оловянными солдатиками] происходило что-то совсем необыкновенное... Усы, нарисованные вкривь и вкось, стали на свои места и начали шевелиться... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Something quite unusual was happening to [the tin soldiers].... Their mustaches, painted all askew, rose up in their places and began to twitch... (1a).

2. (sth. is going, progressing) poorly; (sth. is done) not as it should be (done):

- all wrong;

- sloppily;

- any old way;

- twisted and awry.

     ♦ И мне плохо. Плохо оттого, что все идёт у нас с Юркой вкривь и вкось, и он этого не замечает (Михайловская 1). And I feel rotten. Because everything between Yuri and me is twisted and awry and he fails to notice it (1a).

3. толковать (что), судить и т.п. Also: ВКРИВЬ (ВКОСЬ) И ВПРЯМЬ obs, coll [fixed WO]

⇒ (to interpret sth.) the way one wants to (with the implication that one's interpretation is incorrect or unfounded, that one distorts the phenomenon's true nature or meaning):

- in any way one likes;

- every which way;

- [in limited contexts](interpret etc sth.) to suit one's own interests.

     ♦ "Давно пора понять, что это всё - пустые фразы, которые можно толковать вкривь и вкось" (Зиновьев 2). "It's high time to realise that all that is just empty phrases which you can interpret in any way you like" (2a).

     ♦...[Троекуров] мало заботился о выигрыше им затеянного дела, Шабашкин за него хлопотал, действуя от его имени, стращая и подкупая судей и толкуя вкривь и впрямь всевозможные указы (Пушкин 1). [Troekurov] cared... little about winning the case he had initiated. It was Shabashkin who kept busy on his behalf, acting in his name, intimidating and bribing judges, and interpreting every possible edict every which way (1a).

• ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ; ВКОСЬ И ВКРИВЬ obs

[AdvP; these forms only; adv]

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1. Also: И ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ [fixed WO]

⇒ (of numerous disorderly lines made when writing, drawing, stitching etc, of tracks left by vehicles or people, of a person's gait etc) unsystematically, in an irregular or disorderly fashion, in different ways or directions:

- in all (different) directions;

- every which way;

- all over (the place <the paper etc>;

- this way and that (way);

- [in limited contexts] crisscrossing (in all directions);

- [in limited contexts] all askew;

     ♦ Столы были сдвинуты со своих, геометрией подсказанных, правильных мест и стояли то там, то сям, вкривь и вкось... (Битов 2). The tables had been moved from their geometrically suggested correct places to stand here and there, every which way (2a).

     ♦ Для довершения сходства [с медведем] фрак на нём был совершенно медвежьего цвета, рукава длинны, панталоны длинны, ступнями ступал он и вкривь и вкось и наступал беспрестанно на чужие ноги (Гоголь 3). То complete the resemblance [to a bear], his frock coat was precisely the color of a bear's pelt, with sleeves and trousers that were too long; he set his feet down clumsily, this way and that way, and was continually treading on other people's feet (3c).

     ♦ С ними [оловянными солдатиками] происходило что-то совсем необыкновенное... Усы, нарисованные вкривь и вкось, стали на свои места и начали шевелиться... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Something quite unusual was happening to [the tin soldiers].... Their mustaches, painted all askew, rose up in their places and began to twitch... (1a).

2. (sth. is going, progressing) poorly; (sth. is done) not as it should be (done):

- all wrong;

- sloppily;

- any old way;

- twisted and awry.

     ♦ И мне плохо. Плохо оттого, что все идёт у нас с Юркой вкривь и вкось, и он этого не замечает (Михайловская 1). And I feel rotten. Because everything between Yuri and me is twisted and awry and he fails to notice it (1a).

3. толковать (что), судить и т.п. Also: ВКРИВЬ (ВКОСЬ) И ВПРЯМЬ obs, coll [fixed WO]

⇒ (to interpret sth.) the way one wants to (with the implication that one's interpretation is incorrect or unfounded, that one distorts the phenomenon's true nature or meaning):

- in any way one likes;

- every which way;

- [in limited contexts](interpret etc sth.) to suit one's own interests.

     ♦ "Давно пора понять, что это всё - пустые фразы, которые можно толковать вкривь и вкось" (Зиновьев 2). "It's high time to realise that all that is just empty phrases which you can interpret in any way you like" (2a).

     ♦...[Троекуров] мало заботился о выигрыше им затеянного дела, Шабашкин за него хлопотал, действуя от его имени, стращая и подкупая судей и толкуя вкривь и впрямь всевозможные указы (Пушкин 1). [Troekurov] cared... little about winning the case he had initiated. It was Shabashkin who kept busy on his behalf, acting in his name, intimidating and bribing judges, and interpreting every possible edict every which way (1a).

• ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ; ВКОСЬ И ВКРИВЬ obs

[AdvP; these forms only; adv]

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1. Also: И ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ [fixed WO]

⇒ (of numerous disorderly lines made when writing, drawing, stitching etc, of tracks left by vehicles or people, of a person's gait etc) unsystematically, in an irregular or disorderly fashion, in different ways or directions:

- in all (different) directions;

- every which way;

- all over (the place <the paper etc>;

- this way and that (way);

- [in limited contexts] crisscrossing (in all directions);

- [in limited contexts] all askew;

     ♦ Столы были сдвинуты со своих, геометрией подсказанных, правильных мест и стояли то там, то сям, вкривь и вкось... (Битов 2). The tables had been moved from their geometrically suggested correct places to stand here and there, every which way (2a).

     ♦ Для довершения сходства [с медведем] фрак на нём был совершенно медвежьего цвета, рукава длинны, панталоны длинны, ступнями ступал он и вкривь и вкось и наступал беспрестанно на чужие ноги (Гоголь 3). То complete the resemblance [to a bear], his frock coat was precisely the color of a bear's pelt, with sleeves and trousers that were too long; he set his feet down clumsily, this way and that way, and was continually treading on other people's feet (3c).

     ♦ С ними [оловянными солдатиками] происходило что-то совсем необыкновенное... Усы, нарисованные вкривь и вкось, стали на свои места и начали шевелиться... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Something quite unusual was happening to [the tin soldiers].... Their mustaches, painted all askew, rose up in their places and began to twitch... (1a).

2. (sth. is going, progressing) poorly; (sth. is done) not as it should be (done):

- all wrong;

- sloppily;

- any old way;

- twisted and awry.

     ♦ И мне плохо. Плохо оттого, что все идёт у нас с Юркой вкривь и вкось, и он этого не замечает (Михайловская 1). And I feel rotten. Because everything between Yuri and me is twisted and awry and he fails to notice it (1a).

3. толковать (что), судить и т.п. Also: ВКРИВЬ (ВКОСЬ) И ВПРЯМЬ obs, coll [fixed WO]

⇒ (to interpret sth.) the way one wants to (with the implication that one's interpretation is incorrect or unfounded, that one distorts the phenomenon's true nature or meaning):

- in any way one likes;

- every which way;

- [in limited contexts](interpret etc sth.) to suit one's own interests.

     ♦ "Давно пора понять, что это всё - пустые фразы, которые можно толковать вкривь и вкось" (Зиновьев 2). "It's high time to realise that all that is just empty phrases which you can interpret in any way you like" (2a).

     ♦...[Троекуров] мало заботился о выигрыше им затеянного дела, Шабашкин за него хлопотал, действуя от его имени, стращая и подкупая судей и толкуя вкривь и впрямь всевозможные указы (Пушкин 1). [Troekurov] cared... little about winning the case he had initiated. It was Shabashkin who kept busy on his behalf, acting in his name, intimidating and bribing judges, and interpreting every possible edict every which way (1a).

empty words (пустые слова, слова, лишенные смысла)

wind (ветер, дыхание, дух, виток, слух, пустые слова)

fluent phrases (пустые слова)

phrase (фраза, выражение, оборот, язык, стиль, пустые слова)

verbalism (буквоедство, многословие, педантизм, пустые слова)

words empty of meaning (пустые слова, слова, лишенные смысла)

phrases (пустые слова)

froth (пена, пустословие, накипь, вздорные мысли, пустые слова, болтовня)

vacuity (бессодержательность, отсутствие мысли, разреженность, вода, пустые слова, бессодержательные слова)

lip-service (неискренние словоизлияния, пустые слова)

f; -, -n

1. (abgedroschene Redensart) cliché, platitude; bes. POL. catchphrase; leere Phrasen empty talk, claptrap umg.; Phrasen dreschen umg. talk in clichés ( oder platitudes)

2. MUS., LING. phrase

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phrase

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f -, -n

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1. (pej: sinnentleerte Redensart) empty [or hollow] phrase

\Phrasen dreschen (pej fam) to churn out hollow phrases

2. (Ausdruck) phrase

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1) (abwertend) [empty] phrase; cliché

2) (Musik, Sprachw.) phrase

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Phrase f; -, -n

1. (abgedroschene Redensart) cliché, platitude; besonders POL catchphrase;

leere Phrasen empty talk, claptrap umg;

Phrasen dreschen umg talk in clichés ( oder platitudes)

2. MUS, LING phrase

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1) (abwertend) [empty] phrase; cliché

2) (Musik, Sprachw.) phrase

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phrase n.

f; -, -n

1. (abgedroschene Redensart) cliché, platitude; bes. POL. catchphrase; leere Phrasen empty talk, claptrap umg.; Phrasen dreschen umg. talk in clichés ( oder platitudes)

2. MUS., LING. phrase

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phrase

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f -, -n

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1. (pej: sinnentleerte Redensart) empty [or hollow] phrase

\Phrasen dreschen (pej fam) to churn out hollow phrases

2. (Ausdruck) phrase

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1) (abwertend) [empty] phrase; cliché

2) (Musik, Sprachw.) phrase

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…phrase f LING, im subst:

Nominalphrase noun phrase;

Verbalphrase verbal phrase

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1) (abwertend) [empty] phrase; cliché

2) (Musik, Sprachw.) phrase

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phrase n.

1 sentence.

2 expression.

frase hecha set phrase; (modismo) cliché (tópico)

3 phrase.

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► nombre femenino

1 (oración) sentence

2 (expresión) phrase

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frase hecha set phrase, set expression, idiom

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1) phrase

2) sentence

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SF (=oración) sentence; (=locución) phrase, expression; (=cita) quotation

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femenino ( oración) sentence; ( sintagma) phrase

- frase hecha

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= phrase, sentence, statement, refrain.

Ex. Indicative abstracts abound in phrases such as 'is discussed' or 'has been surveyed', but do not record the outcome of the discussion or survey.

Ex. The title-like phrase combine concepts in the order in which they would be listed in a sentence or phrase.

Ex. Statements conveying preferential relationships between terms indicate which terms are to be treated as equivalent to one another.

Ex. The importance of the right to information or the right to know is an increasingly constant refrain in the mouths of academics, the media and governments.

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* acuñar una frase = coin + phrase.

* dentro de la frase = intra-sentence.

* encabezamiento de frase conjuntiva = conjunctive phrase heading.

* encabezamiento de frase preposicional = prepositional phrase heading.

* frase a modo de título = title-like phrase.

* frase como encabezamiento = phrase heading.

* frase de indización = indexing phrase.

* frase de texto libre = free-text phrase.

* frase favorita = catchphrase.

* frase graciosa final = punchline [punch line].

* frase hecha = bound phrase, catch phrase, cliche, formulaic words, formulaic phrase.

* frase nominal = noun phrase.

* frase preferida = catchphrase.

* frase prolija = verbose phrasing.

* frase publicitaria = catchphrase.

* frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.

* frase usada para ligar = chat-up line.

* relativo a la frase = sentential.

* ser analizado como una frase = be phrase parsed.

* Sistema de Indización por Frases Anidadas (NEPHIS) = Nested Phrase Indexing System (NEPHIS).

* subencabezamiento de frase preposicional = prepositional phrase subheading.

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femenino ( oración) sentence; ( sintagma) phrase

- frase hecha

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1 (oración) sentence

frases huecas or vacías empty words

2 (sintagma) phrase

frase adjetiva/verbal adjectival/verb phrase

set phrase

musical phrase, phrase

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◊ frase hecha set phrase

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frase nf

1. [oración] sentence

2. [locución] expression

frase lapidaria memorable phrase;

frase proverbial proverbial expression

3. Mús

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f phrase; ( oración) sentence

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frase nf

1) : phrase

2) oración: sentence

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frase n

1. (oración) sentence

2. (locución) phrase