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прост., неодобр., пренебр.it won't do at all; it's no good at all; it is sheer nonsense"Когда ты успеваешь повести строгать, классик? Негров нашёл? Прочитал, прочитал. Профессор твой - ничего, девка на переправе с узкими глазками тоже ничего, а генерал - совсем не в дугу, интеллигентик он у тебя, таких не было..." (Ю. Бондарев, Берег) — 'When do you find time to bake your stories, you classic? Have you hired host-writers? I've read it, oh yes. Your professor isn't bad, the girl with narrow little eyes at the river-crossing isn't bad, either, but the general won't do at all, you've made an intellectual that never existed...'
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22 подавлять в зародыше
подавлять (убивать, душить и т. п.) в зародыше ( что)nip (check, crush) smth. in the bud (in the egg); smother smth. at birth- Город наш существует уже сотни лет, и за всё время он не дал родине ни одного полезного человека - ни одного! Вы душили в зародыше всё мало-мальски живое и яркое! (А. Чехов, Моя жизнь) — 'Our town has existed for hundreds of years, and in all that time it has not produced one useful man - not one! You have nipped in the bud everything that was in any way alive and bright!'
- Но когда-нибудь ты мне объяснишь, что всё это значило? - Возможно, - ответил я, подавляя в зародыше желание рассмеяться. (Л. Кривицкий, Жара в Агудзере) — 'But will you tell me what it all meant, some day?' 'Perhaps,' I answered, smothering a laugh at birth.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > подавлять в зародыше
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ЕЖОВЫЕ РУКАВИЦЫ co// NP pl only fixed WOl very strict, oppressive treatment: iron hand (fist, rod, rule) rod of iron tight rein mailed fist.В то время ещё ничего не было достоверно известно ни о коммунистах, ни о социалистах, ни о так называемых нивелляторах вообще. Тем не менее нивелляторство существовало, и притом в самых обширных размерах. Были... нивелляторы «бараньего рога», нивелляторы «ежовых рукавиц» и проч. и проч. (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). At that time nothing was yet known for certain about either communists, socialists, or so-called levelers in general. Nevertheless, leveling existed, and on a very vast scale. There were... levelers of "knuckling under," levelers of "the rod of iron," and so forth (1a). -
24 ежовые рукавицы
• ЕЖОВЫЕ РУКАВИЦЫ coll[NP; pl only; fixed WO]=====⇒ very strict, oppressive treatment:- iron hand (fist, rod, rule);- rod of iron;- tight rein;- mailed fist.♦ В то время ещё ничего не было достоверно известно ни о коммунистах, ни о социалистах, ни о так называемых нивелляторах вообще. Тем не менее нивелляторство существовало, и притом в самых обширных размерах. Были... нивелляторы "бараньего рога", нивелляторы "ежовых рукавиц" и проч. и проч. (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). At that time nothing was yet known for certain about either communists, socialists, or so-called levelers in general. Nevertheless, leveling existed, and on a very vast scale. There were... levelers of "knuckling under," levelers of "the rod of iron," and so forth (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ежовые рукавицы
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