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1 Ближняя - ворона, а дальняя - соколена
See Славны бубны за горами (С)Cf: Blue are the hills that are far from us (Br.). Distant fields look greener (greenest) (Am.). Distant pastures are greener (Br.). Faraway fields look greenest (Am.). Faraway fowls have fair feathers (Br.). Faraway hills are green (Am.). Far-off cows have long horns (Br.). The greenest pasture is just over the fence (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Ближняя - ворона, а дальняя - соколена
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2 Славны бубны за горами
That which is elsewhere and which we are only told about seems better and attrac tive. See Ближняя - ворона, а дальняя - соколена (Б), Там хорошо, где нас нет (T)Var.: Звонки бубны за горами Cf: Blue are the hills that are far from us (Br.). Distance lends enchantment to the view (Am., Br.). Distant pastures are greener (Br.). Faraway birds have fine feathers (Am.). Faraway cows have (wear) long horns (Am.). Faraway fowls have fair feathers (Br.). Far folk fare best (Br.). Far hills look the bluest (Am.). Far-off cows have long horns (Br.). Hills are green far away (Br.). Hills look green far away (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Славны бубны за горами
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3 отсутствующий вид
General subject: faraway look (О выражении лица. My Father has a faraway look on his face as he sits and stares out the window. Мой отец сидел с отсутвующим видом и смотрел в окно.) -
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ЗА ТРИДЕВЯТЬ ЗЕМЕЛЬ (от кого-чего) coll or folk poet PrepP Invar adv or subj-compl with copula ( subj: usu. human or concr) fixed WOvery far awayat (to) the other end of the worldfar, far away a long, long way (away) (in limited contexts) in (to) a faraway land (in refer, to location only) miles (oceans) apart (in refer, to direction only) to the ends of the earth.Через минуту они уже были за тридевять земель, врывались на скорости 90 в тоннельный мрак под площадью Маяковского (Аксёнов 6). A minute later they were already at the other end of the world, tearing along at ninety kilometers into the gloom of the tunnel under Mayakovsky Square (6a).(Эльза:) Эти чудовища сторожат нас. А мы ушли от них за тридевять земель (Шварц 2). (Е.:) Those monsters are watching us. But we managed to get a long, long way from them (2a).И хотя бы ты был за тридевять земель, но жив, всё равно, невыносима эта мысль, что ты жив и всё знаешь, и меня судишь» (Достоевский 1). "And even if you had been in a faraway land, but still alive, the thought that you were alive and knew everything, and were judging me, would in any case have been unbearable" (1a).Конечно, это были смешные письма - хотя бы потому, что почти в каждом письме он сообщал, что ему «живётся всё хуже и хуже», как будто мы были за тридевять земель друг от друга (Каверин 1). Of course these were ridiculous letters, if only because in nearly every one he informed me that "his life grew worse and worse," as though we were miles apart (1a). -
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ТРИДЕВЯТОЕ (ТРИДЕСЯТОЕ) ЦАРСТВО (ГОСУДАРСТВО) folk poet NP sing only fixed WOin Russian fairy tales, a very distant landby extension any very distant place: faraway land (place) faraway kingdom kingdom beyond the sea(s) never-never land.Я выключила радио... и начала читать ей (Лельке) сказку... «Прощай, красна девица, - печально сказал он. - Лечу я за тридевять земель, в тридевятое царство, в тридесятое государство. Если любишь, ищи меня там» (Чуковская 2). I turned the radio off...and started to read her (Lyolka) a fairy-story..."Farewell, lovely maiden," he said sadly, "I am flying off to the other end of the world, to a kingdom beyond the seas. If you love me look for me there" (2a).Положим, например, существует канцелярия, не здесь, а в тридевятом государстве... (Гоголь 3). Let us suppose, for instance, that there is a government office, not here but in some never-never land... (3c). -
6 за тридевять земель
• ЗА ТРИДЕВЯТЬ ЗЕМЕЛЬ (от кого-чего) coll or folk poet[PrepP; Invar; adv or subj-compl with copula (subj: usu. human or concr); fixed WO]=====⇒ very far away:- far, far away;- a long, long way (away);- [in limited contexts] in (to) a faraway land;- [in refer, to location only] miles (oceans) apart;- [in refer, to direction only] to the ends of the earth.♦ Через минуту они уже были за тридевять земель, врывались на скорости 90 в тоннельный мрак под площадью Маяковского (Аксёнов 6). A minute later they were already at the other end of the world, tearing along at ninety kilometers into the gloom of the tunnel under Mayakovsky Square (6a).♦ [Эльза:] Эти чудовища сторожат нас. А мы ушли от них за тридевять земель (Шварц 2). [Е.:] Those monsters are watching us. But we managed to get a long, long way from them (2a).♦ "И хотя бы ты был за тридевять земель, но жив, всё равно, невыносима эта мысль, что ты жив и всё знаешь, и меня судишь" (Достоевский 1). "And even if you had been in a faraway land, but still alive, the thought that you were alive and knew everything, and were judging me, would in any case have been unbearable" (1a).♦ Конечно, это были смешные письма - хотя бы потому, что почти в каждом письме он сообщал, что ему "живётся всё хуже и хуже", как будто мы были за тридевять земель друг от друга (Каверин 1). Of course these were ridiculous letters, if only because in nearly every one he informed me that "his life grew worse and worse," as though we were miles apart (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > за тридевять земель
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7 тридевятое государство
• ТРИДЕВЯТОЕ (ТРИДЕСЯТОЕ) ЦАРСТВО < ГОСУДАРСТВО> folk poet[NP; sing only; fixed WO]=====⇒ in Russian fairy tales, a very distant land; by extension any very distant place:- faraway land < place>;- never-never land.♦ Я выключила радио... и начала читать ей [Лельке] сказку... "Прощай, красна девица, - печально сказал он. - Лечу я за тридевять земель, в тридевятое царство, в тридесятое государство. Если любишь, ищи меня там" (Чуковская 2). I turned the radio off...and started to read her [Lyolka] a fairy-story...."Farewell, lovely maiden," he said sadly, "I am flying off to the other end of the world, to a kingdom beyond the seas. If you love me look for me there" (2a).♦ Положим, например, существует канцелярия, не здесь, а в тридевятом государстве... (Гоголь 3). Let us suppose, for instance, that there is a government office, not here but in some never-never land... (3c).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > тридевятое государство
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8 тридевятое царство
• ТРИДЕВЯТОЕ (ТРИДЕСЯТОЕ) ЦАРСТВО < ГОСУДАРСТВО> folk poet[NP; sing only; fixed WO]=====⇒ in Russian fairy tales, a very distant land; by extension any very distant place:- faraway land < place>;- never-never land.♦ Я выключила радио... и начала читать ей [Лельке] сказку... "Прощай, красна девица, - печально сказал он. - Лечу я за тридевять земель, в тридевятое царство, в тридесятое государство. Если любишь, ищи меня там" (Чуковская 2). I turned the radio off...and started to read her [Lyolka] a fairy-story...."Farewell, lovely maiden," he said sadly, "I am flying off to the other end of the world, to a kingdom beyond the seas. If you love me look for me there" (2a).♦ Положим, например, существует канцелярия, не здесь, а в тридевятом государстве... (Гоголь 3). Let us suppose, for instance, that there is a government office, not here but in some never-never land... (3c).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > тридевятое царство
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9 тридесятое государство
• ТРИДЕВЯТОЕ (ТРИДЕСЯТОЕ) ЦАРСТВО < ГОСУДАРСТВО> folk poet[NP; sing only; fixed WO]=====⇒ in Russian fairy tales, a very distant land; by extension any very distant place:- faraway land < place>;- never-never land.♦ Я выключила радио... и начала читать ей [Лельке] сказку... "Прощай, красна девица, - печально сказал он. - Лечу я за тридевять земель, в тридевятое царство, в тридесятое государство. Если любишь, ищи меня там" (Чуковская 2). I turned the radio off...and started to read her [Lyolka] a fairy-story...."Farewell, lovely maiden," he said sadly, "I am flying off to the other end of the world, to a kingdom beyond the seas. If you love me look for me there" (2a).♦ Положим, например, существует канцелярия, не здесь, а в тридевятом государстве... (Гоголь 3). Let us suppose, for instance, that there is a government office, not here but in some never-never land... (3c).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > тридесятое государство
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10 тридесятое царство
• ТРИДЕВЯТОЕ (ТРИДЕСЯТОЕ) ЦАРСТВО < ГОСУДАРСТВО> folk poet[NP; sing only; fixed WO]=====⇒ in Russian fairy tales, a very distant land; by extension any very distant place:- faraway land < place>;- never-never land.♦ Я выключила радио... и начала читать ей [Лельке] сказку... "Прощай, красна девица, - печально сказал он. - Лечу я за тридевять земель, в тридевятое царство, в тридесятое государство. Если любишь, ищи меня там" (Чуковская 2). I turned the radio off...and started to read her [Lyolka] a fairy-story...."Farewell, lovely maiden," he said sadly, "I am flying off to the other end of the world, to a kingdom beyond the seas. If you love me look for me there" (2a).♦ Положим, например, существует канцелярия, не здесь, а в тридевятом государстве... (Гоголь 3). Let us suppose, for instance, that there is a government office, not here but in some never-never land... (3c).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > тридесятое царство
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11 далёкое
General subject: faraway -
12 далёкое небо
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13 далекие края
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14 дальность
1) General subject: distance, faraway, farness, remoteness2) Military: endurance, (горизонтальная) ordinate, radius, radius (воздействия), range, range (действия, стрельбы, полета), range (полёта, действия, стрельбы, броска, пуска), range capability, travel3) Mathematics: ranging4) Business: length6) Arms production: range (стрельбы), shot (выстрела)8) Security: range (напр. значения величины; действия)9) oil&gas: range of survey -
15 он мой дальний родственник
General subject: he is a faraway cousin of mineУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > он мой дальний родственник
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16 отдалённый
1) General subject: abstracted, back, back-country, backer, backveld, devious, distant, far, far away, far off, far-off, faraway, farther, farthest, long-distance, odd, out, out-of-the-way, outland, outlying, remote, removed, ulterior, upland2) Geology: distal4) Medicine: long-term (напр. о результате лечения), tardive, tardy5) Colloquial: far-out6) American: shirttail (о родстве)8) Architecture: furthermost9) Scottish language: outfield -
17 отдаленный
1) General subject: abstracted, back, back-country, backer, backveld, devious, distant, far, far away, far off, far-off, faraway, farther, farthest, long-distance, odd, out, out-of-the-way, outland, outlying, remote, removed, ulterior, upland2) Geology: distal4) Medicine: long-term (напр. о результате лечения), tardive, tardy5) Colloquial: far-out6) American: shirttail (о родстве)8) Architecture: furthermost9) Scottish language: outfield -
18 отсутствующий
1) General subject: absent, absentee, away, estranged, far-away, faraway, lacking, missing, no show, null, out, vacant, vacuous, vague (о взгляде и т. п.), wanting2) Computers: nonpresent4) Obsolete: awanting5) Latin: ab esse8) Jargon: short9) Perfume: non-available10) Makarov: obsolete (об органе) -
19 рассеянный
1) General subject: absent, absent-minded, absentminded, abstracted, broadcast, diffuse (о свете и т. п.), diffused, dispersed, dissipated, distracted, erratic, faraway (о взгляде), forgetful, hare-brained, moony, mused, oblivious, scattered, soft (о свете), sparse, vacant (взгляд и т. п.), vague, wool gathering, wool-gathering, scatter-brained (NB: рассеяНый = sparse), disoriented, scatterbrained2) Geology: bunchy (о массе руды), disseminated, scattered (о залегании полезного ископаемого)3) Biology: interspersed4) Dialect: outward5) American: ditz (It's off, I'm sorry, I'm such a ditz.Он выключен,извините,я такой рассеянный)6) French: distrait7) Chemistry: dissipate8) Construction: bloomed9) Mining: scattered (об элементах)11) Physics: stray12) Jargon: rattlebrained, out to lunch13) Information technology: ambient14) Literature: round-the-corner ("Garton was queer, round-the-corner, knotted,curly, like some primeval beast." J. Galsworthy)15) Business: spreading16) Polymers: disperse17) Cliche: (о человеке) All over the map (Not focused or clear in one's thinking)18) Makarov: erratic (о мыслях), scattered (о распределении вида), uncollected19) Phraseological unit: brain-dead -
20 у него был мечтательный вид
General subject: there was a faraway look on his faceУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > у него был мечтательный вид
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