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21 мыльный пузырь
разг., неодобр.1) (что-либо, оказавшееся непрочным, ничтожным, не заслуживающим внимания) bubble fig.; cf. pipe-dream; castle in the airЗа величаво небрежным стилем этих абзацев звучал многозначительный подтекст: "Мы могли бы привести цифры, доказательства, но стоит ли тратить время и место на разоблачение лобановского мыльного пузыря". (Д. Гранин, Искатели) — Behind the majestically careless style of these paragraphs lay the significant suggestion: 'We could produce figures and proofs, but is it worth wasting space on Lobanov's bubble?'
2) (человек, производивший отличное впечатление и оказавшийся ничтожеством) empty vessel; wind bag; gas bag Amer.; dingle-dangle
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