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give a finger (in the middle)

  • 1 показать средний палец

    1) General subject: (кому-л.) give the finger
    2) Colloquial: (кому-л.) flip (somebody) off
    3) Current usage: flip the bird

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > показать средний палец

  • 2 палец

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    1) (руки, перчатки) finger; ( ноги) toe

    большо́й па́лец (руки) — thumb; ( ноги) big toe

    указа́тельный па́лец — forefinger, index (finger)

    сре́дний па́лец — middle / third finger

    безымя́нный па́лец — fourth finger; (на левой руке тж.) ring finger

    предохрани́тельный (рези́новый) па́лец — fingerstall

    2) тех. (crank) pin, finger, cam
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    па́лец о па́лец не уда́рить разг. — not stir / lift / raise a finger

    вы́сосать из па́льца что-л разг. — fabricate smth, dream the whole thing up

    дай ему́ па́лец, он всю ру́ку отку́сит погов. — ≈ give him an inch and he'll take a yard / mile

    ему́ па́льца в рот не клади́ разг. — ≈ he is not to be trifled with; watch your step with him

    знать что-л как свои́ пять па́льцев разг. — have smth at one's fingertips; know smth backwards, know smth like the back of one's hand

    обвести́ вокру́г па́льца (вн.) разг.cheat (d), dupe (d), deceive [-'siːv] (d), take in (d)

    объясни́ть на па́льцах — explain as simply as possible

    он па́льцем никого́ не тро́нет — ≈ he wouldn't hurt a fly

    попа́сть па́льцем в не́бо разг. — ≈ be wide of the mark; take the wrong sow [səʊ] by the ear идиом.

    смотре́ть сквозь па́льцы (на вн.) разг. — look through one's fingers (at); wink (at)

    уплы́ть / уйти́ ме́жду па́льцами — slip through one's fingers

    Новый большой русско-английский словарь > палец

  • 3 показать кукиш в кармане

    ПОКАЗАТЬ <кому-л.> КУКИШ В КАРМАНЕ разг.
    to give sb the finger behind his/her back / to thumb one's nose at sb behind his/her back выразить трусливое, робкое несогласие to express disagreement or rejection in a cowardly manner <in Russian literally "to show 'a fig' in one's pocket," a fig being a rude gesture in the form of a fist with the thumb protruding between the index and middle fingers>

    Секретарша показала своему начальнику кукиш в кармане. The secretary thumbed her nose at her boss behind his back.

    Дополнение к русско-английским словарям > показать кукиш в кармане

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