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1 бессердечный
1) General subject: as cold as charity, as hard as nails, callous, cold-hearted, coldhearted, cruel, empty hearted, empty-hearted, hard as the nether millstone, hard fisted, hard handed, hard hearted, hard-fisted, hard-handed, hard-hearted, heartless, iron hearted, iron-hearted, ossified, soulless, unfeeling, unnatural, cruel-hearted, dead inside2) Jargon: hard-boiled3) Makarov: hardened -
2 чёрствый
General subject: as cold as charity, bankrupt of compassion, callous, chill, cold hearted, cold-hearted, dead hearted, dead to all feelings, dead-hearted, frozen, hard, hard as the nether millstone, hard hearted, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, indurate, obdurate, ossified, shallow hearted, shallow-hearted (о человеке), stale, stale hard, steel hearted, steel-hearted, unfeeling, unsympathetic, as cold as a fish, wooden -
3 непоколебимый
1) General subject: cast iron, cast-iron, firm, hard and fast, hard as the nether millstone, hardshell, immovable, imperturbable, impregnable, inexorable, inflexible, iron bound, iron handed, iron-handed, resolute, rocky, set, stable, stalwart, stanch, staunch, steadfast, steady, stiff, thick-and-thin, unfaltering, unflinching, unmoved, unshakable, unshakeable, unshaken, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering, rock-ribbed, untouchable, staunchest, hidebound, stubborn2) American: hard-shell3) Economy: impregnable (напр. о позиции управляющих)4) Makarov: hardened, iron-bound, secure -
4 между двух огней
1) General subject: a pig in the middle, between Scylla and Charybdis, between the devil and the blue sea, between the devil and the deep sea, between the upper and the nether millstone, horn, on the horns of a dilemma, between a rock and a hard place, Between the Devil and the deep blue sea2) Literal: between two fires3) Set phrase: between the devil and the deep ( blue) sea (дословно: Между дьяволом и синим (глубоким) морем), (быть, находиться, оказаться)(to get) between the devil and the deep sea, between the upper and nether millstone (дословно: Между верхним и нижним жерновами), (быть, находиться, оказаться)(to get) between two fires4) Phraseological unit: between the devil and the deep blue see -
5 между молотом и наковальней
1) General subject: between a rock and a hard place, between hammer and anvil, between the beetle and the block, between the upper and the nether millstone, between Scylla and Charybdis2) Set phrase: between the devil and the deep ( blue) sea (дословно: Между дьяволом и синим (глубоким) морем), between the upper and nether millstone (дословно: Между верхним и нижним жерновами)3) Saying: between the hammer and the anvil4) Idiomatic expression: between the devil and the deep blue seaУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > между молотом и наковальней
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6 в безвыходном положении
1) General subject: at a dead lift, at bay, back strapped, back-strapped, between a rock and a hard place, between the beetle and the block, between the devil and the deep sea, between the upper and the nether millstone, in a cleft stick, in chancery, like a rat in a hole, nowhere, on a hiding to nothing, with( one's) back to the wall, with one's back to the wall, stymied2) Naval: dead in the water4) Economy: in the hole5) Jargon: with one's hand in the tillУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > в безвыходном положении
См. также в других словарях:
nether millstone — nether millstone, 1. the lower of a pair of millstones in a mill for grinding grain: »His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone (Job 41:24). 2. Figurative. great hardness … Useful english dictionary
Millstone — Mill stone , n. One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance in a mill[1]. [1913 Webster] No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge. Deut. xxiv. 6. [1913 Webster] Note: The cellular siliceous rock… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Millstone girt — Millstone Mill stone , n. One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance in a mill[1]. [1913 Webster] No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge. Deut. xxiv. 6. [1913 Webster] Note: The cellular siliceous … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To see into a millstone — Millstone Mill stone , n. One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance in a mill[1]. [1913 Webster] No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge. Deut. xxiv. 6. [1913 Webster] Note: The cellular siliceous … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To see through a millstone — Millstone Mill stone , n. One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance in a mill[1]. [1913 Webster] No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge. Deut. xxiv. 6. [1913 Webster] Note: The cellular siliceous … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
William Ewart Gladstone — The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS Prime Minister of the United Kingdom … Wikipedia
Job 41 — 1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? 2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words… … The King James version of the Bible
