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  • 1 причинение вреда

    1) General subject: damnification, whupass
    3) Ecology: tort
    4) Programming: harm
    5) leg.N.P. civil injury, injurious action or actions, wrong independent of contract
    6) Makarov: (особ. непоправимого spoliation

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > причинение вреда

  • 2 причинение

    сущ.
    (нанесение вреда, ущерба и т.п.) (civil) injury;
    infliction (of);
    injurious action;
    tort;
    trespass;
    wrong-doing
    - виновное причинение
    - невиновное причинение
    - случайное причинение

    причинение — ( нанесение) вреда имуществу — causing damage (harm) to property; property tort

    причинение — ( нанесение) вреда личности (частному лицу) — personal injury (tort, wrong); wrong against an individual

    причинение — ( нанесение) вреда обществу — public mischief (wrong); wrong against the public

    причинение — ( нанесение) телесного повреждения — infliction of a bodily harm (injury); ( себе самому) self-injury

    причинение — ( нанесение) убытка (ущерба) — damnification; impairment; infliction of damage (loss); ( вреда тж) infliction of injury (harm); wrong-doing

    Юридический русско-английский словарь > причинение

  • 3 в этом нет ничего плохого

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > в этом нет ничего плохого

  • 4 Л-109

    HE ЛИШНЕЕ (HE ЛИШНЕ) AdjP subj-compl with бытье ( subj: usu. infin or a clause) or obj-compl with находить, считать (1st var. only, obj: usu. deverbal noun or infin)) it would help, be useful (to do sth.): it wouldn't be (such) a bad idea (to do sth.) it won't (wouldn't) hurt one (to do sth.) (there's) no harm in (doing sth.) it would be worthwhile (to do sth.) sth. is worth doing Ws (it would be) worth it (to do sth.) it wouldn't be out of place (to do sth.).
    (Нина:) Сначала думать надо, а потом уже с ума сходить! (Бусыгин:) Разве? Уж лучше наоборот. (Сарафанов:)...По-моему, Володя прав. Думать, конечно, не лишнее, но... (Вампилов 4). (N.:) You must think first, and then go round the bend! (B.:) Really? Better the other way round. (S.:) I think Volodia's right. No harm in thinking, of course, but... (4a).
    «Запишите и про небо это будет не лишним записать» (Достоевский 1). "Write that down about heaven, too, it's worth writing down" (1a).

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  • 5 не лишне

    [AdjP; subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. infin or a clause) or obj-compl with находить, считать (1st var. only, obj: usu. deverbal noun or infin)]
    =====
    it would help, be useful (to do sth.):
    - it wouldn't be (such) a bad idea (to do sth.);
    - it won't (wouldn't) hurt one (to do sth.);
    - (there's) no harm in (doing sth.);
    - it would be worthwhile (to do sth.);
    - (sth.) is worth doing;
    - Ws (it would be) worth it (to do sth.);
    - it wouldn't be out of place (to do sth.).
         ♦ [Нина:] Сначала думать надо, а потом уже с ума сходить! [Бусыгин:] Разве? Уж лучше наоборот. [Сарафанов:]...По-моему, Володя прав. Думать, конечно, не лишнее, но... (Вампилов 4). [N.:] You must think first, and then go round the bend! [B.:] Really? Better the other way round. [S.:] I think Volodia's right. No harm in thinking, of course, but... (4a).
         ♦ "Запишите и про небо; это будет не лишним записать" (Достоевский 1). "Write that down about heaven, too; it's worth writing down" (1a).

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  • 6 не лишнее

    [AdjP; subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. infin or a clause) or obj-compl with находить, считать (1st var. only, obj: usu. deverbal noun or infin)]
    =====
    it would help, be useful (to do sth.):
    - it wouldn't be (such) a bad idea (to do sth.);
    - it won't (wouldn't) hurt one (to do sth.);
    - (there's) no harm in (doing sth.);
    - it would be worthwhile (to do sth.);
    - (sth.) is worth doing;
    - Ws (it would be) worth it (to do sth.);
    - it wouldn't be out of place (to do sth.).
         ♦ [Нина:] Сначала думать надо, а потом уже с ума сходить! [Бусыгин:] Разве? Уж лучше наоборот. [Сарафанов:]...По-моему, Володя прав. Думать, конечно, не лишнее, но... (Вампилов 4). [N.:] You must think first, and then go round the bend! [B.:] Really? Better the other way round. [S.:] I think Volodia's right. No harm in thinking, of course, but... (4a).
         ♦ "Запишите и про небо; это будет не лишним записать" (Достоевский 1). "Write that down about heaven, too; it's worth writing down" (1a).

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  • 7 Д-125

    ПОСЛЕДНЕЕ ДЕЛО coll NP Invar subj-compl with быть« ( subj: abstr, infin, or a clause), usu. pres)
    1. ( fixed WO
    some situation (doing sth. etc) is very bad, not good at all: (of a situation etc) things are as bad as can be
    things are really bad things are in a bad way things have hit (reached) rock bottom (in limited contexts) ift (the beginning of) the end (of doing sth.) (doing sth. is) as low as you can get despicable you can't get lower than (doing sth.).
    ...Хозяин добавил: «Твой муж никому зла сделать не мог - последнее дело, если таких берут...» (Мандельштам 1). And the old man added. "Your husband could never have done harm to anyone. If they are arresting people like him, things must be really bad" (1a).
    «Ох, уж эти мне базары! Нет, что вы на это скажете? Уж если они немцев перестанут бояться... последнее дело» (Булгаков 3). "Hell - these market women! How'd you like that? Once they stop being afraid of the Germans...it's the beginning of the end" (3a).
    2. sth. is of negligible importance within the framework of the matter in question
    completely unimportant
    means nothing (in limited contexts) the last thing (you think of etc) the last thing on one's list the least of one's concerns (worries)).
    (Беневоленский:) Теперь я вас спрошу, что такое красота в мужчине? - Последнее дело (Островский 1). (В.:) Now I ask you, what are good looks in a man, exactly? It's the last thing you think of (1a).

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  • 8 последнее дело

    [NP; Invar; subj-compl with быть (subj: abstr, infin, or a clause), usu. pres]
    =====
    1. [fixed WO]
    some situation (doing sth. etc) is very bad, not good at all:
    - [of a situation etc] things are as bad as can be;
    - [in limited contexts] it's (the beginning of) the end;
    - [of doing sth.] (doing sth. is) as low as you can get;
    - you can't get lower than (doing sth.).
         ♦...Хозяин добавил: "Твой муж никому зла сделать не мог - последнее дело, если таких берут..." (Мандельштам 1). And the old man added. "Your husband could never have done harm to anyone. If they are arresting people like him, things must be really bad" (1a).
         ♦ "Ох, уж эти мне базары! Нет, что вы на это скажете? Уж если они немцев перестанут бояться... последнее дело" (Булгаков 3). "Hell - these market women! How'd you like that? Once they stop being afraid of the Germans...it's the beginning of the end" (3a).
    2. sth. is of negligible importance within the framework of the matter in question:
    - [in limited contexts] the last thing (you think of etc);
    - the least of one's concerns (worries).
         ♦ [Беневоленский:] Теперь я вас спрошу, что такое красота в мужчине? - Последнее дело (Островский 1). [В.:] Now I ask you, what are good looks in a man, exactly? It's the last thing you think of (1a).

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  • 9 М-140

    HE МЕШАЕТ (HE МЕШАЛО БЫ) (кому) coll VP impers these forms only usu. foil. by infin) one should (do sth.), it would not be bad (to do sth.): не мешает (не мешало бы) (Х-у) сделать Y - itfs not (it wouldn't be) a bad idea to do Y it won't (wouldn't) hurt X to do Y it wouldn't be a bad thing if X did Y ( for X to do Y) it won't (wouldn't) do (X) any harm to do Y it will (would) do X good to do Y there's (there would be) no harm in doing Y.
    (Анна Петровна:) Я вам дам поесть! (Трилецкий:) Давно бы так. (Платонов:) Впрочем, не мешало бы... Который час? Я тоже голоден... (Чехов 1). (А.Р:)...I'll give you something to eat. (T.:) And not a moment too soon. (P.:) It's not a bad idea, actually. What's the time? I'm starving too (1b).
    Он уже подходил к окончанию труда (а именно к рождению героя), когда Зина сказала, что не мешало бы ему развлечься... (Набоков 1). Не was already approaching the end of his work (the hero's birth, to be precise) when Zina said it would not hurt him to relax... (1a).
    Напиться бы», - сказал Митишатьев, мрачный от своей тройки. «А что, не мешало бы», - радостно сказал никогда не пивший Лёва и удивился (Битов 2). ( context transl) "We should get drunk," Mitishatyev said, gloomy over his (grade of)
    3. uWhy not, it'll do us good," Lyova said gleefully, and felt surprised-he never drank (2a).

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  • 10 не мешает

    НЕ МЕШАЕТ < НЕ МЕШАЛО БЫ> (кому) coll
    [VP; impers; these forms only; usu. foll. by infin]
    =====
    one should (do sth.), it would not be bad (to do sth.):
    - не мешает < не мешало бы> (Х-у) сделать Y it is not < it wouldn't be> a bad idea to do Y;
    - it won't < wouldn't> hurt X to do Y;
    - it wouldn't be a bad thing if X did Y < for X to do Y>;
    - it will < would> do X good to do Y;
    - there's (there would be) no harm in doing Y.
         ♦ [Анна Петровна:] Я вам дам поесть! [Трилецкий:] Давно бы так. [Платонов:] Впрочем, не мешало бы... Который час? Я тоже голоден... (Чехов 1). [А.Р:]... I'll give you something to eat. [T.:] And not a moment too soon. [P.:] It's not a bad idea, actually. What's the time? I'mstarving too (1b).
         ♦ Он уже подходил к окончанию труда (а именно к рождению героя), когда Зина сказала, что не мешало бы ему развлечься... (Набоков 1). He was already approaching the end of his work (the hero's birth, to be precise) when Zina said it would not hurt him to relax... (1a).
         ♦ "Напиться бы", - сказал Митишатьев, мрачный от своей тройки. "А что, не мешало бы", - радостно сказал никогда не пивший Лёва и удивился (Битов 2). [context transl] "We should get drunk," Mit ishatyev said, gloomy over his [grade of]3. "Why not, it'll do us good," Lyova said gleefully, and felt surprised - he never drank (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не мешает

  • 11 не мешало бы

    НЕ МЕШАЕТ < НЕ МЕШАЛО БЫ> (кому) coll
    [VP; impers; these forms only; usu. foll. by infin]
    =====
    one should (do sth.), it would not be bad (to do sth.):
    - не мешает < не мешало бы> (Х-у) сделать Y it is not < it wouldn't be> a bad idea to do Y;
    - it won't < wouldn't> hurt X to do Y;
    - it wouldn't be a bad thing if X did Y < for X to do Y>;
    - it will < would> do X good to do Y;
    - there's (there would be) no harm in doing Y.
         ♦ [Анна Петровна:] Я вам дам поесть! [Трилецкий:] Давно бы так. [Платонов:] Впрочем, не мешало бы... Который час? Я тоже голоден... (Чехов 1). [А.Р:]... I'll give you something to eat. [T.:] And not a moment too soon. [P.:] It's not a bad idea, actually. What's the time? I'mstarving too (1b).
         ♦ Он уже подходил к окончанию труда (а именно к рождению героя), когда Зина сказала, что не мешало бы ему развлечься... (Набоков 1). He was already approaching the end of his work (the hero's birth, to be precise) when Zina said it would not hurt him to relax... (1a).
         ♦ "Напиться бы", - сказал Митишатьев, мрачный от своей тройки. "А что, не мешало бы", - радостно сказал никогда не пивший Лёва и удивился (Битов 2). [context transl] "We should get drunk," Mit ishatyev said, gloomy over his [grade of]3. "Why not, it'll do us good," Lyova said gleefully, and felt surprised - he never drank (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не мешало бы

  • 12 Г-263

    НА СВОЮ ГОЛОВУ СЕБЕ НА ГОЛОВУ (НА ГОЛОВУ) all coll PrepP these forms only sent adv ( occas. parenth) more often used with verbs in pfv past fixed WO
    causing trouble for o.s. (by doing sth.): X сделал Y на свою голову - X did Y to X's own misfortune (detriment, harm)
    X brought (called) it (trouble etc) upon himself when he did Y X brought (called) it (trouble etc) down upon his own head when he did Y (in limited contexts) Y bounced back at X X was paid back for Y X stored up trouble for himself (by doing Y).
    Прежний заведующий... боялся Ужика и трусливо переводил его из класса в класс. Довёл бы и до окончания школы, но Ужик, на свою голову, добился-таки его увольнения... (Грекова 3). The former principal...was afraid of Uzhik and promoted him from grade to grade. He would have graduated him, but Uzhik, to his own misfortune, managed to get him fired (3a).
    Когда однажды, в 55 году, расписавшись о Пушкине, он (Чернышевский) захотел дать пример «бессмысленного сочетания слов», то привёл мимоходом тут же выдуманное «синий звук», - на свою голову напророчив пробивший через полвека блоковский «звонко-синий час» (Набоков 1). Once in 1855, when expatiating on Pushkin and wishing to give an example of "a senseless combination of words," he (Chernyshevski) hastily cited a "blue sound" of his own invention - prophetically calling down upon his own head Blok's "blue-ringing hour" that was to chime half a century later (1a).
    Да, конечно, за наши встречи я наговорил ей много лишнего, на свою голову... (Ерофеев 3)....Well, yes, I have spoken a bit too loosely with her during our meetings, things that might bounce back at me... (3a).
    «...Про меня написали, что я была „милым другом" вашего брата...» - «Этого быть не может! Где же и как написали?» - «...Вот здесь в газете „Слухи", в петербургской... Я ужасно люблю слухи, и подписалась, и вот себе на голову: вот они какие оказались слухи» (Достоевский 2). "...They also wrote about me, that I was your brother's 'dear friend'..." "It can't be! Where and how did they write it?" "...Here, in the newspaper Rumors, from Petersburg....I'm terribly fond of rumors, so I subscribed, and now I've been paid back for it, this is the sort of rumors they turned out to be" (2a).
    Почти уверен я был, что не решатся (исключить меня из Союза писателей), и обнаглел в своей безнаказанности. Да нет, ясно вижу: им же это невыгодно, на свою они голову, зачем? Отняла им злоба ум (Солженицын 2). I had been almost certain that they would not (expel me from the Writers' Union), and this false sense of security had made me impudent. Still, I could see clearly that all this would do them no good, that they were storing up trouble for themselves. Malice had robbed them of their wits (2a).

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  • 13 на свою голову

    НА СВОЮ ГОЛОВУ; СЕБЕ НА ГОЛОВУ < НА ГОЛОВУ> all coll
    [PrepP; these forms only; sent adv (occas. parenth); more often used with verbs in pfv past; fixed WO]
    =====
    causing trouble for o.s. (by doing sth.):
    - X сделал Y на свою голову X did Y to X's own misfortune (detriment, harm);
    - X brought (called) it (trouble etc) upon himself when he did Y;
    - X brought (called) it (trouble etc) down upon his own head when he did Y;
    - [in limited contexts] Y bounced back at X;
    - X stored up trouble for himself (by doing Y).
         ♦ Прежний заведующий... боялся Ужика и трусливо переводил его из класса в класс. Довёл бы и до окончания школы, но Ужик, на свою голову, добился-таки его увольнения... (Грекова 3). The former principal...was afraid of Uzhik and promoted him from grade to grade. He would have graduated him, but Uzhik, to his own misfortune, managed to get him fired (За).
         ♦ Когда однажды, в 55 году, расписавшись о Пушкине, он [Чернышевский] захотел дать пример "бессмысленного сочетания слов", то привёл мимоходом тут же выдуманное "синий звук", - на свою голову напророчив пробивший через полвека блоковский "звонко-синий час" (Набоков 1). Once in 1855, when expatiating on Pushkin and wishing to give an example of "a senseless combination of words," he [Chemyshevski] hastily cited a "blue sound" of his own invention - prophetically calling down upon his own head Blok's "blue-ringing hour" that was to chime half a century later (1a).
         ♦ Да, конечно, за наши встречи я наговорил ей много лишнего, на свою голову... (Ерофеев 3)....Well, yes, I have spoken a bit too loosely with her during our meetings, things that might bounce back at me... (3a).
         ♦ "...Про меня написали, что я была "милым другом" вашего брата..." - "Этого быть не может! Где же и как написали?" - "...Вот здесь в газете "Слухи", в петербургской... Я ужасно люблю слухи, и подписалась, и вот себе на голову: вот они какие оказались слухи" (Достоевский 2). "...They also wrote about me, that I was your brother's 'dear friend'..." "It can't be! Where and how did they write it?" "...Here, in the newspaper Rumors, from Petersburg....I'm terribly fond of rumors, so I subscribed, and now Tve been paid back for it, this is the sort of rumors they turned out to be" (2a).
         ♦... Почти уверен я был, что не решатся [исключить меня из Союза писателей], и обнаглел в своей безнаказанности. Да нет, ясно вижу: им же это невыгодно, на свою они голову, зачем? Отняла им злоба ум (Солженицын 2). I had been almost certain that they would not [expel me from the Writers' Union], and this false sense of security had made me impudent. Still, I could see clearly that all this would do them no good, that they were storing up trouble for themselves. Malice had robbed them of their wits (2a).

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  • 14 себе на голову

    НА СВОЮ ГОЛОВУ; СЕБЕ НА ГОЛОВУ < НА ГОЛОВУ> all coll
    [PrepP; these forms only; sent adv (occas. parenth); more often used with verbs in pfv past; fixed WO]
    =====
    causing trouble for o.s. (by doing sth.):
    - X сделал Y на свою голову X did Y to X's own misfortune (detriment, harm);
    - X brought (called) it (trouble etc) upon himself when he did Y;
    - X brought (called) it (trouble etc) down upon his own head when he did Y;
    - [in limited contexts] Y bounced back at X;
    - X stored up trouble for himself (by doing Y).
         ♦ Прежний заведующий... боялся Ужика и трусливо переводил его из класса в класс. Довёл бы и до окончания школы, но Ужик, на свою голову, добился-таки его увольнения... (Грекова 3). The former principal...was afraid of Uzhik and promoted him from grade to grade. He would have graduated him, but Uzhik, to his own misfortune, managed to get him fired (За).
         ♦ Когда однажды, в 55 году, расписавшись о Пушкине, он [Чернышевский] захотел дать пример "бессмысленного сочетания слов", то привёл мимоходом тут же выдуманное "синий звук", - на свою голову напророчив пробивший через полвека блоковский "звонко-синий час" (Набоков 1). Once in 1855, when expatiating on Pushkin and wishing to give an example of "a senseless combination of words," he [Chemyshevski] hastily cited a "blue sound" of his own invention - prophetically calling down upon his own head Blok's "blue-ringing hour" that was to chime half a century later (1a).
         ♦ Да, конечно, за наши встречи я наговорил ей много лишнего, на свою голову... (Ерофеев 3)....Well, yes, I have spoken a bit too loosely with her during our meetings, things that might bounce back at me... (3a).
         ♦ "...Про меня написали, что я была "милым другом" вашего брата..." - "Этого быть не может! Где же и как написали?" - "...Вот здесь в газете "Слухи", в петербургской... Я ужасно люблю слухи, и подписалась, и вот себе на голову: вот они какие оказались слухи" (Достоевский 2). "...They also wrote about me, that I was your brother's 'dear friend'..." "It can't be! Where and how did they write it?" "...Here, in the newspaper Rumors, from Petersburg....I'm terribly fond of rumors, so I subscribed, and now Tve been paid back for it, this is the sort of rumors they turned out to be" (2a).
         ♦... Почти уверен я был, что не решатся [исключить меня из Союза писателей], и обнаглел в своей безнаказанности. Да нет, ясно вижу: им же это невыгодно, на свою они голову, зачем? Отняла им злоба ум (Солженицын 2). I had been almost certain that they would not [expel me from the Writers' Union], and this false sense of security had made me impudent. Still, I could see clearly that all this would do them no good, that they were storing up trouble for themselves. Malice had robbed them of their wits (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > себе на голову

  • 15 не плюй в колодец - пригодится воды напиться

    Set phrase: cast no dirt into the well that hath given you water (one's doing harm to other people now deprives one of their help later), don't muddy the water, you may have to drink it, don't spit into the well, you may want to drink out of it, let every man praise the bridge he goes over, let every man praise the bridge that carries him over, let every man speak well of the bridge he goes over, let every man speak well of the bridge that carries him over, never cast dirt into that fountain of which thou hast sometime drunk, the cow may want her own tail yet

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > не плюй в колодец - пригодится воды напиться

  • 16 чем он вам мешает?

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > чем он вам мешает?

  • 17 В-18

    ЗАЕДАТЬ/ЗАЕСТЬ ВЕК чей (ЖИЗНЬ чью, ЧУЖОЙ ВЕК, ЧУЖУЮ ЖИЗНЬ) allcoll(\?\ subj: human usu. impfv) by oppressing s.o., doing harm to s.o., to make his life unbearable
    X заедает Y-ов (чужой) век = X ruins (spoils, embitters) Y4s (another's) life
    X makes Y4s (another) life miserable X torments Y (another person) X makes life a torture for Y (someone else)).
    (Любим Карпыч:)...Я бедных не грабил, чужого веку не заедал... (Островский 2). (L.K:)..I didn't rob the poor, I didn't ruin another's life... (2a).
    (Ислаев:)...Хоть я и простой человек - а настолько понимаю, что чужую жизнь заедать не годится... (Тургенев 1). (I.:)...Though I am a simple man, I have this much sense: I know that it isn't a good thing to embitter another man's life (1b).
    Иван застонал протяжно, боднул воздух и двинулся к Никишкину: «Ржа ты, ржа, - захлебываясь, говорил он... - Дай я плюну на тебя, чтоб издох ты, пес!.. Что же ты нам век заедаешь?..» (Максимов 3). Ivan groaned aloud, swung his head angrily and advanced on Nikishkin. He was choking on his words..."You're like a blight.. I want to spit on you I hope you die like the dog you are Why should you live to torment us all our lives?" (3a)

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > В-18

  • 18 Г-388

    HE ГРЕХ кому coll NP Invar impers predic with быть0 used with pfv infin usu. pres or subjunctive) it would not be inappropriate, it would be good for s.o. (to do sth.): X-y не грех сделать Y = it wouldn't be half bad if X did Y it wouldn't be a bad thing it wouldn't hurt X to do Y (in limited contexts) therefe no harm in doing Y.
    Товарищ Ростова, разговорившись о женщинах, стал смеяться Ростову, говоря, что он всех хитрее и что ему бы не грех познакомить товарищей с спасённою им хорошенькой полькой (Толстой 5). One of his (Rostov's) comrades, talking of women, began to twit Rostov, saying that he was the sliest of them all, that it would not be half bad if he introduced them to the pretty little Polish woman he had rescued (5a).
    «Им бы самим у него поучиться не грех, да за науку в ножки поклониться...» (Максимов 1). "It wouldn't be a bad idea for them to come and learn from him and bow down in gratitude to him..." (1a).
    Хороших:) Илья! He пил бы ты больше, а шёл бы лучше в собес или куда там... (Дергачёву). А тебе то же самое: не грех бы и остановиться, об работе подумать (Вампилов 2). (Kh.:) Ilya! You'd be better off going down to the Social Security Office, or somewheres, instead of drinking anymore. (To Dergachev.) And you too. It wouldn't hurt you to stop right there and strrt thinking about some work (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Г-388

  • 19 У-6

    HE УБУДЕТ кого от чего highly coll VP impers Invar
    sth. (or doing sth.) cannot or will not adversely affect s.o.: X-a (от Y-a) не убудет = Y (it) won't (can't) hurt X
    Y (it) won't kill X Y (it) won't do X any harm.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > У-6

  • 20 У-131

    МЕДВЕЖЬЯ УСЛУГА coll NP sing only usu. obj of оказать fixed WO
    an action or gesture intended to help s.o. that unwittingly turns out to cause him trouble, discomfort etc
    a good deed that backfired
    misdirected good intentions (unintentional) disservice (do) more harm than good (in limited contexts) a lot of help that was!
    Соколов помялся: «Такое чувство, Виктор Павлович, что ваши хвалители и поклонники оказывают вам медвежью услугу, - начальство раздражается» (Гроссман 2). Sokolov hesitated for a moment. "I get the feeling, Viktor Pavlovich, that the people who sing your praises so unreservedly are doing you a disservice. It upsets the authorities" (2a).
    From Ivan Krylov's fable "Hermit and Bear" («Пустынник и Медведь»), 1808.2

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > У-131

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