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  • 21 точно в воду канул

    КАК <БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> В ВОДУ КАНУЛ coll
    [VP; subj: usu. human, animal, or concr; past only; usu. this WO]
    =====
    (a person, thing etc) vanished completely:
    - [in limited contexts] the earth seems to have swallowed X up.
         ♦ В это время из дамских благовонных уст к нему устремилось множество намёков и вопросов, проникнутых насквозь тонкостию и любезностию... Но он отвечал на всё решительным невниманием, и приятные фразы канули как в воду (Гоголь 3). At that moment a great many hints and questions full of the most polite and refined subtleties were fired at him from the fragrant lips of the ladies.... But Chichikov paid no attention whatever and the agreeable phrases vanished into thin air (За).
         ♦ Изварин посидел немного и ушёл, а наутро исчез, - как в воду канул (Шолохов 3). They sat talking for a while, then Izvarin left, and by morning he had disappeared without a trace (3a).
         ♦ Известный всей решительно Москве знаменитый театральный администратор канул как в воду (Булгаков 9). This man, known to the entire theatrical world of Moscow, seemed to have vanished without a trace (9b).
         ♦ "С той поры Пряжкину не видели?" -...спросил Антон. "Нет. Люся как в воду канула" (Чернёнок 2). "You haven't seen Priazhkina since?" Anton asked. "No. The earth swallowed her up, it seems" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > точно в воду канул

  • 22 redentor

    adj.
    redemptive, redeeming.
    m.
    1 redeemer, savior, saviour.
    2 Redeemer, Good Shepherd.
    * * *
    1 redeeming
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 redeemer
    1 RELIGIÓN the Redeemer
    * * *
    redentor, -a
    1.
    2.
    SM / F redeemer
    3.
    SM

    Redentor — Redeemer, Saviour, Savior (EEUU)

    * * *
    I
    - tora adjetivo redeeming
    II
    - tora masculino, femenino redeemer

    el Redentor — (Relig) The Redeemer o Savior*

    meterse a redentor — (fam) to poke one's nose in (colloq)

    * * *
    = redeeming, saviour [savior, -USA], redeemer.
    Ex. While the library should attempt to reach the masses with ' redeeming' literature, it must also dedicate itself fully to serving the intellectual leadership of the community.
    Ex. The work of proclaiming Jesus as the only Savior of the world encounters problems, however, in a region Muslims and Christians have rubbed elbows for nearly two centuries.
    Ex. Their leader, a bizarre charismatic known only as 'The Redeemer,' has disappeared without a trace.
    * * *
    I
    - tora adjetivo redeeming
    II
    - tora masculino, femenino redeemer

    el Redentor — (Relig) The Redeemer o Savior*

    meterse a redentor — (fam) to poke one's nose in (colloq)

    * * *
    = redeeming, saviour [savior, -USA], redeemer.

    Ex: While the library should attempt to reach the masses with ' redeeming' literature, it must also dedicate itself fully to serving the intellectual leadership of the community.

    Ex: The work of proclaiming Jesus as the only Savior of the world encounters problems, however, in a region Muslims and Christians have rubbed elbows for nearly two centuries.
    Ex: Their leader, a bizarre charismatic known only as 'The Redeemer,' has disappeared without a trace.

    * * *
    redeeming
    masculine, feminine
    redeemer
    el Redentor ( Relig) The Redeemer o Savior*
    meterse a redentor ( fam); to poke one's nose in ( colloq)
    * * *

    redentor
    ◊ - tora adjetivo

    redeeming
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    redeemer
    redentor,-ora
    I adjetivo redeeming
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino redeemer
    Rel el Redentor, the Saviour o Redeemer

    ' redentor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    redentora
    * * *
    redentor, -ora nm,f
    1. [persona] redeemer
    2. Rel
    el Redentor the Redeemer
    * * *
    m, redentora f COM redeemer;
    el Redentor REL the Savior, Br the Saviour
    * * *
    redentor, - tora adj
    : redeeming
    : redeemer

    Spanish-English dictionary > redentor

  • 23 С-253

    БЕЗ СЛЕДА пройти, исчезнуть и т. п. PrepP Invar adv
    (of some emotion, phenomenon etc) (to pass or disappear) completely, leaving nothing behind
    without (leaving) a trace.
    Орозкул засопел и всхлипнул. Жалость и злоба душили его. Жалко ему было, что жизнь пройдёт без следа, и разгоралась в нём злоба к бесплодной жене (Айтматов 1). Orozkul sniffled and gave a sob. Pity and anger choked him. Pity for himself, regret that his life would pass without leaving a trace, and mounting anger at his (6i6) barren wife (1a).
    Величавая дикость прежнего времени исчезла без следа... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). The majestic savagery of former times disappeared without a trace (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > С-253

  • 24 без следа

    БЕЗ СЛЕДА пройти, исчезнуть и т.п.
    [PrepP; Invar; adv]
    =====
    (of some emotion, phenomenon etc) (to pass or disappear) completely, leaving nothing behind:
    - without (leaving) a trace.
         ♦ Орозкул засопел и всхлипнул. Жалость и злоба душили его. Жалко ему было, что жизнь пройдёт без следа, и разгоралась в нём злоба к бесплодной жене (Айтматов 1). Orozkul sniffled and gave a sob. Pity and anger choked him. Pity for himself, regret that his life would pass without leaving a trace, and mounting anger at his barren wife (1a).
         ♦ Величавая дикость прежнего времени исчезла без следа... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). The majestic savagery of former times disappeared without a trace (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > без следа

  • 25 verschollen

    Adj. missing; (vergessen) (long-)forgotten; ein verschollen geglaubter Verwandter a long-lost relative; das Werk galt lange als verschollen the work was long considered to be lost
    * * *
    ver|schọl|len [fɛɐ'ʃɔlən]
    adj
    Schiff, Flugzeug, Gemälde, Mensch etc missing, lost without trace; Literaturwerk forgotten

    er ist verschollen (im Krieg) — he is missing, presumed dead

    * * *
    ver·schol·len
    [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɔlən]
    adj missing
    eine \verschollene Handschrift a lost manuscript; (in Vergessenheit geraten a.) a forgotten manuscript
    [irgendwo] \verschollen sein to have gone missing [or have disappeared] [somewhere]
    * * *
    Adjektiv missing

    er ist verschollen — he has disappeared; (wird vermisst) he is missing

    * * *
    verschollen adj missing; (vergessen) (long-)forgotten;
    das Werk galt lange als verschollen the work was long considered to be lost
    * * *
    Adjektiv missing

    er ist verschollen — he has disappeared; (wird vermisst) he is missing

    * * *
    adj.
    forgotten adj.
    missing adj.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > verschollen

  • 26 П-330

    ПОМИНАЙ КАК ЗВАЛИ coll Invar predic or indep. clause usu. follows one or more predicates having the same subj used in pres, past, and future contexts fixed WO
    1. \П-330 (кого) ( impers or with subj: human s.o. died, perished or will die, perish: (X-a) поминай как звали - (in past contexts) that was the end of X
    that was the end of the road (for X) it was all over (for X).
    "...Или, может, и сам (ты), лежа на полатях, думал, думал, да ни с того ни с другого заворотил в кабак, а потом прямо в прорубь, и поминай как звали» (Гоголь 3). "Or perhaps you took to brooding lying at night on your bunk over the oven, and then suddenly, for no reason whatsoever, after a stop at a tavern, headed straight for the river, jumped into a hole in the ice, and that was the end of you" (3c).
    «Пора положить конец всему: пропадай душа, пойду утоплюсь... и поминай как звали!» (Гоголь 5). "It's time to put an end to it all. Damn my soul, I'll go and drown myself...and it will all be over!" (5a).
    2. Also: МИТЬКОЙ ЗВАЛИ substand ( impers or with subj: human (both variants) or animal ( var. with поминай only)) s.o. disappeared and has not been seen since, or will disappear and not be seen again
    X ушел (уехал и т. п.) и поминай как звали - X left (took off etc) and that's the last we (I etc) ever saw of him
    X left etc and we (I etc) haven't seen him since X left (disappeared etc), never to return (never to be seen again, never to be heard of again) X left (disappeared etc) and was never heard of again.
    После смерти матери Михаил уехал из родной деревни - и поминай как звали. After his mother's death Mikhail left his native village, never to return.
    3. (used as a clause) (in refer, to sth. mentioned in the preceding context that has been lost, stolen, borrowed etc) sth. was never seen again or will never be seen again: (in past contexts) (and) that's the last we (I etc) (ever) saw of it
    (and) we (I etc) never saw it again (and) we (I etc) haven't seen it since it disappeared without a trace (in limited contexts) it had vanished into thin air.
    «Дай, Захар, фрак, не упрямься!» - «Не дам! - холодно отвечал Захар. - Пусть прежде они принесут назад жилет да нашу рубашку... Взяли вот этак же на именины, да и поминай как звали...» (Гончаров 1). "Don't be obstinate, Zakhar, bring the coat." "I won't!" Zakhar answered coldly. "Let him first return your waistcoat and shirt....He borrowed them to go to a birthday party and we've never seen them since" (1a).
    На другой день хватился — нет топора. Обыскал все - нет, поминай как звали (Распутин 2)...The next day he noticed that the ax was gone. He searched everywhere-it was gone, vanished into thin air (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > П-330

  • 27 Митькой звали

    [Invar; predic or indep. clause; usu. follows one or more predicates having the same subj; used in pres, past, and future contexts; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. Митькой звали (кого) [impers or with subj: human]
    s.o. died, perished or will die, perish:
    - it was all over (for X).
         ♦ "...Или, может, и сам [ ты], лежа на полатях, думал, думал, да ни с того ни с другого заворотил в кабак, а потом прямо в прорубь, и поминай как звали" (Гоголь 3). "Or perhaps you took to brooding lying at night on your bunk over the oven, and then suddenly, for no reason whatsoever, after a stop at a tavern, headed straight for the river, jumped into a hole in the ice, and that was the end of you" (3c).
         ♦ "Пора положить конец всему: пропадай душа, пойду утоплюсь... и поминай как звали!" (Гоголь 5). "It's time to put an end to it all. Damn my soul, I'll go and drown myself...and it will all be over!" (5a).
    2. Also: МИТЬКОЙ ЗВАЛИ substand [impers or with subj: human (both variants) or animal (var. with поминай only)]
    s.o. disappeared and has not been seen since, or will disappear and not be seen again:
    - X ушел (уехал и т. п.) и поминай как звали X left (took off etc) and that's the last we (I etc) ever saw of him;
    - X left etc and we (I etc) haven't seen him since;
    - X left (disappeared etc), never to return (never to be seen again, never to be heard of again);
    - X left (disappeared etc) and was never heard of again.
         ♦ После смерти матери Михаил уехал из родной деревни - и поминай как звали. After his mother's death Mikhail left his native village, never to return.
    3. [used as a clause]
    (in refer, to sth. mentioned in the preceding context that has been lost, stolen, borrowed etc) sth. was never seen again or will never be seen again:
    - [in past contexts](and) that's the last we (I etc) (ever) saw of it;
    - (and) we (I etc) never saw it again;
    - (and) we (I etc) haven't seen it since;
    - [in limited contexts] it had vanished into thin air.
         ♦ "Дай, Захар, фрак, не упрямься!" - "Не дам! - холодно отвечал Захар. - Пусть прежде они принесут назад жилет да нашу рубашку... Взяли вот этак же на именины, да и поминай как звали..." (Гончаров 1). "Don't be obstinate, Zakhar, bring the coat." "I won't!" Zakhar answered coldly. "Let him first return your waistcoat and shirt....He borrowed them to go to a birthday party and we've never seen them since" (1a).
         ♦ На другой день хватился - нет топора. Обыскал все - нет, поминай как звали (Распутин 2)....The next day he noticed that the ax was gone. He searched everywhere-it was gone, vanished into thin air (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Митькой звали

  • 28 поминай как звали

    [Invar; predic or indep. clause; usu. follows one or more predicates having the same subj; used in pres, past, and future contexts; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. поминай как звали (кого) [impers or with subj: human]
    s.o. died, perished or will die, perish:
    - (X-a) поминай как звали [in past contexts] that was the end of X;
    - it was all over (for X).
         ♦ "...Или, может, и сам [ ты], лежа на полатях, думал, думал, да ни с того ни с другого заворотил в кабак, а потом прямо в прорубь, и поминай как звали" (Гоголь 3). "Or perhaps you took to brooding lying at night on your bunk over the oven, and then suddenly, for no reason whatsoever, after a stop at a tavern, headed straight for the river, jumped into a hole in the ice, and that was the end of you" (3c).
         ♦ "Пора положить конец всему: пропадай душа, пойду утоплюсь... и поминай как звали!" (Гоголь 5). "It's time to put an end to it all. Damn my soul, I'll go and drown myself...and it will all be over!" (5a).
    2. Also: МИТЬКОЙ ЗВАЛИ substand [impers or with subj: human (both variants) or animal (var. with поминай only)]
    s.o. disappeared and has not been seen since, or will disappear and not be seen again:
    - X ушел (уехал и т. п.) и поминай как звали X left (took off etc) and that's the last we (I etc) ever saw of him;
    - X left etc and we (I etc) haven't seen him since;
    - X left (disappeared etc), never to return (never to be seen again, never to be heard of again);
    - X left (disappeared etc) and was never heard of again.
         ♦ После смерти матери Михаил уехал из родной деревни - и поминай как звали. After his mother's death Mikhail left his native village, never to return.
    3. [used as a clause]
    (in refer, to sth. mentioned in the preceding context that has been lost, stolen, borrowed etc) sth. was never seen again or will never be seen again:
    - [in past contexts](and) that's the last we (I etc) (ever) saw of it;
    - (and) we (I etc) never saw it again;
    - (and) we (I etc) haven't seen it since;
    - [in limited contexts] it had vanished into thin air.
         ♦ "Дай, Захар, фрак, не упрямься!" - "Не дам! - холодно отвечал Захар. - Пусть прежде они принесут назад жилет да нашу рубашку... Взяли вот этак же на именины, да и поминай как звали..." (Гончаров 1). "Don't be obstinate, Zakhar, bring the coat." "I won't!" Zakhar answered coldly. "Let him first return your waistcoat and shirt....He borrowed them to go to a birthday party and we've never seen them since" (1a).
         ♦ На другой день хватился - нет топора. Обыскал все - нет, поминай как звали (Распутин 2)....The next day he noticed that the ax was gone. He searched everywhere-it was gone, vanished into thin air (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > поминай как звали

  • 29 przepa|ść2

    pf — przepa|dać2 impf (przepadnę, przepadniesz, przepadł, przepadła, przepadli — dam) vi 1. (zaginąć) to disappear, to vanish
    - wyjechał za granicę i przepadł bez wieści he went abroad and vanished without trace
    - gdzie on przepada na całe dnie? where does he disappear to for days on end?
    - przepadła nam cała biżuteria all our jewellery disappeared
    - przepadła mi gdzieś twoja książka I’ve lost your book somewhere
    - list przepadł bezpowrotnie the letter was irretrievably lost
    - samolot przepadał co chwila w chmurach the aircraft kept disappearing into the clouds
    - pies przepadł w ciemności the dog disappeared in the darkness
    - w powodzi przepadł nam domek z ogrodem we lost a house with a garden in the flood
    - przepadły mi pieniądze zainwestowane na giełdzie I’ve lost the money I invested in stocks
    - przepadły wyniki tylu lat doświadczeń so many years of experiments have been irretrievably lost
    - projekt przepadł wskutek braku pieniędzy the project fell through due to lack of money
    - miałem zawał i przepadł mi rejs po Morzu Karaibskim I had a heart attack and missed the Caribbean cruise
    - pośpiesz się, bo ci przepadnie wizyta u lekarza hurry up or you’ll miss your appointment with the doctor
    5. (doznać niepowodzenia) to fail, to lose
    - nasz kandydat przepadł w pierwszej turze wyborów our candidate lost in the first round of the elections
    - połowa studentów przepadła podczas egzaminu końcowego half of the students failed their final exam
    - biedaczka, przepada we wszystkich konkursach poor thing, she never makes it to the winner’s rostrum of any competition
    - nasza drużyna przepadła w finałach our team failed in the finals
    - wszystko przepadło all is lost
    6. książk. (nie poradzić sobie) to be lost
    - jest tak niezaradna, że bez pomocy rodziców przepadłaby she’s so impractical, she would be lost without her parents

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > przepa|ść2

  • 30 В-180

    КАК (БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО) ВОДОЙ СМЫЛО кого-что coll VP impers past only fixed WO
    s.o. or sth. disappeared quickly and completely: X-a как водой смыло — X disappeared (was gone) in a flash
    X disappeared without a trace X vanished (into thin air) (ift as if) thing X evaporated.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > В-180

  • 31 К-310

    КАК (БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО) КОРОВА ЯЗЫКОМ СЛИЗАЛА (СЛИЗНУЛА) кого-что КАК ЯЗЫКЙМ СЛИЗНУЛО all coll VP subj. or VP, impers these forms only fixed WO
    ( s.o. or sth.) disappeared quickly and completely: X-a как корова языком слизала - X vanished (disappeared) into thin air
    X vanished (disappeared) without a trace person X did a disappearing act.
    ...Даже здесь (Нинке) было слышно, как Надя ищет хлеб, который будто корова языком слизнула (Распутин 3)....Even at this distance she (Ninka) could hear her mother looking for the roll, which seemed to have vanished into thin air (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > К-310

  • 32 будто водой смыло

    КАК <БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> ВОДОЙ СМЫЛО кого-что coll
    [VP; impers; past only; fixed WO]
    =====
    s.o. or sth. disappeared quickly and completely:
    - X-a как водой смыло X disappeared < was gone> in a flash;
    - (ift as if) thing X evaporated.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > будто водой смыло

  • 33 вылить ушат холодной воды

    I
    КАК <БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> ВОДОЙ СМЫЛО кого-что coll
    [VP; impers; past only; fixed WO]
    =====
    s.o. or sth. disappeared quickly and completely:
    - X-a как водой смыло X disappeared < was gone> in a flash;
    - (ift as if) thing X evaporated.
    II
    ОКАТИТЬ < ОБЛИТЬ> ХОЛОДНОЙ ВОДОЙ < УШАТОМ ХОЛОДНОЙ ВОДЫ> кого; КАК <БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> ХОЛОДНОЙ ВОДОЙ ОКАТИТЬ < ОБЛИТЬ>; ВЫЛИТЬ УШАТ ХОЛОДНОЙ ВОДЫ на когоall coll
    [VP; subj: human or abstr; var. with как can be impers: окатило; often 3rd pers pl with indef. refer.]
    =====
    to discourage s.o., dampen s.o.'s zeal or enthusiasm:
    - X окатил Y-а холодной водой X threw < poured> cold water over <on> Y <Y's plans etc>;
    - X threw a bucket < a pail> of cold water over Y;
    - thing X made Y feel as though someone had thrown < poured> cold water over <on> him;
    - thing X made Y feel as though someone had thrown a bucket < a pail> of cold water over <on> him;
    - [in limited contexts] person X rained on Y's parade.
         ♦...Спокойствие Зинаиды меня точно холодной водой окатило. Я понял, что я дитя в её глазах, - и мне стало очень тяжело! (Тургенев 3)....Zinaida's composure made me feel as though someone had poured cold water over me: I realised that I was a child in her eyes-and I felt very unhappy! (3a).
         ♦ Сосед Павел Сочава на всю улицу иронически сказал: "А вот и Толя награбил! Иди скажи своей матери, чтобы она тебя выпорола". Меня словно окатили холодной водой (Кузнецов 1)....Our neighbor Pavel Sochava remarked loudly and ironically, for the whole street to hear, "So Toly a has been plundering, too. Go on home and tell your mother to give you a good spanking." I felt as though someone had thrown a pail of cold water over me (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вылить ушат холодной воды

  • 34 как водой смыло

    КАК <БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> ВОДОЙ СМЫЛО кого-что coll
    [VP; impers; past only; fixed WO]
    =====
    s.o. or sth. disappeared quickly and completely:
    - X-a как водой смыло X disappeared < was gone> in a flash;
    - (ift as if) thing X evaporated.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как водой смыло

  • 35 словно водой смыло

    КАК <БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> ВОДОЙ СМЫЛО кого-что coll
    [VP; impers; past only; fixed WO]
    =====
    s.o. or sth. disappeared quickly and completely:
    - X-a как водой смыло X disappeared < was gone> in a flash;
    - (ift as if) thing X evaporated.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > словно водой смыло

  • 36 точно водой смыло

    КАК <БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> ВОДОЙ СМЫЛО кого-что coll
    [VP; impers; past only; fixed WO]
    =====
    s.o. or sth. disappeared quickly and completely:
    - X-a как водой смыло X disappeared < was gone> in a flash;
    - (ift as if) thing X evaporated.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > точно водой смыло

  • 37 будто корова языком слизала

    КАК <БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> КОРОВА ЯЗЫКОМ СЛИЗАЛА < СЛИЗНУЛА> кого-что; КАК ЯЗЫКОМ СЛИЗНУЛОall coll
    [VP,ubJ or VP, impers; these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    (s.o. or sth.) disappeared quickly and completely:
    - person X did a disappearing act.
         ♦...Даже здесь [Нинке] было слышно, как Надя ищет хлеб, который будто корова языком слизнула (Распутин 3)....Even at this distance she [Ninka] could hear her mother looking for the roll, which seemed to have vanished into thin air (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > будто корова языком слизала

  • 38 будто корова языком слизнула

    КАК <БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> КОРОВА ЯЗЫКОМ СЛИЗАЛА < СЛИЗНУЛА> кого-что; КАК ЯЗЫКОМ СЛИЗНУЛОall coll
    [VP,ubJ or VP, impers; these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    (s.o. or sth.) disappeared quickly and completely:
    - person X did a disappearing act.
         ♦...Даже здесь [Нинке] было слышно, как Надя ищет хлеб, который будто корова языком слизнула (Распутин 3)....Even at this distance she [Ninka] could hear her mother looking for the roll, which seemed to have vanished into thin air (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > будто корова языком слизнула

  • 39 как корова языком слизала

    КАК <БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> КОРОВА ЯЗЫКОМ СЛИЗАЛА < СЛИЗНУЛА> кого-что; КАК ЯЗЫКОМ СЛИЗНУЛОall coll
    [VP,ubJ or VP, impers; these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    (s.o. or sth.) disappeared quickly and completely:
    - X-a как корова языком слизала X vanished (disappeared) into thin air;
    - person X did a disappearing act.
         ♦...Даже здесь [Нинке] было слышно, как Надя ищет хлеб, который будто корова языком слизнула (Распутин 3)....Even at this distance she [Ninka] could hear her mother looking for the roll, which seemed to have vanished into thin air (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как корова языком слизала

  • 40 как корова языком слизнула

    КАК <БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> КОРОВА ЯЗЫКОМ СЛИЗАЛА < СЛИЗНУЛА> кого-что; КАК ЯЗЫКОМ СЛИЗНУЛОall coll
    [VP,ubJ or VP, impers; these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    (s.o. or sth.) disappeared quickly and completely:
    - person X did a disappearing act.
         ♦...Даже здесь [Нинке] было слышно, как Надя ищет хлеб, который будто корова языком слизнула (Распутин 3)....Even at this distance she [Ninka] could hear her mother looking for the roll, which seemed to have vanished into thin air (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как корова языком слизнула

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