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  • 81 насилу ноги передвигать

    • ЕЛЕ <ЕДВА, НАСИЛУ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> НОГИ ВОЛОЧИТЬ <ПЕРЕДВИГАТЬ, ТАСКАТЬ, ТАЩИТЬ, ТЯНУТЬ> coll
    [VP; subj: human; pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to be barely able to walk (usu. from exhaustion, weakness, illness etc):
    - X еле ноги волочил≈ X could hardly put one foot in front of the other;
    - X's legs would barely move.
         ♦...Эти стихи он [Шаламов] писал, как и я, еле таская ноги, и наизусть, пуще всего таясь от обысков (Солженицын 2).... Не [Shalamov] had written these poems as I had written mine, when he could scarcely drag himself along, committing them to memory because his main concern was to avoid discovery by the searchers (2a).
         ♦... [Нюра] еле ноги таскала. Хотя ложились они рано, Чонкин ей спать не давал, будил по нескольку раз за ночь для своего удовольствия, да ешё и днём... (Войнович 2)....[Nyura] could barely drag herself around. Although she and Chonkin went to bed early, he wouldn't let her sleep, waking her up at least several times each night to take his pleasure, which he wanted in the daytime as well (2a).
         ♦ Выпили так много, что Ребров еле передвигал ноги (Трифонов 1). They had drunk so much that Rebrov's legs would barely move (1a).

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  • 82 насилу ноги таскать

    • ЕЛЕ <ЕДВА, НАСИЛУ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> НОГИ ВОЛОЧИТЬ <ПЕРЕДВИГАТЬ, ТАСКАТЬ, ТАЩИТЬ, ТЯНУТЬ> coll
    [VP; subj: human; pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to be barely able to walk (usu. from exhaustion, weakness, illness etc):
    - X еле ноги волочил≈ X could hardly put one foot in front of the other;
    - X's legs would barely move.
         ♦...Эти стихи он [Шаламов] писал, как и я, еле таская ноги, и наизусть, пуще всего таясь от обысков (Солженицын 2).... Не [Shalamov] had written these poems as I had written mine, when he could scarcely drag himself along, committing them to memory because his main concern was to avoid discovery by the searchers (2a).
         ♦... [Нюра] еле ноги таскала. Хотя ложились они рано, Чонкин ей спать не давал, будил по нескольку раз за ночь для своего удовольствия, да ешё и днём... (Войнович 2)....[Nyura] could barely drag herself around. Although she and Chonkin went to bed early, he wouldn't let her sleep, waking her up at least several times each night to take his pleasure, which he wanted in the daytime as well (2a).
         ♦ Выпили так много, что Ребров еле передвигал ноги (Трифонов 1). They had drunk so much that Rebrov's legs would barely move (1a).

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  • 83 насилу ноги тащить

    • ЕЛЕ <ЕДВА, НАСИЛУ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> НОГИ ВОЛОЧИТЬ <ПЕРЕДВИГАТЬ, ТАСКАТЬ, ТАЩИТЬ, ТЯНУТЬ> coll
    [VP; subj: human; pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to be barely able to walk (usu. from exhaustion, weakness, illness etc):
    - X еле ноги волочил≈ X could hardly put one foot in front of the other;
    - X's legs would barely move.
         ♦...Эти стихи он [Шаламов] писал, как и я, еле таская ноги, и наизусть, пуще всего таясь от обысков (Солженицын 2).... Не [Shalamov] had written these poems as I had written mine, when he could scarcely drag himself along, committing them to memory because his main concern was to avoid discovery by the searchers (2a).
         ♦... [Нюра] еле ноги таскала. Хотя ложились они рано, Чонкин ей спать не давал, будил по нескольку раз за ночь для своего удовольствия, да ешё и днём... (Войнович 2)....[Nyura] could barely drag herself around. Although she and Chonkin went to bed early, he wouldn't let her sleep, waking her up at least several times each night to take his pleasure, which he wanted in the daytime as well (2a).
         ♦ Выпили так много, что Ребров еле передвигал ноги (Трифонов 1). They had drunk so much that Rebrov's legs would barely move (1a).

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  • 84 насилу ноги тянуть

    • ЕЛЕ <ЕДВА, НАСИЛУ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> НОГИ ВОЛОЧИТЬ <ПЕРЕДВИГАТЬ, ТАСКАТЬ, ТАЩИТЬ, ТЯНУТЬ> coll
    [VP; subj: human; pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to be barely able to walk (usu. from exhaustion, weakness, illness etc):
    - X еле ноги волочил≈ X could hardly put one foot in front of the other;
    - X's legs would barely move.
         ♦...Эти стихи он [Шаламов] писал, как и я, еле таская ноги, и наизусть, пуще всего таясь от обысков (Солженицын 2).... Не [Shalamov] had written these poems as I had written mine, when he could scarcely drag himself along, committing them to memory because his main concern was to avoid discovery by the searchers (2a).
         ♦... [Нюра] еле ноги таскала. Хотя ложились они рано, Чонкин ей спать не давал, будил по нескольку раз за ночь для своего удовольствия, да ешё и днём... (Войнович 2)....[Nyura] could barely drag herself around. Although she and Chonkin went to bed early, he wouldn't let her sleep, waking her up at least several times each night to take his pleasure, which he wanted in the daytime as well (2a).
         ♦ Выпили так много, что Ребров еле передвигал ноги (Трифонов 1). They had drunk so much that Rebrov's legs would barely move (1a).

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  • 85 с трудом ноги волочить

    • ЕЛЕ <ЕДВА, НАСИЛУ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> НОГИ ВОЛОЧИТЬ <ПЕРЕДВИГАТЬ, ТАСКАТЬ, ТАЩИТЬ, ТЯНУТЬ> coll
    [VP; subj: human; pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to be barely able to walk (usu. from exhaustion, weakness, illness etc):
    - X еле ноги волочил≈ X could hardly put one foot in front of the other;
    - X's legs would barely move.
         ♦...Эти стихи он [Шаламов] писал, как и я, еле таская ноги, и наизусть, пуще всего таясь от обысков (Солженицын 2).... Не [Shalamov] had written these poems as I had written mine, when he could scarcely drag himself along, committing them to memory because his main concern was to avoid discovery by the searchers (2a).
         ♦... [Нюра] еле ноги таскала. Хотя ложились они рано, Чонкин ей спать не давал, будил по нескольку раз за ночь для своего удовольствия, да ешё и днём... (Войнович 2)....[Nyura] could barely drag herself around. Although she and Chonkin went to bed early, he wouldn't let her sleep, waking her up at least several times each night to take his pleasure, which he wanted in the daytime as well (2a).
         ♦ Выпили так много, что Ребров еле передвигал ноги (Трифонов 1). They had drunk so much that Rebrov's legs would barely move (1a).

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  • 86 с трудом ноги передвигать

    • ЕЛЕ <ЕДВА, НАСИЛУ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> НОГИ ВОЛОЧИТЬ <ПЕРЕДВИГАТЬ, ТАСКАТЬ, ТАЩИТЬ, ТЯНУТЬ> coll
    [VP; subj: human; pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to be barely able to walk (usu. from exhaustion, weakness, illness etc):
    - X еле ноги волочил≈ X could hardly put one foot in front of the other;
    - X's legs would barely move.
         ♦...Эти стихи он [Шаламов] писал, как и я, еле таская ноги, и наизусть, пуще всего таясь от обысков (Солженицын 2).... Не [Shalamov] had written these poems as I had written mine, when he could scarcely drag himself along, committing them to memory because his main concern was to avoid discovery by the searchers (2a).
         ♦... [Нюра] еле ноги таскала. Хотя ложились они рано, Чонкин ей спать не давал, будил по нескольку раз за ночь для своего удовольствия, да ешё и днём... (Войнович 2)....[Nyura] could barely drag herself around. Although she and Chonkin went to bed early, he wouldn't let her sleep, waking her up at least several times each night to take his pleasure, which he wanted in the daytime as well (2a).
         ♦ Выпили так много, что Ребров еле передвигал ноги (Трифонов 1). They had drunk so much that Rebrov's legs would barely move (1a).

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  • 87 с трудом ноги таскать

    • ЕЛЕ <ЕДВА, НАСИЛУ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> НОГИ ВОЛОЧИТЬ <ПЕРЕДВИГАТЬ, ТАСКАТЬ, ТАЩИТЬ, ТЯНУТЬ> coll
    [VP; subj: human; pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to be barely able to walk (usu. from exhaustion, weakness, illness etc):
    - X еле ноги волочил≈ X could hardly put one foot in front of the other;
    - X's legs would barely move.
         ♦...Эти стихи он [Шаламов] писал, как и я, еле таская ноги, и наизусть, пуще всего таясь от обысков (Солженицын 2).... Не [Shalamov] had written these poems as I had written mine, when he could scarcely drag himself along, committing them to memory because his main concern was to avoid discovery by the searchers (2a).
         ♦... [Нюра] еле ноги таскала. Хотя ложились они рано, Чонкин ей спать не давал, будил по нескольку раз за ночь для своего удовольствия, да ешё и днём... (Войнович 2)....[Nyura] could barely drag herself around. Although she and Chonkin went to bed early, he wouldn't let her sleep, waking her up at least several times each night to take his pleasure, which he wanted in the daytime as well (2a).
         ♦ Выпили так много, что Ребров еле передвигал ноги (Трифонов 1). They had drunk so much that Rebrov's legs would barely move (1a).

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  • 88 с трудом ноги тащить

    • ЕЛЕ <ЕДВА, НАСИЛУ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> НОГИ ВОЛОЧИТЬ <ПЕРЕДВИГАТЬ, ТАСКАТЬ, ТАЩИТЬ, ТЯНУТЬ> coll
    [VP; subj: human; pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to be barely able to walk (usu. from exhaustion, weakness, illness etc):
    - X еле ноги волочил≈ X could hardly put one foot in front of the other;
    - X's legs would barely move.
         ♦...Эти стихи он [Шаламов] писал, как и я, еле таская ноги, и наизусть, пуще всего таясь от обысков (Солженицын 2).... Не [Shalamov] had written these poems as I had written mine, when he could scarcely drag himself along, committing them to memory because his main concern was to avoid discovery by the searchers (2a).
         ♦... [Нюра] еле ноги таскала. Хотя ложились они рано, Чонкин ей спать не давал, будил по нескольку раз за ночь для своего удовольствия, да ешё и днём... (Войнович 2)....[Nyura] could barely drag herself around. Although she and Chonkin went to bed early, he wouldn't let her sleep, waking her up at least several times each night to take his pleasure, which he wanted in the daytime as well (2a).
         ♦ Выпили так много, что Ребров еле передвигал ноги (Трифонов 1). They had drunk so much that Rebrov's legs would barely move (1a).

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  • 89 с трудом ноги тянуть

    • ЕЛЕ <ЕДВА, НАСИЛУ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> НОГИ ВОЛОЧИТЬ <ПЕРЕДВИГАТЬ, ТАСКАТЬ, ТАЩИТЬ, ТЯНУТЬ> coll
    [VP; subj: human; pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to be barely able to walk (usu. from exhaustion, weakness, illness etc):
    - X еле ноги волочил≈ X could hardly put one foot in front of the other;
    - X's legs would barely move.
         ♦...Эти стихи он [Шаламов] писал, как и я, еле таская ноги, и наизусть, пуще всего таясь от обысков (Солженицын 2).... Не [Shalamov] had written these poems as I had written mine, when he could scarcely drag himself along, committing them to memory because his main concern was to avoid discovery by the searchers (2a).
         ♦... [Нюра] еле ноги таскала. Хотя ложились они рано, Чонкин ей спать не давал, будил по нескольку раз за ночь для своего удовольствия, да ешё и днём... (Войнович 2)....[Nyura] could barely drag herself around. Although she and Chonkin went to bed early, he wouldn't let her sleep, waking her up at least several times each night to take his pleasure, which he wanted in the daytime as well (2a).
         ♦ Выпили так много, что Ребров еле передвигал ноги (Трифонов 1). They had drunk so much that Rebrov's legs would barely move (1a).

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  • 90 чуть ноги волочить

    • ЕЛЕ <ЕДВА, НАСИЛУ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> НОГИ ВОЛОЧИТЬ <ПЕРЕДВИГАТЬ, ТАСКАТЬ, ТАЩИТЬ, ТЯНУТЬ> coll
    [VP; subj: human; pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to be barely able to walk (usu. from exhaustion, weakness, illness etc):
    - X еле ноги волочил≈ X could hardly put one foot in front of the other;
    - X's legs would barely move.
         ♦...Эти стихи он [Шаламов] писал, как и я, еле таская ноги, и наизусть, пуще всего таясь от обысков (Солженицын 2).... Не [Shalamov] had written these poems as I had written mine, when he could scarcely drag himself along, committing them to memory because his main concern was to avoid discovery by the searchers (2a).
         ♦... [Нюра] еле ноги таскала. Хотя ложились они рано, Чонкин ей спать не давал, будил по нескольку раз за ночь для своего удовольствия, да ешё и днём... (Войнович 2)....[Nyura] could barely drag herself around. Although she and Chonkin went to bed early, he wouldn't let her sleep, waking her up at least several times each night to take his pleasure, which he wanted in the daytime as well (2a).
         ♦ Выпили так много, что Ребров еле передвигал ноги (Трифонов 1). They had drunk so much that Rebrov's legs would barely move (1a).

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  • 91 чуть ноги передвигать

    • ЕЛЕ <ЕДВА, НАСИЛУ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> НОГИ ВОЛОЧИТЬ <ПЕРЕДВИГАТЬ, ТАСКАТЬ, ТАЩИТЬ, ТЯНУТЬ> coll
    [VP; subj: human; pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to be barely able to walk (usu. from exhaustion, weakness, illness etc):
    - X еле ноги волочил≈ X could hardly put one foot in front of the other;
    - X's legs would barely move.
         ♦...Эти стихи он [Шаламов] писал, как и я, еле таская ноги, и наизусть, пуще всего таясь от обысков (Солженицын 2).... Не [Shalamov] had written these poems as I had written mine, when he could scarcely drag himself along, committing them to memory because his main concern was to avoid discovery by the searchers (2a).
         ♦... [Нюра] еле ноги таскала. Хотя ложились они рано, Чонкин ей спать не давал, будил по нескольку раз за ночь для своего удовольствия, да ешё и днём... (Войнович 2)....[Nyura] could barely drag herself around. Although she and Chonkin went to bed early, he wouldn't let her sleep, waking her up at least several times each night to take his pleasure, which he wanted in the daytime as well (2a).
         ♦ Выпили так много, что Ребров еле передвигал ноги (Трифонов 1). They had drunk so much that Rebrov's legs would barely move (1a).

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  • 92 чуть ноги таскать

    • ЕЛЕ <ЕДВА, НАСИЛУ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> НОГИ ВОЛОЧИТЬ <ПЕРЕДВИГАТЬ, ТАСКАТЬ, ТАЩИТЬ, ТЯНУТЬ> coll
    [VP; subj: human; pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to be barely able to walk (usu. from exhaustion, weakness, illness etc):
    - X еле ноги волочил≈ X could hardly put one foot in front of the other;
    - X's legs would barely move.
         ♦...Эти стихи он [Шаламов] писал, как и я, еле таская ноги, и наизусть, пуще всего таясь от обысков (Солженицын 2).... Не [Shalamov] had written these poems as I had written mine, when he could scarcely drag himself along, committing them to memory because his main concern was to avoid discovery by the searchers (2a).
         ♦... [Нюра] еле ноги таскала. Хотя ложились они рано, Чонкин ей спать не давал, будил по нескольку раз за ночь для своего удовольствия, да ешё и днём... (Войнович 2)....[Nyura] could barely drag herself around. Although she and Chonkin went to bed early, he wouldn't let her sleep, waking her up at least several times each night to take his pleasure, which he wanted in the daytime as well (2a).
         ♦ Выпили так много, что Ребров еле передвигал ноги (Трифонов 1). They had drunk so much that Rebrov's legs would barely move (1a).

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  • 93 чуть ноги тащить

    • ЕЛЕ <ЕДВА, НАСИЛУ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> НОГИ ВОЛОЧИТЬ <ПЕРЕДВИГАТЬ, ТАСКАТЬ, ТАЩИТЬ, ТЯНУТЬ> coll
    [VP; subj: human; pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to be barely able to walk (usu. from exhaustion, weakness, illness etc):
    - X еле ноги волочил≈ X could hardly put one foot in front of the other;
    - X's legs would barely move.
         ♦...Эти стихи он [Шаламов] писал, как и я, еле таская ноги, и наизусть, пуще всего таясь от обысков (Солженицын 2).... Не [Shalamov] had written these poems as I had written mine, when he could scarcely drag himself along, committing them to memory because his main concern was to avoid discovery by the searchers (2a).
         ♦... [Нюра] еле ноги таскала. Хотя ложились они рано, Чонкин ей спать не давал, будил по нескольку раз за ночь для своего удовольствия, да ешё и днём... (Войнович 2)....[Nyura] could barely drag herself around. Although she and Chonkin went to bed early, he wouldn't let her sleep, waking her up at least several times each night to take his pleasure, which he wanted in the daytime as well (2a).
         ♦ Выпили так много, что Ребров еле передвигал ноги (Трифонов 1). They had drunk so much that Rebrov's legs would barely move (1a).

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  • 94 чуть ноги тянуть

    • ЕЛЕ <ЕДВА, НАСИЛУ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> НОГИ ВОЛОЧИТЬ <ПЕРЕДВИГАТЬ, ТАСКАТЬ, ТАЩИТЬ, ТЯНУТЬ> coll
    [VP; subj: human; pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to be barely able to walk (usu. from exhaustion, weakness, illness etc):
    - X еле ноги волочил≈ X could hardly put one foot in front of the other;
    - X's legs would barely move.
         ♦...Эти стихи он [Шаламов] писал, как и я, еле таская ноги, и наизусть, пуще всего таясь от обысков (Солженицын 2).... Не [Shalamov] had written these poems as I had written mine, when he could scarcely drag himself along, committing them to memory because his main concern was to avoid discovery by the searchers (2a).
         ♦... [Нюра] еле ноги таскала. Хотя ложились они рано, Чонкин ей спать не давал, будил по нескольку раз за ночь для своего удовольствия, да ешё и днём... (Войнович 2)....[Nyura] could barely drag herself around. Although she and Chonkin went to bed early, he wouldn't let her sleep, waking her up at least several times each night to take his pleasure, which he wanted in the daytime as well (2a).
         ♦ Выпили так много, что Ребров еле передвигал ноги (Трифонов 1). They had drunk so much that Rebrov's legs would barely move (1a).

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  • 95 проще простого

    [AdjP; Invar; subj-compl with copula (subj: usu infin or это); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ doing sth. is very easy, very simple:
    - это < сделать X> - - it's as easy as pie (to do X);
    - it's < doing X is> as easy as one, two, three (as can be);
    - it's (doing X is) the easiest (simplest) thing in the world (on earth).
         ♦ "Дураку понятно, Сивого засудить проще простого:...у [ его] мамаши сумку потерпевшей изъяли..." (Черненок 2). "Even a fool can see that it's as easy as pie to put Vasya Sivy away:. the victims purse was found at his mother's " (2a)
         ♦ "Ну, с талантами, знаете ли, расправляться проще простого" (Войнович 4). "But, you know, nothing could be simpler than making short work of talented people" (4a)
         ♦...Она не посмела отпроситься у брата. В другое бы время проще простого: сбегаю на часик в клуб, ладно? А сегодня язык не поворачивается (Абрамов I)....She could not get up the courage to ask her brothers permission At any other time it would be the simplest thing in the world I'm going over to the club for an hour, okay? But today she could not work up the nerve (1a)
         ♦ Была для Митьки несложна и пряма жизнь... Голоден - можно и должно украсть...; износились сапоги - проще простого разуть пленного немца... (Шолохов 3). For Mitka life was straight and uncomplicated.If he was hungry, he could and should steal...; if his boots were worn out, the simplest thing on earth was to take a pair off a German prisoner. (3a)

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  • 96 нельзя сказать

    • НЕЛЬЗЯ СКАЗАТЬ, чтобы...
    [main clause in a complex sent; Invar; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ it would be incorrect, unjustified to state that...:
    - one < you> cannot < could not> say (that)...;
    - s.o. < sth.> cannot be < could not have been> said to...;
    - it cannot (could not) be said (claimed) (that)...;
    - it can hardly be said (that)...;
    - [in limited contexts] not that...
         ♦ Нельзя сказать, чтоб предводитель отличался особенными качествами ума и сердца... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). One could not say that the marshal was notable for any special qualities of the mind or heart... (1a).
         ♦ Привязав лошадь у Нюриной калитки, председатель Голубев поднялся на крыльцо. Нельзя сказать, чтобы он при этом сохранял полное присутствие духа, скорее наоборот, он входил в Нюрин дом, испытывая примерно такое волнение, как входя к первому секретарю райкома (Войнович 2). Chairman Golubev tied his horse to Nyura's gate and climbed up to the porch. It cannot be said he maintained complete composure; quite the contrary, he was entering Nyura's house with the same sort of trepidation he'd experienced when going in to see the First Secretary of the District Committee (2a).
         ♦ Нельзя сказать, чтоб утро пропадало даром в доме Обломовых. Стук ножей, рубивших котлеты и зелень в кухне, долетал даже до деревни (Гончаров 1). It could not be said that the morning was wasted in the Oblomov house. The clatter of knives chopping meat and vegetables in the kitchen was heard as far as the village (1b).
         ♦ "Обстановка на фронте, товарищ Мелехов, на нынешний день такова: красные удерживают Усть-Медведицкую... Обдонские высоты заняты ими. Ну, и позиции их - нельзя сказать, чтобы были неприступные, но... довольно-таки трудные для овладения" (Шолохов 5). "The situation at the front, Comrade Melekhov, as of today's date is as follows. The Reds are holding Ust-Medveditskaya....They command the high ground along the Don. Not that their positions are impregnable but they're going to be rather difficult to capture" (5a).

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  • 97 до слез

    [PrepP; Invar; modif or adv (intensif)]
    =====
    1. to a very high degree:
    || кому обидно до слез ≈ s.o. is frustrated to the point of tears;
    - s.o. is so upset <frustrated etc> he could cry;
    - s.o. is so frustrated (annoyed etc) he could scream;
    - [in limited contexts] s.o. could just cry (scream)!
    || кому до слез хочется чего or что (с)делать ≈ s.o. desperately wants (to do) sth.;
    - s.o. wants (to do) sth. so badly he can taste it;
    - s.o. has a burning desire for sth. <to do sth.>;
    || кому до слез жаль кого≈ (seeing some person in such a state etc) is enough to make you want to cry;
    - s.o. feels desperately (incredibly) sorry for some person;
    - s.o. is so sorry for some person that he could cry (weep);
    ⇒
         ♦ Когда мы, в блокадную зиму, пилили с ней [теткой] в паре дрова... она, пятидесятилетняя, точно так сердилась на меня, пятилетнего, как сейчас. Она обижалась на меня до слез в споре, кому в какую сторону тянуть... (Битов 1). During the winter of the blockade of Leningrad, when she [Auntie] and I were sawing wood together...she, fifty years old, lost her temper at me, a five-year-old, in exactly the same way as now She was offended to the point of tears by an argument about who was supposed to pull in which direction (1a).
         ♦ С близкого поля, которое растекалось по обе стороны дороги прямо от истока слободы, тянуло зацветающей гречихой. На душе у Петра Васильевича стало вдруг так мирно и благостно, что ему захотелось, до слез захотелось туда, в этот запах, в этот давным-давно забытый сквозной простор... (Максимов 3). From a nearby field which welled up at the edge of the settlement and flowed along both sides of the road there came a scent of buckwheat in flower Pyotr Vasilievich suddenly felt blissfully at peace, and wanted desperately to go in that direction-into that scent, into those long-forgotten boundless spaces... (3a)
         ♦...Ему все-таки до слёз жалко было князя Андрея, жалко было его гордости (Толстой 5)....He could have wept, so sorry was he for Prince Andrei and his wounded pride (5a).
         ♦ Сцена эта может показаться очень натянутой, очень театральной, а между тем через двадцать шесть лет я тронут до слез, вспоминая ее... (Герцен 1). This scene may strike others as very affected and theatrical, and yet twenty-six years afterwards I am moved to tears as I recall it. (1a).
    2. до слез смеяться, хохотать (to laugh) very hard:
    - laugh until (till, so hard) one cries;
    - laugh till tears run down one's face (cheeks).
         ♦ Я иногда даже хохочу. И тот, в зеркале, хохочет. Я хохочу до слез. И тот, в зеркале, плачет (Олеша 3). Sometimes I even laugh. And the one in the mirror laughs I laugh until I cry. And the one in the mirror cries too (3a).

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  • 98 соплей перешибешь

    [VP; neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing (1st var.) or impers predic with быть (2nd var.); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ s.o. looks weak, feeble, as if he could easily be beaten in a physical conflict:
    - X-a соплёй перешибёшь≈ you could knock X down just by looking (sneezing) at him;
    - you could knock X down (split X in half etc) with a (one) good sneeze;
    - a (one) good sneeze could knock X down.
         ♦ "Гляжу, рядом с вахтой офицерья навалом и все - навытяжку, а посреди них сидит себе на стульчике, покуривает плюгавенький такой шибздик [slang = недоросток] в полковничьей папахе, соплёй перешибёшь" (Максимов 1). "All around the guard-room there were crowds of officers and all of them were standing to attention, and in the middle, sitting smoking on a little stool, is a puny little runt in a colonel's coat. You could have knocked him down just by looking at him" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > соплей перешибешь

  • 99 соплей перешибить можно

    • СОПЛЕЙ ПЕРЕШИБЕШЬ ( кого; СОПЛЕЙ ПЕРЕШИБИТЬ МОЖНО both substand, derog
    [VP; neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing (1st var.) or impers predic with быть (2nd var.); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ s.o. looks weak, feeble, as if he could easily be beaten in a physical conflict:
    - you could knock X down (split X in half etc) with a (one) good sneeze;
    - a (one) good sneeze could knock X down.
         ♦ "Гляжу, рядом с вахтой офицерья навалом и все - навытяжку, а посреди них сидит себе на стульчике, покуривает плюгавенький такой шибздик [slang = недоросток] в полковничьей папахе, соплёй перешибёшь" (Максимов 1). "All around the guard-room there were crowds of officers and all of them were standing to attention, and in the middle, sitting smoking on a little stool, is a puny little runt in a colonel's coat. You could have knocked him down just by looking at him" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > соплей перешибить можно

  • 100 если бы да кабы

    1) General subject: pigs could fly if they had wings, pigs might fly if they had wings, (one's) "could haves and should haves" (I could have done smth, but I didn't. Or: I should have done smth, but I didn't. It's a pity! Could/should + Perfect Infinitive (have+Past Participle) испол)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > если бы да кабы

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