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101 горбатого одна могила исправит
Set phrase: can the leopard change his spots? you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (one cannot correct someone else's bad habits or stupid convictions, a bad man will die a bad man), he who is born a fool is never cured (contrast: true blue will never stain), only the grave can straighten the hunchback, the thief is sorry he is to be hanged, but not that he is a thief, the wolf may change his coat, but not his disposition, the wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature, what is bred in the bone will not come out of the flesh, what is bred in the bone will not go out of the fleshУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > горбатого одна могила исправит
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102 есть на что посмотреть
1) Colloquial: eyeful ("Unquestionably an eyeful, Pauline Stoker had the grave defect of being one of those girls who want you to come and swim a mile before breakfast." (P.G.Wodehouse))2) Jargon: viewyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > есть на что посмотреть
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103 кандидат на тот свет
Colloquial: (smb.) who has one foot in the grave, a goner, toast (очень больной человек a gravely ill person; youth)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > кандидат на тот свет
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104 надгробная надпись
1) General subject: epitaphУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > надгробная надпись
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105 обжора-это человек, который роет себе могилу собственными зубами
Set phrase: glutton: one who digs his grave with his teethУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > обжора-это человек, который роет себе могилу собственными зубами
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106 по гроб жизни
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107 рыть себе могилу
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108 Д-105
И ТО ДЕЛО highly coll (sent Invar fixed WO(used to express agreement with the words of one's interlocutor) right, correctitfs (that's, 'tis) truequite (you're) right you've got a point (there) I see your point there's something in that you may be right about that (in limited contexts) that's reasonable enough.«Нечего мне под старость лет расставаться с тобою да искать одинокой могилы на чужой сторонке. Вместе жить, вместе и умирать». - «И то дело», - сказал комендант (Пушкин 2). "There is no earthly reason why I should part with you in my old age and seek a lonely grave in a strange place. Together we have lived, together we will die." "You may be right about that," said the commandant (2a). -
109 Д-363
В ЧЁМ (ТОЛЬКО) ДУША ДЕРЖИТСЯ ЁЛЕ-ЁЛЕ ДУША В ТЕЛЕ coll (sent these forms only только can be placed after душа, otherwise fixed WOs.o. is frail, sickly, ill: X's body and soul are scarcely held togetherX is as weak as could be (in limited contexts) weak as X is.«Тебе бы всё душить да резать. Что ты за богатырь? Поглядеть, так в чём душа держится. Сам в могилу смотришь, а других губишь» (Пушкин 2). "All you ever want is to strangle and slaughter. A great hero, aren't you? Look at you, your body and soul are scarcely held together. One foot's already in the grave, but you still cut other people's throats" (2a).Саша родился недоношенный, два килограмма двести граммов... Мама пролежала в больнице дней, наверно, десять, а может быть, и двадцать, потом мы её вместе с Сашей забрали домой... Всё сосредоточилось на Саше. Сами понимаете, два килограмма двести граммов! Слабый, в чем душа держится, не кричит, пищит едва-едва... (Рыбаков 1). Sasha was born premature and weighed only four and a half pounds....Mother stayed in the hospital for ten days or maybe three weeks, and then we took her home together with Sasha....Everyone's attention turned to Sasha. Can you imagine, only four and a half pounds! He was as weak as could be, he didn't cry and could barely give a squeak... (1a).Ну, куда ты пустишься такой, кожа да кости, еле душа в теле? Неужто опять пешком? Да ведь не дойдёшь ты!» (Пастернак 1). "How could you travel, weak as you are, nothing but skin and bones? Do you really imagine you could go on foot? You would never get there" (1a). -
110 Д-408
в одну душу твердить, повторять что и т. п. coll PrepP Invar adv used with impfv verbs fixed WO(to repeat) the same thing many times, (to say sth.) repeatedly, persistently: (repeat sth. etc) over and over (again)(keep saying etc) one and the same thing (in refer, to nagging, making persistent demands of s.o. etc) keep at s.o. (to do sth.).«Стрельба идет тёмная, все живое похоронилось, а он (Григорий) в одну душу: „Найди ее (Аксинью), иначе в гроб вгоню!"» (Шолохов 4). "Here they are blazing away at us, every living thing's taken cover, but he (Grigory) keeps at me, 'Find her (Aksinya) or I'll send you to your grave!'" (4a). -
111 З-68
ДОРОГО ЗАПЛАТИТЬ за что VP subj: human fixed WO1. ( usu. subjunctive, often foil. by за то, чтобы...) to (be willing to) sacrifice sth. of great value in order to get sth. one really wants or make some desired event happenX дорого бы заплатил - X would give (pay, do) anythingwhat X wouldn't give (pay, do).Дорого бы я заплатил за то, чтобы хоть на несколько минут увидеть родителей. What I wouldn't give to see my parents, even if only for a few minutes.2. to suffer grave consequences as a result of sth. (some reprehensible action, wrongdoing, mistake etc)X дорого заплатил за Y - X paid dearly for YX paid a high price for Y X had hell (the devil) to pay for Y Y cost X dearly.Иван Петрович дорого заплатил за свое легкомыслие: жена, узнав, что он провел ночь со своей секретаршей, ушла от него и забрала с собой ребенка. Ivan Petrovich paid dearly for his foolishness: his wife, having found out that he spent the night with his secretary, left him and took their child with her. -
112 И-71
ИОВ МНОГОСТРАДАЛЬНЫЙ NP, sing only fixed WOa person suffering from continual misfortuneslong-suffering Job."Я, ты знаешь: одна нога в гробу, бездна забот, болезни, ну, Иов многострадальный» (Герцен 2). UI have one foot in the grave, as you know, and no end of worries and infirmitiesI am a long-suffering Job, in fact" (2a).From the name of the upright man in the Bible who suffered many calamities (Book of Job). -
113 Н-220
СОВАТЬ/СУНУТЬ (СВОЙ) HOC куда, во что, often во всё, в чьи дела, не в своё дело, куда не следует, куда не просят и т. п. СОВАТЬСЯ/СУНУТЬСЯ СО СВОИМ НОСОМ all highly coll, disapprov VP subj: human to interfere, meddle in sth. in which one should notX суёт свой нос в Y (во всё, не в своё дело и т. п.) = X sticks his nose in(to) YX pokes his nose in where he has no business X sticks (pokes) his nose where it doesn't belong (where it isn't wanted)Neg Imper не суй нос в дела Z-a (в чужие дела) = get your nose out of Vs (other peopled) affairsbutt out of Z% (other peopled) business.«Советую не совать нос в мои обстоятельства, если вы не желаете спать в общей могиле с большевиками» (Паустовский 1). "I advise you not to stick your nose into my affairs unless you want to end up in a common grave with the Bolsheviks" (1b).(Нина:) А ты? Куда ты суёшь свой нос? Зачем? Почему ты сделал из него идиота? (Вампилов 4). (N:) And you? Why did you stick your nose in? What for? Why did you make a fool out of him? (4b).Напоминание об отце (Влада), её муже, всякий раз выводило мать из равновесия... «Тот во все нос совал, и этот туда же» (Максимов 2). Any reminder of her husband, Vlad's father, invariably threw Fedosya off balance.... "His father was always poking his nose in where he had no business, and now his son's doing the same" (2a).(Ведущий:) Эти лукашины - они во всё суют свой нос... (Брагинский и Рязанов 1). ( context transl) (Narrator:) These Lukashins, they're born busy-bodies... (1a). -
114 С-169
СИЛ НЕТ1 (у кого) (терпеть, смотреть на кого-что и т. п.) СИЛ моих НЕТ both coll VP impers pres or past) it is impossible for s.o., beyond s.o. 's strength (to tolerate, look at etc s.o. or sth.): у X-a сил нет \С-169 X can't bear (endure, stand) it (to do sth.) X can't take it (doing sth.) X can hardly bear it (to do sth.)(in limited contexts) X has reached (is at) the end of his tether (his rope).И вдруг старик упал на колени и, вздевая руки, застонал... «Возьми меня, забери меня, горемычного! Только дай ей дитя! Сил моих нет глядеть на неё... Пожалей нас...» (Айтматов 1). Suddenly the old man fell to his knees and, raising up his arms, he groaned.... "Take me, receive me, wretched as I am. Only give her a child. I can't bear to look at her...Have pity on us" (1b).«Господи, за что же мне это такое наказание! - трясясь от негодования, причитала мать (Влада). -...Ты скоро вгонишь меня в гроб раньше времени, негодяй!.. Сил моих больше нет!» (Максимов 2). "Lord, what have I done to deserve this punishment?" his (Vlad's) mother wailed, shaking with indignation u... You'll drive me to an early grave, you little horror!...I've reached the end of my tether!" (2a).He хватало рук для жатвы: соседний однодворец... надул самым бессовестным образом свои бабы заламывали цены (за работу) неслыханные... «Сил моих нет!» - не раз с отчаянием восклицал Николай Петрович (Тургенев 2). There was a shortage of hands for the harvesting-a neighbor who was a landowner in a small way...had rooked him in a most conscienceless manner, his own peasant women were extorting unheard of wages.... uI'm at the end of my rope!" Nikolai Petrovich had cried out in despair on more than one occasion (2d). -
115 С-732
БЛУДНЫЙ СЫН lit NP sing only fixed WOa person who leaves his parents' home (by extension his collective, social group etc) in search of sth. new and better, but later returns to what he had left (often repentant of what he has done)prodigal son.(Мишка) хотел уже пугануть штабного (, который его расспрашивал,) печёным словом, но в этот момент вошёл Штокман. «Блудный сын!.. Что ты его, товарищ, распытываешь? Да ведь это же наш парень!» (Шолохов 4). Не (Mishka) was about to give the clerk (who was interrogating him) the rough edge of his tongue, when the door opened and Stokman entered. "Why, it's our prodigal son!...What are you interrogating him for? He's one of our lads!" (4a).(extended usage) Блудная дочь вернулась к родным осинам. Говорят, сразу по возвращении пошла она (Светлана Аллилуева) к Кремлёвской стене поклониться папиному праху и оставила у могилы его цветы (Войнович 1)....The prodigal daughter revisited her native aspen trees for a time. They say that the minute Svetlana (Alliluyeva) returned home, she went straight to the Kremlin wall to pay respects to her father's ashes and to put flowers by his grave (1a).From the Biblical parable (Luke 15:11-32). -
116 и то дело
• И ТО ДЕЛО highly coll[sent; Invar; fixed WO]=====⇒ (used to express agreement with the words of one's interlocutor) right, correct:- it's (that's, 'tis) true;- [in limited contexts] that's reasonable enough.♦ "Нечего мне под старость лет расставаться с тобою да искать одинокой могилы на чужой сторонке. Вместе жить, вместе и умирать". - "И то дело", - сказал комендант (Пушкин 2). "There is no earthly reason why I should part with you in my old age and seek a lonely grave in a strange place. Together we have lived, together we will die." "You may be right about that," said the commandant (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > и то дело
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117 в чем душа держится
=====⇒ s.o. is frail, sickly, ill:- [in limited contexts] weak as X is.♦ "Тебе бы всё душить да резать. Что ты за богатырь? Поглядеть, так в чём душа держится. Сам в могилу смотришь, а других губишь" (Пушкин 2). "All you ever want is to strangle and slaughter. A great hero, aren't you? Look at you, your body and soul are scarcely held together. One foot's already in the grave, but you still cut other people's throats" (2a).♦ Саша родился недоношенный, два килограмма двести граммов... Мама пролежала в больнице дней, наверно, десять, а может быть, и двадцать, потом мы её вместе с Сашей забрали домой... Всё сосредоточилось на Саше. Сами понимаете, два килограмма двести граммов! Слабый, в чем душа держится, не кричит, пищит едва-едва... (Рыбаков 1). Sasha was born premature and weighed only four and a half pounds....Mother stayed in the hospital for ten days or maybe three weeks, and then we took her home together with Sasha....Everyone's attention turned to Sasha. Can you imagine, only four and a half pounds! He was as weak as could be, he didn't cry and could barely give a squeak... (1a).♦ "Ну, куда ты пустишься такой, кожа да кости, еле душа в теле? Неужто опять пешком? Да ведь не дойдёшь ты!" (Пастернак 1). "How could you travel, weak as you are, nothing but skin and bones? Do you really imagine you could go on foot? You would never get there" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > в чем душа держится
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118 в чем только душа держится
=====⇒ s.o. is frail, sickly, ill:- [in limited contexts] weak as X is.♦ "Тебе бы всё душить да резать. Что ты за богатырь? Поглядеть, так в чём душа держится. Сам в могилу смотришь, а других губишь" (Пушкин 2). "All you ever want is to strangle and slaughter. A great hero, aren't you? Look at you, your body and soul are scarcely held together. One foot's already in the grave, but you still cut other people's throats" (2a).♦ Саша родился недоношенный, два килограмма двести граммов... Мама пролежала в больнице дней, наверно, десять, а может быть, и двадцать, потом мы её вместе с Сашей забрали домой... Всё сосредоточилось на Саше. Сами понимаете, два килограмма двести граммов! Слабый, в чем душа держится, не кричит, пищит едва-едва... (Рыбаков 1). Sasha was born premature and weighed only four and a half pounds....Mother stayed in the hospital for ten days or maybe three weeks, and then we took her home together with Sasha....Everyone's attention turned to Sasha. Can you imagine, only four and a half pounds! He was as weak as could be, he didn't cry and could barely give a squeak... (1a).♦ "Ну, куда ты пустишься такой, кожа да кости, еле душа в теле? Неужто опять пешком? Да ведь не дойдёшь ты!" (Пастернак 1). "How could you travel, weak as you are, nothing but skin and bones? Do you really imagine you could go on foot? You would never get there" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > в чем только душа держится
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119 еле-еле душа в теле
=====⇒ s.o. is frail, sickly, ill:- [in limited contexts] weak as X is.♦ "Тебе бы всё душить да резать. Что ты за богатырь? Поглядеть, так в чём душа держится. Сам в могилу смотришь, а других губишь" (Пушкин 2). "All you ever want is to strangle and slaughter. A great hero, aren't you? Look at you, your body and soul are scarcely held together. One foot's already in the grave, but you still cut other people's throats" (2a).♦ Саша родился недоношенный, два килограмма двести граммов... Мама пролежала в больнице дней, наверно, десять, а может быть, и двадцать, потом мы её вместе с Сашей забрали домой... Всё сосредоточилось на Саше. Сами понимаете, два килограмма двести граммов! Слабый, в чем душа держится, не кричит, пищит едва-едва... (Рыбаков 1). Sasha was born premature and weighed only four and a half pounds....Mother stayed in the hospital for ten days or maybe three weeks, and then we took her home together with Sasha....Everyone's attention turned to Sasha. Can you imagine, only four and a half pounds! He was as weak as could be, he didn't cry and could barely give a squeak... (1a).♦ "Ну, куда ты пустишься такой, кожа да кости, еле душа в теле? Неужто опять пешком? Да ведь не дойдёшь ты!" (Пастернак 1). "How could you travel, weak as you are, nothing but skin and bones? Do you really imagine you could go on foot? You would never get there" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > еле-еле душа в теле
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120 в одну душу
• В ОДНУ ДУШУ твердить, повторять что и т.п. coll[PrepP; Invar; adv; used with impfv verbs; fixed WO]=====⇒ (lo repeat) the same thing many times, (to say sth.) repeatedly, persistently:- (repeat sth. etc) over and over (again);- (keep saying etc) one and the same thing;- [in refer, to nagging, making persistent demands of s.o. etc] keep at s.o. (to do sth.).♦ "Стрельба идёт тёмная, все живое похоронилось, а он [Григорий] в одну душу: "Найди ее [Аксинью], иначе в гроб вгоню!"" (Шолохов 4). "Here they are blazing away at us, every living thing's taken cover, but he [Grigory] keeps at me, 'Find her [Aksinya] or I'll send you to your grave!'" (4a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > в одну душу
См. также в других словарях:
in one's grave — See: TURN IN ONE S GRAVE or TURN OVER IN ONE S GRAVE … Dictionary of American idioms
in one's grave — See: TURN IN ONE S GRAVE or TURN OVER IN ONE S GRAVE … Dictionary of American idioms
in\ one's\ grave — See: turn in one s grave or turn over in one s grave … Словарь американских идиом
turn in one's grave — (of a dead person) to be disturbed from one s rest by an occurrence that would have been particularly distressing to one s living self • • • Main Entry: ↑grave * * * I turn (also turn over) in one s grave used to express the opinion that… … Useful english dictionary
turn in one's grave — or[turn over in one s grave] {v. phr.} To be so grieved or angry that you would not rest quietly in your grave. * /If your grandfather could see what you re doing now, he would turn over in his grave./ … Dictionary of American idioms
turn in one's grave — or[turn over in one s grave] {v. phr.} To be so grieved or angry that you would not rest quietly in your grave. * /If your grandfather could see what you re doing now, he would turn over in his grave./ … Dictionary of American idioms
turn\ in\ one's\ grave — • turn (over) in one s grave v. phr. To be so grieved or angry that you would not rest quietly in your grave. If your grandfather could see what you re doing now, he would turn over in his grave … Словарь американских идиом
turn\ over\ in\ one's\ grave — • turn (over) in one s grave v. phr. To be so grieved or angry that you would not rest quietly in your grave. If your grandfather could see what you re doing now, he would turn over in his grave … Словарь американских идиом
turn over in one's grave — be so angry that one would not rest quietly in one s grave My grandmother would turn over in her grave if she knew that I had lost my job and was not working … Idioms and examples
turn (N. Amer. also roll over or turn over) in one's grave — (of a dead person) be thought of as angry or distressed about something had they been alive. → grave … English new terms dictionary
turn in one's grave — ► turn in one s grave (of a dead person) be likely to have been angry or distressed about something had they been alive. Main Entry: ↑grave … English terms dictionary
