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I• (ЕЩЕ) ТУДА-СЮДА coll[AdjP; Invar; subj-compl with copula (subj: any noun) or impers predic]=====⇒ a person (a thing etc) is not bad, is tolerable:- X isn't (so < all that>) bad;- [in limited contexts] X is so-so;- X will do;- thing X is in reasonable shape.♦ С непривычки ей было трудно [работать на 12-часовых сменах], особенно ночью. Днём ещё туда-сюда... (Грекова 3). It was hard for her [to work 12-hour shifts] because she wasn't used to such long hours, especially the night shift. But during the day she was more or less all right... (3a).♦ [Виктория:] Смотреть на него [футбол] - ещё туда-сюда, а так [слушать репортаж по радио] - не понимаю (Вампилов 1). [V:] It's not so bad if you can watch it [soccer], but listening like this... I don't understand (1a).♦ Автомобиль почему-то продавался вместе с искусственной пальмой в зелёной кадке. Пришлось купить и пальму. Пальма была ещё туда-сюда, но с машиной пришлось долго возиться... (Ильф и Петров 2). For some reason or other the car was sold together with an artificial palm in a green tub, so he had to take the palm as well. The palm was still in reasonable shape, but the car needed a lot of work (2a).II• (И) ТУДА И СЮДА; ТУДА-СЮДА; ТУДА, СЮДА all coll[AdvP; Invar]=====1. Also: ТУДА ДА СЮДА coll; ТУДЫ-СЮДЫ substand, regional [adv]⇒ in one direction and then in the other or another:- to and fro;- [in limited contexts](dash <run etc>) around < about>.♦ Мансуров-Курильский походил по комнате туда-сюда... (Залыгин 1)....Mansurov-Kurilsky started pacing up and down the room... (1a).♦ Трещали дрова, таял снег, и чёрные тени солдат туда и сюда сновали по всему занятому, притоптанному в снегу, пространству (Толстой 7). The wood crackled, the snow began to melt, and shadowy figures of soldiers moved to and fro over the occupied space where the snow had been trodden down (7a).♦ "Ax господи! Да что же это я толкусь туда и сю да, как угорелая..." (Достоевский 3). "Oh, Lord! Why am I dashing around like a madwoman?..." (3b).2. Also: ТУДЫ-СЮДЫ substand, regional [predic (subj: human) or adv]⇒ (one looks, searches for s.o. or sth.) in several or many different places:- X туда-сюда - [in past contexts] X looked here and there;- [in limited contexts] X searched for s.o. < sth.> everywhere.♦ "Из крепости убёг зарестованный [ungrammat = убежал арестованный] злодей. Туды-сюды искать - нету" (Шолохов 2). "A great villain had escaped from the fortress. The authorities were searching for him everywhere but couldn't find him" (2a).3. [predic; subj: human]⇒ (one attempts to achieve, attain etc sth.) using several or many different approaches:- X tried < did> this and that;- X tried several different tacks.♦ Он наотрез отказался ехать с нами. Я туда, сюда - не смогла уговорить его. He refused outright to go with us. I tried this and that, but I couldn't convince him to change his mind.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > туда-сюда
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