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1 как об стенку горох
разг., неодобр.cf. you might as well talk to a brick wall; it's like being up against a blank wall; it's like hitting one's head against a brick wall; it's like throwing pans at a wall; it's like preaching to the winds; it's like shouting against the wind- Не нужны, знать, тебе деньги. - Нужны, да не чужие... - Да что с тобой, дураком, толковать! Как об стену горохом. (А. Чехов, Барыня) — 'You don't require money.' 'I require it, but not other people's!'...'But what's the use of talking to a fool like you? It's like throwing pans at a wall.'
- Планируют ячмень. А он здесь испокон веку плохо родит. Тоже есть тому доказательства. А попробуйте заменить ячмень горохом! Пишем, пишем, спорим, доказываем - как об стенку горохом! (В. Овечкин, В одном колхозе) — 'They make us plant barley. And barley has always yielded poorly here, we have proofs of that too. But just try getting them to substitute peas! We write and talk and argue, and it's just like preaching to the winds.'
Делать ему замечание было бы всё равно что, по известной поговорке, сыпнуть в стену горохом. (С. Сартаков, Лист Мёбиуса) — It was clear that to pass any remark to this effect would have been like shouting against the wind.
- Поймите: от меня ничего скрывать нельзя. Что случилось? Никакой реакции. - Ещё раз спрашиваю, Андрей, что случилось? Как горохом об стенку... (В. Липатов, И это всё о нём) — 'You mustn't hide anything from me, you understand. What happened?' No reaction. 'Once again I'm asking you, Andrei, what happened?' It was like being up against a brick wall...
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как об стенку горох
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м.1) ( растение) peaстручо́к горо́ха — pea pod
2) собир. ( плоды) peas plлущёный горо́х — split peas
кру́пный горо́х — marrowfat peas
3) ( узор на ткани) = горошек 3)••как об сте́н(к)у горо́х разг. — ≈ like being up against a brick wall
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