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НА ПТИЧЬИХ ПРАВАХ жить, существовать и т. п. coll PrepP Invar adv fixed WO(to be, live etc somewhere) without sanction, authorization, stability, or the guarantee of permanencewithout any right (to be there)(live) on sufferance.«Человек он странный, больной... Часто днём ему надо прилечь, а где он тут может? Он говорит: если б хоть свой угол, хоть маленькая верандочка...» - «Ну и?.. Что дальше?» - «Он говорит: больше сил нет. На птичьих правах... Понимаешь, он на пределе...» (Трифонов 6). "He's а strange, sick man.Не often needs to have a rest during the day, and where can he here? He says if only he had his own corner or a little veranda...." "So? What else?" "He says he can't bear it anymore. This living on sufferance... Do you understand9 He's at the end of his tether" (6a). -
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• НА ПТИЧЬИХ ПРАВАХ жить, существовать и т. п. coll[PrepP; Invar; adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ (to be, live etc somewhere) without sanction, authorization, stability, or the guarantee of permanence:- (live) on sufferance.♦ "Человек он странный, больной... Часто днём ему надо прилечь, а где он тут может? Он говорит: если б хоть свой угол, хоть маленькая верандочка..." - " Ну и?.. Что дальше?" - "Он говорит: больше сил нет. На птичьих правах... Понимаешь, он на пределе..." (Трифонов 6). "He's a strange, sick man. He often needs to have a rest during the day, and where can he here? He says if only he had his own corner or a little veranda...." "So? What else?" "He says he can't bear it anymore. This living on sufferance... Do you understand? He's at the end of his tether" (6a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на птичьих правах
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Colloquial: live on sufferance, without any right
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