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МЕНЯТЬ/ПЕРЕМЕНИТЬ (СМЕНИТЬ) ДЕКОРАЦИИ VP subj: human often infin with пора, надо etc fixed WOto make changes in one's physical surroundings, one's behavior, the outward manifestations of one's views etcusu. in an attempt to conform to changed circumstances) (in contemp. usage often used in political contexts with the implication that one is trying to create the impression that he has changed his views, convictions etc although he has not)X переменил декорации = ( usu. in refer, to changing one's physical surroundings) X changed his decorX changed things around X made some changes X changed the face (the look) of things X put a new face (a fresh face, a new look) on things X gave his office (his kitchen etc) a face-liftХ-ы переменили декорации - (in refer, to changing one's views etc) Xs changed their tuneXs did an about-face Xs shifted their positionX-y пора переменить декорации - X needs a change of sceneryiCs time for X to make a change, о ПЕРЕМЕНА ДЕКОРАЦИЙ NP sing only) = ( usu. in refer, to one's changing his physical surroundings) change of decor new face on things new look face-lift (in refer, to one's changing his views etc) change of tune change of heart about-face.Вчерашние коммунисты быстро переменили декорации и стали выдавать себя за демократов. Yesterday's communists quickly changed their tune and started passing themselves off as democrats. -
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КОНЬ (И) О ЧЕТЫРЁХ НОГАХ, ДА (И ТО (И ТОТ» СПОТЫКАЕТСЯ (saying) anyone can err (said in justification of one's or s.o. 's mistake, negligence, oversight etc): — the horse has four legs and yet he horses have four legs and still they stumble we all make mistakes we're only human nobodyfc perfect.«Злодеи не злодеи, а твои ребята таки пошарили да порастаскали. Не гневись: конь и о четырёх ногах, да спотыкается» (Пушкин 2). "Brigands or no brigands, but it was your lads as went ransacking and plundering. Don't be angry with 'em: the horse has four legs and yet he stumbles's (2a).«Ошибки были, - быстро сказал Хлебовводов. - Люди не ангелы. И на старуху бывает проруха. Конь о четырёх ногах и то спотыкается» (Стругацкие 3). There have been mistakes," Khlebovvodov said quickly. "People are not angels. Anyone can make a mistake. Horses have four legs and still they stumble" (3a). -
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(КАК) НА КУРЬЕРСКИХ obs ((как +) PrepP these forms only advvery quickly, hurriedlyswiftlyposthaste promptly (in limited contexts) make short work of sth.Наконец толстый (мужчина), послуживши богу и государю, заслуживши всеобщее уважение, оставляет службу, перебирается и делается помещиком, славным русским барином, хлебосолом, и живёт, и хорошо живет. А после него опять тоненькие наследники спускают, по русскому обычаю, на курьерских все отцовское добро (Гоголь 3). Finally, the fat man, after serving God and Tsar and earning general respect, retires from service, moves out of town, and settles down as a landowner, a hospitable Russian gentleman. And thus he lives, and lives well. And after him come his thin heirs, who promptly squander, Russian-style, the wealth he has accumulated (3e). In the end, after having served God and the Emperor and won general respect, the fat man resigns the service, goes to live on his estate, becomes a landowner, a fine Russian gentleman, a hospitable host, and lives on and lives well. After him, as is the Russian custom, his thin heirs make short work of their father's fortune (3a). -
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НА ОДНОЙ НОГЕ сбегать, слетать и т. п. highly coll PrepP Invar adv fixed WO(to run, go somewhere) extremely quickly ( usu. used as a command)in a flash (a jiffy)(when used as a command) make it quick (snappy).«Слушай, Самохин, - переходит на серьёзный тон начальник, - ты бы зашёл, поговорить надо». - «О чём?» — «Узнаешь. Не телефонный разговор». - «Хорошо. Сейчас обойду объект...» - «Ну давай, на одной ноге» (Войнович 5). "Listen, Samokhin," he (the boss) said, taking a more serious tone, "you ought to drop by. We need to have a little chat." "About what?" "You'll see. It's not something for the telephone." "All right. But right now I'm inspecting the building." "Go ahead, but make it quick" (5a). -
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СЕМИМИЛЬНЫМИ (ГИГАНТСКИМИ) ШАГАМИ идти, двигаться вперёд и т. п. media or lit NP instrum J these forms only adv used with impfv verbs fixed WO(to proceed, develop) quickly and efficiently: (make) rapid (giant, great) strides(take) giant steps (make) amazing progress. -
26 зарябило в глазах
[VP; impers]=====⇒ s.o. experiences the sensation of having various spots, colors, or images race and change quickly before his eyes:- у X-a рябит в глазах( от Y-ов) - X sees spots (before his eyes);- Ys <spots, things> are flashing < dancing> before X's eyes;- Ys make X's head spin < swim>.♦ До шести часов, когда уже зарябило в глазах, Ребров просидел в библиотеке, исписав страниц двадцать - боже мой, для чего же? - разных фактов и соображений, почерпнутых из жизни Ивана Гавриловича и из его сочинений. Потом пошёл в кафе "Националы" ужинать (Трифонов 1). By six that evening he had managed to fill up some twenty pages of a notebook - my God, what on earth for?! - with various facts and ideas drawn from Ivan Gavrilovich's life and writings. Then, as spots were already dancing before his eyes, he left the library and set off to have supper in the cafe of the Hotel National (1a).♦ В лавках и перед лавками бурлила такая жизнь, что звенело в ушах, в глазах рябило (Булгаков 5). In the shops and in the street before them life ran riot, dazzling the eye and setting up a ringing in the ears (5a).♦ Она вспомнила, что маленький порывистый грек ей нравился всегда... Только от его мельтешения у нее, бывало, рябило в глазах... (Искандер 3). She recalled that she had always liked the impetuous little Greek....The only trouble was that his endless flitting about used to make her head spin (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > зарябило в глазах
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27 рябит в глазах
[VP; impers]=====⇒ s.o. experiences the sensation of having various spots, colors, or images race and change quickly before his eyes:- Ys <spots, things> are flashing < dancing> before X's eyes;- Ys make X's head spin < swim>.♦ До шести часов, когда уже зарябило в глазах, Ребров просидел в библиотеке, исписав страниц двадцать - боже мой, для чего же? - разных фактов и соображений, почерпнутых из жизни Ивана Гавриловича и из его сочинений. Потом пошёл в кафе "Националы" ужинать (Трифонов 1). By six that evening he had managed to fill up some twenty pages of a notebook - my God, what on earth for?! - with various facts and ideas drawn from Ivan Gavrilovich's life and writings. Then, as spots were already dancing before his eyes, he left the library and set off to have supper in the cafe of the Hotel National (1a).♦ В лавках и перед лавками бурлила такая жизнь, что звенело в ушах, в глазах рябило (Булгаков 5). In the shops and in the street before them life ran riot, dazzling the eye and setting up a ringing in the ears (5a).♦ Она вспомнила, что маленький порывистый грек ей нравился всегда... Только от его мельтешения у нее, бывало, рябило в глазах... (Искандер 3). She recalled that she had always liked the impetuous little Greek....The only trouble was that his endless flitting about used to make her head spin (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > рябит в глазах
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28 менять декорации
• МЕНЯТЬ/ПЕРЕМЕНЯТЬ < СМЕНЯТЬ> ДЕКОРАЦИИ[VP; subj: human; often infin with пора, надо etc; fixed WO]=====⇒ to make changes in one's physical surroundings, one's behavior, the outward manifestations of one's views etc (usu. in an attempt to conform to changed circumstances) (in contemp. usage often used in political contexts with the implication that one is trying to create the impression that he has changed his views, convictions etc although he has not):- X переменил декорации≈ [usu. in refer, to changing one's physical surroundings] X changed his decor;- X changed the face < the look> of things;- X put a new face <a fresh face, a new look> on things;- X gave his office (his kitchen etc) a face-lift;- it's time for X to make a change,○ ПЕРЕМЕНА ДЕКОРАЦИЙ [NP; sing only]≈ [usu. in refer, to one's changing his physical surroundings] change of decor; new face on things; new look; face-lift; [in refer, to one's changing his views etc] change of tune; change of heart; about-face.♦ Вчерашние коммунисты быстро переменили декорации и стали выдавать себя за демократов. Yesterday's communists quickly changed their tune and started passing themselves off as democrats.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > менять декорации
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29 перемена декораций
• МЕНЯТЬ/ПЕРЕМЕНЯТЬ < СМЕНЯТЬ> ДЕКОРАЦИИ[VP; subj: human; often infin with пора, надо etc; fixed WO]=====⇒ to make changes in one's physical surroundings, one's behavior, the outward manifestations of one's views etc (usu. in an attempt to conform to changed circumstances) (in contemp. usage often used in political contexts with the implication that one is trying to create the impression that he has changed his views, convictions etc although he has not):- X переменил декорации≈ [usu. in refer, to changing one's physical surroundings] X changed his decor;- X changed the face < the look> of things;- X put a new face <a fresh face, a new look> on things;- X gave his office (his kitchen etc) a face-lift;- it's time for X to make a change,○ ПЕРЕМЕНА ДЕКОРАЦИЙ [NP; sing only]≈ [usu. in refer, to one's changing his physical surroundings] change of decor; new face on things; new look; face-lift; [in refer, to one's changing his views etc] change of tune; change of heart; about-face.♦ Вчерашние коммунисты быстро переменили декорации и стали выдавать себя за демократов. Yesterday's communists quickly changed their tune and started passing themselves off as democrats.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > перемена декораций
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30 переменить декорации
• МЕНЯТЬ/ПЕРЕМЕНЯТЬ < СМЕНЯТЬ> ДЕКОРАЦИИ[VP; subj: human; often infin with пора, надо etc; fixed WO]=====⇒ to make changes in one's physical surroundings, one's behavior, the outward manifestations of one's views etc (usu. in an attempt to conform to changed circumstances) (in contemp. usage often used in political contexts with the implication that one is trying to create the impression that he has changed his views, convictions etc although he has not):- X переменил декорации≈ [usu. in refer, to changing one's physical surroundings] X changed his decor;- X changed the face < the look> of things;- X put a new face <a fresh face, a new look> on things;- X gave his office (his kitchen etc) a face-lift;- it's time for X to make a change,○ ПЕРЕМЕНА ДЕКОРАЦИЙ [NP; sing only]≈ [usu. in refer, to one's changing his physical surroundings] change of decor; new face on things; new look; face-lift; [in refer, to one's changing his views etc] change of tune; change of heart; about-face.♦ Вчерашние коммунисты быстро переменили декорации и стали выдавать себя за демократов. Yesterday's communists quickly changed their tune and started passing themselves off as democrats.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > переменить декорации
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31 сменить декорации
• МЕНЯТЬ/ПЕРЕМЕНЯТЬ < СМЕНЯТЬ> ДЕКОРАЦИИ[VP; subj: human; often infin with пора, надо etc; fixed WO]=====⇒ to make changes in one's physical surroundings, one's behavior, the outward manifestations of one's views etc (usu. in an attempt to conform to changed circumstances) (in contemp. usage often used in political contexts with the implication that one is trying to create the impression that he has changed his views, convictions etc although he has not):- X переменил декорации≈ [usu. in refer, to changing one's physical surroundings] X changed his decor;- X changed the face < the look> of things;- X put a new face <a fresh face, a new look> on things;- X gave his office (his kitchen etc) a face-lift;- it's time for X to make a change,○ ПЕРЕМЕНА ДЕКОРАЦИЙ [NP; sing only]≈ [usu. in refer, to one's changing his physical surroundings] change of decor; new face on things; new look; face-lift; [in refer, to one's changing his views etc] change of tune; change of heart; about-face.♦ Вчерашние коммунисты быстро переменили декорации и стали выдавать себя за демократов. Yesterday's communists quickly changed their tune and started passing themselves off as democrats.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сменить декорации
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32 конь и о четырех ногах, да и то спотыкается
• КОНЬ (И) О ЧЕТЫРЕХ НОГАХ, ДА (И ТО < И ТОТ>) СПОТЫКАЕТСЯ[saying]=====⇒ anyone can err (said in justification of one's or s.o.'s mistake, negligence, oversight etc):- nobodY's perfect.♦ "Злодеи не злодеи, а твои ребята таки пошарили да порастаскали. Не гневись: конь и о четырёх ногах, да спотыкается" (Пушкин 2). "Brigands or no brigands, but it was your lads as went ransacking and plundering. Don't be angry with 'em: the horse has four legs and yet he stumbles'" (2a).♦ "Ошибки были, - быстро сказал Хлебовводов. - Люди не ангелы. И на старуху бывает проруха. Конь о четырёх ногах и то спотыкается" (Стругацкие 3). "There have been mistakes," Khlebovvodov said quickly. "People are not angels. Anyone can make a mistake. Horses have four legs and still they stumble" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > конь и о четырех ногах, да и то спотыкается
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33 конь и о четырех ногах, да и тот спотыкается
• КОНЬ (И) О ЧЕТЫРЕХ НОГАХ, ДА (И ТО < И ТОТ>) СПОТЫКАЕТСЯ[saying]=====⇒ anyone can err (said in justification of one's or s.o.'s mistake, negligence, oversight etc):- nobodY's perfect.♦ "Злодеи не злодеи, а твои ребята таки пошарили да порастаскали. Не гневись: конь и о четырёх ногах, да спотыкается" (Пушкин 2). "Brigands or no brigands, but it was your lads as went ransacking and plundering. Don't be angry with 'em: the horse has four legs and yet he stumbles'" (2a).♦ "Ошибки были, - быстро сказал Хлебовводов. - Люди не ангелы. И на старуху бывает проруха. Конь о четырёх ногах и то спотыкается" (Стругацкие 3). "There have been mistakes," Khlebovvodov said quickly. "People are not angels. Anyone can make a mistake. Horses have four legs and still they stumble" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > конь и о четырех ногах, да и тот спотыкается
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34 конь и о четырех ногах, да спотыкается
• КОНЬ (И) О ЧЕТЫРЕХ НОГАХ, ДА (И ТО < И ТОТ>) СПОТЫКАЕТСЯ[saying]=====⇒ anyone can err (said in justification of one's or s.o.'s mistake, negligence, oversight etc):- nobodY's perfect.♦ "Злодеи не злодеи, а твои ребята таки пошарили да порастаскали. Не гневись: конь и о четырёх ногах, да спотыкается" (Пушкин 2). "Brigands or no brigands, but it was your lads as went ransacking and plundering. Don't be angry with 'em: the horse has four legs and yet he stumbles'" (2a).♦ "Ошибки были, - быстро сказал Хлебовводов. - Люди не ангелы. И на старуху бывает проруха. Конь о четырёх ногах и то спотыкается" (Стругацкие 3). "There have been mistakes," Khlebovvodov said quickly. "People are not angels. Anyone can make a mistake. Horses have four legs and still they stumble" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > конь и о четырех ногах, да спотыкается
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35 конь о четырех ногах, да и то спотыкается
• КОНЬ (И) О ЧЕТЫРЕХ НОГАХ, ДА (И ТО < И ТОТ>) СПОТЫКАЕТСЯ[saying]=====⇒ anyone can err (said in justification of one's or s.o.'s mistake, negligence, oversight etc):- nobodY's perfect.♦ "Злодеи не злодеи, а твои ребята таки пошарили да порастаскали. Не гневись: конь и о четырёх ногах, да спотыкается" (Пушкин 2). "Brigands or no brigands, but it was your lads as went ransacking and plundering. Don't be angry with 'em: the horse has four legs and yet he stumbles'" (2a).♦ "Ошибки были, - быстро сказал Хлебовводов. - Люди не ангелы. И на старуху бывает проруха. Конь о четырёх ногах и то спотыкается" (Стругацкие 3). "There have been mistakes," Khlebovvodov said quickly. "People are not angels. Anyone can make a mistake. Horses have four legs and still they stumble" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > конь о четырех ногах, да и то спотыкается
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36 конь о четырех ногах, да и тот спотыкается
• КОНЬ (И) О ЧЕТЫРЕХ НОГАХ, ДА (И ТО < И ТОТ>) СПОТЫКАЕТСЯ[saying]=====⇒ anyone can err (said in justification of one's or s.o.'s mistake, negligence, oversight etc):- nobodY's perfect.♦ "Злодеи не злодеи, а твои ребята таки пошарили да порастаскали. Не гневись: конь и о четырёх ногах, да спотыкается" (Пушкин 2). "Brigands or no brigands, but it was your lads as went ransacking and plundering. Don't be angry with 'em: the horse has four legs and yet he stumbles'" (2a).♦ "Ошибки были, - быстро сказал Хлебовводов. - Люди не ангелы. И на старуху бывает проруха. Конь о четырёх ногах и то спотыкается" (Стругацкие 3). "There have been mistakes," Khlebovvodov said quickly. "People are not angels. Anyone can make a mistake. Horses have four legs and still they stumble" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > конь о четырех ногах, да и тот спотыкается
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37 конь о четырех ногах, да спотыкается
• КОНЬ (И) О ЧЕТЫРЕХ НОГАХ, ДА (И ТО < И ТОТ>) СПОТЫКАЕТСЯ[saying]=====⇒ anyone can err (said in justification of one's or s.o.'s mistake, negligence, oversight etc):- nobodY's perfect.♦ "Злодеи не злодеи, а твои ребята таки пошарили да порастаскали. Не гневись: конь и о четырёх ногах, да спотыкается" (Пушкин 2). "Brigands or no brigands, but it was your lads as went ransacking and plundering. Don't be angry with 'em: the horse has four legs and yet he stumbles'" (2a).♦ "Ошибки были, - быстро сказал Хлебовводов. - Люди не ангелы. И на старуху бывает проруха. Конь о четырёх ногах и то спотыкается" (Стругацкие 3). "There have been mistakes," Khlebovvodov said quickly. "People are not angels. Anyone can make a mistake. Horses have four legs and still they stumble" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > конь о четырех ногах, да спотыкается
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38 как на курьерских
• (КАК) НА КУРЬЕРСКИХ obs[(как +) PrepP; these forms only; adv]=====⇒ very quickly, hurriedly:- swiftly;- posthaste;- promptly;- [in limited contexts] make short work of sth.♦ Наконец толстый [мужчина], послуживши богу и государю, заслуживши всеобщее уважение, оставляет службу, перебирается и делается помещиком, славным русским барином, хлебосолом, и живёт, и хорошо живет. А после него опять тоненькие наследники спускают, по русскому обычаю, на курьерских все отцовское добро (Гоголь 3). Finally, the fat man, after serving God and Tsar and earning general respect, retires from service, moves out of town, and settles down as a landowner, a hospitable Russian gentleman. And thus he lives, and lives well. And after him come his thin heirs, who promptly squander, Russian-style, the wealth he has accumulated (3e). In the end, after having served God and the Emperor and won general respect, the fat man resigns the service, goes to live on his estate, becomes a landowner, a fine Russian gentleman, a hospitable host, and lives on and lives well. After him, as is the Russian custom, his thin heirs make short work of their father's fortune (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как на курьерских
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39 на курьерских
• (КАК) НА КУРЬЕРСКИХ obs[(как +) PrepP; these forms only; adv]=====⇒ very quickly, hurriedly:- swiftly;- posthaste;- promptly;- [in limited contexts] make short work of sth.♦ Наконец толстый [мужчина], послуживши богу и государю, заслуживши всеобщее уважение, оставляет службу, перебирается и делается помещиком, славным русским барином, хлебосолом, и живёт, и хорошо живет. А после него опять тоненькие наследники спускают, по русскому обычаю, на курьерских все отцовское добро (Гоголь 3). Finally, the fat man, after serving God and Tsar and earning general respect, retires from service, moves out of town, and settles down as a landowner, a hospitable Russian gentleman. And thus he lives, and lives well. And after him come his thin heirs, who promptly squander, Russian-style, the wealth he has accumulated (3e). In the end, after having served God and the Emperor and won general respect, the fat man resigns the service, goes to live on his estate, becomes a landowner, a fine Russian gentleman, a hospitable host, and lives on and lives well. After him, as is the Russian custom, his thin heirs make short work of their father's fortune (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на курьерских
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40 на одной ноге
• НА ОДНОЙ НОГЕ сбегать, слетать и т.п. highly coll[PrepP; Invar; adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ (to run, go somewhere) extremely quickly (usu. used as a command):- in a flash < a jiffy>;- [when used as a command] make it quick < snappy>.♦ "Слушай, Самохин, - переходит на серьёзный тон начальник, - ты бы зашёл, поговорить надо". - "О чём?" - "Узнаешь. Не телефонный разговор". - "Хорошо. Сейчас обойду объект..." - "Ну давай, на одной ноге" (Войнович 5). "Listen, Samokhin," he [the boss] said, taking a more serious tone, "you ought to drop by. We need to have a little chat." "About what?" "You'll see. It's not something for the telephone." "All right. But right now I'm inspecting the building." "Go ahead, but make it quick" (5a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на одной ноге
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make short/quick/light work of — 1 : to make it possible for (something) to be done quickly or easily This new snow shovel makes short work of clearing off the driveway. ◇ The expression many hands make light work means that people can do things more quickly and easily when they … Useful english dictionary
make short work of something — make short/light/quick/work of something phrase to deal with or get rid of something quickly and easily You made short work of that sandwich! Thesaurus: to do something quickly and/or easilysynonym … Useful english dictionary
make good time — To make speedy progress on a journey • • • Main Entry: ↑time * * * make good/excellent/time phrase to make a journey in a shorter time than you expected We made good time and arrived by midday … Useful english dictionary
make a fast buck — (informal) To earn some money quickly or easily but not necessarily honestly • • • Main Entry: ↑buck * * * make a fast/quick buck idiom (informal, often disapproving) to earn money quickly and easily • … Useful english dictionary
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make light work of something — make light work of (something/doing something) to do something quickly and easily. Heather made light work of painting the walls. You made light work of that chocolate cake! (= you ate it quickly) … New idioms dictionary
make light work of doing something — make light work of (something/doing something) to do something quickly and easily. Heather made light work of painting the walls. You made light work of that chocolate cake! (= you ate it quickly) … New idioms dictionary