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ЗА ТРИДЕВЯТЬ ЗЕМЕЛЬ (от кого-чего) coll or folk poet PrepP Invar adv or subj-compl with copula ( subj: usu. human or concr) fixed WOvery far awayat (to) the other end of the worldfar, far away a long, long way (away) (in limited contexts) in (to) a faraway land (in refer, to location only) miles (oceans) apart (in refer, to direction only) to the ends of the earth.Через минуту они уже были за тридевять земель, врывались на скорости 90 в тоннельный мрак под площадью Маяковского (Аксёнов 6). A minute later they were already at the other end of the world, tearing along at ninety kilometers into the gloom of the tunnel under Mayakovsky Square (6a).(Эльза:) Эти чудовища сторожат нас. А мы ушли от них за тридевять земель (Шварц 2). (Е.:) Those monsters are watching us. But we managed to get a long, long way from them (2a).И хотя бы ты был за тридевять земель, но жив, всё равно, невыносима эта мысль, что ты жив и всё знаешь, и меня судишь» (Достоевский 1). "And even if you had been in a faraway land, but still alive, the thought that you were alive and knew everything, and were judging me, would in any case have been unbearable" (1a).Конечно, это были смешные письма - хотя бы потому, что почти в каждом письме он сообщал, что ему «живётся всё хуже и хуже», как будто мы были за тридевять земель друг от друга (Каверин 1). Of course these were ridiculous letters, if only because in nearly every one he informed me that "his life grew worse and worse," as though we were miles apart (1a). -
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• ЗА ТРИДЕВЯТЬ ЗЕМЕЛЬ (от кого-чего) coll or folk poet[PrepP; Invar; adv or subj-compl with copula (subj: usu. human or concr); fixed WO]=====⇒ very far away:- far, far away;- a long, long way (away);- [in limited contexts] in (to) a faraway land;- [in refer, to location only] miles (oceans) apart;- [in refer, to direction only] to the ends of the earth.♦ Через минуту они уже были за тридевять земель, врывались на скорости 90 в тоннельный мрак под площадью Маяковского (Аксёнов 6). A minute later they were already at the other end of the world, tearing along at ninety kilometers into the gloom of the tunnel under Mayakovsky Square (6a).♦ [Эльза:] Эти чудовища сторожат нас. А мы ушли от них за тридевять земель (Шварц 2). [Е.:] Those monsters are watching us. But we managed to get a long, long way from them (2a).♦ "И хотя бы ты был за тридевять земель, но жив, всё равно, невыносима эта мысль, что ты жив и всё знаешь, и меня судишь" (Достоевский 1). "And even if you had been in a faraway land, but still alive, the thought that you were alive and knew everything, and were judging me, would in any case have been unbearable" (1a).♦ Конечно, это были смешные письма - хотя бы потому, что почти в каждом письме он сообщал, что ему "живётся всё хуже и хуже", как будто мы были за тридевять земель друг от друга (Каверин 1). Of course these were ridiculous letters, if only because in nearly every one he informed me that "his life grew worse and worse," as though we were miles apart (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > за тридевять земель
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