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  • 21 без умолку

    without ceasing; with never a pause ( of talking)

    Обычно капитан молчит. Но бывает, что ветречается капитан с кем-нибудь из своих прежних друзей и тогда весь день говорит без умолку... (И. Бунин, Сны Чанга) — As a rule, the Captain sits locked in silence. But sometimes, when he meets one of his old friends, he will talk all day, with never a pause...

    За чаем с московскими пряниками и сушками просидели долго, до полночи, и болтали без умолку. (М. Алигер, Соловьиная песня) — They sat for a long time over tea with the Moscow spice biscuits and rusks, and up to midnight they talked without ceasing.

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > без умолку

  • 22 хлебнуть горя

    хлебнуть (хватить) горя (горюшка, лиха) (с кем, с чем)
    разг.
    have seen (known) much sorrow; have had no end of trouble; have known trouble in plenty (a lot of trouble); get knocked about

    Ладно, думаю... Пущай! Нужды ещё не видала. Хлебнёт горя, узнает, небось, что значит чужая сторона. (В. Короленко, Чудная) — 'All right,' I reckoned. 'Let be! She's not had it hard yet. Wait till she gets knocked about and learns how bitter 'tis to live in strange parts...'

    Он пришёл на село давно, издалека, но люди сразу поняли, что этот человек немало хватил горя. (А. Гайдар, Горячий камень) — He had come to the village long ago from some distant parts, but people saw at once that this was a man who had known trouble in plenty.

    - Поймите же наконец, я никогда, ни единого дня, ни единого часа не работал в газете. Вы со мной хлебнёте горя! (М. Алексеев, Дивизионка) — 'Just try to understand that I've never worked on a newspaper, not a single day, not a single hour. Never at all. I'll give you no end of trouble.'

    - А Димки ещё не было... - вспоминал Степан. - Не было. Этот деятель появился уже без тебя. Ох, и хватила я с ним горя!.. Это сейчас они поднялись, да и то всякое бывает. А тогда... (С. Ерёменко, Слепой дождь) — 'Dimka hadn't yet been born,' reminisced Stepan. 'No, he hadn't. That activist arrived after you had left. And what a lot of trouble I had with him! They're grown up now, though even so we have our ups and downs. But then...'

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > хлебнуть горя

  • 23 Г-91

    ПРЙТАТЬ ГЛАЗА (ВЗГЛЯД, ВЗОР) VP subj: human to avoid or be afraid of looking directly at another or others
    X прятал глаза — X hid his eyes (from Y)
    X avoided Y's eyes X averted his eyes X wouldn't look at Y X wouldn't (took care not to) look Y in the eye
    X avoided eye contact (with Y). "Я получил в тот день полное удовлетворение, - вспоминал Иван Петрович. - Отец был напуган. Долго затем искал его взгляда, но он прятал глаза» (Олеша 2). "That day was completely satisfying," Ivan Babichev reminisced. "Father was scared. For a long time afterward, when I tried to look into his eyes, he hid them from me" (2a).
    «Оно надо же, беда свалилась... Кто ж гадал...» - виновато забормотал он, пряча глаза (Тендряков 1). "What a thing to happen to me...you never can tell." he muttered guiltily, avoiding Simons eyes (1a).
    В 11 часов - звонок, прибежала секретарша из СП (Союза писателей), очень поспешная, глаза как-то прячет и суетливо сует мне отпечатанную бумажку, что сегодня в 3 часа дня совещание об идейном воспитании писателей (Солженицын 2). At 11 А. М. there was а ring at the door, and a flustered secretary from the Writer's Union rushed in. Taking care not to look me in the eye, she fumblingly thrust a scrap of typewritten paper into my hand, announcing a conference on the ideological education of writers at 3 PM. that same day (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Г-91

  • 24 С-162

    СИДНЕМ (СИДМЙ0&5) СИДЕТЬ coll VP subj: human
    1. to spend all one's time in a seated position because one is physically unable to walk
    X сиднем сидит — X just (only) sits.
    2. to spend a long uninterrupted period of time seated while doing sth. that requires one to sit (i.e., writing, reading etc)
    X сиднем сидит - X sits (for hours (days etc) on end) (doing sth.).
    3. usu. disapprov to sit and be inactive when some action is expected or required of one
    X сиднем сидит = X just sits (there (here, around etc)) on his butt (duff, backside etc)
    X sits (there (here etc)) like a bump on a log.
    ...Удивил Лизку возчик, который сиднем сидел в стороне. Надрывайтесь, рвите, мужики, жилы, а мне и горюшка мало (Абрамов 1). Lizka was amazed to see the driver sitting on his backside, apart from the others. Bust your guts, boys, knock yourselves out! I could care less (1a).
    4. often disapprov to have a physically inactive life style, lead a physically inactive life
    X сиднем сидит — X sits around all day (all the time etc)
    X just sits around X sits like a bump on a log X sits around on his butt (backside, duff etc) (all the time).
    5. to spend a long uninterrupted period of time in one place ( usu. some room, building etc), not going out of or away from that place
    X сиднем сидит в месте Y = X never leaves place Y
    X has holed himself up in place Y X stays put in place Y.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > С-162

  • 25 С-399

    ДВУМ СМЕРТЯМ (ДВУХ СМЕРТЕЙ) НЕ БЫВАТЬ, А ОДНОЙ НЕ МИНОВАТЬ (saying) the inevitable is going to happen whether or not one takes a risk (said to encourage a person who is about to undertake a risky venture, or to justify one's own decision to undertake such a venture): = you (a man) can only die once (and you'll (he'll) die one day anyway) a man can die but once one cannot die twice.
    «Городок у нас хоть и старинный, а маленький, работать негде, парни после армии домой не едут, вот девчата наши и наладились в Игарку вербоваться... Я сперва не хотела, очень уж боязно, говорят, пьянка там большая и ночь долгая, да где наша не пропадала, двух смертей не бывать, одной не миновать, нынче вот собралась...» (Максимов 2). "This town of ours is old, but it's so small there isn't much work. After they've done their time in the army the boys never come back here, so the girls have taken to going to Igarka to look for jobs.. I didn't want to go at first, I was too frightened. People said there was an awful lot of hard drinking there, and the nights are long, but in the end I thought 'nothing venture, nothing gain,' you can only die once and you'll die one day anyway, why not give it a try? So now I'm on my way there" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > С-399

  • 26 С-513

    ГНУТЬ СПИНУ1 (на кого) coll ЛОМАТЬ СПИНУ coll ГНУТЬ ГНУТЬ ХРЕБЕТ substand VP subj: human to work, labor to the point of exhaustion, wear o.s. out with hard, usu. menial, work ( usu. in an attempt to earn enough money to live on, often with the implication that one is being exploited by s.o.): X гнёт спину — X is breaking his back X is working his fingers to the bone X is working his tail off.
    ...Орозкул ненавидит свою жизнь... Эта жизнь для таких, как Расторопный Момун. Ему-то что надо, Момуну? Сколько живёт, столько и горб гнёт изо дня в день, без отдыха. И в жизни ни один человек не был у него в подчинении... (Айтматов 1)....Orozkul hated his life.... It was a life for people like Efficacious Momun. What did he need for himself, that Momun? As long as he lived he'd break his back day after day without a breather. In his whole life, he never had anyone under him... (1b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > С-513

  • 27 прятать взгляд

    • ПРЯТАТЬ ГЛАЗА <ВЗГЛЯД, ВЗОР>
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to avoid or be afraid of looking directly at another or others:
    - X прятал глаза≈ X hid his eyes (from Y);
    - X avoided eye contact (with Y).
         ♦ "Я получил в тот день полное удовлетворение, - вспоминал Иван Петрович. - Отец был напуган. Долго затем искал его взгляда, но он прятал глаза" (Олеша 2). "That day was completely satisfying," Ivan Babichev reminisced. "Father was scared. For a long time afterward, when I tried to look into his eyes, he hid them from me" (2a).
         ♦ "Оно надо же, беда свалилась... Кто ж гадал..." - виновато забормотал он, пряча глаза (Тендряков 1). "What a thing to happen to me...you never can tell." he muttered guiltily, avoiding Simons eyes (1a).
         ♦ В 11 часов - звонок, прибежала секретарша из СП [Союза писателей], очень поспешная, глаза как-то прячет и суетливо сует мне отпечатанную бумажку, что сегодня в 3 часа дня совещание об идейном воспитании писателей (Солженицын 2). At 11 А. М. there was a ring at the door, and a flustered secretary from the Writer's Union rushed in. Taking care not to look me in the eye, she fumblingly thrust a scrap of typewritten paper into my hand, announcing a conference on the ideological education of writers at 3 PM. that same day (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > прятать взгляд

  • 28 прятать взор

    • ПРЯТАТЬ ГЛАЗА <ВЗГЛЯД, ВЗОР>
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to avoid or be afraid of looking directly at another or others:
    - X прятал глаза≈ X hid his eyes (from Y);
    - X avoided eye contact (with Y).
         ♦ "Я получил в тот день полное удовлетворение, - вспоминал Иван Петрович. - Отец был напуган. Долго затем искал его взгляда, но он прятал глаза" (Олеша 2). "That day was completely satisfying," Ivan Babichev reminisced. "Father was scared. For a long time afterward, when I tried to look into his eyes, he hid them from me" (2a).
         ♦ "Оно надо же, беда свалилась... Кто ж гадал..." - виновато забормотал он, пряча глаза (Тендряков 1). "What a thing to happen to me...you never can tell." he muttered guiltily, avoiding Simons eyes (1a).
         ♦ В 11 часов - звонок, прибежала секретарша из СП [Союза писателей], очень поспешная, глаза как-то прячет и суетливо сует мне отпечатанную бумажку, что сегодня в 3 часа дня совещание об идейном воспитании писателей (Солженицын 2). At 11 А. М. there was a ring at the door, and a flustered secretary from the Writer's Union rushed in. Taking care not to look me in the eye, she fumblingly thrust a scrap of typewritten paper into my hand, announcing a conference on the ideological education of writers at 3 PM. that same day (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > прятать взор

  • 29 прятать глаза

    • ПРЯТАТЬ ГЛАЗА <ВЗГЛЯД, ВЗОР>
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to avoid or be afraid of looking directly at another or others:
    - X прятал глаза≈ X hid his eyes (from Y);
    - X avoided eye contact (with Y).
         ♦ "Я получил в тот день полное удовлетворение, - вспоминал Иван Петрович. - Отец был напуган. Долго затем искал его взгляда, но он прятал глаза" (Олеша 2). "That day was completely satisfying," Ivan Babichev reminisced. "Father was scared. For a long time afterward, when I tried to look into his eyes, he hid them from me" (2a).
         ♦ "Оно надо же, беда свалилась... Кто ж гадал..." - виновато забормотал он, пряча глаза (Тендряков 1). "What a thing to happen to me...you never can tell." he muttered guiltily, avoiding Simons eyes (1a).
         ♦ В 11 часов - звонок, прибежала секретарша из СП [Союза писателей], очень поспешная, глаза как-то прячет и суетливо сует мне отпечатанную бумажку, что сегодня в 3 часа дня совещание об идейном воспитании писателей (Солженицын 2). At 11 А. М. there was a ring at the door, and a flustered secretary from the Writer's Union rushed in. Taking care not to look me in the eye, she fumblingly thrust a scrap of typewritten paper into my hand, announcing a conference on the ideological education of writers at 3 PM. that same day (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > прятать глаза

  • 30 сидмя сидеть

    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to spend all one's time in a seated position because one is physically unable to walk:
    - X сиднем сидит≈ X just (only) sits.
    2. to spend a long uninterrupted period of time seated while doing sth. that requires one to sit (i.e., writing, reading etc):
    - X сиднем сидит≈ X sits (for hours (days etc) on end) (doing sth.).
    3. usu. disapprov to sit and be inactive when some action is expected or required of one:
    - X сиднем сидит≈ X just sits (there <here, around etc>) on his butt (duff, backside etc);
    - X sits (there <here etc>) like a bump on a log.
         ♦...Удивил Лизку возчик, который сиднем сидел в стороне. Надрывайтесь, рвите, мужики, жилы, а мне и горюшка мало (Абрамов 1). Lizka was amazed to see the driver sitting on his backside, apart from the others. Bust your guts, boys, knock yourselves out! I could care less (1a).
    4. often disapprov to have a physically inactive life style, lead a physically inactive life:
    - X сиднем сидит≈ X sits around all day (all the time etc);
    - X sits around on his butt (backside, duff etc) (all the time).
    5. to spend a long uninterrupted period of time in one place (usu. some room, building etc), not going out of or away from that place:
    - X сиднем сидит в месте Y ≈ X never leaves place Y;
    - X stays put in place Y.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сидмя сидеть

  • 31 сиднем сидеть

    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to spend all one's time in a seated position because one is physically unable to walk:
    - X сиднем сидит≈ X just (only) sits.
    2. to spend a long uninterrupted period of time seated while doing sth. that requires one to sit (i.e., writing, reading etc):
    - X сиднем сидит≈ X sits (for hours (days etc) on end) (doing sth.).
    3. usu. disapprov to sit and be inactive when some action is expected or required of one:
    - X сиднем сидит≈ X just sits (there <here, around etc>) on his butt (duff, backside etc);
    - X sits (there <here etc>) like a bump on a log.
         ♦...Удивил Лизку возчик, который сиднем сидел в стороне. Надрывайтесь, рвите, мужики, жилы, а мне и горюшка мало (Абрамов 1). Lizka was amazed to see the driver sitting on his backside, apart from the others. Bust your guts, boys, knock yourselves out! I could care less (1a).
    4. often disapprov to have a physically inactive life style, lead a physically inactive life:
    - X сиднем сидит≈ X sits around all day (all the time etc);
    - X sits around on his butt (backside, duff etc) (all the time).
    5. to spend a long uninterrupted period of time in one place (usu. some room, building etc), not going out of or away from that place:
    - X сиднем сидит в месте Y ≈ X never leaves place Y;
    - X stays put in place Y.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сиднем сидеть

  • 32 двум смертям не бывать, а одной не миновать

    • ДВУМ СМЕРТЯМ (ДВУХ СМЕРТЕЙ) НЕ БЫВАТЬ, А ОДНОЙ НЕ МИНОВАТЬ
    [saying]
    =====
    ⇒ the inevitable is going to happen whether or not one takes a risk (said to encourage a person who is about to undertake a risky venture, or to justify one's own decision to undertake such a venture):
    - one cannot die twice.
         ♦ "Городок у нас хоть и старинный, а маленький, работать негде, парни после армии домой не едут, вот девчата наши и наладились в Игарку вербоваться... Я сперва не хотела, очень уж боязно, говорят, пьянка там большая и ночь долгая, да где наша не пропадала, двух смертей не бывать, одной не миновать, нынче вот собралась..." (Максимов 2). "This town of ours is old, but it's so small there isn't much work. After they've done their time in the army the boys never come back here, so the girls have taken to going to Igarka to look for jobs... I didn't want to go at first, I was too frightened. People said there was an awful lot of hard drinking there, and the nights are long, but in the end I thought 'nothing venture, nothing gain,' you can only die once and you'll die one day anyway, why not give it a try? So now I'm on my way there" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > двум смертям не бывать, а одной не миновать

  • 33 двух смертей не бывать, а одной не миновать

    • ДВУМ СМЕРТЯМ (ДВУХ СМЕРТЕЙ) НЕ БЫВАТЬ, А ОДНОЙ НЕ МИНОВАТЬ
    [saying]
    =====
    ⇒ the inevitable is going to happen whether or not one takes a risk (said to encourage a person who is about to undertake a risky venture, or to justify one's own decision to undertake such a venture):
    - one cannot die twice.
         ♦ "Городок у нас хоть и старинный, а маленький, работать негде, парни после армии домой не едут, вот девчата наши и наладились в Игарку вербоваться... Я сперва не хотела, очень уж боязно, говорят, пьянка там большая и ночь долгая, да где наша не пропадала, двух смертей не бывать, одной не миновать, нынче вот собралась..." (Максимов 2). "This town of ours is old, but it's so small there isn't much work. After they've done their time in the army the boys never come back here, so the girls have taken to going to Igarka to look for jobs... I didn't want to go at first, I was too frightened. People said there was an awful lot of hard drinking there, and the nights are long, but in the end I thought 'nothing venture, nothing gain,' you can only die once and you'll die one day anyway, why not give it a try? So now I'm on my way there" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > двух смертей не бывать, а одной не миновать

  • 34 гнуть горб

    • ГНУТЬ СПИНУ (на кого) coll; ЛОМАТЬ СПИНУ coll; ГНУТЬ < ЛОМАТЬ> ГОРБ coll; ГНУТЬ ХРЕБЕТ substand
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to work, labor to the point of exhaustion, wear o.s. out with hard, usu. menial, work (usu. in an attempt to earn enough money to live on, often with the implication that one is being exploited by s.o.):
    - X гнёт спину≈ X is breaking his back;
    - X is working his tail off.
         ♦...Орозкул ненавидит свою жизнь... Эта жизнь для таких, как Расторопный Момун. Ему-то что надо, Момуну? Сколько живёт, столько и горб гнёт изо дня в день, без отдыха. И в жизни ни один человек не был у него в подчинении... (Айтматов 1)....Orozkul hated his life.... It was a life for people like Efficacious Momun. What did he need for himself, that Momun? As long as he lived he'd break his back day after day without a breather. In his whole life, he never had anyone under him... (1b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > гнуть горб

  • 35 гнуть спину

    I
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to work, labor to the point of exhaustion, wear o.s. out with hard, usu. menial, work (usu. in an attempt to earn enough money to live on, often with the implication that one is being exploited by s.o.):
    - X гнёт спину≈ X is breaking his back;
    - X is working his tail off.
         ♦...Орозкул ненавидит свою жизнь... Эта жизнь для таких, как Расторопный Момун. Ему-то что надо, Момуну? Сколько живёт, столько и горб гнёт изо дня в день, без отдыха. И в жизни ни один человек не был у него в подчинении... (Айтматов 1)....Orozkul hated his life.... It was a life for people like Efficacious Momun. What did he need for himself, that Momun? As long as he lived he'd break his back day after day without a breather. In his whole life, he never had anyone under him... (1b).
    II
    • ГНУТЬ СПИНУ < ШЕЮ> перед кем coll; ГНУТЬ ХРЕБЕТ
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to act in a servile manner, fawn on s.o.:
    - X гнёт спину перед Y-ом≈ X kowtows to Y;
    - X falls all over Y.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > гнуть спину

  • 36 гнуть хребет

    I
    • ГНУТЬ СПИНУ (на кого) coll; ЛОМАТЬ СПИНУ coll; ГНУТЬ < ЛОМАТЬ> ГОРБ coll; ГНУТЬ ХРЕБЕТ substand
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to work, labor to the point of exhaustion, wear o.s. out with hard, usu. menial, work (usu. in an attempt to earn enough money to live on, often with the implication that one is being exploited by s.o.):
    - X гнёт спину≈ X is breaking his back;
    - X is working his tail off.
         ♦...Орозкул ненавидит свою жизнь... Эта жизнь для таких, как Расторопный Момун. Ему-то что надо, Момуну? Сколько живёт, столько и горб гнёт изо дня в день, без отдыха. И в жизни ни один человек не был у него в подчинении... (Айтматов 1)....Orozkul hated his life.... It was a life for people like Efficacious Momun. What did he need for himself, that Momun? As long as he lived he'd break his back day after day without a breather. In his whole life, he never had anyone under him... (1b).
    II
    • ГНУТЬ СПИНУ < ШЕЮ> перед кем coll; ГНУТЬ ХРЕБЕТ
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to act in a servile manner, fawn on s.o.:
    - X гнёт спину перед Y-ом≈ X kowtows to Y;
    - X falls all over Y.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > гнуть хребет

  • 37 ломать горб

    • ГНУТЬ СПИНУ (на кого) coll; ЛОМАТЬ СПИНУ coll; ГНУТЬ < ЛОМАТЬ> ГОРБ coll; ГНУТЬ ХРЕБЕТ substand
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to work, labor to the point of exhaustion, wear o.s. out with hard, usu. menial, work (usu. in an attempt to earn enough money to live on, often with the implication that one is being exploited by s.o.):
    - X гнёт спину≈ X is breaking his back;
    - X is working his tail off.
         ♦...Орозкул ненавидит свою жизнь... Эта жизнь для таких, как Расторопный Момун. Ему-то что надо, Момуну? Сколько живёт, столько и горб гнёт изо дня в день, без отдыха. И в жизни ни один человек не был у него в подчинении... (Айтматов 1)....Orozkul hated his life.... It was a life for people like Efficacious Momun. What did he need for himself, that Momun? As long as he lived he'd break his back day after day without a breather. In his whole life, he never had anyone under him... (1b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ломать горб

  • 38 ломать спину

    • ГНУТЬ СПИНУ (на кого) coll; ЛОМАТЬ СПИНУ coll; ГНУТЬ < ЛОМАТЬ> ГОРБ coll; ГНУТЬ ХРЕБЕТ substand
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to work, labor to the point of exhaustion, wear o.s. out with hard, usu. menial, work (usu. in an attempt to earn enough money to live on, often with the implication that one is being exploited by s.o.):
    - X гнёт спину≈ X is breaking his back;
    - X is working his tail off.
         ♦...Орозкул ненавидит свою жизнь... Эта жизнь для таких, как Расторопный Момун. Ему-то что надо, Момуну? Сколько живёт, столько и горб гнёт изо дня в день, без отдыха. И в жизни ни один человек не был у него в подчинении... (Айтматов 1)....Orozkul hated his life.... It was a life for people like Efficacious Momun. What did he need for himself, that Momun? As long as he lived he'd break his back day after day without a breather. In his whole life, he never had anyone under him... (1b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ломать спину

  • 39 Добрые слова лучше мягкого пирога

    See Ласковое слово не трудно, да споро (Л)
    Var.: Добрые слова лучше сладкого пирога
    Cf: All doors /are/ open to courtesy (Br.). Fair and soft (softly) goes far / in a day/ (Br.). Fair and softly go far in a day (Am.). Fair words make the pot boil (Am.). A kind word goes a long way (Am.). A kind word is never lost (Br.). Mouth civility is no great pains but may turn to a good account (Br.)

    Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Добрые слова лучше мягкого пирога

  • 40 Г-352

    ИДТИ/ПОЙТИ КАТИТЬСЯ/ПОКАТИТЬСЯ coll) ПОД ГОРУ (ПОД ГОРУ, ПОД ГОРКУ coll, ПОД УКЛОН) VP
    1. Also: ИДТЙ/ПОЙТИ (КА-ТЙТЬСЯ/ПОКАТЙТЬСЯ) ВНИЗ coll
    subj: abstr. (often дела) or a noun denoting an enterprise, business etc) to deteriorate sharply
    X пошёл под гору - X went (plunged) downhill
    X took a turn for the worse.
    Тут дела немецкой революции пошли быстро под гору... (Герцен 2). Then the fortunes of the German Revolution went rapidly downhill... (2a).
    2. coll. Also: КАТИТЬСЯ/ПОКАТИТЬСЯ ВНИЗ coll (subj: human to deteriorate morally
    X покатился под горку -X really went downhill
    X went wrong (astray).
    3. ( subj: abstr) (of a season, month, day etc, or of s.o. 's life) to approach its end
    X идёт под гору \Г-352 X is nearing the (its) end
    X is coming (is drawing) to an end (a close) X is waning
    ebbing, almost over)
    (of a period of time) X is making its exit X is on its way out X is winding down.
    Сколько Настёна помнила, никогда в эту пору так не заметало. Вот тебе и весна - март покатился под горку (Распутин 2). As long as Nastyona could remember, it never snowed like this at this time of the year. Some spring—and March was almost over (2a).
    Петухи покричали и утихли, но после них в ночи что-то потрескивало, подрагивало - ночь, торопясь, шла под уклон (Распутин 3). The cocks had fallen silent, but after them the night was filled with creaking and trembling noises as it hurried to make its exit (3a).

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