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1 концы в воду
<и> концы в водуразг.and the whole thing is wiped out; cf. and none will be the wiser (and no one <is> the wiser; nobody is any the wiser; and nobody a hap'orth the wiser)Аммос Фёдорович.
Да вам чего бояться? Колпаки чистые надел на больных, да и концы в воду. (Н. Гоголь, Ревизор) — Ammos Fyodorovich. What have you got to worry about? Just hand out a few clean night-caps and no one'll be any the wiser.- И прекрасно сделал, - откликнулся Философ. - Прекрасно? - переспросил рассказчик, очевидно купец... - А что же? по крайней мере умер, и концы в воду. (Н. Лесков, Очарованный странник) — 'The best thing he could do,' was the philosopher's rejoinder. 'The best thing?' repeated the narrator, inquiringly. Hewasobviouslyatradesman... 'Why not? At least he is dead and the whole thing wiped out.'
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2 вода
жен.1) waterпресная вода — fresh, sweet water
стоячая вода, стоялая вода — ditch-water, dead-water
тяжелая вода — хим. heavy water
2) (бессодержательный разговор, книга и т. п.) milk and water••как в воду опущенный — downcast, dejected
мутить воду — to confuse the issue; to stir up trouble
огненная вода — (водка и т. п.) fire-water
толочь воду в ступе — to beat the air, to mill the wind
выводить на чистую воду — to show up, to unmask, to expose
молчит, словно воды в рот набрал разг. — he does not say a word, he keeps mum
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3 К-258
(И) КОНЦЫ В ВОДУ coll NP these forms only usu. used as a clause in a compound or complex sent preceded by one or more clauses fixed WO(and) no bits of evidence (from a reprehensible action, crime etc) will be left for anyone to discover, no one will ever find out about itand no traces will be left behind(and) none (no one) will be (any) the wiser and no one will (would) know the difference.«Ешьте, не стесняйтесь. Я знаю: вы постоянно испытываете дьявольский аппетит, особенно в гостях». - «Что скажет Вера Николаевна!» — воскликнул я. «...Мы с вами сейчас расправимся со всем этим... затем отнесём посуду на кухню - и концы в воду» (Катаев 3). "Eat, man, don't be shy. I know you always have a devilish appetite, particularly when you're dining out." "What will Vera Nikolayevna say!" I exclaimed. "...We'll soon finish this off...take the dishes back to the kitchen-and no one will be any the wiser" (3a). -
4 и концы в воду
• (И) КОНЦЫ В ВОДУ coll[NP; these forms only; usu. used as a clause in a compound or complex sent preceded by one or more clauses; fixed WO]=====⇒ (and) no bits of evidence (from a reprehensible action, crime etc) will be left for anyone to discover, no one will ever find out about it:- and no one will (would) know the difference.♦ "Ешьте, не стесняйтесь. Я знаю: вы постоянно испытываете дьявольский аппетит, особенно в гостях". - "Что скажет Вера Николаевна!" - воскликнул я. "...Мы с вами сейчас расправимся со всем этим... затем отнесём посуду на кухню - и концы в воду" (Катаев 3). "Eat, man, don't be shy. I know you always have a devilish appetite, particularly when you're dining out." "What will Vera Nikolayevna say!" I exclaimed. "...We'll soon finish this off... take the dishes back to the kitchen-and no one will be any the wiser" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > и концы в воду
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5 концы в воду
• (И) КОНЦЫ В ВОДУ coll[NP; these forms only; usu. used as a clause in a compound or complex sent preceded by one or more clauses; fixed WO]=====⇒ (and) no bits of evidence (from a reprehensible action, crime etc) will be left for anyone to discover, no one will ever find out about it:- and no one will (would) know the difference.♦ "Ешьте, не стесняйтесь. Я знаю: вы постоянно испытываете дьявольский аппетит, особенно в гостях". - "Что скажет Вера Николаевна!" - воскликнул я. "...Мы с вами сейчас расправимся со всем этим... затем отнесём посуду на кухню - и концы в воду" (Катаев 3). "Eat, man, don't be shy. I know you always have a devilish appetite, particularly when you're dining out." "What will Vera Nikolayevna say!" I exclaimed. "...We'll soon finish this off... take the dishes back to the kitchen-and no one will be any the wiser" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > концы в воду
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