Перевод: со всех языков на все языки

со всех языков на все языки

not all of us can live off what we grow ourselves

  • 1 comer

    v.
    no come carne casi nunca she hardly ever eats meat
    ¿qué hay de comer? what's for lunch?; (al mediodía) what's for dinner? (a noche)
    ¡a comer, chicos! lunch is/dinner's/etc ready, children!
    dar de comer to feed
    2 to take, to capture.
    me comió un alfil he took one of my bishops
    3 to eat up.
    les come la envidia they're eaten up with envy
    eso me come mucho tiempo that takes up a lot of my time
    * * *
    1 to eat
    2 (tomar) to have
    3 (color) to fade
    4 (corroer) to corrode
    5 figurado (gastar) to eat away; (combustible) to use, use up
    6 (en ajedrez) to take, capture
    1 (gen) to eat; (a mediodía) to have lunch, lunch; (por la noche) to have dinner, dine
    1 eating
    1 to eat
    2 figurado (saltarse) to omit; (párrafo) to skip; (palabra) to swallow
    3 (color) to fade
    4 (el mar, la tierra) to swallow
    \
    comer como un pajarito familiar not to eat enough to feed a sparrow
    comer como una lima / comer como un regimiento / comer por cuatro familiar to eat like a horse
    come con los ojos his (her, your, etc) eyes are bigger than his (her, your, etc) belly
    comerse a alguien a besos figurado to smother somebody with kisses
    comerse a alguien con los ojos figurado to look at somebody lovingly
    comerse algo con los ojos familiar to devour something with one's eyes
    comerse las uñas to bite one's nails
    ¿con qué se come eso? familiar what the heck is that?
    dar de comer to feed
    echar de comer (a los animales) to feed (the animals)
    me come la envidia figurado I'm green with envy
    no tener qué comer not to have enough to live on
    ser de buen comer to be a good eater
    sin comerlo ni beberlo familiar without having had anything to do with it
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ comida] to eat

    ¿quieres comer algo? — would you like something to eat?

    sin comerlo ni beberlo —

    sin comerlo ni beberlo, me vi envuelto en un caso de contrabando de drogas — without really knowing how, I found myself involved in a drug smuggling case

    coco I, 2), tarro 2)
    2) (=almorzar) to have for lunch, eat for lunch
    3) (=hacer desaparecer)

    • comer terreno, la derecha les está comiendo terreno — the right is gaining ground on them

    4) (=destruir, consumir)
    5) (=escocer)
    6) (Ajedrez) to take
    2. VI
    1) (=ingerir alimento) to eat

    ¿qué hay para comer? — what have we got to eat?, what is there to eat?

    ¡come y calla! — shut up and eat your food! *

    • comer de algo — (=tomar comida) to eat sth; (=vivir) to live off sth

    • comer fuera — to eat out

    comer con los ojos —

    siempre comes con o por los ojos — your eyes are bigger than your stomach

    2) (=tomar la comida principal) esp Esp [a mediodía] to have lunch; LAm [por la noche] to have dinner
    3)

    • dar de comer — to feed

    4) And
    ***
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    I 1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) ( tomar alimentos) to eat

    este niño no me come nada — (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq)

    comer como un sabañón or (Esp) una lima or (Méx) un pelón de hospicio — (fam) to eat like a horse

    b)

    darle de comer al gato/al niño — to feed the cat/the kid

    come y calla! — shut up and do as you're told

    2)
    a) ( tomar una comida) to eat

    salir a comer (fuera) — to go out for a meal, to eat out

    a comer! — lunch (o dinner etc) is ready!

    ¿qué hay de comer? — ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?; ( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?

    b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch, have dinner (BrE colloq)
    c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner

    comemos a las nueve — we have o eat dinner at nine

    2.
    comer vt
    1) <fruta/verdura/carne> to eat

    ¿puedo comer otro? — can I have another one?

    mira el suéter, me lo comió la polilla — look at my sweater, the moths have been at it

    como un cáncer que le come las entrañas — (liter) like a cancer gnawing away at his insides

    ¿(y) eso con qué se come? — (Esp fam) what on earth's that? (colloq)

    3) (en ajedrez, damas) to take
    3.
    comerse v pron
    1) ( al escribir) <acento/palabra> to leave off; <línea/párrafo> to miss out; ( al hablar) < letra> to leave off; < palabra> to swallow
    2)
    a) (enf) < comida> to eat

    está para comérsela — (fam) she's really tasty (colloq)

    se lo come la envidia — he's eaten up o consumed with envy

    b) (fam) ( ser muy superior) to surpass, overshadow
    3) (enf) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)
    a) acido/óxido to eat away (at); polilla/ratón to eat away (at)
    b) inflación/alquiler <sueldo/ahorros> to eat away at
    4) (Col fam) ( poseer sexualmente) to have (colloq)
    II
    masculino eating

    una persona de buen comer — someone who enjoys his/her food

    * * *
    = eat, graze (on), dine, munch, nosh.
    Ex. Even the fearsome shark knows enough not to drive away the pilot fish while it eats, nor does it make a meal of the pilot fish when food is scarce.
    Ex. Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.
    Ex. They drove from the airport to the restaurant where he was to dine with the president of the 'Friends of the Library' group.
    Ex. People engage in a wide range of activities in libraries, from lively dialog while munching sandwiches and sipping soda, to flirting and caressing, to the more traditional activities of reading and information searching.
    Ex. Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.
    ----
    * comer a dos carrillos = stuff + Posesivo + face.
    * comer Algo para matar el gusanillo = eat + Comida + to keep + Nombre + going.
    * comer carroña = scavenging.
    * comer como una lima = eat like + a horse.
    * comer como un animal = eat like + an animal.
    * comer como una vaca = eat like + a horse.
    * comer como un pajarito = eat like + a bird.
    * comer como un sabañón = eat like + a horse.
    * comer con apetito = eat with + appetite.
    * comer en casa = eat in.
    * comer fuera = eat out.
    * comerse = make + a meal of, prey on/upon, chew up.
    * comerse Algo vivo = eat + Nombre + alive.
    * comerse con los ojos = ogle.
    * comerse el tarro = dwell on/upon.
    * comerse las uñas = bite + Posesivo + fingers, bite + Posesivo + fingernails.
    * comerse los restos de = scavenge.
    * comerse los restos dejados por otro = scavenge.
    * comérselo todo = eat + Posesivo + way through.
    * como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.
    * dar de comer = feed.
    * descanso para comer = meal break.
    * estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer = moreish.
    * ganas de comer = appetite.
    * hora de comer = mealtime [meal time].
    * juntarse el hambre con las ganas de comer = made for each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.
    * lugar para comer = eating facility.
    * morder la mano del que + dar de comer = bite + the hand that feeds + Pronombre.
    * naranja de comer = eating orange.
    * no tener ganas de comer = be off + Posesivo + food, be off + Posesivo + oats.
    * salir a comer = eat out.
    * ser muy delicado para comer = be a picky eater.
    * ser muy melindroso para comer = be a picky eater.
    * ser muy tiquismiquis para comer = be a picky eater.
    * sin comerlo ni beberlo = without having anything to do with it.
    * sin comérselo ni bebérselo = without having anything to do with it.
    * somos lo que comemos = we are what we eat.
    * tú te lo guisas, tú te lo comes = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.
    * * *
    I 1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) ( tomar alimentos) to eat

    este niño no me come nada — (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq)

    comer como un sabañón or (Esp) una lima or (Méx) un pelón de hospicio — (fam) to eat like a horse

    b)

    darle de comer al gato/al niño — to feed the cat/the kid

    come y calla! — shut up and do as you're told

    2)
    a) ( tomar una comida) to eat

    salir a comer (fuera) — to go out for a meal, to eat out

    a comer! — lunch (o dinner etc) is ready!

    ¿qué hay de comer? — ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?; ( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?

    b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch, have dinner (BrE colloq)
    c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner

    comemos a las nueve — we have o eat dinner at nine

    2.
    comer vt
    1) <fruta/verdura/carne> to eat

    ¿puedo comer otro? — can I have another one?

    mira el suéter, me lo comió la polilla — look at my sweater, the moths have been at it

    como un cáncer que le come las entrañas — (liter) like a cancer gnawing away at his insides

    ¿(y) eso con qué se come? — (Esp fam) what on earth's that? (colloq)

    3) (en ajedrez, damas) to take
    3.
    comerse v pron
    1) ( al escribir) <acento/palabra> to leave off; <línea/párrafo> to miss out; ( al hablar) < letra> to leave off; < palabra> to swallow
    2)
    a) (enf) < comida> to eat

    está para comérsela — (fam) she's really tasty (colloq)

    se lo come la envidia — he's eaten up o consumed with envy

    b) (fam) ( ser muy superior) to surpass, overshadow
    3) (enf) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)
    a) acido/óxido to eat away (at); polilla/ratón to eat away (at)
    b) inflación/alquiler <sueldo/ahorros> to eat away at
    4) (Col fam) ( poseer sexualmente) to have (colloq)
    II
    masculino eating

    una persona de buen comer — someone who enjoys his/her food

    * * *
    = eat, graze (on), dine, munch, nosh.

    Ex: Even the fearsome shark knows enough not to drive away the pilot fish while it eats, nor does it make a meal of the pilot fish when food is scarce.

    Ex: Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.
    Ex: They drove from the airport to the restaurant where he was to dine with the president of the 'Friends of the Library' group.
    Ex: People engage in a wide range of activities in libraries, from lively dialog while munching sandwiches and sipping soda, to flirting and caressing, to the more traditional activities of reading and information searching.
    Ex: Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.
    * comer a dos carrillos = stuff + Posesivo + face.
    * comer Algo para matar el gusanillo = eat + Comida + to keep + Nombre + going.
    * comer carroña = scavenging.
    * comer como una lima = eat like + a horse.
    * comer como un animal = eat like + an animal.
    * comer como una vaca = eat like + a horse.
    * comer como un pajarito = eat like + a bird.
    * comer como un sabañón = eat like + a horse.
    * comer con apetito = eat with + appetite.
    * comer en casa = eat in.
    * comer fuera = eat out.
    * comerse = make + a meal of, prey on/upon, chew up.
    * comerse Algo vivo = eat + Nombre + alive.
    * comerse con los ojos = ogle.
    * comerse el tarro = dwell on/upon.
    * comerse las uñas = bite + Posesivo + fingers, bite + Posesivo + fingernails.
    * comerse los restos de = scavenge.
    * comerse los restos dejados por otro = scavenge.
    * comérselo todo = eat + Posesivo + way through.
    * como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.
    * dar de comer = feed.
    * descanso para comer = meal break.
    * estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer = moreish.
    * ganas de comer = appetite.
    * hora de comer = mealtime [meal time].
    * juntarse el hambre con las ganas de comer = made for each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.
    * lugar para comer = eating facility.
    * morder la mano del que + dar de comer = bite + the hand that feeds + Pronombre.
    * naranja de comer = eating orange.
    * no tener ganas de comer = be off + Posesivo + food, be off + Posesivo + oats.
    * salir a comer = eat out.
    * ser muy delicado para comer = be a picky eater.
    * ser muy melindroso para comer = be a picky eater.
    * ser muy tiquismiquis para comer = be a picky eater.
    * sin comerlo ni beberlo = without having anything to do with it.
    * sin comérselo ni bebérselo = without having anything to do with it.
    * somos lo que comemos = we are what we eat.
    * tú te lo guisas, tú te lo comes = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.

    * * *
    comer1 [E1 ]
    vi
    A
    no tengo ganas de comer I'm not hungry o I don't feel like eating anything
    no hay nada para comer there's nothing to eat
    este niño no me come nada ( fam); this child won't eat anything (I make for him) ( colloq)
    las palomas comían de su mano the pigeons were eating out of o from her hand
    el sueldo apenas si les alcanza para comer he hardly earns enough to feed them
    comer como un sabañón or ( Esp) una lima or ( Méx) un pelón de hospicio ( fam); to eat like a horse
    comer como un pajarito ( fam); to eat like a bird
    2
    dar de comer to feed
    todavía hay que darle de comer (en la boca) we still have to spoonfeed him
    darle de comer al gato to feed the cat
    tengo que darles de comer a los niños I have to get the kids something to eat, I have to feed the kids
    nos dieron de comer muy bien they fed us very well
    ni siquiera nos dieron de comer they didn't even give us anything to eat
    darle a algn de comer aparte ( fam); to treat sb with kid gloves
    B
    1
    (tomar una comida): todavía no hemos comido we haven't eaten yet, we haven't had lunch ( o dinner etc) yet
    hace mucho tiempo que no salimos a comer (fuera) we haven't been out for a meal o eaten out for ages
    ¿dónde comieron anoche? where did you go for dinner o have dinner last night?
    no queremos comer en el hotel we don't want to have our meals in the hotel o to eat at the hotel
    ¡niños, a comer! lunchtime ( o dinnertime etc), children!
    ¿qué hay de comer? (a mediodía) what's for lunch?; (por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?
    aquí se come muy bien the food here is very good
    donde comen dos, comen tres there's always room for one more at the table
    2 (esp Esp, Méx) (almorzar) to have lunch, have dinner ( BrE colloq)
    nos invitaron a comer they asked us to lunch
    3 ( esp AmL) (cenar) to have dinner
    comemos a las nueve we have o eat dinner at nine
    nos invitaron a comer they asked o invited us to dinner
    ■ comer
    vt
    A ‹fruta/verdura/carne› to eat
    como mucha fruta I eat a lot of fruit
    no puedo comer chocolate I can't have o eat chocolate
    come un poco de queso have a little cheese
    tienes que comer todo lo que te sirvan you must eat (up) everything they give you
    ¿puedo comer otro? can I have another one?
    no tienen qué comer they don't have anything to eat
    nadie te va a comer ( fam); nobody's going to bite your head off, nobody's going to eat you
    mira el suéter, me lo comió la polilla look at my sweater, the moths have been at it o it's really moth-eaten
    como un cáncer que le come las entrañas ( liter); like a cancer gnawing away at his insides
    sin comerlo ni beberlo or sin comerla ni beberla: me llevé el castigo sin comerlo ni beberlo I got punished even though I didn't have anything to do with it o any part in it
    ¿(y) eso con qué se come? ( fam); what on earth's that? ( colloq), what's that when it's at home? ( BrE colloq)
    B ( fam)
    (hacer desaparecer): ese peinado le come mucho la cara that hairstyle hides half her face
    estos zapatos me comen los calcetines my socks keep slipping down with these shoes
    estos gastos nos han empezado a comer los ahorros these expenses have started eating into our savings
    el alquiler me come la mitad del sueldo the rent swallows up half my salary, half my salary goes on the rent
    si seguimos así nos va a comer la mugre if we go on like this we'll be swallowed up by dirt
    C (en ajedrez, damas) to take
    A ‹acento/palabra›
    te has comido todos los acentos you've left off o forgotten o ( BrE) missed off all the accents
    me comí dos líneas I missed out o skipped two lines
    se comen la `s' final they don't pronounce the final `s', they leave off o drop the final `s'
    se come la mitad de las palabras he swallows o he doesn't pronounce half his words
    B
    1 ( enf) ‹comida› to eat
    cómetelo todo eat it all up
    se lo comió de un bocado he gulped it down in one go
    está para comérsela ( fam); she's really tasty ( colloq), she's a real dish ( colloq)
    no te comas las uñas don't bite your nails
    ¿se te ha comido la lengua el gato? ( fam); have you lost your tongue?, has the cat got your tongue? ( colloq)
    se lo come la envidia he's eaten up o consumed with envy
    se comió cuatro años de cárcel ( fam); he did four years in prison o inside ( colloq)
    comerse a algn vivo ( fam); to skin sb alive ( colloq)
    si se entera mi madre me come viva if my mother finds out she'll skin me alive o have my guts for garters o make mincemeat of me ( colloq)
    2 (estrellarse contra) ‹árbol/poste› to smash o crash into
    3 (ser muy superior) to surpass, overshadow
    nadando y corriendo, él se come a su hermano ( fam); he can beat his brother hollow at swimming and running ( colloq), he knocks spots off his brother when it comes to swimming and running ( colloq)
    C ( fam)
    (hacer desaparecer): el sol se ha ido comiendo los colores de la alfombra the sun has faded the colors in the carpet
    el mar se ha comido casi toda la arena the sea has washed away nearly all the sand
    el ácido se come el metal the acid eats into o eats away the metal
    el colegio de los niños se me come casi todo el sueldo almost all my salary goes on the children's school fees, the children's school fees eat up almost all of my salary
    eating
    una persona de buen comer someone who enjoys his/her food
    el arte del buen comer the art of good eating
    el comer es como el rascar, todo es cuestión de empezar once you start eating, you don't want to stop
    * * *

     

    comer ( conjugate comer) verbo intransitivo


    este niño no me come nada (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq);
    dar(le) de comer a algn (en la boca) to spoonfeed sb;
    darle de comer al gato/al niño to feed the cat/the kid;
    salir a comer (fuera) to go out for a meal, to eat out;
    ¿qué hay de comer? ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?;

    ( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?
    b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch;


    c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner

    verbo transitivo
    a) ‹fruta/verdura/carne› to eat;

    ◊ ¿puedo comer otro? can I have another one?;

    no tienen qué comer they don't have anything to eat
    b) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer) See Also→ comerse 3

    c) (en ajedrez, damas) to take

    comerse verbo pronominal
    1
    a) ( al escribir) ‹acento/palabra› to leave off;

    ‹línea/párrafo› to miss out

    ‹ palabra› to swallow
    2 ( enf) ‹ comida› to eat;

    comerse las uñas to bite one's nails
    3 (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)
    a) [acido/óxido] to eat away (at);

    [polilla/ratón] to eat away (at)
    b) [inflación/alquiler] ‹sueldo/ahorros› to eat away at

    comer
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to eat
    2 (en el parchís, etc) to take
    3 (estrechar) ese corte de pelo te come la cara, that haircut makes your face look thinner
    ese mueble te come mucho salón, that piece of furniture makes your living room look smaller
    II verbo intransitivo to eat: hay que darle de comer al perro, we have to feed the dog
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar comer como una lima, to eat like a horse
    familiar comer el coco/tarro a alguien, to brainwash somebody
    sin comerlo ni beberlo, le pusieron una sanción, although he has nothing to do with it, he was disciplined
    ' comer' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acostumbrar
    - aire
    - algo
    - alimentar
    - carrillo
    - cosa
    - dar
    - deshora
    - después
    - empezar
    - emplazar
    - enana
    - enano
    - estomacal
    - exacerbar
    - exigua
    - exiguo
    - gana
    - hambre
    - hasta
    - hincharse
    - jambar
    - le
    - leguminosa
    - menda
    - mierda
    - picar
    - reserva
    - rollo
    - sabañón
    - saciedad
    - saque
    - sopor
    - tarde
    - tarro
    - terminar
    - tragar
    - troglodita
    - tutiplén
    - a
    - acabar
    - ansia
    - apretujado
    - austero
    - barato
    - barbaridad
    - bueno
    - carta
    - chocolate
    - de
    English:
    any
    - avoid
    - before
    - bolt
    - brisk
    - buffet
    - company
    - conscious
    - craving
    - crunch
    - cut out
    - digestion
    - directive
    - eat
    - eat out
    - entertain
    - fancy
    - feed
    - feeding
    - finish
    - for
    - forage
    - free rein
    - full
    - go
    - go out
    - good
    - grab
    - grain
    - guzzle
    - have
    - hour
    - invite
    - just
    - leftovers
    - linger
    - lunch
    - lunchtime
    - mealtime
    - mop
    - nosh
    - out
    - overwhelming
    - pick at
    - plate
    - plough through
    - process
    - put away
    - spoon-feed
    - spot
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [alimentos] to eat;
    no come carne casi nunca she hardly ever eats meat;
    ¿quieres comer algo? would you like something to eat?;
    no tengas miedo, nadie te va a comer don't be afraid, nobody's going to eat you;
    ni come ni deja comer he's a dog in the manger;
    Fam
    comer el coco o [m5] tarro a alguien [convencer] to brainwash sb;
    sin comerlo ni beberlo: sin comerlo ni beberlo, le hicieron jefe he became boss through no merit of his own;
    sin comerlo ni beberlo, nos encontramos en la bancarrota through no fault of our own, we went bankrupt
    2. Esp, Méx [al mediodía] to have for lunch;
    esp Andes [a la noche] to have for dinner;
    hoy hemos comido pescado we had fish today
    3. [en juegos de mesa] to take, to capture;
    me comió un alfil he took one of my bishops
    4. [consumir] to eat up;
    tus gastos nos comen casi todo mi sueldo your expenses eat up almost all of my salary;
    esta estufa come mucha leña this stove uses o gets through a lot of wood;
    los come la envidia they're eaten up with envy;
    eso me come mucho tiempo that takes up a lot of my time;
    me están comiendo los mosquitos the mosquitoes are eating me alive
    ♦ vi
    1. [ingerir alimentos] to eat;
    ahora no tengo ganas de comer I don't feel like eating o I'm not hungry right now;
    comer fuera, salir a comer to eat out;
    yo llevaré la bebida, tú compra las cosas de comer I'll get the drink, you buy the food;
    comer a la carta to eat à la carte;
    ¡a comer, chicos! lunch is/dinner's/ etc ready, children!;
    ¡come y calla! shut up and eat your dinner!;
    dar de comer al perro to feed the dog;
    no sé qué darles de comer a mis hijos esta noche I don't know what to give the children to eat this evening;
    en ese restaurante dan de comer muy bien the food is very good in that restaurant;
    Fam
    ser de buen comer to have a healthy appetite;
    Fig
    tener qué comer to have enough to live on;
    Fam
    comer a dos carrillos to stuff one's face;
    comer como una lima o [m5] un regimiento to eat like a horse;
    comimos como curas o [m5] reyes we ate like kings;
    comer y callar beggars can't be choosers;
    Fam
    dar o [m5]echar de comer aparte a alguien: a mi profesor hay que darle o [m5] echarle de comer aparte you have to be careful how you deal with my teacher, because you never know how he's going to react;
    donde comen dos comen tres there's always room for one more at the table
    2. Esp, Méx [al mediodía] to have lunch;
    ¿qué hay de comer? what's for lunch?;
    en casa comemos a las tres we have lunch at three o'clock at home;
    hemos quedado para comer we've arranged to meet for lunch;
    comer fuera, salir a comer to go out for lunch
    3. esp Andes [a la noche] to have dinner
    * * *
    I v/t eat; a mediodía have for lunch
    II v/i eat; a mediodía have lunch;
    no tienen qué comer they haven’t a thing to eat;
    sin comerlo ni beberlo fam all of a sudden
    * * *
    comer vt
    1) : to eat
    2) : to consume, to eat up, to eat into
    comer vi
    1) : to eat
    2) cenar: to have a meal
    3)
    dar de comer : to feed
    * * *
    comer vb
    1. (en general) to eat [pt. ate; pp. eaten]
    ¿comes pescado? do you eat fish?
    2. (al mediodía) to have lunch
    dar de comer to feed [pt. & pp. fed]

    Spanish-English dictionary > comer

  • 2 С-6

    CAM ПО СЕБЕ AdjP fixed WO
    1. ( usu. modif) (of a person, thing, phenomenon etc) considered as a separate entity, with a focus on his or its intrinsic qualities, apart from related circumstances, events etc
    in (and of) oneself (itself)
    (in limited contexts) in one's (its) own right (when it modif ies a deverbal noun or a clause) the very fact of (doing sth.) the mere fact that... Мне было неловко видеть её (бабушки) печаль при свидании с нами я сознавал, что мы сами по себе ничто в её глазах, что мы ей дороги только как воспоминание... (Толстой 2). I was embarrassed to see her (Grandmother's) sorrow at the sight of us
    I realized that in ourselves we were nothing in her eyes, that we were dear to her only as a reminder... (2b).
    «Сама по себе затея написать книжку о выдающемся деятеле шестидесятых годов ничего предосудительного в себе не содержит» (Набоков 1). "In itself the idea of writing a book about an outstanding public figure of the sixties contains nothing reprehensible" (1a).
    Для Анны Николаевны пролетарская этика была священна сама по себе... (Богданов 1). То Anna Nikolaevna, proletarian ethics were sacred in and of themselves... (1a).
    В конце концов я узнал, что Иванько Сергей Сергеевич, 1925 года рождения: а) родственник бывшего председателя КГБ Семичастного б) ближайший друг бывшего представителя СССР в Организации Объединённых Наций... Николая Т. Федоренко в) сам по себе тоже большая шишка (Войнович 3). In the end, I learned that Ivanko, Sergei Sergeevich, born 1925, was: a. A relative of the former director of the KGB, Semichastny. b. A close friend of Nikolai T. Fedorenko, the former Soviet representative to the United Nations... c. A big shot in his own right (3a).
    На избирательных участках стоят, правда, задёрнутые шторами кабинки для «тайного» голосования... но даже сам по себе заход в эту кабинку будет кем-нибудь отмечен, и в досье совершившего этот «антиобщественный» поступок гражданина появится соответствующая отметка (Войнович 1). The polling places do...have booths with blinds that can be closed for casting a "secret" ballot....But the very fact of entering the booth will be noted in the dossier of the citizen committing that "antisocial" act (1a).
    Основное обвинение отец решительно отверг, но то, что он не сгрёб Лёву за шиворот и не вышвырнул тут же из кабинета, само по себе было очень примечательно (Битов 2). Father emphatically rejected the main accusation, but the mere fact that he didn't scoop Lyova up by the scruff of the neck and fling him right out of the study was very noteworthy (2a).
    2. расти, жить и т. п. -
    adv
    (of a child) (to grow up) without receiving any attention, care, guidance etc from one's parents or guardians, (of an adult) (to live) having little or no contact with the person or people with whom one lives
    on one's own
    (in limited contexts) live one's own life.
    Родители были всегда заняты, и мальчик фактически рос сам по себе. The boy's parents were always busy, so actually he grew up on his own.
    У них с отцом (у Андрея с отцом) не существовало каких-то особых отношений - ни плохих, ни хороших, каждый... жил сам по себе (Распутин 2). Не (Andrei) and his father had no special relationship-it wasn't bad, it wasn't good, each lived his own life (2a).
    3. бытье, существовать, жить и т. п. - ( subj-compl with copula (subj: human, abstr, or concr) or adv
    when used with two subjects, the idiom is repeated with each of them
    often used in two clauses connected by contrastive Conj «a») some thing (phenom- Дойдя на Севере до Архангельска... (куриный) мор остановился сам собой по той причине, что идти ему дальше было некуда, - в Белом море куры, как известно, не водятся (Булгаков 10). Having reached Archangel...in the North, the (chicken) plague stopped by itself, for the reason that there was nowhere for it to go-as everybody knows, there are no hens in the White Sea (10b).
    Про кампанию оппозиции забудут, и она задохнется сама собой (Зиновьев 1). The campaign for protest will be forgotten and it'll wither away on its own" (1a).
    Князь Андрей, точно так же как и все люди полка, нахмуренный и бледный, ходил взад и вперёд по лугу... Делать и приказывать ему нечего было. Всё делалось само собою. Убитых оттаскивали за фронт, раненых относили, ряды смыкались (Толстой 6). Prince Andrei, pale and depressed like everyone else in the regiment, paced up and down from one border to another on the meadow...There were no orders to be given, nothing for him to do. Everything happened of itself. The dead were dragged back from the front, the wounded carried away, and again the ranks closed up (5a).
    Мнили, что во время этой гульбы хлеб вырастет сам собой, и потому перестали возделывать поля (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). They imagined that while this gaiety was going on, the corn would grow of its own accord, and they gave up tilling the fields (1b).
    Нож», — крикнул Филипп Филиппович. Нож вскочил ему в руки как бы сам собой... (Булгаков 11). "Knife," cried Philip Philippovich. The knife leaped into his hands as of its own volition... (1 la).
    О его сборничке так никто и не написал, - он почему-то полагал, что это само собою сделается, и даже не потрудился разослать редакциям... (Набоков 1). His book of poems did not get any reviews after all (somehow he had assumed it would happen automatically and had not even taken the trouble of sending out review copies...) (1a).
    2. \С-6 додумался до чего, добился чего и т. п. obsoles (one came up with an idea or solution, achieved sth. etc) independently, without anyone's help: (all) by o.s. (Городничий:) О, я знаю вас: вы если начнёте говорить о сотворении мира, просто волосы дыбом поднимаются. (Ам-мос Фёдорович:) Да ведь сам собою дошёл... (Гоголь 4). (Mayor:) Oh I know you. When you start spouting your crazy theories of the Creation, it's enough to make a man's hair stand on end. (A.E:) But I arrived at it all by myself... (4f). enon etc) is separate from, exists separately from a connected thing (phenomenon etc)
    some person (or group) lives, works etc individually, apart from some other person (or group): (all) by o.s. (itself) on one's (its) own independently (of s.o. sth.) (of things, phenomena etc only) (be) a separate entity (separate entities)
    (when both subjects are specified) X сам по себе, a Y сам по себе = (of people) X went X's way and Y went Y's
    (of things) X is one thing and Y is another.
    (Липочка:) Так смотрите же, Лазарь Елизарыч, мы будем жить сами по себе, а они (тятенька и маменька) сами по себе (Островский 10). (L.:) Then, look here, Lazar Elizarych, we'll live by ourselves, and they'll (mama and daddy will) live by themselves (10a).
    ...Он (Лёва) ещё не может знать, не подозревает о существовании этих фактов, но эти факты тем не менее существуют сами по себе и существуют некоторым образом в его незнании (Битов 2)....He (Lyova) cannot yet know about and does not suspect the existence of these facts, yet the facts nevertheless exist independently and also exist, after a fashion, in his ignorance (2a).
    Ты, Илья Никанорыч, не подумай чего, наше дело -сторона, мы люди маленькие... Ванька сам по себе, а я сам по себе, у меня к евонным ( ungrammat — его) затеям никакого касательства» (Максимов 1). "Ilya Nikanorych, please don't get the wrong idea. We're not mixed up in this, we're just simple people!... Vanka went his way and I went mine. I had nothing to do with what he was up to" (1a).
    Жизнь у него (Обломова) была сама по себе, а наука сама по себе (Гончаров 1). For him (Oblomov) life was one thing and learning another (1b).
    ...У вас на заводе работает инженер с высшим образованием и имеет в своём подчинении 10-12 чел. Он может приказать им что-нибудь только по работе, а после работы или во время выходного дня они ему уже не подчиняются и могут делать, что хотят, как говорится, ты сам по себе, а я сам по себе» (Войнович 2). ( context transl) "...At the factory you have an engineer with a higher education, with some ten to twelve men under him. He can order them to do anything at work, but after work or on their days off they're not subordinate to him any more and they can do whatever they want-as the saying goes, you're your own boss and I'm mine" (2a).
    4. действовать, происходить и т. п. -
    adv
    (of a person) (to act) on one's own initiative, not influenced by anyone's suggestions, without outside interference
    (of a thing, event etc) (to happen, proceed etc) without any outside influence or interference: (all) by o.s. (itself) of one's (its) own accord of one's (its) own volition on one's (its) own.
    «Да где ж это видано, чтобы народ сам по себе собирался без всякого контроля со стороны руководства?» (Войнович 2). "Who ever heard of people assembling all by themselves, without any control on the part of the leadership?" (2a).
    Привычные словосочетания притупляли ощущение горя, уводили сознание в сторону, и вскоре язык Килина болтал уже что-то сам по себе, как отдельный и независимый член организма (Войнович 2). The familiar word patterns dulled his sense of grief, distracted his mind, and soon Kilin's tongue was babbling away all by itself, like a separate and independent part of his body (2a).
    Глаза были похожи на два неестественно голубых, светящихся шарика, подвешенных в воздухе над рулём пустой машины, которая идёт без водителя, сама по себе (Евтушенко 1). They were like two unnaturally blue shiny balloons, suspended in mid-air over the steering wheel of an empty car, which moved along of its own accord without a driver (1a).
    ...Ему надо только придумать первую фразу, а там дальше дело пойдёт само по себе (Войнович 6). ( context transl) Не had only to put together the first sentence, and after that the book would write itself (6a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > С-6

  • 3 сам по себе

    [AdjP; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. [usu. modif]
    ⇒ (of a person, thing, phenomenon etc) considered as a separate entity, with a focus on his or its intrinsic qualities, apart from related circumstances, events etc:
    - in (and of) oneself < itself>;
    - [in limited contexts] in one's < its> own right;
    - [when it modifies a deverbal noun or a clause] the very fact of (doing sth.);
    - the mere fact that...
         ♦ Мне было неловко видеть её [бабушки] печаль при свидании с нами; я сознавал, что мы сами по себе ничто в её глазах, что мы ей дороги только как воспоминание... (Толстой 2). I was embarrassed to see her [Grandmother's] sorrow at the sight of us; I realized that in ourselves we were nothing in her eyes, that we were dear to her only as a reminder... (2b).
         ♦ "Сама по себе затея написать книжку о выдающемся деятеле шестидесятых годов ничего предосудительного в себе не содержит" (Набоков 1). "In itself the idea of writing a book about an outstanding public figure of the sixties contains nothing reprehensible" (1a).
         ♦ Для Анны Николаевны пролетарская этика была священна сама по себе... (Богданов 1). То Anna Nikolaevna, proletarian ethics were sacred in and of themselves... (1a).
         ♦ В конце концов я узнал, что Иванько Сергей Сергеевич, 1925 года рождения: а) родственник бывшего председателя КГБ Семичастного; б) ближайший друг бывшего представителя СССР в Организации Объединённых Наций... Николая Т. Федоренко; в) сам по себе тоже большая шишка (Войнович 3). In the end, I learned that Ivanko, Sergei Sergeevich, born 1925, was: a. A relative of the former director of the KGB, Semichastny. b. A close friend of Nikolai T. Fedorenko, the former Soviet representative to the United Nations... c. A big shot in his own right (3a).
         ♦ На избирательных участках стоят, правда, задёрнутые шторами кабинки для "тайного" голосования... но даже сам по себе заход в эту кабинку будет кем-нибудь отмечен, и в досье совершившего этот "антиобщественный" поступок гражданина появится соответствующая отметка (Войнович 1). The polling places do...have booths with blinds that can be closed for casting a "secret" ballot....But the very fact of entering the booth will be noted in the dossier of the citizen committing that "antisocial" act (1a).
         ♦ Основное обвинение отец решительно отверг, но то, что он не сгрёб Лёву за шиворот и не вышвырнул тут же из кабинета, само по себе было очень примечательно (Битов 2). Father emphatically rejected the main accusation, but the mere fact that he didn't scoop Lyova up by the scruff of the neck and fling him right out of the study was very noteworthy (2a).
    2. расти, жить и т.п. сам по себе [adv]
    ⇒ (of a child) (to grow up) without receiving any attention, care, guidance etc from one's parents or guardians, (of an adult) (to live) having little or no contact with the person or people with whom one lives:
    - [in limited contexts] live one's own life.
         ♦ Родители были всегда заняты, и мальчик фактически рос сам по себе. The boy's parents were always busy, so actually he grew up on his own.
         ♦ У них с отцом [у Андрея с отцом] не существовало каких-то особых отношений - ни плохих, ни хороших, каждый... жил сам по себе (Распутин 2). Не [Andrei] and his father had no special relationship-it wasn't bad, it wasn't good, each lived his own life (2a).
    3. быть, существовать, жить и т.п. сам по себе [subj-compl with copula (subj: human, abstr, or concr) or adv; when used with two subjects, the idiom is repeated with each of them; often used in two clauses connected by contrastive Conj " а"]
    ⇒ some thing (phenomenon etc) is separate from, exists separately from a connected thing (phenomenon etc); some person (or group) lives, works etc individually, apart from some other person (or group):
    - (all) by o.s. < itself>;
    - on one's < its> own;
    - independently (of s.o. < sth.>);
    - [of things, phenomena etc only] (be) a separate entity (separate entities);
    || [when both subjects are specified] X сам по себе, a Y сам по себе≈ [of people] X went X's way and Y went Y's;
    - [of things] X is one thing and Y is another.
         ♦ [Липочка:] Так смотрите же, Лазарь Елизарыч, мы будем жить сами по себе, а они [тятенька и маменька] сами по себе (Островский 10). [L.:] Then, look here, Lazar Elizarych, we'll live by ourselves, and they'll [mama and daddy will] live by themselves (10a).
         ♦...Он [Лёва] ещё не может знать, не подозревает о существовании этих фактов, но эти факты тем не менее существуют сами по себе и существуют некоторым образом в его незнании (Битов 2).... Не [Lyova] cannot yet know about and does not suspect the existence of these facts, yet the facts nevertheless exist independently and also exist, after a fashion, in his ignorance (2a).
         ♦ "Ты, Илья Никанорыч, не подумай чего, наше дело - сторона, мы люди маленькие... Ванька сам по себе, а я сам по себе, у меня к евонным [ungrammat = его] затеям никакого касательства" (Максимов 1). "Ilya Nikanorych, please don't get the wrong idea. We're not mixed up in this, we're just simple people!... Vanka went his way and I went mine. I had nothing to do with what he was up to" (1a).
         ♦ Жизнь у него [Обломова] была сама по себе, а наука сама по себе (Гончаров 1). For him [Oblomov] life was one thing and learning another (1b).
         ♦ "...У вас на заводе работает инженер с высшим образованием и имеет в своём подчинении 10-12 чел. Он может приказать им что-нибудь только по работе, а после работы или во время выходного дня они ему уже не подчиняются и могут делать, что хотят, как говорится, ты сам по себе, а я сам по себе" (Войнович 2). [context transl] "...At the factory you have an engineer with a higher education, with some ten to twelve men under him. He can order them to do anything at work, but after work or on their days off they're not subordinate to him any more and they can do whatever they want-as the saying goes, you're your own boss and I'm mine" (2a).
    4. действовать, происходить и т.п. сам по себе [adv]
    ⇒ (of a person) (to act) on one's own initiative, not influenced by anyone's suggestions, without outside interference; (of a thing, event etc) (to happen, proceed etc) without any outside influence or interference:
    - (all) by o.s. (itself);
    - on one's (its) own.
         ♦ "Да где ж это видано, чтобы народ сам по себе собирался без всякого контроля со стороны руководства?" (Войнович 2). "Who ever heard of people assembling all by themselves, without any control on the part of the leadership?" (2a).
         ♦ Привычные словосочетания притупляли ощущение горя, уводили сознание в сторону, и вскоре язык Килина болтал уже что-то сам по себе, как отдельный и независимый член организма (Войнович 2). The familiar word patterns dulled his sense of grief, distracted his mind, and soon Kilin's tongue was babbling away all by itself, like a separate and independent part of his body (2a).
         ♦ Глаза были похожи на два неестественно голубых, светящихся шарика, подвешенных в воздухе над рулём пустой машины, которая идёт без водителя, сама по себе (Евтушенко 1). They were like two unnaturally blue shiny balloons, suspended in mid-air over the steering wheel of an empty car, which moved along of its own accord without a driver (1a).
         ♦...Ему надо только придумать первую фразу, а там дальше дело пойдёт само по себе (Войнович 6). [context transl] He had only to put together the first sentence, and after that the book would write itself (6a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сам по себе

См. также в других словарях:

  • Mill, John Stuart: Ethics and politics — J.S.Mill Ethics and politics R.F.Khan ON LIBERTY John Stuart Mill’s mature views on ethics and politics are to be found in On Liberty (published in 1859), Utilitarianism (1861), Considerations on Representative Government (1861) and The… …   History of philosophy

  • Modern Scots — Not to be confused with Scottish people. Scots language History …   Wikipedia

  • Spiritual transformation — is the act of transforming the deepest aspects of the human spirit via a self induced or divine act.ee also*Integral transformative practice *Transpersonal psychology *Sivananda *MeditationThe Way of Spiritual Transformationby Hieromonk… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Emily Dickinson poems — This is a list of Emily Dickinson poems. There are 1,775 known poems that have been written by Dickinson. The poems are alphabetized by their first line. Punctuation, capitalization and even in some cases wording of the first lines may vary… …   Wikipedia

  • Stèphano Sabetti — Infobox Scientist name = Dr. Stèphano Sabetti Dr. Stèphano Sabetti is a spiritual facilitator/mentor, eclectic writer and speaker on fundamental spiritual, philosophical, and psychological subjects. His subject matter includes such diverse topics …   Wikipedia

  • literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

  • Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …   Universalium

  • United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …   Universalium

  • Conditional preservation of the saints — The Five Articles of Remonstrance Conditional election Unlimited atonement Total depravity …   Wikipedia

  • education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …   Universalium

  • Apostasy in Christianity — Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss. Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve Apostles, became an apostate.[1] Apostasy in Christianity refers to the rejection of Christianity by someone who formerly was a Christian. The term apostasy comes from the Greek… …   Wikipedia

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
… Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»