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  • 61 заговаривать зубы

    • ЗАГОВАРИВАТЬ/ЗАГОВОРИТЬ ЗУБЫ кому coll, usu. disapprov
    [VP; subj: human; usu. impfv, often neg imper]
    =====
    ⇒ to (try to) distract the interlocutor by talking about extraneous matters (with the goal of avoiding an unpleasant topic, deceiving the interlocutor, persuading him to act as one wishes etc):
    - X Y-y зубы заговаривает≈ X is fooling Y with smooth talk (with fine words);
    - [esp. with the goal of avoiding an unpleasant topic] X is putting Y off with fine words;
    - [esp. with the goal of deceiving the interlocutor] X is pulling the wool over Y's eyes;
    - [esp. with the goal of obtaining sth. from s.o. or extricating o.s. from an uncomfortable situation] X is sweet-talking (fast-talking) Y.
         ♦ Больной завозился... Кое-кто из солдат засмеялся. "Жалеете вы его, ребятки, напрасно. Жалостью не поможешь, не такое теперь время. Вас тоже пожалеть надо..." Семидолец перебил его: "Ты зубы-то не заговаривай, мил-человек, мы сами с усами. Ты... скажи, что тебе про Расею [ungrammat = Россию] известно?" (Федин 1). The sick man began to toss about...One or two of the soldiers laughed. "Your pity for him is a waste of time, boys. Pity won't help him, it's not the time for it now. You are also to be pitied...." The man from Semidol cut him short: "Don't you spin us no fine yarns, kind sir, we know what's what. You tell us...what you know about Russia" (1a).
         ♦ [Войницкий:]...Если бы можно было прожить остаток жизни как-нибудь по-новому... Начать новую жизнь... Подскажи мне, как начать... [Астров (кричит сердито):] Перестань!.. Ты мне зубов не заговаривай, однако. Ты отдай то, что взял у меня (Чехов 3). [V.:]... If only it were possible to live through the rest of life in some new way!...To begin a new life...Tell me how to begin... [A. (shouts angrily):] Stop it!...Don't try to put me off with fine words. Give me back what you took from me (3a).
    ♦ "Ax, мошенник, мошенник, - качая головой, говорил Воланд, - каждый раз, как партия его в безнадёжном положении, он начинает заговаривать зубы, подобно самому последнему шарлатану..." (Булгаков 9). "Oh, you swindler, you swindler," Woland said, shaking his head. "Every time he is about to lose a game, he'll try to pull the wool over your eyes, like the worst charlatan" (9a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > заговаривать зубы

  • 62 заговорить зубы

    • ЗАГОВАРИВАТЬ/ЗАГОВОРИТЬ ЗУБЫ кому coll, usu. disapprov
    [VP; subj: human; usu. impfv, often neg imper]
    =====
    ⇒ to (try to) distract the interlocutor by talking about extraneous matters (with the goal of avoiding an unpleasant topic, deceiving the interlocutor, persuading him to act as one wishes etc):
    - X Y-y зубы заговаривает≈ X is fooling Y with smooth talk (with fine words);
    - [esp. with the goal of avoiding an unpleasant topic] X is putting Y off with fine words;
    - [esp. with the goal of deceiving the interlocutor] X is pulling the wool over Y's eyes;
    - [esp. with the goal of obtaining sth. from s.o. or extricating o.s. from an uncomfortable situation] X is sweet-talking (fast-talking) Y.
         ♦ Больной завозился... Кое-кто из солдат засмеялся. "Жалеете вы его, ребятки, напрасно. Жалостью не поможешь, не такое теперь время. Вас тоже пожалеть надо..." Семидолец перебил его: "Ты зубы-то не заговаривай, мил-человек, мы сами с усами. Ты... скажи, что тебе про Расею [ungrammat = Россию] известно?" (Федин 1). The sick man began to toss about...One or two of the soldiers laughed. "Your pity for him is a waste of time, boys. Pity won't help him, it's not the time for it now. You are also to be pitied...." The man from Semidol cut him short: "Don't you spin us no fine yarns, kind sir, we know what's what. You tell us...what you know about Russia" (1a).
         ♦ [Войницкий:]...Если бы можно было прожить остаток жизни как-нибудь по-новому... Начать новую жизнь... Подскажи мне, как начать... [Астров (кричит сердито):] Перестань!.. Ты мне зубов не заговаривай, однако. Ты отдай то, что взял у меня (Чехов 3). [V.:]... If only it were possible to live through the rest of life in some new way!...To begin a new life...Tell me how to begin... [A. (shouts angrily):] Stop it!...Don't try to put me off with fine words. Give me back what you took from me (3a).
    ♦ "Ax, мошенник, мошенник, - качая головой, говорил Воланд, - каждый раз, как партия его в безнадёжном положении, он начинает заговаривать зубы, подобно самому последнему шарлатану..." (Булгаков 9). "Oh, you swindler, you swindler," Woland said, shaking his head. "Every time he is about to lose a game, he'll try to pull the wool over your eyes, like the worst charlatan" (9a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > заговорить зубы

  • 63 col

    n. m.
      a 'Jolly Jack tar', sailor.
       b Blue-collar worker, shop-floor operative.
    2. Col blanc: White-collar worker, member of the office staff.
    3. S'envoyer quelque chose derrière le col (joc.): To toss back a drink, to down a glass of alcoholic beverage.
    4. Faux col: 'Head', froth on beer. Donne-nous un demi sans faux col! Give us a real half pint of beer! (and not all froth!).
    5. Un col à manger de la tarte (joc.): An old-fashioned stiff collar.
    6. Se hausser (also: se pousser) du col: To strut about, to swank, to show off.

    Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French > col

  • 64 Expertise

       [It is] predominantly the experts who construct an elaborate representation and... this representation need not correspond directly to a physical representation, but may be more abstract. (Chi, Glaser & Rees, 1982, p. 18)
       2) Expert Writers Produce Texts Much Reduced from Their Stock of Mental Information
       When... [expert writers] produce texts, they bring to mind a great deal of information that they later toss out. (Scardmalia & Bereiter, 1992, p. 172)
       A common characteristic of expertise in virtually every domain is that high levels of performance are accomplished by overcoming limitations that serve to restrain the performance of most people. (Salthouse, 1992, pp. 291-292)

    Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Expertise

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  • not give a toss — (slang) To have no concern whatever (about) • • • Main Entry: ↑toss * * * not give a toss british informal phrase to not care about something I don’t give a toss what they call me. Thesaurus: to not care about something …   Useful english dictionary

  • not give a toss (about somebody) — not give a ˈtoss (about sb/sth) idiom (BrE, slang) to not care at all about sb/sth • Nobody gives a toss what you think! Main entry: ↑tossidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • not give a toss (about something) — not give a ˈtoss (about sb/sth) idiom (BrE, slang) to not care at all about sb/sth • Nobody gives a toss what you think! Main entry: ↑tossidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • not give a toss — British informal to not care about something I don t give a toss what they call me …   English dictionary

  • not give a toss — Vrb phrs. To not care at all …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • not care a toss — (not) care/give a toss British, informal to not be worried about or interested in someone or something. She can say what she likes, I don t give a toss what she thinks. (often + question word) He s only interested in himself, he doesn t care a… …   New idioms dictionary

  • monkey's (toss), not to give (care) a —  Not to care in the least …   A concise dictionary of English slang

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