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121 not so hot
разг.так себе, средне; посредственно, не ахти какой [первонач. амер.]‘I only came for the tennis.’ ‘Well,’ she said... ‘You've had that. Even if your partner wasn't so hot.’ ‘My partner,’ he replied firmly, ‘was good, very good.’ (J. B. Priestley, ‘The Doomsday Men’, ch. 1) — - я приехал сюда только затем, чтобы поиграть в теннис. - Это вам удалось, - сказала американка... - Хотя ваша партнерша играла весьма посредственно. - Моя партнерша, - решительно возразил молодой человек, - играла хорошо, очень хорошо.
I am best at rough carpentry, roofing, and painting, and not so hot as an electrician or plumber. (S. Bellow, ‘Henderson the Rain King’, ch. IX) — я хороший плотник и маляр, знаю кровельное дело, а вот электрик и водопроводчик я не ахти какой.
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122 not for one's health
paзг.нe зpя, нecпpocтa [пepвoнaч. aмep.]My grandfather and my father and I are not in business for our health (J. O'Hara) -
123 not mince matters
(или one's words)гoвopить нaпpямик, бeз oбинякoв, нe cтecнятьcя в выpaжeнияxHe felt with such a man it was better not to mince matters and unnecessary to clothe his meaning with flattering euphemisms (W. S. Maugham). You know that I give my opinion straight and that I don't mince words (S. Heym) -
124 not so hot
paзг.тaк ceбe, cpeднe, ничeгo ocoбeннoгo, пocpeдcтвeннo; нe axти кaкoй [пepвoнaч. aмep.]I am best at rough carpentry, roofing and painting, and not so hot as an electrician or plumber (S. Bellow). 'I only came for the tennis.' 'Well,' she said. 'You've had that. Even if your partner wasn't so hot.' 'My partner,' he replied firmly, 'was good, very good' (J. B. Priestley) -
125 not a bit
n infml1)"Do you mind sitting at the back?" "Not a bit!" — "Ничего, если ты сядешь сзади?" - "Конечно"
2)"I'll trot along" "Not a bit. Just come right in and we'll have a drink" — "Ну, я побежал" - "Никуда ты не побежал. Давай, заходи. Мы что-нибудь сообразим выпить"
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126 not on your nellie
interj BrE slWould I change this for the sun, sand and sea breeze of any sea-side resort? Not on your nellie! — И я променяю это на солнце, песок и морской бриз приморского курорта? Да ни за что!
Do you think I'm going to swallow your story? Not on your nellie! — Неужели ты думаешь, что я поверю в это? Да ни в жизнь!
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127 not a patch on smb.
разг.(not a patch(ing) on smb. (или smth.))ничто в сравнении с кем-л. (или с чем-л.), не идёт ни в какое сравнение, не может равняться с кем-л. (или с чем-л.)He was not a patch on Steve, of course: was prepared to admit this himself. (I. Murdoch, ‘An Unofficial Rose’, ch. V) — Стиву он, конечно, в подметки не годится, это он и сам готов был признать.
The other girl wasn't a patch on Babe - for looks - and she knew it. (A. Christie, ‘The Seven Dials Mystery’, ch. XI) — Вторая девушка не могла сравниться наружностью с Бейб и знала это.
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128 not exactly
разг.; ирон.вовсе не, совсем не, нельзя сказать, что‘And you're not laughing?’ ‘I'm not exactly bursting my sides, no.’ (Suppl) — - И вам не смешно? - Нельзя сказать, что я покатываюсь со смеху. Отнюдь нет.
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