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Сленг: "старый козёл", глупый человек, далекий от действительности человек, старикан, "старый пердун" (сочувственно или критически), пожилой мужчина, ведущий себя не по возрасту или эксцентрично, тупой человек -
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Старый хрыч [чёрт]!Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > Old duffer!
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n infml1)2)3)He was a harmless worn-out old duffer — Это был безвредный, потертый и совершенно бестолковый пожилой человек
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['dʌfə]1) Общая лексика: бесполезная вещь, выработанная шахта, коробейник, неловкий человек, неловкий, нескладный человек, нескладный человек, неспособный человек, никуда не годная вещь, ничего не смыслящий человек, ничтожество, обманщик, подделыватель, пустое место, торговец подделками, фальсификатор, фальшивая монета, никчёмный человек2) Разговорное выражение: тупица -
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old dufferБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > старый колпак
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━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjectivea. old• vieux comme le monde or Hérode (humorous) as old as the hills• c'est déjà vieux tout ça ! that's all old hat! (inf)c. (avant le nom) ( = de naguère, précédent) old• ma vieille voiture était plus confortable que la nouvelle my old car was more comfortable than the one I've got now2. masculine nouna. ( = personne) old man• mon or le vieux (inf!) ( = père) the old man (inf!)• ils m'ont augmenté de 500 € -- ben mon vieux ! they've given me a 500 euro rise -- well I never!b. ► coup de vieux (inf)3. feminine noun• ma or la vieille (inf!) ( = mère) the old woman (inf!)• comment ça va, ma vieille ? (inf)how's it going, old girl? (inf)4. adverb5. compounds• des habitudes de vieux garçon bachelor ways ► vieux jeu invariable adjective [idées] outmoded ; [personne, vêtement] old-fashioned* * *
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nom masculin, féminin1) ( personne âgée) old person2) (colloq) ( camarade)salut, vieux! — hello, mate! (colloq) GB, hi, pal! (colloq) US
ça va, ma vieille? — how are you, dear?
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le vieux — old things (pl)
Phrasal Verbs:••vieux comme le monde, vieux comme Hérode or Mathusalem — as old as the hills
c'est un vieux de la vieille — (colloq) ( vétéran) he's an old hand
* * *vjø, vjɛj (vieille) vieil (devant un nom masculin commençant par une voyelle ou un h muet)1. adjIl fait plus vieux que son âge. — He looks older than he is.
2. nm/f1) * (= personne âgée) (= homme) old man, (= femme) old woman2) * (à un ami)Eh bien, mon vieux... — Well, old man...
Eh bien, ma vieille... — Well, old girl..., Well, my dear...
3. nmpl1) * (= personnes âgées)les vieux — the old, old people
2) * (= parents)* * *A adj1 ( d'âge avancé) [personne, couple, animal] old; vieil imbécile old fool; être vieux avant l'âge to be old before one's time; je me fais vieille I'm getting old; pour/sur mes vieux jours for/in my old age; ⇒ os, singe;2 ( d'un âge relatif) être plus vieux que qn/qch to be older than sb/sth; être moins vieux que qn to be younger than sb; être moins vieux que qch not to be as old as sth; la plus vieille église the oldest church; chatons vieux de quelques jours kittens only a few days old; une institution vieille de 100 ans a 100-year-old institution; vieux de plus de 100 ans over 100 years old;3 ( ancien) old; dans la vieille ville in the old town; le vieux Nîmes the old part of Nîmes; le vieux continent the old world; une vieille connaissance an old acquaintance; au bon vieux temps in the good old days; mes bonnes vieilles pantoufles my dear old slippers; mon nouveau et mon vieux vélo my new bike and my old one; c'est un vieux rêve à moi it has always been my dream; c'est de la vieille histoire that's ancient history; une vieille amitié/rivalité a long-standing friendship/rivalry; il est très vieille France he's a gentleman of the old school; des habitudes vieille France formal manners; des prénoms qui font vieille France first names which are full of old-world charm; ⇒ école, métier.B nm,f1 ( personne âgée) old person; un petit vieux a little old man; une petite vieille a little old woman; les vieux old people; c'est un vieux he's old; mes vieux○ ( parents) my parents; mon vieux○ ( père) my old man○; ma vieille○ my old woman○;2 ( vétéran) c'est une vieille, elle est ici depuis deux ans she's an old hand, she's been here two years;3 ○( camarade) salut, vieux! hello, mate○! GB, hi, pal○! US; mon pauvre vieux you poor old thing; ça va, ma vieille? how are you, dear?C adv vivre vieux to live to a ripe old age; un chignon, ça fait vieux a bun makes you look old; il s'habille vieux he dresses like an old man; ta sœur fait vieux your sister looks old.D nm ( choses anciennes) le vieux old things (pl); prendre un coup de vieux to age; faire du neuf avec du vieux to revamp things.vieil or old gold; vieille barbe○ old bore; vieille branche○ old thing†; vieille fille old maid; vieille garde old guard; vieille noix○ = vieille branche; vieille peau pej old bag○ péj; vieux beau ageing Romeo; vieux clou○ ( véhicule) old crock○; vieux croûton○ pej old duffer○; vieux garçon old bachelor; vieux jeton○ old fuddy-duddy○; vieux jeu old-fashioned; vieux renard old fox; vieux rose dusty pink, old rose; vieux routier old stager; vieux schnock○ pej fuddy-duddy○.vieux comme le monde, vieux comme Hérode or Mathusalem as old as the hills; c'est un vieux de la vieille○ ( vétéran) he's an old hand; ( ami) he's a very old friend.( féminin vieille) [vjø, vjɛj] (devant nom masculin commençant par voyelle ou h muet vieil [vjɛj]) adjectif1. [âgé] oldsa vieille mère her old ou aged motherun vieil homme an old ou elderly manles vieilles gens old people, elderly people, the elderlydevenir vieux to grow old, to get oldvivre vieux [personne, animal] to live to be old, to live to a ripe old agese faire vieux to be getting on (in years), to be getting oldle plus vieux des deux the older ou elder (of the two)le plus vieux des trois the eldest ou oldest of the three2. (avant le nom) [de longue date - admirateur, camarade, complicité, passion] old, long-standing ; [ - famille, tradition] old, ancient ; [ - dicton, recette] old ; [ - continent, montagne] old3. [désuet - instrument, méthode] oldc'est un tissu un peu vieux pour une robe de fillette this material is a bit old-fashioned for a little girl's dressa. [qui n'est plus usitée] an obsolete turn of phraseb. [surannée] an old-fashioned turn of phrase[usé, fané] oldun vieux numéro [de magazine] a back issue4. [précédent] old5. (familier) [à valeur affectueuse]alors, mon vieux chien? how's my old doggie then?[à valeur dépréciative]t'aurais pas une vieille enveloppe? got an envelope (,any old one will do)?[à valeur intensive]————————nom masculin1. (familier & péjoratif) [homme âgé] old mana. [soldat de Napoléon] an old veteran of Napoleon's guardb. [personne d'expérience] an old hand2. (très familier) [père]mon/son vieux my/his old man3. (familier) [à valeur affective - entre adultes][pour exprimer la surprise]j'en ai eu pour 1 000 euros — ben mon vieux! it cost me 1,000 euros — good heavens!4. [ce qui est ancien] old thingsle vin sent le ou a un goût de vieux the wine tastes as though it's past its best5. (familier & locution)————————adverbe————————nom masculin pluriel1. (familier) [personnes âgées]2. (très familier) [parents]————————vieille nom féminin1. (familier & péjoratif) [femme âgée] old woman ou girl2. (très familier) [mère]la vieille, ma/ta vieille my/your old lady3. (familier) [à valeur affective - entre adultes]salut, ma vieille! hi there!il est trop tard, ma vieille! it's too late, darling![exprime l'indignation]t'es gonflée, ma vieille! you've got some nerve, you!————————————————[qui date de]vieille fille nom féminin————————vieux garçon nom masculin(vieilli & péjoratif) bachelorrester vieux garçon to remain single ou a bachelorvieux jeu locution adjectivale[personne, attitude] old-fashioned -
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adj.1 veteran, experienced, old campaigner, skilled.2 old-timer.m.1 old timer, old chap, buffer, old duffer.2 veteran, ex-soldier, old soldier, vet.* * *► adjetivo1 veteran► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 veteran2 figurado old hand* * *(f. - veterana)noun adj.* * *veterano, -a1.ADJ (Mil) veteran2.SM/ F (Mil) veteran; (fig) old hand *, old stager ** * *I- na adjetivo veteran (before n)II- na masculino, femenino veteran* * *I- na adjetivo veteran (before n)II- na masculino, femenino veteran* * *veterano11 = old hand, oldtimer [old-timer], established player, longtimer, veteran.Nota: Nombre.Ex: This collection of essays on Garcia Marquez is aimed at readers new to his work, but there is plenty here to interest old hands.
Ex: Throughout the book, he demonstrates how racial tensions often overshadowed class and cultural differences between oldtimers and newcomers.Ex: The mysterious decline in the profitability of the children's book market has less to do with an economic slump than with shifts in market share between established players and the newcomers.Ex: Findings concerning characteristics of recently arrived youth and of longtimers in correctional institutions are compared.Ex: One of every three homeless males in the United States is a veteran.* centro social para veteranos de guerra = Veterans' centre.* más veterano, el = seniormost, the.* veterano de guerra = war veteran.* viejo veterano = war horse.veterano2= seasoned, veteran, old-time, long-time [longtime].Ex: At the same time, seasoned librarians are faced with new learning requirements for computer seaching.
Ex: He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.Ex: Over a hundred years ago Samuel S Green advised librarians 'Receive readers with something of the cordiality displayed by an old-time innkeeper'.Ex: The late James Bennet Childs, one-time head of Descriptive Cataloging at LC and long-time documents specialist, has often pointed out how the quality of documents cataloging went downhill after the special cataloging unit was abolished.* soldado veterano = veteran soldier.* * *1 ‹soldado/militar› veteran ( before n)2 (en cualquier actividad) veteran ( before n)un tenista veterano a veteran tennis playerun abogado veterano en esas lides a lawyer with a great deal of experience in these mattersmasculine, feminine1 ( Mil) veteran2 (en otras actividades) veteranCompuesto:veterano/veterana de guerramasculine, feminine war veteran* * *
veterano◊ -na adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino
veteran
veterano,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino veteran
' veterano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
veterana
- antiguo
English:
hand
- old-timer
- veteran
- vet
* * *veterano, -a♦ adj1. [militar] veteran2. [en otra actividad] experienced;es más veterano que yo he's more experienced than me;una de las directoras de cine más veteranas a movie director with one of the longest track records in the business3. CSur Fam [maduro]estamos veteranos, nos cansamos pronto we're getting on a bit now, we get tired easily♦ nm,f1. [militar] veteran2. [en otra actividad] veteran;es ya un veterano en estas lides he's an old hand at these thingses una veterana muy simpática she's a very sweet old thing* * *I adj veteran; ( experimentado) experiencedII m, veterana f veteran* * *veterano, -na adj & n: veteran -
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1. adjective( = sénile) [vieillard] senile2. masculine noun• (vieux) gâteux ( = sénile) doddering old man ; (pejorative = radoteur, imbécile) silly old duffer (inf)3. feminine noun* * *
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- euse gɑtø, øz adjectif ( avec l'âge) senileil est gâteux (colloq) avec sa fille — fig he's dotty about his daughter (colloq)
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nom masculin, féminin senile personvieux gâteux — (colloq) old dodderer (colloq)
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разг. gaffer, (old) buffer* * *старчо̀к,м., -ци buffer, (old) codger; old fogey; презр. old bat; sl. old buzzard, oldster, old crock.* * *gaffer ; oldster ; old duffer (жарг.) -
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дя̀дка,м., само ед. пренебр. old man/boy, (old) buffer/fogey, oldster.* * *geeser ; old bag ; old duffer -
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Jargon: ( old) duffer, geezer (обычно об эксцентричном незнакомом человеке), old goat -
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Jargon: ( old) duffer, geezer (обычно об эксцентричном незнакомом человеке), old goat -
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1) ( кого) (отстранять от какой-либо деятельности по старости, непригодности и т. п.) lay (put) smb. on the shelf; pension smb. offНаконец и ожидаемая реформа пришла. Старика сдали в архив, а прислали вместо него совсем молодого ястреба. (М. Салтыков-Щедрин, Ворон-челобитчик) — The anticipated reform came at last. The old hawk was pensioned off and a young one took his place.
- Признаюсь тебе, Алёша: дрожу каждой жилкой. Сколько взрывов провёл в жизни, но так и не привык к ним. А сегодня особенный взрыв: либо руку пожмёте Тополеву, либо сдадите его в архив, как никудышнего старика. (В. Ажаев, Далеко от Москвы) — 'I must confess, Alyosha, that I'm shaking in every limb, I've done much blasting work in my life, but I can never get used to it. And today's blasting is a special one - either you'll shake Topolev's hand, or put the old duffer on the shelf.'
2) ( что) (предавать забвению; отказываться от чего-либо устаревшего, ненужного, бесполезного и т. п.) file (shelve) smth.; bury smth. in oblivion, consign smth. to oblivion; write smth. off asobsolete; cast a veil over smth.; relegate smth.; give smth. up as a bad jobТого, что было, / Не воротишь... / Всё это решено, / Подписано судьбой, / И уж в архив сдано. (Я. Полонский, Неуч) — What's done can't be undone... / It was all settled, / Signed by the Fate / And duly shelved.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сдавать в архив
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Jargon: ( old) duffer (сочувственно или критически)
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См. также в других словарях:
duffer — [“dafa* ] 1. n. a foolish oaf; a bumbler. □ Some old duffer is weeding our garden for us. He’s lost, I think. □ Pete’s just a duffer he’s not really serious at it. 2. n. an unskilled golfer. D Those duffers up ahead are holding up the game. □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
old timer — Synonyms and related words: Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, ancient, antediluvian, antique, back number, centenarian, conservative, dad, dodo, dotard, elder, fogy, fossil, fud, fuddy duddy, gaffer, geezer, golden ager, gramps,… … Moby Thesaurus
old man — Synonyms and related words: Casanova, Don Juan, Father Time, Lothario, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, Romeo, abba, amoroso, antediluvian, antique, back number, beau, benedict, boyfriend, caballero, cavalier, cavaliere servente, centenarian,… … Moby Thesaurus
duffer — Noun. An inefficient or stupid person. E.g. What! You went out with that old duffer ? Derived from duff . Derog … English slang and colloquialisms
duffer — inept person; old man, especially bad golfer, 1842, perhaps from Scot. duffar dull or stupid person, from dowf stupid, lit. deaf, from O.N. daufr, with pejorative suffix art. Or perhaps from 18c. thieves slang duff (v.) to dress or manipulate an… … Etymology dictionary
duffer — [duf′ər] n. [< thieves slang duff, to counterfeit, fake] 1. [Old Slang] a peddler, as of cheap trinkets 2. [Old Slang] anything counterfeit or worthless 3. Informal a person, now often elderly, who is incompetent, ineffectual, or dawdling 4.… … English World dictionary
duffer — [[t]dʌ̱fə(r)[/t]] duffers N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a duffer, you mean that they are very bad at doing something. [BRIT, INFORMAL, OLD FASHIONED] Waugh was a duffer at cricket … English dictionary
Duffer — This interesting and unusual surname, recorded in London church registers from the early 17th Century under the variant spellings Dufaur, Dufoure, Dufore, Dufaire, Duffer, Du Foir, Du Four etc., is of French topographical origin from residence… … Surnames reference
old-timer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, veteran, old hand or soldier, warhorse, oldster. See age. Ant., youth, newcomer. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. veteran, old hand, senior, moss back, *antique, *fossil, Methuselah, gray… … English dictionary for students
duffer — /duf euhr/, n. 1. Informal. a. a plodding, clumsy, incompetent person. b. a person inept or inexperienced at a specific sport, as golf. 2. Northern and North Midland U.S. an old man, esp. a dull or indecisive one. 3. Slang. a. anything inferior,… … Universalium
duffer — noun (C) old fashioned someone who is stupid or not very good at something … Longman dictionary of contemporary English