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1 до греческих календ
1) General subject: at the Greek calends, on (at) the Greek kalends, on the Greek calends2) Latin: ad Calendas Graecas3) History: to the Greek Kalends4) Religion: ad Kalendas Graecas (Latin for "at the Greek calends", i.e. never - since the Greeks had no calends)5) Makarov: ad Kalendas GraecasУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > до греческих календ
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2 после дождичка в четверг
1) General subject: at latter Lammas, in a month of Sundays, on (at) the Greek calends, on (at) the Greek kalends, till the cows come home, tomorrow come never, when two Sundays come together, when the cows come home, when it's Christmas in July, when hell freezes over (They will pay us when hell freezes over. Они нам заплатят после дождичка в четверг.)2) Colloquial: a cold day in hell (= никогда)3) Jocular: at the Greek calends, on the Greek calends, on/at the greek calends4) Jargon: until kingdom come, when two friday come together5) Set phrase: when pigs fly, when pigs fly (дословно: Когда свиньи полетят), when the devil is blind (дословно: Когда чёрт ослепнет (т.е. никогда))6) Makarov: once in a blue moon7) Saying: not in a month of Sundays8) Idiomatic expression: tomorrow never comesУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > после дождичка в четверг
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3 никогда
1) General subject: a month of Sundays, at all, at latter Lammas, at no time, at the Greek calends (у греков не было календ), in no circumstances, in the reign of queen Dick, ne'er, never, never more (больше), nevermore (больше), not for a moment (в жизни), not once, on (at) the Greek calends, on (at) the Greek kalends, once in a blue moon, till the cows come home, under no circumstances, when three Sundays come together2) Colloquial: never ever4) Latin: ad Calendas Graecas5) Jocular: on the Greek calends (у греков календ не было), on the Greek kalends (у греков календ не было)6) Mathematics: never more7) Jargon: cold day in a hell, in a pig's eye, in the pig's eye8) Makarov: ad Kalendas Graecas, in no case9) Archaic: not evermore (уже) -
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5 до греческих календ
книжн., ирон. (лат. ad calendas (Kalendas) Graecas)to the Greek calends; cf. the day pigs fly; when two (three) Sundays come togetherНе ускользнул от советского обвинителя и другой тактический приём подсудимых и их защиты - затягивание процесса до греческих календ. (А. Полторак, Нюрнбергский эпилог) — It did not escape the Soviet prosecutor's notice that the tactics of the defendants and their defence attorneys were to drag out the trial to the Greek calends.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > до греческих календ
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6 календы
мн. ист.calends ['kæ-]••до гре́ческих кале́нд ирон. — on / at the Greek calends
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7 отложить в долгий ящик
General subject: dally off, table, put into cold storage, put off to the Greek calendsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > отложить в долгий ящик
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8 после греческих календ
Jocular: on/at the greek calendsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > после греческих календ
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9 К-33
ДО ГРЕЧЕСКИХ КАЛЁНД отложить, отсрочить что и т. п. lit, iron PrepP Invar adv fixed WO(to postpone sth.) indefinitelytill (until) the Greek calendstill the millennium till the end of time.Loan translation of the Latin ad Calendas Graecas. Ascribed to the Roman emperor Augustus (63 B.C.-A.D. 14). -
10 до греческих календ
• ДО ГРЕЧЕСКИХ КАЛЕНД отложить, отсрочить что и т.п. lit, iron[PrepP; Invar; adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ (to postpone sth.) indefinitely:- till the end of time.—————← Loan translation of the Latin ad Calendas Graecas. Ascribed to the Roman emperor Augustus (63 B.C.-A.D. 14).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > до греческих календ
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11 когда рак свистнет
когда (пока) рак < на горе> свистнетпрост., шутл., ирон.cf. the day (when) pigs fly; when the moon turns green cheese; when two (three) Sundays come together; on the second Sunday of next week; tomorrow come never; when hell freezes over Amer.; when the devil is blind; when the Ethiopian changes his skin; at latter Lammas; at (on) the Greek calends (kalends); on St. Tib's eveРусско-английский фразеологический словарь > когда рак свистнет
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Greek calends — a point or time that does not or will not exist: She will do it on the Greek calends. Also, Greek kalends. * * * … Universalium
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Greek calends — Greek kalends or calends A metaphorical expression for a time never likely to arrive, inasmuch as the Greeks had no calends … Black's law dictionary
Greek calends — Greek kalends or calends A metaphorical expression for a time never likely to arrive, inasmuch as the Greeks had no calends … Black's law dictionary
the Greek calends — Never (the Greeks having no calends) • • • Main Entry: ↑Greek … Useful english dictionary
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Greek kalends — Greek calends Greek calends or Greek kalends Greek kalends A time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Greek — Greek, a. [AS. grec, L. Graecus, Gr. ?: cf. F. grec. Cf. {Grecian}.] Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian. [1913 Webster] {Greek calends}. See under {Greek calends} in the vocabulary. {Greek Church} (Eccl. Hist.), the Eastern Church; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English