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HE АХТИ КАКОЙ coll AdjP fixed WO1. Also: HE АХТИ coll ( modif (when foil. by NP) or subj-compl with copula, var. with какой- nom or instrum ( subj: any common noun)var. не ахти is used as subj-compl only) not especially good, rather poornot so great, hotnot the best (the greatest, the most brilliant etc) (of...) not much of a... nothing to rave (to brag, to write home) about.За окном стоял литой монотонный гул. Иссечённое песчаной пылью стекло мерно вибрировало... «Гляди, Коля, что на дворе делается!.. Страсть... Вот заехали, сам не рад будешь...» (Николай) пытался отшутиться... но по всему было видно, что настроение у него тоже не ахти (Максимов 3). From outside there came an unwavering, monotonous howl. The window vibrated rhythmically, lashed by fine sand...."Look what's going on outside, Kolya...it's terrifying....Look where we've landed ourselves-we shall regret it!" Nikolai tried to make a joke of it, although he was obviously not in the best of humor himself (3a).(Андрей:)...Вот вы фотограф профессия, прямо скажем, не ахти какая, - это и был предел ваших мечтаний? (Розов 1). (A.:)...You are a photographer. It's not exactly the most brilliant profession. Well, is being a photographer the height of your ambition? (1a).Акустика, конечно, не ахти, но ничего, работать можно» (Войнович 4). "Of course the acoustics are nothing to rave about, but it doesn't matter, we'll manage" (4a).2. ( modif foil. byt Adj denoting a positive quality, quantity, or distance) not very, not especiallynot particularlynot all that not terribly (too, exactly).Хотя роль Евдокии, жены Игната Тимофеевича, директорши сельской школы-семилетки, была не ахти какая завидная - очень уж лобовата, ревность, страдания, разговоры поучительные, - но Ляля надеялась всех поразить... (Трифонов 1). Although the role of Yevdokia, Ignat Timo-feevich's wife and the principal of the seven-year village elementary school, was not a particularly enviable one—it was terribly overdone, with all sorts of jealousy, sufferings, and didactic conversations-still, Lyalya hoped to impress everyone... (1a). -
122 Б-128
ЧТО БОГ НА ДУШУ ПОЛОЖИТ coll subord clause usu. used as obj fixed WOanything one desires (may express the speaker's opinion that the thing or phenomenon in question is somehow inappropriate, of poor quality etc): whatever strikes one's fancywhatever one feels like (to say etc) whatever comes (pops) into one's head whatever (anything that) comes to mind.Как-то я... решил посмотреть документацию уволенного математика. И глаза у меня буквально полезли на лоб. Он, оказывается, открыл тривиальную истину, что расчеты в этом звене вообще излишни и не влияют на последующие операции. И писал что бог на душу положит (Зиновьев 1). "Once...I decided to glance through the work of the mathematician who'd been fired. My eyes almost literally popped out. It turned out that he'd discovered the banal truth that calculations at this stage of the operation were totally unnecessary and had no influence on the subsequent stages. He just used to write whatever came into his head" (1a). -
123 Б-246
МАРАТЬ БУМАГУ usu. derog VP subj: human ( usu. of a bad, untalented writer, occas. of anyone involved in writing sth.) to write sth. of no significance, of poor quality etcx марает бумагу = x is writing something unimportant (worthless, of no value etc)x is scribbling something or other (when characterizing an untalented writer or poet) x is a scribbler (a hack, a literary drudge) (in limited contexts) x is a poetaster. -
124 В-159
ВЛАДЕТЬ СОБОЙ VP subj: human usu. this WO to be able to suppress one's feelings, hold back the expression of one's emotionsX владеет собой = X has self-controlX has control of himself X controls himself X is in command (in possession) of himselfучись владеть собой - you must learn to exercise self-controlNeg X не владеет собой \В-159 X has lost self-controlX cannot (is not able to) control himself.Луи Блан - и это большая сила и очень редкое свойство -мастерски владеет собой, в нём много выдержки, и он... никогда не выходит из себя в споре, не перестаёт весело улыбаться... (Герцен 3). Louis Blanc-and it is a great strength and a very rare quality—has complete self-control, he has a great deal of firmness and...never loses his temper in argument, never stops smiling good-humouredly... (3a).(Соня:) У меня уже нет гордости, нет сил владеть собой... (Чехов 3). (S.:) I have no pride left, по strength to control myself... (За).Видно было, что он (Ор-сини)... никогда вполне не отдаётся и удивительно владеет собой... (Герцен 2). It was evident that he (Orsini)...never fully let himself go and was wonderfully in command of himself... (2a)....Вместо плакавшей сейчас в каком-то надрыве своего чувства бедной оскорблённой девушки явилась вдруг женщина, совершенно владеющая собой... (Достоевский 1)—Instead of the poor, insulted girl who had just been crying in a sort of strain of emotion, there suddenly appeared a woman in complete possession of herself... (1a)....Злоба вскипала в нём (Орозкуле) ко всем и ко всему... Пусть провалится этот мир, где всё устроено не так, как требуется, не так, как положено Ороз-кулу по его достоинствам и по должности! Уже не владея собой, Орозкул повёл коня по кустарнику прямо на крутой спуск (Айтматов 1)....Anger boiled within him (Orozkul) against everything and every body.... To hell with the whole world, where everything was wrong, where Orozkul was not appreciated according to his merits and position. No longer able to control himself, Orozkul led the horse across the underbrush directly to a steep descent (1a). -
125 К-390
НИЖЕ ВСЯКОЙ КРИТИКИ HE ВЫДЕРЖИВАТЬ (НИКАКОЙ) КРИТИКИ AdjP, subj-compl with copula (1st var.) VP (2nd var.) subj: usu. abstr or concr, occas. human fixed WO (1st var.)) to be of very poor quality, not meet even the most modest requirements or standardsX ниже всякой критики - X is beyond (beneath (all)) criticism(in limited contexts) X is beyond (beneath) consideration (of an argument, idea, theory etc) X does not hold water. -
126 высшая категория - рейтинг облигаций
Finances: (по шкале агентства Standard & Poor's) AAA Highest qualityУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > высшая категория - рейтинг облигаций
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127 не ахти какой
• НЕ АХТИ КАКОЙ coll[AdjP; fixed WO]=====1. Also: НЕ АХТИ coll [modif (when foll. by NP) or subj-compl with copula, var. with какой - nom or instrum (subj: any common noun); var. не ахти is used as subj-compl only]⇒ not especially good, rather poor:- not the best (the greatest, the most brilliant etc) (of...);- not much of a...;- nothing to rave (to brag, to write home) about.♦ За окном стоял литой монотонный гул. Иссечённое песчаной пылью стекло мерно вибрировало... "Гляди, Коля, что на дворе делается!.. Страсть... Вот заехали, сам не рад будешь..." [Николай] пытался отшутиться... но по всему было видно, что настроение у него тоже не ахти (Максимов 3). From outside there came an unwavering, monotonous howl. The window vibrated rhythmically, lashed by fine sand...."Look what's going on outside, Kolya...it's terrifying....Look where we've landed ourselves-we shall regret it!" Nikolai tried to make a joke of it, although he was obviously not in the best of humor himself (3a).♦ [Андрей:]...Вот вы фотограф; профессия, прямо скажем, не ахти какая, - это и был предел ваших мечтаний? (Розов 1). [A.:]... You are a photographer. It's not exactly the most brilliant profession. Well, is being a photographer the height of your ambition? (la).♦ "Акустика, конечно, не ахти, но ничего, работать можно" (Войнович 4). "Of course the acoustics are nothing to rave about, but it doesn't matter, we'll manage" (4a).2. [modif; foll. by Adj denoting a positive quality, quantity, or distance]⇒ not very, not especially:- not all that;- not terribly <too, exactly>.♦ Хотя роль Евдокии, жены Игната Тимофеевича, директорши сельской школы-семилетки, была не ахти какая завидная - очень уж лобовата, ревность, страдания, разговоры поучительные, - но Ляля надеялась всех поразить... (Трифонов 1). Although the role of Yevdokia, Ignat Timofeevich's wife and the principal of the seven-year village elementary school, was not a particularly enviable one - it was terribly overdone, with all sorts of jealousy, sufferings, and didactic conversations-still, Lyalya hoped to impress everyone... (la).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не ахти какой
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128 что бог на душу положит
• ЧТО БОГ НА ДУШУ ПОЛОЖИТ coll[subord clause; usu. used as obj; fixed WO]=====⇒ anything one desires (may express the speaker's opinion that the thing or phenomenon in question is somehow inappropriate, of poor quality etc):- (to say etc) whatever comes (pops) into one's head;- whatever (anything that) comes to mind.♦ Как-то я... решил посмотреть документацию уволенного математика. И глаза у меня буквально полезли на лоб. Он, оказывается, открыл тривиальную истину, что расчеты в этом звене вообще излишни и не влияют на последующие операции. И писал что бог на душу положит (Зиновьев 1). "Once...I decided to glance through the work of the mathematician who'd been fired. My eyes almost literally popped out. It turned out that he'd discovered the banal truth that calculations at this stage of the operation were totally unnecessary and had no influence on the subsequent stages. He just used to write whatever came into his head" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > что бог на душу положит
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