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ДОВОДИТЬ/ДОВЕСТИ ДО БЕЛОГО КАЛЕНИЯ кого coll VP subj: human or abstr the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WOto irritate s.o. past the limits of his endurance, make s.o. lose his self-control completelyX довел Y-a до белого каления = X provoked Y to a (white) rageX made Y livid (with rage) X roused Y to fury X made Y see red X made Y's blood boil X burned Y up.А Лизка считала себя виноватой: она вечор своими глупыми слезами довела брата до белого каления (Абрамов 1). Lizka felt she was to blame, having provoked her brother to a white rage the day before with her silly tears (1a)....Меня раздражало (да и сейчас иногда доводит до белого каления) - с какой тупостью целыми днями, годами дуются в домино... (ТерцЗ)...1 have always been irritated (and even now I am sometimes roused to fury) to see how vacuously people play dominoes for days on end... (3a).Нет, я не могу успокоиться! Это он меня довёл до белого каления!» (Булгаков 2). "No, I can't calm down! He burns me up!" (2a). -
2 довести до белого каления
• ДОВОДИТЬ/ДОВЕСТИ ДО БЕЛОГО КАЛЕНИЯ кого coll[VP; subj: human or abstr; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]=====⇒ to irritate s.o. past the limits of his endurance, make s.o. lose his self-control completely:- X burned Y up.♦ А Лизка считала себя виноватой: она вечор своими глупыми слезами довела брата до белого каления (Абрамов 1). Lizka felt she was to blame, having provoked her brother to a white rage the day before with her silly tears (1a).♦...Меня раздражало (да и сейчас иногда доводит до белого каления) - с какой тупостью целыми днями, годами дуются в домино... (Терц 3)...I have always been irritated (and even now I am sometimes roused to fury) to see how vacuously people play dominoes for days on end... (3a).♦ "Нет, я не могу успокоиться! Это он меня довёл до белого каления!" (Булгаков 2). "No, I can't calm down! He burns me up!" (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > довести до белого каления
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3 доводить до белого каления
• ДОВОДИТЬ/ДОВЕСТИ ДО БЕЛОГО КАЛЕНИЯ кого coll[VP; subj: human or abstr; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]=====⇒ to irritate s.o. past the limits of his endurance, make s.o. lose his self-control completely:- X burned Y up.♦ А Лизка считала себя виноватой: она вечор своими глупыми слезами довела брата до белого каления (Абрамов 1). Lizka felt she was to blame, having provoked her brother to a white rage the day before with her silly tears (1a).♦...Меня раздражало (да и сейчас иногда доводит до белого каления) - с какой тупостью целыми днями, годами дуются в домино... (Терц 3)...I have always been irritated (and even now I am sometimes roused to fury) to see how vacuously people play dominoes for days on end... (3a).♦ "Нет, я не могу успокоиться! Это он меня довёл до белого каления!" (Булгаков 2). "No, I can't calm down! He burns me up!" (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > доводить до белого каления
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ЧЕГО ДОБРОГО coll Invar sent adv (parenth) usu. used in declarative sentences (with pfv fut, subjunctive, or могу, может etc + the infin of another verb) also used in questions containing не... ли the potential nature of the action, event etc expressed by the Russian idiom (or the Russian idiom in conjunction with мочь) is usu. conveyed in English through "might" or "may" fixed WO( sth. is) entirely possible ( usu. used in refer, to the possibility that sth. disagreeable or undesirable may occur)for all one knows, s.o. sth. might (may)...who can tell (you never know), s.o. (sth.) might... s.o. sth. might easily (very well)... s.o. sth. might even... perhaps...(you never can tell) (in limited contexts) s.o. might take it into his head (to do sth.) you're (hefc etc) not by any chance (going to do sth., are you (is he etc))?(when the speaker emphasizes his strong negative reaction to the possibility in question) I'm afraid s.o. sth. might......И от мысли, что где-нибудь... он, чего доброго, может встретиться с тревожными, скорбными глазами этого господина, всё вокруг принималось жить по-ночному, как природа во время затмения (Набоков 1)....The thought that somewhere... for all he knew, he might meet the anxious, mournful eyes of this gentleman, caused everything around him to assume nocturnal habits of life, like nature during an eclipse (1a).«Я тебя, говорит (генерал), не оставлю... Чего доброго, я ещё в дядья тебе запишусь...» (Пастернак 1). "I won't leave you this way, he (the General) said....Who can tell, I might put myself down as your uncle..." (1a)....Отказать (отказаться от вызова на дуэль) было невозможно ведь он меня, чего доброго, ударил бы, и тогда... Тогда пришлось бы задушить его, как котёнка» (Тургенев 2). "...It was impossible to refuse (the duel)why, he might easily have hit me, and then....Then I'd have had to strangle him like a kitten" (2e).Какой-то сволочной, под сибирского деланный, кот-бродяга вынырнул из-за водосточной трубы и, несмотря на вьюгу, учуял краковскую (колбасу). Пёс Шарик свету невзвидел при мысли, что богатый чудак, подбирающий раненых псов в подворотне, чего доброго, и этого вора прихватит с собой... (Булгаков 11). A mangy stray torn, pretending to be Siberian, dived out from behind a drainpipe, he had caught a whiff of the sausage despite the storm. |The dog) Sharik went blind with rage at the thought that the rich eccentric who picked up wounded mutts in gateways might take it into his head to bring along that thief as well (11a).(Кулыгин:) Если тринадцать за столом, то, значит, есть тут влюблённые. Уж не вы ли, Иван Романович, чего доброго... (Чехов 5). (К:) If there are thirteen at the table it means that someone here is in love. Its not you by any chance, Ivan Ro-manovich? (5a).Артемий Филиппович:)...Уж (городничий) и в генералы лезет. Чего доброго, может и будет генералом (Гоголь 4). (А.Е.)...He's (the Mayor is) bucking for general. I'm afraid that maybe he'll be a general at that (4a).Больше всего она (Ахматова) боялась, чтобы какие-нибудь авангардисты не оторвали их (её и Мандельштама) друг от друга, зачислив его посмертно в футуристы, в братья Хлебникову или, чего доброго, в Леф (Мандельштам 2). ( context transl) What she (Akhmatova) feared most of all was that some avant-gardists might try to dissociate them (her and Mandelstam) by making him posthumously into a Futurist, a fellow spirit of Khlebnikov, or even, perish the thought, a member of LEF (2a). -
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ДОХОДИТЬ/ДОЙТИ ДО БЕЛОГО КАЛЕНИЯ coll VP subj: human the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WOto become irritated beyond the limits of one's endurance, lose one's self-control completelyX дошёл до белого каления - X flew into a (white) rageX became furious X saw red X's blood boiled X was livid. -
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• ЧЕГО ДОБРОГО coll[Invar; sent adv (parenth; usu. used in declarative sentences (with pfv fut, subjunctive, or могу, может etc + the infin of another verb); also used in questions containing не... ли; the potential nature of the action, event etc expressed by the Russian idiom (or the Russian idiom in conjunction with мочь) is usu. conveyed in English through "might" or "may"; fixed WO]=====⇒ (sth. is) entirely possible (usu. used in refer, to the possibility that sth. disagreeable or undesirable may occur):- for all one knows, s.o. < sth.> might < may>...;- who can tell < you never know>, s.o. < sth.> might...;- s.o. < sth.> might easily (very well)...;- s.o. < sth.> might even...;- perhaps...(you never can tell);- [in limited contexts] s.o. might take it into his head (to do sth.);- you're (he's etc) not by any chance (going to do sth., are you <is he etc>)?;- [when the speaker emphasizes his strong negative reaction to the possibility in question] I'm afraid s.o. < sth.> might...♦...И от мысли, что где-нибудь... он, чего доброго, может встретиться с тревожными, скороными глазами этого господина, всё вокруг принималось жить по-ночному, как природа во время затмения (Набоков 1)....The thought that somewhere... for all he knew, he might meet the anxious, mournful eyes of this gentleman, caused everything around him to assume nocturnal habits of life, like nature during an eclipse (1a).♦ "Я тебя, говорит [ генерал], не оставлю... Чего доброго, я ещё в дядья тебе запишусь..." (Пастернак 1). "I won't leave you this way, he [the General] said....Who can tell, I might put myself down as your uncle..." (1a).♦ "... Отказать [отказаться от вызова на дуэль] было невозможно; ведь он меня, чего доброго, ударил бы, и тогда... Тогда пришлось бы задушить его, как котёнка" (Тургенев 2). "...It was impossible to refuse [the duel]; why, he might easily have hit me, and then....Then I'd have had to strangle him like a kitten" (2e).♦ Какой-то сволочной, под сибирского деланный, кот-бродяга вынырнул из-за водосточной трубы и, несмотря на вьюгу, учуял краковскую [колбасу]. Пёс Шарик свету невзвидел при мысли, что богатый чудак, подбирающий раненых псов в подворотне, чего доброго, и этого вора прихватит с собой... (Булгаков 11). A mangy stray tom, pretending to be Siberian, dived out from behind a drainpipe; he had caught a whiff of the sausage despite the storm. |The dog] Sharik went blind with rage at the thought that the rich eccentric who picked up wounded mutts in gateways might take it into his head to bring along that thief as well (I la).♦ [Кулыгин:] Если тринадцать за столом, то, значит, есть тут влюблённые. Уж не вы ли, Иван Романович, чего доброго... (Чехов 5). [К:] If there are thirteen at the table it means that someone here is in love. Its not you by any chance, Ivan Romanovich? (5a).♦ [Артемий Филиппович:]...Уж [городничий] и в генералы лезет. Чего доброго, может и будет генералом (Гоголь 4). [А.Е.]... Hes [the Mayor is] bucking for general. I'm afraid that maybe he'll be a general at that (4a).♦ Больше всего она [Ахматова] боялась, чтобы какие-нибудь авангардисты не оторвали их [ её и Мандельштама] друг от друга, зачислив его посмертно в футуристы, в братья Хлебникову или, чего доброго, в Леф (Мандельштам 2). [context transl] What she [Akhmatova] feared most of all was that some avant-gardists might try to dissociate them [her and Mandelstam] by making him posthumously into a Futurist, a fellow spirit of Khlebnikov, or even, perish the thought, a member of LEF (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > чего доброго
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7 дойти до белого каления
• ДОХОДИТЬ/ДОЙТИ ДО БЕЛОГО КАЛЕНИЯ coll[VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]=====⇒ to become irritated beyond the limits of one's endurance, lose one's self-control completely:- X saw red;- X was livid.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > дойти до белого каления
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8 доходить до белого каления
• ДОХОДИТЬ/ДОЙТИ ДО БЕЛОГО КАЛЕНИЯ coll[VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]=====⇒ to become irritated beyond the limits of one's endurance, lose one's self-control completely:- X saw red;- X was livid.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > доходить до белого каления
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