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1 изобретать велосипед
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2 изобретать велосипед
1) General subject: reinvent the wheel, discover the continents again2) Phraseological unit: recreate the wheelУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > изобретать велосипед
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3 открывать
несов. - открыва́ть, сов. - откры́ть; (вн.)1) ( делать возможным доступ внутрь) open (d)открыва́ть дверь — open the door
открыва́ть глаза́ [рот] — open one's eyes [mouth]
2) (делать доступным, свободным) open (up) (d); clear (d)открыва́ть путь — clear the way
3) ( обнажать) uncover (d), bare (d)открыва́ть грудь — bare one's breast
4) ( торжественно отмечать создание чего-л) inaugurate (d)открыва́ть па́мятник — unveil a monument
5) (делать открытие, выявлять) discover (d)6) ( лишать секретности) let out (d), reveal (d)7) ( начинать) open (d)открыва́ть заседа́ние — open the meeting
открыва́ть пре́ния — open the debate
открыва́ть ого́нь воен. — open fire; blaze into action
не открыва́ть огня́ воен. — hold one's fire
откры́ть но́вую э́ру — open a new era
8) разг. (откручивать - кран, вентиль) open (d), turn on (d)9) (раскрывать, раскладывать) open (d)открыва́ть зо́нтик — open the umbrella
••открыва́ть Аме́рику — ≈ retail stale news; reinvent the wheel
открыва́ть глаза́ на что-л кому́-л — open smb's eyes to smth
открыва́ть ду́шу кому́-л — open one's heart to smb; lay bare one's heart before smb
открыва́ть ка́рты — show one's hand / game
открыва́ть креди́т (кому-л) — extend / offer credit (to smb)
открыва́ть ско́бки — open the brackets
открыва́ть счёт — 1) бух. open an account 2) спорт open the score
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4 делать ненужные, лишние приготовления
Jargon: reinvent the wheelУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > делать ненужные, лишние приготовления
См. также в других словарях:
reinvent the wheel — To return, usu by a circuitous and complex process, to a simple device or method • • • Main Entry: ↑reinvent * * * reinvent the wheel phrase to waste time and effort trying to do something that someone else has already done well Thesaurus: to… … Useful english dictionary
reinvent the wheel — ► to waste time and money in developing something that already exists: »I m afraid we ve wasted six years reinventing the wheel. Main Entry: ↑reinvent … Financial and business terms
reinvent the wheel — If someone reinvents the wheel, they waste their time doing something that has already been done by other people, when they could be doing something more worthwhile … The small dictionary of idiomes
reinvent the wheel — tv. to make unnecessary or redundant preparations. □ You don’t need to reinvent the wheel. Read up on what others have done. □ I don’t have time to reinvent the wheel … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
reinvent the wheel — verb To redo work unnecessarily when it has already been done satisfactorily; to rethink an already working system, technique, etc. in a needless attempt to improve it. Just use the database as it is and dont try to reinvent the wheel … Wiktionary
reinvent the wheel — to discover how to do something that has already been discovered. We ve had a lot of experience with disasters, and don t have to reinvent the wheel every time something happens … New idioms dictionary
reinvent the wheel — If someone reinvents the wheel, they waste their time doing something that has already been done by other people, when they could be doing something more worthwhile. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Reinvent the wheel — If someone reinvents the wheel, they waste their time doing something that has already been done by other people, when they could be doing something more worthwhile … Dictionary of English idioms
reinvent the wheel — waste time or effort in creating something that already exists. → reinvent … English new terms dictionary
reinvent the wheel — to waste time and effort trying to do something that someone else has already done well … English dictionary
Reinventing the wheel — (aka. Not built here ) is a phrase that means a generally accepted technique or solution is ignored in favor of a locally invented solution. To reinvent the wheel is to duplicate a basic method that has long since been accepted and even taken for … Wikipedia