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remain speechless

  • 1 хранить молчание

    1) General subject: be quiet, be speechless, be tight-lipped (напр. Yukos officials were tight-lipped about the details of their gas contract), keep silence, keep silent, maintain silence, remain dumb, remain speechless, to be quiet, to be speechless
    2) Colloquial: button up one's mouth
    3) Jargon: ice
    4) Business: remain silent
    5) Makarov: preserve silence

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > хранить молчание

  • 2 молчать

    1) General subject: be quiet, be silent, be speechless, dummy up, have lost one's tongue, have lost tongue, hold in, hold one's peace, hold one's tongue, hold peace, hold tongue, keep a still tongue in head, keep silence, keep silent, keep tongue between teeth, remain speechless, say nothing, shut mouth, silence!, to be irresponsive, to be quiet, to be speechless, whist, hold tonque, keep mum, keep quiet, lie low, save breath, remain silent (в ответ), bite one's tongue (заткнуться), keep to oneself (о чем-л.), stay mum
    2) Dialect: whisht
    3) American: deaf and dumb
    4) Australian slang: cut the cackle, pipe down
    5) Jargon: clam up
    6) Makarov: be irresponsive, keep a still tongue in ( one's) head, to dummy up

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > молчать

  • 3 В-208

    ПОВИСАТЬ/ПОВИСНУТЬ В ВОЗДУХЕ VP fixed WO
    1. ( subj: usu. рука, нога) having interrupted a movement before it is completed, to remain motionless in that position: рука (нога) повисла в воздухе - s.o. 's arm (leg) remained (was left) suspended in midair.
    2. coll. Also: ВИСЕТЬ В ВОЗДУХЕ coll (subj: human or abstr (дело, поездка, планы etc)) to be in a state of uncertainty, in an indefinite position
    X повис в воздухе — X was left hanging
    X was up in the air X was in (a state of) limbo.
    Из-за маминой болезни моя командировка в Прагу повисла в воздухе. Because of my mother's illness, my business trip to Prague is up in the air.
    3. ( subj: слова, возражения etc) (of s.o. 's remarks, objections etc) to receive no reaction, response, or support (from others)
    X повис в воздухе = X fell on deaf ears
    X was of (to) no avail.
    (Бывший партийный работник) стал агитатором в каком-то техникуме, в Ленинграде... Пришёл поторопить своих подопечных в день выборов - никто идти не хочет. Он говорит: «Вам надо с нас пример брать - мы революцию делали»... А ему отвечают: «А кто вас просил революцию делать? Раньше лучше жилось...» Вся его революционная фразеология повисла в воздухе... (Мандельштам 1)....He (a former Party official) had taken on the job of giving political instruction in a Leningrad technical college....On one election day he had come to the college early to get all the students out to vote, but none of them wanted to. He said they should take an example from people like himself who had "made the Revolution."...To this they replied that nobody had asked him to make a revolution and that people had been better off before. This had left him speechless, and the whole of his "revolutionary" claptrap had been to no avail (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > В-208

  • 4 висеть в воздухе

    • ПОВИСАТЬ/ПОВИСНУТЬ В ВОЗДУХЕ
    [VP; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: usu. рука, нога]
    ⇒ having interrupted a movement before it is completed, to remain motionless in that position:
    - рука < нога> повисла в воздухе ≈ s.o.'s arm (leg) remained (was left) suspended in midair.
    2. coll. Also: ВИСЕТЬ В ВОЗДУХЕ coll [subj: human or abstr (дело, поездка, планы etc)]
    ⇒ to be in a state of uncertainty, in an indefinite position:
    - X повис в воздухе≈ X was left hanging;
    - X was in (a state of) limbo.
         ♦ Из-за маминой болезни моя командировка в Прагу повисла в воздухе. Because of my mother's illness, my business trip to Prague is up in the air.
    3. [subj: слова, возражения etc]
    ⇒ (of s.o.'s remarks, objections etc) to receive no reaction, response, or support (from others):
    - X повис в воздухе≈ X fell on deaf ears;
    - X was of (to) no avail.
         ♦ [Бывший партийный работник] стал агитатором в каком-то техникуме, в Ленинграде... Пришёл поторопить своих подопечных в день выборов - никто идти не хочет. Он говорит: "Вам надо с нас пример брать - мы революцию делали"... А ему отвечают: "А кто вас просил революцию делать? Раньше лучше жилось..." Вся его революционная фразеология повисла в воздухе... (Мандельштам 1).... Не [a former Party official] had taken on the job of giving political instruction in a Leningrad technical college....On one election day he had come to the college early to get all the students out to vote, but none of them wanted to. He said they should take an example from people like himself who had "made the Revolution."...To this they replied that nobody had asked him to make a revolution and that people had been better off before. This had left him speechless, and the whole of his "revolutionary" claptrap had been to no avail (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > висеть в воздухе

  • 5 повисать в воздухе

    • ПОВИСАТЬ/ПОВИСНУТЬ В ВОЗДУХЕ
    [VP; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: usu. рука, нога]
    ⇒ having interrupted a movement before it is completed, to remain motionless in that position:
    - рука < нога> повисла в воздухе ≈ s.o.'s arm (leg) remained (was left) suspended in midair.
    2. coll. Also: ВИСЕТЬ В ВОЗДУХЕ coll [subj: human or abstr (дело, поездка, планы etc)]
    ⇒ to be in a state of uncertainty, in an indefinite position:
    - X повис в воздухе≈ X was left hanging;
    - X was in (a state of) limbo.
         ♦ Из-за маминой болезни моя командировка в Прагу повисла в воздухе. Because of my mother's illness, my business trip to Prague is up in the air.
    3. [subj: слова, возражения etc]
    ⇒ (of s.o.'s remarks, objections etc) to receive no reaction, response, or support (from others):
    - X повис в воздухе≈ X fell on deaf ears;
    - X was of (to) no avail.
         ♦ [Бывший партийный работник] стал агитатором в каком-то техникуме, в Ленинграде... Пришёл поторопить своих подопечных в день выборов - никто идти не хочет. Он говорит: "Вам надо с нас пример брать - мы революцию делали"... А ему отвечают: "А кто вас просил революцию делать? Раньше лучше жилось..." Вся его революционная фразеология повисла в воздухе... (Мандельштам 1).... Не [a former Party official] had taken on the job of giving political instruction in a Leningrad technical college....On one election day he had come to the college early to get all the students out to vote, but none of them wanted to. He said they should take an example from people like himself who had "made the Revolution."...To this they replied that nobody had asked him to make a revolution and that people had been better off before. This had left him speechless, and the whole of his "revolutionary" claptrap had been to no avail (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > повисать в воздухе

  • 6 повиснуть в воздухе

    • ПОВИСАТЬ/ПОВИСНУТЬ В ВОЗДУХЕ
    [VP; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: usu. рука, нога]
    ⇒ having interrupted a movement before it is completed, to remain motionless in that position:
    - рука < нога> повисла в воздухе ≈ s.o.'s arm (leg) remained (was left) suspended in midair.
    2. coll. Also: ВИСЕТЬ В ВОЗДУХЕ coll [subj: human or abstr (дело, поездка, планы etc)]
    ⇒ to be in a state of uncertainty, in an indefinite position:
    - X повис в воздухе≈ X was left hanging;
    - X was in (a state of) limbo.
         ♦ Из-за маминой болезни моя командировка в Прагу повисла в воздухе. Because of my mother's illness, my business trip to Prague is up in the air.
    3. [subj: слова, возражения etc]
    ⇒ (of s.o.'s remarks, objections etc) to receive no reaction, response, or support (from others):
    - X повис в воздухе≈ X fell on deaf ears;
    - X was of (to) no avail.
         ♦ [Бывший партийный работник] стал агитатором в каком-то техникуме, в Ленинграде... Пришёл поторопить своих подопечных в день выборов - никто идти не хочет. Он говорит: "Вам надо с нас пример брать - мы революцию делали"... А ему отвечают: "А кто вас просил революцию делать? Раньше лучше жилось..." Вся его революционная фразеология повисла в воздухе... (Мандельштам 1).... Не [a former Party official] had taken on the job of giving political instruction in a Leningrad technical college....On one election day he had come to the college early to get all the students out to vote, but none of them wanted to. He said they should take an example from people like himself who had "made the Revolution."...To this they replied that nobody had asked him to make a revolution and that people had been better off before. This had left him speechless, and the whole of his "revolutionary" claptrap had been to no avail (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > повиснуть в воздухе

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