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21 барабанщик
м.••отставно́й козы́ бараба́нщик разг. шутл. (о незначительном человеке) — drummer-boy to the colonel's ['kɜːnəlz] goat; retired nanny goat
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22 отставной козы барабанщик
шутл., ирон., пренебр.nullity, no-account; a nothing, nixie; cf. jackstraw; man of straw; no great shakesЛука на его слова мало обращает внимания, но, если солдату удастся раздражить его, Лука долго и едко ругает его. - Гарниза ты серая, крысиный объедок! Что ты можешь понимать, отставной козы барабанщик? (М. Горький, Скуки ради) — Generally Luka paid little attention to what he said, but if the soldier went too far, Luka would tear into him at length and with vengeance: 'You garrison rat, you half-chewed turnip! What're you good for, you drummer-boy to the colonel's goat?'
- То-то, - сказал Родион Мефодиевич, - нечем отвечать, хоть ты и доктор, а я отставной козы барабанщик! (Ю. Герман, Я отвечаю за всё) — 'That stumped you, didn't it, though you're a doctor and I know as much about medicine as a retired nanny-goat.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отставной козы барабанщик
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23 Boxer, Major-General Edward Mourrier
SUBJECT AREA: Weapons and armour[br]b. February 1822d. 11 January 1897 Isle of Wight, England[br]English Ammunition designer and inventor of the brass, fully obturating cartridge case.[br]Commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1839, Boxer's flair for the technical aspects of gunnery led to his appointment, at the early age of 33, as Superintendent of the Laboratory at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. He was able to devote his attention to the design of more effective shells, cartridges and fuses, with his greatest achievement being the invention, in 1866, of the Boxer cartridge, which had a case made of brass and a percussion cap set into the base. The real significance of the cartridge was that for the first time the chamber could be fully sealed, by way of the propellant gases expanding the case against the chamber wall, with the result that effective weapon range and accuracy could be dramatically increased. His achievement was recognized when Parliament voted a special financial grant, and the Boxer cartridge is still in wide use today. Boxer was promoted Colonel in 1868 and retired the following year as an honorary Major-General.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 1858.Bibliography1855, Treatise on Artillery. Prepared for the Use of the Practical Class, Royal Military Academy, London: Eyre \& Spottiswode.1858, Diagrams to Illustrate the Service and Management of Heavy Ordnance Referredto in Treatise on Artillery, London: Eyre \& Spottiswode.CMBiographical history of technology > Boxer, Major-General Edward Mourrier
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