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1 обладать необычайной проницательностью
1) General subject: go through a brick wall, see into a brick wallУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > обладать необычайной проницательностью
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2 видеть на два аршина в землю
видеть на два (три, четыре) аршина в землю (под землю, под землёй), тж. видеть на аршин под землёй (под землю, в землю)разг.be very keen (shrewd, penetrating); see right through anything; have keen insight; be able to see a fathom into the ground; cf. look (see) through (into) a grindstone (a millstone); see through (into) a brick (stone) wallМатрёна.
Тётка Матрёна, я тебе скажу, ягодка, под землёй-то на аршин видит. Всё знаю, ягодка! (Л. Толстой, Власть тьмы) — Matryona: Aunt Matryona, I tell you, little berry, can see a fathom into the ground. I know a thing or two, little berry!- Вы золотой человек, господин Абрамахер! Вы видите в землю на четыре аршина. (Н. Островский, Рождённые бурей) — 'You're worth your weight in gold, Mr. Abramacher! You can see ten feet into the ground.'
- Говорил вам, Владимир Афанасьевич, явление - наш Николай Евгеньевич. На три аршина под землю видит. (Ю. Герман, Дело, которому ты служишь) — 'Our Nikolai Yevgenyevich is out of this world, I told you so, Vladimir Afanasyevich. He sees right through everything.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > видеть на два аршина в землю
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3 затылком видеть
прост.pierce beneath the show of things; cf. see through a grindstone (millstone, brick (stone) wall)- Про Алексея Лукича, председателя нашего, не приходилось слышать? - Как же, знаю! - Справедливый был человек и редкостного ума. Затылком видел! Как при нём стояло хозяйство! (Г. Николаева, Жатва) — 'Did you ever hear about our old chairman, Alexei Lukich?' 'Why, yes. I knew him.' 'He was the right kind, and shrewd as they make 'em. He could see through a millstone! You ought to have seen the farm under him!'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > затылком видеть
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