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1 ломать себе голову над
1) General subject: beat brains with, break head over (чем-л.), cudgel brains about, set wits to work (чем-л.), cudgel brains about (чем-л.)2) Makarov: beat( one's) brains about (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) brains on (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) brains out about (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) brains out on (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) brains out with (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) brains with (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) head about (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) head on (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) head out about (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) head out on (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) head out with (smth.) (чем-л.), beat (one's) head with (smth.) (чем-л.), break (one's) head over (smth.) (чем-л.), drag (one's) brains about (smth.) (чем-л.), drag (one's) brains with (smth.) (чем-л.), puzzle (one's) brains about (smth.) (чем-л.), puzzle (one's) brains with (smth.) (чем-л.), rack (one's) brains about (smth.) (чем-л.), rack (one's) brains with (smth.) (чем-л.), set (one's) wits to work (чем-л.), cudgel brains about (чем-л.), cudgel brains with (чем-л.)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > ломать себе голову над
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2 шевелить мозгами
1) General subject: cerebrate, set wits to, use brains, use one's brains, use one's wit's2) Colloquial: make use of senses, use( one's) beam5) Makarov: use head, use wits, work nut -
3 поспорить
1) General subject: have a difference with (с кем-л.), spar, wrangle, get into an argument (Мне немного поспорили. - We got into a bit of an argument.), set wits to (помериться силами, с кем-л.), have a difference with (поссориться, с кем-л.)2) Mathematics: argue -
4 пытаться разрешить
General subject: grapple, set wits to (что-л.)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > пытаться разрешить
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5 пытаться решить
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6 сколько голов, столько и умов
Set phrase: every man to his taste, everybody to his own opinion, many men, many minds, so many heads, so many censures, so many heads, so many minds, so many heads, so many opinions, so many heads, so many wits, so many men, so many censures, so many men, so many minds, so many men, so many opinions, so many men, so many wits, so many wells, so many bucketsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > сколько голов, столько и умов
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7 у кого ум за разум заходит
Set phrase: be at one's wits' end, be completely at a lossУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > у кого ум за разум заходит
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8 ум за разум зашёл
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9 ум хорошо, два лучше
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > ум хорошо, два лучше
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10 раскидывать умом
раскидывать умом (мозгами), сов. в. - раскинуть (пораскинуть) умом (мозгами)think smth. over; set one's wits to work; rack (addle, beat, bother, break, busy, cudgel, puzzle) one's brain (brains, head, wits)Вот когда потребовалось раскинуть мозгами, чтобы помочь импортному "Индустриалу" поднять сверхрекордный для него вес! (Д. Мельников, Железный прораб) — Here we had to set our wits to work and help the imported Industrial lift a greater weight than it was designed for.
- Надо пораскинуть мозгами!.. Вы зайдёте ко мне завтра по этому вопросу. (А. Алексин, Позавчера и послезавтра) — 'We'll have to think it over... Come and see me about it tomorrow.'
- Ты здесь каждого знаешь, сызмальства, лучше меня, вот и раскинь мозгами, кто ещё мог затаиться... Конечно, кто-то свой. (П. Проскурин, Судьба) — 'You've known everyone here from your childhood, you know them better than me, rack your brains, think who... might want to do such a thing. Of course, it's somebody in the village.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > раскидывать умом
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11 собраться с мыслями
1) General subject: gather wits, get thoughts together, keep mind from straggling, muster thoughts, not to straggle, pull wits together, put ideas in order, rally ( one's) thoughts ("What would you do?" I rallied my thoughts and stumbled through the answer.), rally wits, recollect thoughts, summon up thoughts, to re-collect (one's) thoughts, muster thoughts, summon thoughts, compose thoughts (lost), arrange (one's) thoughts, compose one's thoughts, gather (one's) thoughts2) Set phrase: collect one's thoughts3) Makarov: rally (one's) wits, collect thoughts, come to oneself, compose mind, compose thoughts4) Taboo: get (one's) shit togetherУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > собраться с мыслями
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12 стать в тупик
1) General subject: be at ones wits end, to be at ( one's) wits', stop dead, stop short2) Set phrase: be at sea, be stumped3) Makarov: be at wits' end, be perplexed -
13 ума не приложу
1) General subject: to be at (one's) wits', I can't figure that out. (How can a private corporation be publicly owned? I can't figure that out!), I can't imagine (How he found out my name and address I can't imagine.), I give up, I can't guess, it's beyond me (It's beyond me to understand how you managed to write such a book. Ума не приложу, как вам удалось написать такую книгу.)2) Colloquial: be out of depth (meaning someone has a problem that he does not know how to solve (АБ))3) Set phrase: (usu. in a compl. sent.) I simply can't think (understand, imagine)4) Makarov: I am at my wits' end, be at wits' end -
14 быть начеку
1) General subject: bright to keep a bright lookout, have one's wits about one, prick up ears, stay sharp, to be there, watch, be all there, have wits about one, keep eyes skinned, keep watch, know the time of day, look out for squalls, be on the lookout (Officers are on the lookout for drunk drivers 24/7.), keep one's ears open, be on one's toes, be on the watch2) American: keep eyes on the ball3) Engineering: watch out4) Jargon: get the lead out, keep an eye out5) Set phrase: keep a weather eye open6) Makarov: be on guard, keep a bright lookout, prick up ( one's) ears, to be all there -
15 С-547
НА СТАРОСТИ ЛЕТ PrepP Invar adv fixed WOwhen one gets oldin one's old age(in limited contexts) with old age late in life when one is getting on in years (when used by or of an old person to emphasize that the action in question does not befit s.o. of that age) at my (your etc) age.«Ого! - сказал восхищённый Остап. - Полный архив на дому!» - «Совершенно полный, - скромно ответил архивариус. - Я, знаете, на всякий случай... Коммунхозу он не нужен, а мне на старости лет может пригодиться...» (Ильф и Петров 1). "Oho!" exclaimed the delighted Ostap. "A full set of records at home." "A complete set," said the record keeper modestly. "Just in case, you know. The communal services don't need them and they might be useful to me in my old age" (1a).«Почему я сам кличу на себя беду? Одурел на старости лет, ум отшибло» (Айтматов 1). "Why do I keep calling misfortune on myself? Have I gone daffy with old age and lost my wits?" (1a).Что ж мне, лгать, что ли, на старости лет?» - оправдывался Захар (Гончаров 1). "You don't expect me to go around telling lies at my age, do you?" Zakhar protested (1b). -
16 на старости лет
[PrepP; Invar; adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ when one gets old:- [in limited contexts] with old age;- late in life;- [when used by or of an old person to emphasize that the action in question does not befit s.o. of that age] at my (your etc) age.♦ "Ого! - сказал восхищённый Остап. - Полный архив на дому!" - "Совершенно полный, - скромно ответил архивариус. - Я, знаете, на всякий случай... Коммунхозу он не нужен, а мне на старости лет может пригодиться..." (Ильф и Петров 1). "Oho!" exclaimed the delighted Ostap. "A full set of records at home." "A complete set," said the record keeper modestly. "Just in case, you know. The communal services don't need them and they might be useful to me in my old age" (1a).♦ "Почему я сам кличу на себя беду? Одурел на старости лет, ум отшибло" (Айтматов 1). "Why do I keep calling misfortune on myself? Have I gone daffy with old age and lost my wits?" (1a).♦ "Что ж мне, лгать, что ли, на старости лет?" - оправдывался Захар (Гончаров 1). "You don't expect me to go around telling lies at my age, do you?" Zakhar protested (1b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на старости лет
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17 выводить из себя
1) General subject: exasperate, get in ( smb.'s) hair, huff, put out, put somebody out of temper, roughen, rouse, (кого-л.) ruffle temper, spite, take a rise, (кого-л.) throw off his balance, make someone go purple in the face, drive spare, throw off balance, drive someone frantic, put out of temper, freak out, drive one out of one's wits, bother the heck out of2) Colloquial: mad, tick off, break one's balls, break balls3) Jargon: take the mickey out, (кого-либо) drive(smb) up the wall4) Graphic expression: put somebody's back up (annoy someone deliberately)6) American English: bitch off, bug the shit out of someone, get on someone's last nerve or get on someone's nerves, tick or piss someone off7) Makarov: (кого-л.) ruffle (smb.'s) temper8) Idiomatic expression: under my skin -
18 ломать голову
1) General subject: addle (над чем-либо), flog memory, puzzle (над чем-л.), rack ones brains, (себе) ransack brain, scratch head over (над чем л.), set (one's) wits to work, bother head, beat brains (над чем-л.-about, with), cudgel brains (над чем-л.-about, with), rack brains (над чем-л.-about, with), scratch head over (над чем-л.), (над чем-либо) puzzle head (over something)2) Colloquial: rack( one's) brains, (над чем-либо) tax (one's) noggin3) Jargon: rack one's brains4) Makarov: bother (one's) brains, bother ( one's) head -
19 ум хорошо, а два лучше
1) General subject: four eyes see more than two, two heads are better than one2) Set phrase: four eyes can see better than two, four eyes see more ( better) than two (дословно: Четыре глаза видят больше (лучше), чем два), two heads are better than one (дословно: Две головы лучше одной), two heads are better than one many heads are better than one, two heads are better than one many wits are better than oneУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > ум хорошо, а два лучше
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20 порох
м.powder; ( чёрный) gunpowder♢
пахнет порохом — there is a smell of gunpowder in the airпонюхать пороха — smell* powder
держать порох сухим — keep* one's powder dry
порох даром тратить — spend* one's wits to no purpose; waste one's fire
ему пороха не хватает — he lacks the energy; he has not got it in him, he is not up to it
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