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121 открыть Америку
1) General subject: discover America2) Set phrase: queen Anne is dead!, say well-known truths3) Idiomatic expression: present as new what is known to everyone, queen ann is dead -
122 оторвать детей от телевизора
Graphic expression: unglue children from a TV setУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > оторвать детей от телевизора
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123 ошеломить
1) General subject: bemuse, bewilder, daze, dumbfound, dumfound, hit to pieces (кого-л.), knock all of a heap, knock down with a feather, knock eyes out (особ. женской красотой; кого-л.), knock for six, knock off his pins (кого-л.), knock out, knock somebody off his pins, make brain reel (кого-л.), mind blow, overwhelm, perplex, petrify, rattle, set agape, stagger, strike all of a heap, strike all of a heap (кого-л.), stun, stupefy, take aback, transfix, wow, zonk, knock cold, take measures to take aback, strike with dismay (кого-л.), knock eyes out (кого-л., особ. женской красотой), knock off his pins (потрясти, ошарашить, кого-л.), gobsmack, (кого-л.)(фигур.) knock someone senseless2) Literal: numb3) Jargon: zap, lke a ton of bricks4) Graphic expression: blindsided -
124 первый блин комом
1) General subject: 1. The first pancake is always a failure. 2. The first pancake is a blob. (http://www.special-dictionary.com/proverbs/keywords/pancake/)2) Graphic expression: the first fry is bound to be a flop, the first fry is bound to be a washout3) Set phrase: it is the first step that is troublesome (used as comforting words to mean: a beginning of any work (especially that in a new job) may not necessarily be a complete success at once, for skill comes with time and experience), practice makes perfect (Верещагин), the first pancake is always lumpy, the first step is always the hardest, the first step is always troublesome, you must spoil before you spin -
125 переливать из пустого в порожнее
1) General subject: mill the wind, plough the sand, plough the sands, chew the fat, waste time, waste words, beat the wind, tread water, engage in a futile exercise2) Politics: engage in futile exercise3) Set phrase: beat the air (дословно: Молотить воздух), beat the air, do quite useless, engage in idle talk, babble4) Makarov: catch the wind in a net, fill speech with vacuities5) Idiomatic expression: kick a dead horse, flog a dead horseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > переливать из пустого в порожнее
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126 плыть по течению
1) General subject: drift, go with the stream, go with the times, resign oneself to the fatality of life, tide, to be adrift, to be on the drift, be adrift, do with the tide, swim with the stream, go with the stream (против течения), follow the crowd, swim with the tide2) Naval: drop down3) Fishery: go down stream4) Graphic expression: go with the flow5) Banking: run with the wind (The Fed’s switch from pro-cyclical to anti-cyclical monetary policy, where it leans into the wind rather than running with it)6) Set phrase: go with the tide -
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