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1 хитрая лиса
Colloquial: sly old dog -
2 лис
м.1) ( самец лисицы) (male) fox, dog fox2) ( о хитреце) foxон хи́трый ста́рый лис — he is a sly old fox
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3 продувная бестия
прост., неодобр.crafty (knowing) fellow, knowing card; a deep one; deep (old) file; sly (roguish) chap (brute, customer); sly dog (fox); artful dodger; double-dyed rascalШтольц не внушает мне никакого доверия. Автор говорит, что это великолепный малый, а я не верю. Это продувная бестия, думающая о себе очень хорошо и собою довольная. (А. Чехов, Письмо А. С. Суворину, май 1889) — Stoltz does not inspire me with any confidence. The author says he is a splendid fellow, but I don't believe him. He is a sly brute, who thinks very well of himself and is very complacent.
Зобов и на этот раз хитрит. И вообще он продувная бестия. Он редко пьёт водку и не заводит знакомства с женщинами, а всё-таки куда-то ходит. (А. Новиков-Прибой, Подводники) — Zobov was slamming again, the sly dog. He seldom drank and kept clear of women, yet he was always going somewhere.
- Чтобы такая продувная бестия, как вы, да не имела бы двойного или тройного подданства! (А. Степанов, Порт-Артур) — 'I can't imagine a double-dyed rascal like you not being the subject of two or even three countries.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > продувная бестия
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4 хитрая бестия
1) General subject: cunning (sly) dog, downy old bird2) Jargon: wise-ass3) Makarov: cunning dog, sly dog -
5 тёртый калач
разг.old hand (stager); slick customer; tough customer; sly dog; cunning rogue (fox); one who has been around (has knocked about)Это человек опытный,... не злой и не добрый, а более расчётливый; это тёртый калач, который знает людей и умеет ими пользоваться. (И. Тургенев, Записки охотника) — He was a man of experience...; he was actuated by prudence more than by either good or ill nature; had knocked about, understood men, and knew how to turn them to his own advantage.
Атаман прикрутил короткий ус. На морщинистом лице его мелькнула такая хитрецкая улыбка, что нельзя было не подумать: ну и тёртый калач! (С. Голубов, Багратион) — The Ataman twirled his stubby moustache and a smile flashed across his wrinkled face, so sly that one could not help thinking: cunning fox.
- Да ведь он же поднадзорный! - сказал ротмистр с упрёком. - Слышал. Однако полагал, что человек исправляется. - Исправляется? - обрезал ротмистр начальственно. - Не слыхал, чтобы такие тёртые калачи, этакие стреляные воробьи исправлялись. (К. Федин, Первые радости) — 'But you knew he was under police surveillance!' the other exclaimed reproachfully. 'So I'd heard. Still, I thought he was going straight? 'Going straight, indeed?' the gendarme rejoined brusquely. 'I've never heard of such a thing. Never. The idea! Such out-and-out, experienced old jailbirds never go straight!'
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