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1 душещипательная история
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > душещипательная история
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2 жалобы
1) General subject: deploration, grizzle, grumbling, jeremiad, lament, lamentation, railing, sob story, sob-story (притворные), yammer, yelp, wailing2) Medicine: complaints3) Jargon: guff, the gripes4) Business: letters of complaint5) Makarov: complaints (напр. больного), snivel6) Derogatory: yelps -
3 отговорка
1) General subject: a slim excuse, blind, come off, cop-out, cover, evasion, excuse, implausible excuse, jive excuse, make-believe reply, pretence, pretext, put off, put-off, salvo, shuffle, sob story, sob-story, subterfuge, getaway, go-around, get-out clause3) American: pretense4) Diplomatic term: get-away (особ. заранее продуманная), make reply, diplomatic illness (букв. - "дипломатическая болезнь") -
4 сентиментальный рассказ
1) General subject: sob-stuff2) Polygraphy: slush story, sob storyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > сентиментальный рассказ
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5 сетования
1) General subject: jeremiad, lamentation, poor mouth, railing, sob story, sob-story, yammer2) Makarov: snivel -
6 сентиментальная история
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > сентиментальная история
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7 трогательная история
1) General subject: trouble history2) Jargon: sob story (рассказываемая с целью вызвать определенный отклик у читателя или слушателя), sob stuff (рассказываемая с целью вызвать определенный отклик у читателя или слушателя)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > трогательная история
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8 слезливая история
1) General subject: sob story2) Jargon: fish story, Mother Machree, Mother McCrea, fish tale -
9 душещипательная история
General subject: sob storyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > душещипательная история
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10 она сильно опоздала и рассказала им сказку о сломанных часах
General subject: she came very late and gave them a sob-story about a broken clockУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > она сильно опоздала и рассказала им сказку о сломанных часах
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11 отчёт репортёра
Polygraphy: sob story -
12 слезливая, душещипательная история
General subject: sob-storyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > слезливая, душещипательная история
См. также в других словарях:
sob story — {n.} A story that makes you feel pity or sorrow; a tale that makes you tearful. * /The beggar told us a long sob story before he asked for money./ * /The movie is based on a sob story, but people love it./ … Dictionary of American idioms
sob story — {n.} A story that makes you feel pity or sorrow; a tale that makes you tearful. * /The beggar told us a long sob story before he asked for money./ * /The movie is based on a sob story, but people love it./ … Dictionary of American idioms
sob story — sob stories N COUNT You describe what someone tells you about their own or someone else s difficulties as a sob story when you think that they have told you about it in order to get your sympathy. Any sob story moved Jarvis to generosity … English dictionary
sob story — sob .story n informal a story, especially one that is not true, that someone tells you in order to make you feel sorry for them ▪ a sob story about how she lost all her money … Dictionary of contemporary English
sob story — sob ,story noun count INFORMAL a story that someone tells in order to get sympathy … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sob story — ► NOUN informal ▪ a story intended to arouse sympathy … English terms dictionary
sob story — ☆ sob story n. Informal a very sad story, esp. an account of personal troubles that is meant to arouse sympathy … English World dictionary
sob story — noun a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy • Syn: ↑sob stuff • Hypernyms: ↑narrative, ↑narration, ↑story, ↑tale * * * noun, pl ⋯ ries [count] informal : a sad story about yourself t … Useful english dictionary
sob story — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms sob story : singular sob story plural sob stories informal a story that someone tells in order to get sympathy … English dictionary
sob\ story — noun A story that makes you feel pity or sorrow; a tale that makes you tearful. The beggar told us a long sob story before he asked for money. The movie is based on a sob story, but people love it … Словарь американских идиом
sob-story — /ˈsɒb stɔri/ (say sob stawree) noun Colloquial 1. a story full of sentiment and pathos. 2. an excuse: he arrived very late and gave them a sob story about a broken clock …