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КАК БОГ СВЯТ obsoles, coll Invar usu. this WO1. (sent adv (parenth) or predic (with subj: это or a clause)) undoubtedly, definitelyas sure as I'm standing heresurely you can be darn sure.Между тем уважение к Надежде Петровне всё росло и росло. Купцы открыто говорили, что, «если бы не она, наша матушка, он (помпадур) бы, как свят бог, и нас всех, да и прах-то наш по ветру развеял!» (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). Meantime the respect in which Nadyezhda Petrovna was held grew and grew. The merchants were saying quite openly, "Were it not for her, that dear lady of ours, he (the pompadour) would surely have murdered us all by now and scattered our dust and ashes to the four winds!" (2a).2. (sent adv (parenth) or indep. clause) (used to emphasize one's sincerity and trustworthiness) I swear, honestly: I swear itI swear to God! (as) God is my witness honest to God (to goodness) (in limited contexts) I swear before God cross my heart (and hope to die).«Ты женишься, или я тебя прокляну, а имение, как бог свят! продам и промотаю, и тебе полушки не оставлю!» (Пушкин 3). "You will marry her or, I swear it, I'll curse you and sell up this whole estate and squander the money so that you won't get a single farthing" (3b).«Как вам не стыдно было, - сказал я ему сердито, - доносить на нас коменданту после того, как дали мне слово того не делать?» - «Как бог свят, я Ивану Кузьмичу того не говорил, - отвечал он, - Василиса Егоровна выведала всё от меня. Она всем и распорядилась без ведома коменданта» (Пушкин 2). "Didn't you feel any shame in denouncing us to the commandant," I asked him angrily, "when you'd given your word that you wouldn't?" "God is my witness, I said nothing to Ivan Kuzmich," he replied. "Vasilisa Egorovna wormed the secret out of me. It was she who saw to it all without the commandant's knowledge" (2a). -
122 К-489
(КАК) НА КУРЬЕРСКИХ obs ((как +) PrepP these forms only advvery quickly, hurriedlyswiftlyposthaste promptly (in limited contexts) make short work of sth.Наконец толстый (мужчина), послуживши богу и государю, заслуживши всеобщее уважение, оставляет службу, перебирается и делается помещиком, славным русским барином, хлебосолом, и живёт, и хорошо живет. А после него опять тоненькие наследники спускают, по русскому обычаю, на курьерских все отцовское добро (Гоголь 3). Finally, the fat man, after serving God and Tsar and earning general respect, retires from service, moves out of town, and settles down as a landowner, a hospitable Russian gentleman. And thus he lives, and lives well. And after him come his thin heirs, who promptly squander, Russian-style, the wealth he has accumulated (3e). In the end, after having served God and the Emperor and won general respect, the fat man resigns the service, goes to live on his estate, becomes a landowner, a fine Russian gentleman, a hospitable host, and lives on and lives well. After him, as is the Russian custom, his thin heirs make short work of their father's fortune (3a). -
123 П-249
ПОДОБНО ТОМУ КАК (subordConj introduces a compar clause) in the same way thatjust asthe way...«Писать стихи надо каждый день, подобно тому как скрипач или пианист непременно должен каждый день без пропусков по нескольку часов играть на своем инструменте. В противном случае ваш талант неизбежно оскудеет, высохнет, подобно колодцу, откуда долгое время не берут воду» (Катаев 3). "One must write poetry every day, just as a violinist or a pianist must play every day on his instrument for several hours without fail If not, your talent will stagnate and run dry, like a well from which no water is drawn" (3a).Я так думаю, что в течение множества лет, пользуясь безграмотностью моих земляков, мир разбазаривал чегемские идеи, подобно тому, как древние римляне беспощадно вырубали абхазский самшит (Искандер 5). Over the years, I think, the world has taken advantage of my countrymen's illiteracy to squander Chegerruan ideas, the way the ancient Romans ruthlessly felled Abkhazian boxwood (5a). -
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ЧЁРТ (БЕС, ЛУКАВЫЙ, НЕЧИСТЫЙ (ДУХ), ГРЕХ obs) ПОПУТАЛ (кого) НЕЛЁГКАЯ (НЕЧИСТАЯ СИЛА) ПОПУТАЛА ЧЁРТ ДОГАДАЛ а// highly coll VP subj. usu. past fixed WOs.o. yielded to temptation (anddid sth., usu. sth. reprehensible): (X-a) чёрт попутал = the devil tripped X up (led X astray)the devil must have been at X's elbow the devil made X do it the devil misled X it was the devirs work the devil had a hand in this (in limited contexts) the devil got there first."Я не верю, чтобы из нас был кто-нибудь благоразумным. Если я вижу, что иной даже и порядочно живет, собирает и копит деньги, не верю я и тому. На старости и его черт попутает: спустит потом все вдруг» (Гоголь 3). "I don't believe that any of us has any sense. If I see any of us leading a decent life, making and saving money-I don't trust even him. When he grows older, the devil will be sure to lead him astray: he will squander it all later on" (3a).«Сам не знаю, как я убег ( ungrammat = убежал): должно, нечистый попутал...» (Шолохов 5). "I don't know what made me desert. The devil must have been at my elbow..." (5a).Один из купцов:) Лукавый попутал. И закаемся вперёд жаловаться (Гоголь 4). (One of the Merchants:) The devil misled us. We swear never to complain again (4d).«Приказчик мой задрожал и повалился генералу в ноги. „Батюшка, виноват -грех попутал - солгал"» (Пушкин 1). "My steward went all a-tremble and threw himself at the general's feet. 'Gracious sir, I am guilty it was the devil's work-I lied'" (1a)He подлежит сомнению, что еще год-другой - и молодой фон Витте стал бы командующим ВСЮРа (Вооружённых Сил Юга России), но тут его бес попутал, тот же самый бес, что и нас всех уловил, Андрюша, - любовь к ЕДИНОЙ-НЕДЕЛИМОЙ-УБОГОЙ и ОБИЛЬНОЙ-МОГУЧЕЙ и БЕССИЛЬНОЙ... (Аксёнов 7). Another year or two and young General von Witte would doubtless have been named commander in chief of the armed forces of South Russia, but the devil got there first, the same devil that tempts us all, Andrei's love, love for the glorious, the pitiful, the powerful, the vulnerable, the one-and-only motherland... (7a). -
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126 растрачивать энергию
General subject: (попусту тратить) squander energyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > растрачивать энергию
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127 как бог свят
• КАК БОГ СВЯТ obsoles, coll[Invar; usu. this WO]=====1. [sent adv (parenth) or predic (with subj: это or a clause)]⇒ undoubtedly, definitely:- surely;- you can be darn sure.♦ Между тем уважение к Надежде Петровне всё росло и росло. Купцы открыто говорили, что, "если бы не она, наша матушка, он [помпадур] бы, как свят бог, и нас всех, да и прах-то наш по ветру развеял!" (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). Meantime the respect in which Nadyezhda Petrovna was held grew and grew. The merchants were saying quite openly, "Were it not for her, that dear lady of ours, he [the pompadour] would surely have murdered us all by now and scattered our dust and ashes to the four winds!" (2a).2. [sent adv (parenth) or indep. clause]⇒ (used to emphasize one's sincerity and trustworthiness) I swear, honestly:- I swear it;- I swear to God!;- honest to God < to goodness>;- [in limited contexts] I swear before God;- cross my heart (and hope to die).♦ "Ты женишься, или я тебя прокляну, а имение, как бог свят! продам и промотаю, и тебе полушки не оставлю!" (Пушкин 3). "You will marry her or, I swear it, I'll curse you and sell up this whole estate and squander the money so that you won't get a single farthing" (3b).♦ "Как вам не стыдно было, - сказал я ему сердито, - доносить на нас коменданту после того, как дали мне слово того не делать?" - "Как бог свят, я Ивану Кузьмичу того не говорил, - отвечал он, - Василиса Егоровна выведала всё от меня. Она всем и распорядилась без ведома коменданта" (Пушкин 2). "Didn't you feel any shame in denouncing us to the commandant," I asked him angrily, "when you'd given your word that you wouldn't?" "God is my witness, I said nothing to Ivan Kuzmich," he replied. "Vasilisa Egorovna wormed the secret out of me. It was she who saw to it all without the commandant's knowledge" (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как бог свят
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128 как на курьерских
• (КАК) НА КУРЬЕРСКИХ obs[(как +) PrepP; these forms only; adv]=====⇒ very quickly, hurriedly:- swiftly;- posthaste;- promptly;- [in limited contexts] make short work of sth.♦ Наконец толстый [мужчина], послуживши богу и государю, заслуживши всеобщее уважение, оставляет службу, перебирается и делается помещиком, славным русским барином, хлебосолом, и живёт, и хорошо живет. А после него опять тоненькие наследники спускают, по русскому обычаю, на курьерских все отцовское добро (Гоголь 3). Finally, the fat man, after serving God and Tsar and earning general respect, retires from service, moves out of town, and settles down as a landowner, a hospitable Russian gentleman. And thus he lives, and lives well. And after him come his thin heirs, who promptly squander, Russian-style, the wealth he has accumulated (3e). In the end, after having served God and the Emperor and won general respect, the fat man resigns the service, goes to live on his estate, becomes a landowner, a fine Russian gentleman, a hospitable host, and lives on and lives well. After him, as is the Russian custom, his thin heirs make short work of their father's fortune (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как на курьерских
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