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121 авгиевы конюшни
• АВГИЕВЫ КОНЮШНИ lit[NP; pl only; fixed WO]=====1. a very dirty or cluttered place:- Augean stables.2. extreme disorder, a neglected state of affairs:- gigantic (hopeless, dire) mess.♦ Крупные промышленники, за исключением Дессера, поддержали кандидатуру Гранделя... Прошёл месяц. Грандель показал себя неутомимым работником... Г рандель говорил: "Коммунисты... Дессер... Это - авгиевы конюшни. Прежде чем начать, нужно чистить, чистить и чистить!" (Эренбург 4). All the big industrialists, with the exception of Desser, backed Grandel....A month went by Grandel proved to be an indefatigable worker.... "It's the Communists and Desser," he said. "It's worse than the Augean stables! We've got to clean them out before anything can be done" (4a).♦ Люди медленно и упорно фальсифицируют деталь за деталью, частность за частностью, а собранные вместе они составляют ткань истории. Пройдёт ещё полстолетия, и разобраться в этих авгиевых конюшнях не сможет никто (Мандельштам 2)....[People] go on slowly, stubbornly, embroidering the facts, inventing one detail after another, weaving them together to re-create the fabric of "history." Fifty years hence nobody will ever be able to clean up this gigantic mess (2a).—————← From the name of Augeas, legendary king of Elis, whose stables (which sheltered 3000 oxen) had not been cleaned for thirty years. Cleaning the Augean stables was one of the twelve labors of Hercules.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > авгиевы конюшни
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122 ложка дегтю в бочке меда
• ЛОЖКА ДЕГТЮ В БОЧКЕ МЕДА <-у>[saying]=====⇒ sth. that spoils an otherwise good, satisfactory state of affairs (said in vexation when some insignificant but unpleasant thing spoils what is otherwise very good-a project, mood, impression etc):- ≈ a fly in the ointment.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ложка дегтю в бочке меда
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123 ложка дегтю в бочке меду
• ЛОЖКА ДЕГТЮ В БОЧКЕ МЕДА <-у>[saying]=====⇒ sth. that spoils an otherwise good, satisfactory state of affairs (said in vexation when some insignificant but unpleasant thing spoils what is otherwise very good-a project, mood, impression etc):- ≈ a fly in the ointment.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ложка дегтю в бочке меду
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124 таким макаром
• ТАКИМ МАКАРОМ highly coll[NPinstrum ; Invar; adv; fixed WO]=====1. in the following manner or fashion:- this way;- this is how;- like this;♦ Действовать тут надо таким макаром: сначала обсуди это дело у себя в отделе, а потом уже поговори с директором. This is how you should handle it: first discuss the matter in your department and then bring it up with the director.2. that is the state of affairs (usu. used to sum up what had been previously said):- that's how things stand.♦ [Жарков:] Вот, брат... таким макаром... Двух жизней не проживёшь, так хоть одну дожить не по-собачьи (Розов 4). [Zh.:] Well, that's about the size of it, mate....You can't live twice, so make sure the life you do live is a decent one (4a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > таким макаром
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125 вашими молитвами
[NPins(rum; these forms only; usu. used as indep. sent; fixed WO]=====⇒ (used as an answer to a question about one's or s.o.'s health, state of affairs etc) everything is well:- not bad, thank you for asking.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вашими молитвами
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126 твоими молитвами
[NPins(rum; these forms only; usu. used as indep. sent; fixed WO]=====⇒ (used as an answer to a question about one's or s.o.'s health, state of affairs etc) everything is well:- not bad, thank you for asking.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > твоими молитвами
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127 с ног на голову
• С НОГ НА ГОЛОВУ ставить, переворачивать что, встать и т.п. coll[PrepP; Invar; usu. adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ (in refer, to a state of affairs, s.o.'s understanding of sth. etc) (to present sth., sth. is perceived etc) as being opposite to what it is in reality, (to interpret sth., sth. is interpreted etc) as having a meaning opposite to what was intended:- (stand (turn) sth.) on its head;- (stand (turn) sth.) upside down (on its head);- [in limited contexts](get (have) sth.) all backward;- (put) the cart before the horse.♦ Всё для Настёны перепуталось, всё сошло со своих мест и встало с ног на голову (Распутин 2). [For Nastyona] everything was mixed up, moved from its place and standing upside down on its head (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > с ног на голову
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128 положение вещей
[NP; sing only; usu. subj or obj]=====⇒ the situation, circumstances:- [often after каково] how things are;- how the land lies.♦ "Я понимаю, тебе очень тяжело. Но я хочу, чтобы ты ясно представила себе положение вещей" (Рыбаков 2). "I know it's very hard for you, but I want you to have a clear understanding of the way things are" (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > положение вещей
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