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1 толпы людей
1) General subject: streams of people, swarms of people, thousands of people2) Makarov: swarm of people -
2 пропасть
I ж.1. precipice, abyss; gulf (тж. перен.)II сов. см. пропадатьна краю пропасти (перен.) — on the verge of disaster / ruin
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3 пропасть
I проп`асть II пр`опастьж.1) (обрыв, бездна) precipice, abyss; gulf2) ( резкое различие) gulf, chasm [k-], abyssме́жду ни́ми пролега́ет пропасть — there is a chasm between them
3) разг. (рд.; множество) a great deal (of); piles (of), heaps (of), loads (of)у него́ пропасть де́нег — he has piles / heaps / loads of money
наро́ду там бы́ло пропасть — there were swarms of people there
••на краю́ пропасти — on the verge of disaster / ruin
тьфу, пропасть! в знач. межд. — damn (it)!
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4 Т-252
тьма-тьмущая2 кого-чего coll usu. subj or quantit subj-compl with copula ( subj / genany common noun)) very many, a countless number: vast numberscountless multitudes millions and millions (of people and animals only) hordes and hordes swarms and swarms....Он получил неслыханный урожай огурцов. Сколько ни шарили в кустах колхозники, проходившие мимо его бахчи, огурцов оставалась тьма-тьмущая (Искандер 3)....He had an unparalleled crop. No matter how often the cucumber patch was rifled by passing kolkhoz workers, countless multitudes of cucumbers remained (3a)....Он (Сталин) уничтожил тьму-тьмущую людей... (Искандер 5). Не (Stalin) wiped out millions and millions of people... (5a).Из-за Дымера кубарем прилетали сельские полицаи и старосты, рассказывали, что идет партизан тьма-тьмущая... (Кузнецов 1). Rural Polizei (German = police) and village elders came pouring in from beyond Dymer, reporting that hordes and hordes of the partisans were advancing... (1a).«Одно горе - крысы. Тьма тьмущая, отбою нет» (Пастернак 1). "Our only trouble is rats. There are swarms and swarms of them, and you can't get rid of them" (1a). -
5 тьма-тьмущая
I• ТЬМА-ТЬМУЩАЯ coll[NP; sing only]=====⇒ total darkness:- pitch-darkness.II• ТЬМА-ТЬМУЩАЯ кого-чего coll[usu. subj or quantit subj-compl with copula (subj/ gen: any common noun)]=====⇒ very many, a countless number:- vast numbers;- [of people and animals only] hordes and hordes;- swarms and swarms.♦...Он получил неслыханный урожай огурцов. Сколько ни шарили в кустах колхозники, проходившие мимо его бахчи, огурцов оставалась тьма-тьмушая (Искандер 3)....He had an unparalleled crop. No matter how often the cucumber patch was rifled by passing kolkhoz workers, countless multitudes of cucumbers remained (3a).♦...Он [Сталин] уничтожил тьму-тьмущую людей... (Искандер 5). Не [Stalin] wiped out millions and millions of people... (5a).♦ Из-за Дымера кубарем прилетали сельские полицаи и старосты, рассказывали, что идет партизан тьма-тьмущая... (Кузнецов 1). Rural Polizei [German = police] and village elders came pouring in from beyond Dymer, reporting that hordes and hordes of the partisans were advancing... (1a).♦ " Одно rope - крысы. Тьма тьмущая, отбою нет" (Пастернак 1). "Our only trouble is rats. There are swarms and swarms of them, and you can't get rid of them" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > тьма-тьмущая
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