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1 разводить руками
throw (lift) up one's hands, spread one's arms (in amazement, despair, dismay, surprise, etc.); cf. shrugС ходу, без подсчётов и проб Чижегову удалось кое-что уточнить в схеме... Главный конструктор разводил руками: ну медиум, ну виртуоз, откуда что берётся... (Д. Гранин, Дождь в чужом городе) — At the first try, without any calculations, he succeeded in verifying something in the circuit... The chief designer spread his arms in amazement. The man must be a magician, a virtuoso. How did he do it?
Мама изумлённо развела руки в стороны. Когда нечего сказать, легче всего разводить руками. (А. Алексин, Мой брат играет на кларнете) — Mother threw up her hands in surprise. That's an easy way out if a person has nothing to say.
Всю зиму ждали молока, сена до свежей травы хватило бы, а корова подвела, и Ивану Афанасьевичу осталось только развести руками. (В. Белов, Прежние годы) — All the winter they had been counting on milk, the hay was enough to last till the fresh grass came and now the cow had let them down and all Ivan Afanasyevich could do was shrug.
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