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1 не работник
General subject: the devil of a worker -
2 просто дьявол
General subject: the devil of a worker -
3 была бы шея, а хомут найдётся
Set phrase: God shapes the back for the burden, all lay load on the willing horse (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), all lay loads on the willing horse (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), an ass endures his burden, if the devil finds a man idle, he'll set him to work, if there's a back, there's a burden, the devil finds work for idle hands to doУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > была бы шея, а хомут найдётся
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4 была бы шея, хомут найдётся
Set phrase: God shapes the back for the burden, all lay load on the willing horse (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), all lay loads on the willing horse (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), an ass endures his burden, if the devil finds a man idle, he'll set him to work, if there's a back, there's a burden, the devil finds work for idle hands to doУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > была бы шея, хомут найдётся
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5 поминай как звали
разг.1) (погиб, умер, перестал существовать) smb. perished, died (will perish, will die); there'll be nothing left of smb. but his name; smb.'s goose is cooked- Честно говоря, побаиваюсь я этих "катюш". Дадут ошибку на один квадрат - и поминай, как звали. Сильное средство. (К. Симонов, Дни и ночи) — 'To tell you the truth, I'm a little afraid of those Katyushas myself. Let them make a mistake of one point on their chart, and there'll be nothing left of us but our names. It's a powerful weapon.'
- Каюк, ребята, свободному орлу Серёжке Очеретину! Поминай как звали. Женюсь! (Б. Горбатов, Донбасс) — 'Well, boys, this is good-bye to Sergei Ocheretin's single-blessedness! My goose is cooked! I'm getting married!'
2) (удрал, сбежал, куда-то скрылся) smb. disappeared without a trace; and that was the last that was < ever> seen (heard) of smb.- А ловкая какая! - сказала мамка. - Дай ей деньги, а потом поминай как звали. (Н. Дубов, Беглец) — 'A smooth worker, too,' Ma said. 'She'd get the money from us and that's the last we would hear of her!'
Сделал один человек другому доброе дело, а тот завернул оглобли - и поминай как звали. А нет, чтобы и самому тоже за добро-то отплатить как-нибудь. (В. Шукшин, Суд) — 'You do something nice for the other fellow, and he up and disappears without a trace. So why can't the other guy do something nice for you, too, once in a while?'
3) (навсегда утерян, утрачен (о пропаже чего-либо)) you have seen the last of it; you can whist le for itДругие же прибавили, что когда чёрт да москаль украдут что-нибудь, то поминай как звали. (Н. Гоголь, Пропавшая грамота) — Others chipped in that if the devil or a russian took it into their heads to pinch something there was precious little could be done about it.
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