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1 бросать деньги на ветер
1) General subject: pay for a dead horse, throw good money after bad, waste money, spend money like water, flush money down the drain2) American English: pour money down a rat hole3) Makarov: throw money down the drainУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > бросать деньги на ветер
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2 рисковать последним
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > рисковать последним
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3 упорствовать в безнадёжном деле
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > упорствовать в безнадёжном деле
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4 упорствовать в безнадежном деле
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > упорствовать в безнадежном деле
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5 тратить деньги впустую
General subject: throw away money, throw good money after badУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > тратить деньги впустую
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6 пускать
vt; св - пусти́тьпусти́ ру́ку, мне бо́льно — let go of my hand, you're hurting me
2) разрешать to allow, to let, to permit litпуска́ть дете́й в теа́тр — to let the children go to the theatre, to allow the children to go to the theatre
она́ ко́шку в дом не пуска́ет — she keeps the cat out
в э́тот рестора́н с соба́ками не пуска́ют — dogs are not permitted in this restaurant
3) приводить в движение to start (up), to set going/in motionпуска́ть заво́д — to start up a factory, to put a factory into operation
пусти́ть по́езд — to open a new line
пуска́ть часы́ — to start a clock
пуска́ть во́ду — to turn on water
пуска́ть слух — to spread/to start a rumo(u)r
по суббо́там пуска́ют специа́льный по́езд для тури́стов — on Saturday they run a special tourist train
4) направлять в кого/что-л to set, to put, to sendпуска́ть себе́ пу́лю в лоб — to blow one's brains out
- пустить козла в огородпуска́ть де́ньги на ве́тер — to waste/ проматывать to squander one's money, to throw good money after bad
См. также в других словарях:
throw good money after bad — informal phrase to continue spending money on something such as a business or a project that is going to fail Thesaurus: to do business and relating to doing businesshyponym closing a business and ceasing to operate a businesssynonym Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
throw good money after bad — DISAPPROVING ► to waste money by continuing to invest in something that has already cost a lot and is unlikely to be a success: »The government may be throwing good money after bad by using taxpayers money to bail out the failing banks. Main… … Financial and business terms
throw good money after bad — ► throw good money after bad incur further loss in a hopeless attempt to recoup a previous loss. Main Entry: ↑throw … English terms dictionary
throw good money after bad — Someone who spends additional money on something that was already considered a bad investment is said to throw good money after bad. Buying a second hand computer and then spending money to have it repaired is throwing good money after… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
throw good money after bad — to spend more and more money on something that will never be successful. Investors in the project began to pull out as they realised they were simply throwing good money after bad … New idioms dictionary
throw good money after bad — spend more on a failure, repair a poor product If we fix that TV again, we ll be throwing good money after bad … English idioms
throw good money after bad — incur further loss in a hopeless attempt to recoup a previous loss. → throw … English new terms dictionary
throw good money after bad — informal to continue spending money on something such as a business or a project that is going to fail … English dictionary
throw good moneyafter bad — Someone who spends additional money on something that was already considered a bad investment is said to throw good money after bad. Buying a second hand computer and then spending money to have it repaired is throwing good money after… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
throw — [θrəʊ ǁ θroʊ] verb threw PASTTENSE [θruː] thrown PASTPART [θrəʊn ǁ θroʊn] [transitive] 1. throw money at to try to solve a problem by spending a lot of money, without really thinking about the problem: • There is no point throwing money at the… … Financial and business terms
throw — ► VERB (past threw; past part. thrown) 1) propel with force through the air by a rapid movement of the arm and hand. 2) move or put into place quickly, hurriedly, or roughly. 3) project, direct, or cast (light, an expression, etc.) in a… … English terms dictionary