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1 заниматься бесполезным делом
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > заниматься бесполезным делом
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2 лаять на луну
General subject: bay the moon, bark at the moon -
3 лаять
bark; ( о гончих) bay♢
лаять на луну — bay the moon -
4 лаять
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5 лаять
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6 толочь воду в ступе
разг., неодобр.lit. grind water in one's mortar; cf. beat the air (wind); flog the air; bay the moon; bite (gnaw) the file; beat (flog) a dead horse; make bricks without straw; lash the waves; mill the wind; plough the sands; thrash over old straw- Не привычен болтать, - ответил резко Антонов. - Да и что толку? Толчёте воду в ступе. Ты своё, вон тот, в очках, своё. (Н. Вирта, Одиночество) — 'I'm no talker,' Antonov answered brusquely. 'And what's the use anyway? All your arguing is just flogging the air. You stick to your point, and so does that fellow there, in the glasses.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > толочь воду в ступе
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7 заниматься бессмысленным делом
1) General subject: bay the moon, boondoggle, carry coal to Newcastle (г. Ньюкасл - центр угольной промышленности), gild refined gold2) Makarov: carry coals to Newcastle, carry coals to Newcastle (букв.: возить уголь в Ньюкасл ср. ездить в Тулу со своим самоваром)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > заниматься бессмысленным делом
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8 попусту тратить время
1) General subject: dilly dally, dilly-dally, dissipate time, fiddle, fool away one's time, potter away time, screw around, squander time, talk away time, talk away away time, thresh straw, loiter2) Colloquial: bay at the moon3) Jargon: jerk offУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > попусту тратить время
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