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to be afraid of hard work

  • 1 WORK

    • All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; all work and no spree makes Jill a dull she - Мешай дело с бездельем, проживешь век с весельем (M)
    • As is the workman, so is his work - Дело мастера боится (Д)
    • Hardest work is to do nothing (The) - Нет тяжелее бремени, чем безделье- (H)
    • He has hard work /indeed/ who has nothing to do - Нет тяжелее бремени, чем безделье- (H)
    • He who does not work, neither should he eat - Кто не работает, тот не ест (K)
    • He works hard who has nothing to do - Нет тяжелее бремени, чем безделье- (H)
    • Many hands make light (quick) work - Артельный котел гуще кипит (A)
    • Nothing is gained without work - Глину не мять - горшков не видать (Г)
    • No work, no recompense - Кто не работает, тот не ест (K)
    • That won't work - Этот номер не пройдет (Э)
    • Those who will not work shall not eat - Кто не работает, тот не ест (K)
    • Work praises the artist (the workman) (The) - Видно мастера по работе (B)
    • Work shows the workman (The) - Видно мастера по работе (B)
    • Work well begun is half ended - Доброе начало полдела откачало (Д)

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  • 2 чураться тяжелой работы

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  • 3 страшиться тяжёлой работы

    General subject: to be afraid of hard work

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  • 4 страшиться тяжелой работы

    General subject: to be afraid of hard work

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  • 5 Ш-90

    HE ШТУКА HE ВЕЛИКА ШТУКА both obsoles, coll NP these forms only subj-compl with быть« ( subj: usu. infin or abstr), pres only) doing sth. does not require much work or great effort, sth. or dealing with sth. is not difficult: сделать X не штука \Ш-90 X (doing X) is nothing (no great trick) therefe nothing to it it's not hard at all (to do X).
    «Придет муж (Степан) - небось, бросишь меня? Побоишься?» - «Мне что его бояться... Степан придет - это не штука. Батя вон меня женить собирается» (Шолохов 2). "You'll give me up when my husband (Stepan) comes back, won't you? You'll be afraid?" "Why should I be afraid of him?...Stepan coming back-that's nothing. It's my Dad
    he wants to marry me off" (2a).
    (Лебедев:) He велика штука пить, - пить и лошадь умеет. Нет, ты с толком выпей!.. (Чехов 4). (L.:) Drinking's no great trick - even a horse can drink.... No, it's knowing how to do it properly! (4a). (L.:) Drinking? There's nothing to it, even a horse can drink. No, the thing is to drink properly (4b).

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  • 6 не велика штука

    НЕ ШТУКА; НЕ ВЕЛИКА ШТУКА both obsoles, coll
    [NP; these forms only; subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. infin or abstr), pres only]
    =====
    doing sth. does not require much work or great effort, sth. or dealing with sth. is not difficult:
    - it's not hard at all (to do X).
         ♦ "Придёт муж [Степан] - небось, бросишь меня? Побоишься?" - "Мне что его бояться... Степан придёт - это не штука. Батя вон меня женить собирается" (Шолохов 2). "You'll give me up when my husband [Stepan] comes back, won't you? You'll be afraid?" "Why should I be afraid of him?...Stepan coming back-that's nothing. It's my Dad; he wants to marry me off" (2a).
         ♦ [Лебедев:] Не велика штука пить, - пить и лошадь умеет. Нет, ты с толком выпей!.. (Чехов 4). [L.:] Drinking's no great trick - even a horse can drink.... No, it's knowing how to do it properly! (4a). [L.:] Drinking? There's nothing to it, even a horse can drink. No, the thing is to drink properly (4b).

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  • 7 не штука

    НЕ ШТУКА; НЕ ВЕЛИКА ШТУКА both obsoles, coll
    [NP; these forms only; subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. infin or abstr), pres only]
    =====
    doing sth. does not require much work or great effort, sth. or dealing with sth. is not difficult:
    - it's not hard at all (to do X).
         ♦ "Придёт муж [Степан] - небось, бросишь меня? Побоишься?" - "Мне что его бояться... Степан придёт - это не штука. Батя вон меня женить собирается" (Шолохов 2). "You'll give me up when my husband [Stepan] comes back, won't you? You'll be afraid?" "Why should I be afraid of him?...Stepan coming back-that's nothing. It's my Dad; he wants to marry me off" (2a).
         ♦ [Лебедев:] Не велика штука пить, - пить и лошадь умеет. Нет, ты с толком выпей!.. (Чехов 4). [L.:] Drinking's no great trick - even a horse can drink.... No, it's knowing how to do it properly! (4a). [L.:] Drinking? There's nothing to it, even a horse can drink. No, the thing is to drink properly (4b).

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  • 8 С-247

    HE СЛАДКО кому coll Invar usu. impers predic with copula or subj-compl with copula ( subj: infin)) (in refer, to s.o. 's life, the way things in general are going for s.o. etc) sth. is unpleasant, difficult for s.o.: X-y (приходится) не сладко - life is not sweet (easy, a bowl of cherries) for X life is no picnic (party) for X things are bad (rough) for X X is not having an easy time (of it) (in limited contexts) it (doing sth.) is hard on X.
    Он (Коля) добился своего - Даша осталась с ним. Но и ему пришлось не сладко - кончался нэп, наступал государственный сектор (Искандер 3). Не (Kolya) got what he wanted-Dasha remained with him. But life was not sweet for him-the New Economic Policy ended, the state took over the economy (3a).
    Прямо напротив нас живет Настя, бывшая колхозница из-под Харькова. Во время войны ее, тогда молодую девушку, немцы угнали в Германию. После войны домой не вернулась. Здесь ей было не сладко, но и на родину ехать не решилась (Войнович 1). Nastya, a former collective-farm worker from outside Kharkov, lives right across from us. During the war, when she was a young girl, the Germans deported her to work in Germany. She didn't return to the Soviet Union after the war. Life wasn't easy for her here, even so, she couldn't bring herself to return to her native land.. (1а).Ф «Жена совершенно права. И без вас не сладко. Собачья жизнь, сумасшедший дом. Все время меж двух огней...» (Пастернак 1). "My wife is quite right. Things are bad enough without you. It's a dog's life, a madhouse. I am caught between two fires" (1a).
    ...Сквозь мятые, подмоченные дождем строки письма ощутимо дышала горькая грусть. Не сладко, видно, и Петру вливалась служба (Шолохов 2)....The crumpled, rain-blurred lines of the letter were tinged with a bitter sadness. Evidently Petro was not having an easy time (in the army) either (2a).
    Пересудов людских ты боишься... Что они тебе?.. Нелюдей — себя слушай. Ты знаешь, как было. Что ни перед кем ты не виноватая... Этим себя охраняй, этим спасайся, этим. Конечно, не сладко тебе придется» (Распутин 2). "You're afraid of people's judgment....What do you care!...Don't listen to people-listen to yourself. You know what really happened: that you're not to blame before anyone....Guard yourself, save yourself with those thoughts. Of course, it'll be hard on you" (2a).

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  • 9 не сладко

    [Invar; usu. impers predic with copula or subj-compl with copula (subj: infin)]
    =====
    (in refer, to s.o.'s life, the way things in general are going for s.o. etc) sth. is unpleasant, difficult for s.o.:
    - X-у (приходится) не сладко life is not sweet (easy, a bowl of cherries) for X;
    - [in limited contexts] it (doing sth.) is hard on X.
         ♦ Он [Коля] добился своего - Даша осталась с ним. Но и ему пришлось не сладко - кончался нэп, наступал государственный сектор (Искандер 3). Не [Kolya] got what he wanted-Dasha remained with him. But life was not sweet for him-the New Economic Policy ended, the state took over the economy (3a).
         ♦ Прямо напротив нас живет Настя, бывшая колхозница из-под Харькова. Во время войны ее, тогда молодую девушку, немцы угнали в Германию. После войны домой не вернулась. Здесь ей было не сладко, но и на родину ехать не решилась (Войнович 1). Nastya, a former collective-farm worker from outside Kharkov, lives right across from us. During the war, when she was a young girl, the Germans deported her to work in Germany. She didn't return to the Soviet Union after the war. Life wasn't easy for her here; even so, she couldn't bring herself to return to her native land.. (1а).Ф "Жена совершенно права. И без вас не сладко. Собачья жизнь, сумасшедший дом. Все время меж двух огней..." (Пастернак 1). "My wife is quite right. Things are bad enough without you. It's a dog's life, a madhouse. I am caught between two fires" (1a).
         ♦...Сквозь мятые, подмоченные дождем строки письма ощутимо дышала горькая грусть. Не сладко, видно, и Петру вливалась служба (Шолохов 2)....The crumpled, rain-blurred lines of the letter were tinged with a bitter sadness. Evidently Petro was not having an easy time [in the army] either (2a).
         ♦ "Пересудов людских ты боишься... Что они тебе?.. Нелюдей - себя слушай. Ты знаешь, как было. Что ни перед кем ты не виноватая... Этим себя охраняй, этим спасайся, этим. Конечно, не сладко тебе придётся" (Распутин 2). "You're afraid of people's judgment....What do you care!...Don't listen to people-listen to yourself. You know what really happened: that you're not to blame before anyone....Guard yourself, save yourself with those thoughts. Of course, it'll be hard on you" (2a).

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  • 10 В-139

    НА ВИДУ PrepP Invar
    1. \В-139 (укого) ( subj-compl with copula (subj: human or concr) or adv
    (fully) visible (to s.o.): in plain (full) view (of s.o.)
    within s.o. 's view (can be) seen before s.o. 's eyes in front of s.o. (in limited contexts) exposed out in the open
    Neg не на виду - out of (s-оЛ) sight
    out of view (sight) (of s.o.)
    у всех на виду - for all to see
    in front of everybody in public
    жить у всех на виду - live a completely open life.
    А разве не сам я, когда прилетела «рама» и все полезли по щелям, стоял на виду? (Окуджава 1). Wasn't it me who remained in full view when the Heinkel swooped down and everyone jumped into the trenches? (1a).
    В обоих отделениях столовой кухня была отделена от общего зала стеклянной перегородкой, чтобы неряхи-повара все время были на виду у рабочих (Искандер 3). In each department of the dining room, the kitchen was divided from the public hall by a glass partition so that the slovenly cooks were within the workers' view at all times (3a).
    Да, лучше вечером, -почему я решила завтра утром? Днем все на виду, сейчас уже темнеет, мало фонарей. Да, надо сегодня, сейчас же, зачем я откладываю? (Аллилуева 2). Yes, it would be better to do it all in the evening. Why did I ever think of the morning? In the daytime everything could be seen, now it was getting dark, lights were few. Yes, it must happen today, at once
    why was I putting it off? (2a)
    ...Времена тяжелые, у властей приступ служебного рвения, намекнули кому-то, что плохо де работаете, а он (Виктор) -вот он... голенький, глаза руками зажал, а весь на виду (Стругацкие 1)....The times were hard, the authorities were having an attack of official zeal, the hint's been given, you aren't doing your work, gentlemen, and there he (Victor) was...naked, covering his eyes with his fists and utterly exposed (1a).
    Ксана на приставания Иосифа не отвечала, но городок маленький, южный, все на виду, все видят, как Иосиф вяжется к Ксане, и этот факт ее компрометирует... (Рыбаков 1). Ksana didn't respond to his (Yosif's) passes, but it was a small town in the south, where everything is out in the open, everyone could see that Yosif was trying to get involved with her, he was compromising her... (1a).
    Илья Терентьевич Хороброе задней стороной лаборатории, не на виду у начальства, тяжелой поступью прошёл за стеллаж к Потапову (Солженицын 3). Ilya Terentevich Khorobrov, in the rear of the laboratory and out of sight of the chiefs, walked with heavy tread behind the wall of shelves to Potapov (3a).
    В общем, они ходили в лес и, как вы догадываетесь, располагались не на виду у дачного общества, а в стороне (Рыбаков 1). So they would go into the forest and, as you might guess, they would settle themselves down somewhat out of the way, out of view of summer visitors (1a).
    Праздновать труса у всех на виду? Никогда! (Аксенов 12). "Be cowards in public? Never!" (12a).
    Живу я на виду у всех. Чем дышу, всякий в городе знает» (Максимов 3). "I live a completely open life. Everybody in town knows what I live for" (3a).
    2. ( usu. subj-compl with быть0 (subj: human) to occupy a highly visible position ( occas., esp. formerly, used in refer, to a position that attracts the attention of influential people, promises a successful career)
    X был на виду = X was in the public eye
    X was (in a position) where he could be noticed X was in the limelight X had everybody' attention X was exposed (conspicuous).
    Этот человек, проживший так открыто, так напоказ, так на виду - оказался самым скрытным, самым невидимым и унес свою тайну в могилу (Битов 2). This man who lived so openly, so on display, so in the public eye, turns out to have been the most secretive, the most invisible. He has carried his secret to the grave (2a).
    «...Перейдя в гвардию, я на виду, - продолжал Берг, -и вакансии в гвардейской пехоте гораздо чаще» (Толстой 4). "...By transferring to the Guards, I shall be where I can be noticed," Berg continued, "and vacancies occur more frequently in the Foot Guards" (4a).
    Эти люди ждали. Больше двадцати лет ждали. Копили ненависть. Кое-чему научились. Защитились. Напечатались. Продвинулись. Не на виду, на периферии. Но продвинулись (Зиновьев 1)....These people were waiting. They'd been waiting for more than twenty years. They had built up enormous reserves of bitter hatred. They had learnt something. They had defended their theses. They had been published. They had risen. Never in the limelight, always on the fringes. But they had risen (1a).
    (Pen-ников:) Сейчас он на виду, герой, жертва несправедливости! (Вампилов 3). (R.:) Right now, he's got everybody's attention, he's a hero, a victim of injustice! (3b).
    Я боюсь, что тут мы будем больше на виду, чем в Москве, откуда бежали в поисках незаметности» (Пастернак 1). "I am afraid that after leaving Moscow to escape notice, we are going to be even more conspicuous here" (1a).

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  • 11 на виду

    [PrepP; Invar]
    =====
    1. на виду кого) [subj-compl with copula (subj: human or concr) or adv]
    (fully) visible (to s.o.):
    - in plain < full> view (of s.o.);
    - within s.o.'s view;
    - before s.o.'s eyes;
    - in front of s.o.;
    - [in limited contexts] exposed;
    || Neg не на виду out of (s.o.'s) sight < view>;
    - out of view (sight) (of s.o.);
    || жить у всех на виду live a completely open life.
         ♦ А разве не сам я, когда прилетела "рама" и все полезли по щелям, стоял на виду? (Окуджава 1). Wasn't it me who remained in full view when the Heinkel swooped down and everyone jumped into the trenches? (1a).
         ♦ В обоих отделениях столовой кухня была отделена от общего зала стеклянной перегородкой, чтобы неряхи-повара все время были на виду у рабочих (Искандер 3). In each department of the dining room, the kitchen was divided from the public hall by a glass partition so that the slovenly cooks were within the workers' view at all times (3a).
         ♦ Да, лучше вечером, - почему я решила завтра утром? Днем все на виду, сейчас уже темнеет, мало фонарей. Да, надо сегодня, сейчас же, зачем я откладываю? (Аллилуева 2). Yes, it would be better to do it all in the evening. Why did I ever think of the morning? In the daytime everything could be seen; now it was getting dark, lights were few. Yes, it must happen today, at once; why was I putting it off? (2a)
         ♦...Времена тяжелые, у властей приступ служебного рвения, намекнули кому-то, что плохо де работаете, а он [Виктор] - вот он... голенький, глаза руками зажал, а весь на виду (Стругацкие 1)....The times were hard, the authorities were having an attack of official zeal, the hint's been given, you aren't doing your work, gentlemen, and there he [Victor] was...naked, covering his eyes with his fists and utterly exposed (1a).
         ♦ Ксана на приставания Иосифа не отвечала, но городок маленький, южный, все на виду, все видят, как Иосиф вяжется к Ксане, и этот факт ее компрометирует... (Рыбаков 1). Ksana didn't respond to his [Yosif's] passes, but it was a small town in the south, where everything is out in the open, everyone could see that Yosif was trying to get involved with her, he was compromising her... (1a).
         ♦ Илья Терентьевич Хоробров задней стороной лаборатории, не на виду у начальства, тяжелой поступью прошёл за стеллаж к Потапову (Солженицын 3). Ilya Terentevich Khorobrov, in the rear of the laboratory and out of sight of the chiefs, walked with heavy tread behind the wall of shelves to Potapov (За).
         ♦ В общем, они ходили в лес и, как вы догадываетесь, располагались не на виду у дачного общества, а в стороне (Рыбаков 1). So they would go into the forest and, as you might guess, they would settle themselves down somewhat out of the way, out of view of summer visitors (1a).
         ♦ Праздновать труса у всех на виду? Никогда! (Аксенов 12). "Be cowards in public? Never!" (12a).
         ♦ "Живу я на виду у всех. Чем дышу, всякий в городе знает" (Максимов 3). "I live a completely open life. Everybody in town knows what I live for" (3a).
    2. [usu. subj-compl with быть (subj: human)]
    to occupy a highly visible position (occas., esp. formerly, used in refer, to a position that attracts the attention of influential people, promises a successful career):
    - X был на виду X was in the public eye;
    - X was exposed (conspicuous).
         ♦ Этот человек, проживший так открыто, так напоказ, так на виду - оказался самым скрытным, самым невидимым и унес свою тайну в могилу (Битов 2). This man who lived so openly, so on display, so in the public eye, turns out to have been the most secretive, the most invisible. He has carried his secret to the grave (2a).
         ♦ "...Перейдя в гвардию, я на виду, - продолжал Берг, - и вакансии в гвардейской пехоте гораздо чаще" (Толстой 4). "...By transferring to the Guards, I shall be where I can be noticed," Berg continued, "and vacancies occur more frequently in the Foot Guards" (4a).
         ♦...Эти люди ждали. Больше двадцати лет ждали. Копили ненависть. Кое-чему научились. Защитились. Напечатались. Продвинулись. Не на виду, на периферии. Но продвинулись (Зиновьев 1)....These people were waiting. They'd been waiting for more than twenty years. They had built up enormous reserves of bitter hatred. They had learnt something. They had defended their theses. They had been published. They had risen. Never in the limelight, always on the fringes. But they had risen (1a).
         ♦ [Репников:] Сейчас он на виду, герой, жертва несправедливости! (Вампилов 3). [R.:] Right now, he's got everybody's attention, he's a hero, a victim of injustice! (3b).
         ♦ "Я боюсь, что тут мы будем больше на виду, чем в Москве, откуда бежали в поисках незаметности" (Пастернак 1). "I am afraid that after leaving Moscow to escape notice, we are going to be even more conspicuous here" (1a).

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