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['mɪlstəʊn]nome macina f., mola f.••* * *1) (one of the two large, heavy stones used in an old-fashioned mill for grinding grain.) macina, mola2) ((usually with round one's/the neck) something that is a heavy burden or responsibility, and prevents easy progress: He regarded his brother as a millstone round his neck.) (palla al piede)* * *millstone /ˈmɪlstəʊn/n.1 macina; mola2 (fig.) pesante fardello; grave peso; palla al piede (fig.): His past is a millstone round his neck, il suo passato è per lui una palla al piede● (fig.) to be between the upper and the nether millstone, essere fra l'incudine e il martello.* * *['mɪlstəʊn]nome macina f., mola f.•• -
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1) (one of the two large, heavy stones used in an old-fashioned mill for grinding grain.) mlinski kamen2) ((usually with round one's/the neck) something that is a heavy burden or responsibility, and prevents easy progress: He regarded his brother as a millstone round his neck.) kamen* * *[mílstoun]nounmlinski kamen, žrmeljhard as the nether millstone — trd ko kamen, neusmiljenfiguratively between upper and nether millstone — med mlinskimi kamnito see into a millstone — vse spregledati, ironically slišati travo rasti -
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ˈmɪlstəun сущ.
1) жернов
2) бремя, гнет, груз Syn: burden, load ∙ between the upper and the nether millstone ≈ в безвыходном положении;
между молотом и наковальней to see far into a millstone, to look through a millstone ≈ обладать сверхъестественной проницательностью (обыкн. ирон.) to have/fix a millstone about one's neck ≈ надеть себе камень на шею жерновой камень, жернов;
бегун камень, бремя - to have /to fix, to hang/ a * about one's neck надеть себе камень на шею - to be a * round smb.'s neck быть камнем на шее у кого-л. > hard as the nether * бессердечный, черствый;
непоколебимый > to see far in /into, through/ a * обыкн. (ироничное) быть (уж) чересчур проницательным > between the upper and the nether * в безвыходном положении;
между молотом и наковальней;
между двух огней millstone бремя;
between the upper and the nether millstone в безвыходном положении;
= между молотом и наковальней to have (или to fix) a ~ about one's neck = надеть себе камень на шею to see far into a ~, to look through a ~ обладать сверхъестественной проницательностью (обыкн. ирон.) millstone бремя;
between the upper and the nether millstone в безвыходном положении;
= между молотом и наковальней ~ жернов to see far into a ~, to look through a ~ обладать сверхъестественной проницательностью (обыкн. ирон.)Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > millstone
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[ʹmılstəʋn] n1) жерновой камень, жёрнов; бегун2) камень, бремяto have /to fix, to hang/ a millstone about one's neck - надеть себе камень на шею
to be a millstone round smb.'s neck - быть камнем на шее у кого-л.
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hard as the nether millstone - а) бессердечный, чёрствый; б) непоколебимыйto see far in /into, through/ a millstone - обыкн. ирон. быть (уж) чересчур проницательным
between the upper and the nether millstone - в безвыходном положении; ≅ между молотом и наковальней; между двух огней
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