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1 идти качаясь
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2 идти, шатаясь как пьяный
1) American: make a Virginia fence, walk like a Virginia fence2) Makarov: make a Virginia fence, walk like a Virginia fenceУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > идти, шатаясь как пьяный
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3 a merge pe trei cărări
amer. to make a Virginia fenceto walk like a Virginia fence. -
4 a nu se putea ţine pe picioare
amer. to make a Virginia fenceto walk like a Virginia fence.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a nu se putea ţine pe picioare
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5 a nu se ţine de cuvânt / făgăduială / promisiune
to break / to go back on one's word / promiseto break faith with smb.elev. to depart from one's wordamer. to make a Virginia fenceto walk like a Virginia fence.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a nu se ţine de cuvânt / făgăduială / promisiune
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6 выводить вавилоны
выводить (писать, выписывать) вавилоныуст.stagger; weave along, reel ( when drunk); stumble at every step; cf. walk like a Virginia fence; make a Virginia fence Amer.Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > выводить вавилоны
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7 выделывать вензеля
выделывать (выписывать, писать) < ногами> вензеля (кренделя, крендели)разг.stagger; stumble; weave along; reel; do fanciful steps ( when drunk); cf. walk like a Virginia fence; make a Virginia fence Amer.- Скоро же вы думаете, - сказал голова... - поставить вашу винокурню? - Когда бог поможет, то сею осенью, может и закурим. На Покров, бьюсь об заклад, что пан голова будет писать ногами немецкие крендели по дороге. (Н. Гоголь, Майская ночь, или Утопленница) — 'How soon do you think, asked the headman,... you'll build your vodka-still?' 'With the help of God we should start distilling this autumn. I wager my last rouble that come the feast of the Intercession we shall see your honour the headman weaving a route along the main street as crooked as a German pretzel.'
Порядочно "треснувши" и выписывая ногами самые затейливые вензеля, Кочнев возвращался из кабака на корвет. (К. Станюкович, Куцый) — Properly 'soused', with his legs doing fanciful steps, Kochnev was making his way back to the corvette from a visit to a tavern.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > выделывать вензеля
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8 нетвёрдо держаться на ногах
1) General subject: be shaky on one's pins, to be shakey on ( one's) pins, to be shaky on (one's) pins, vacillate on feet, be shaky on pins, be unsteady on one's feet2) American: make a Virginia fence (о пьяном или изображающем пьяного)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > нетвёрдо держаться на ногах
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9 a umbla pe două cărări
1. ( a fi beat)to be half-seas overto be making M's and Tsto be making indentures with one's legsamer. to make a Virginia fence.2. ( a fi taler cu două feţe) to be a double dealerto be a hypocrite / a Pharisee / a Jesuit / a Tartuffe / a dissembler. -
10 писать мыслете
писать (выделывать) < ногами> мыслетешутл., уст.stagger; reel; stagger along a scissor-legged way; cf. make a Virginia fence Amer.- Никак Архип-то с утра пьян!.. Смотри, какие мыслете выделывает! (М. Салтыков-Щедрин, Пошехонская старина) — 'Arkhip has been drunk since morning, as it seems. Look at him staggering about!'
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