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1 kalburla su taşımak
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2 mlatiti gloginje
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3 eredménytelen munkát végez
to plough the sands -
4 haszontalan munkát végez
to plough the sands -
5 hiábavaló munkát végez
to plough the sands -
6 гоня
1. chase, give chase to, pursue, be in pur-suit of, run/be after(гледам да настигна) hurry to catch up with(дивеч-за куче) courseгоня по петите be upon s.o.'s heels. pursue closelyгоня дивеч chase/hunt gameгоня неприятеля pursue the enemyгоним се chase each other/one another2. (преследвам) persecute, hound(no политически причини) victimize(имам зъб на) be down on, have a down onгоня до дупка run to earthпрен. get o.'s knife into, hound to death3. (стремя се към) seek/strain after, strive for, be out forгоня печалби be out for profitгоня слава/богатство seek/hunt after glory, fame/fortuneгоня цел aim at a goal, pursue a goalгоня лични цели seek private endsгоня разни цели have several aims in viewгоня конете urge on the horsesгоня път pursue o.'s journeyгоня слънцето seek the sunвлакът гони Пловдив the train is making for Plovdivгоня седемдесетте be getting on for/be nearing/be hard on seventyгоня вятъра/Михаля be on a fool's errand, go on a wild-goose chase, beat the air, chase a will-o'-the-wisp, plough the sands, lash the wavesгонят се (за ветрове) dance* * *го̀ня,гл., мин. св. деят. прич. го̀нил 1. chase, give chase to, pursue, be in pursuit of, run/be after; ( гледам да настигна) hurry to catch up with; ( дивеч — за куче) course; гоним се chase each other/one another; \гоня дивеч chase/hunt game; \гоня неприятеля pursue the enemy; \гоня по петите be upon s.o.’s heels, pursue closely;2. ( преследвам) persecute, hound; (по полит. причини) victimize; ( имам зъб на) be down on, have a down on; \гоня до дупка run to earth; прен. get o.’s knife into, hound to death;3. ( стремя се към) seek/strain after, strive for, be out for; \гоня лични цели seek private ends; \гоня печалби be out for profit; \гоня разни цели have several aims in view; \гоня слава/богатство seek/hunt after glory, fame/fortune; \гоня цел aim at a goal, pursue a goal; • влакът гони Пловдив the train is making for Plovdiv; \гоня вятъра/Михаля be on a fool’s errand, go on a wild-goose chase, beat the air, chase a will-o’-the-wisp, plough the sands, lash the waves; \гоня конете urge on the horses; \гоня път pursue o.’s journey; \гоня седемдесетте be getting on for/be nearing/be hard on seventy; \гоня слънцето seek the sun; гонят се (за ветрове) dance; (за животни в период на чифтосване) rut.* * *chase: гоня game - гоня дивеч; feeze; follow; make after; push (длъжник){pXS}; victimize* * *1. (no политически причини) victimize 2. (гледам да настигна) hurry to catch up with 3. (дивеч - за куче) course 4. (за животни в раз-гонен период) rut 5. (имам зъб на) be down on, have a down on 6. (преследвам) persecute, hound 7. (стремя се към) seek/strain after, strive for, be out for 8. chase, give chase to, pursue, be in pur-suit of, run/be after 9. ГОНЯ вятъра/ Михаля be on a fool's errand, go on a wild-goose chase, beat the air, chase a will-o'-the-wisp, plough the sands, lash the waves 10. ГОНЯ дивеч chase/hunt game 11. ГОНЯ до дупка run to earth 12. ГОНЯ конете urge on the horses 13. ГОНЯ лични цели seek private ends 14. ГОНЯ неприятеля pursue the enemy 15. ГОНЯ печалби be out for profit 16. ГОНЯ по петите be upon s.o.'s heels. pursue closely 17. ГОНЯ път pursue o.'s journey 18. ГОНЯ разни цели have several aims in view 19. ГОНЯ седемдесетте be getting on for/ be nearing/be hard on seventy 20. ГОНЯ слава/богатство seek/hunt after glory, fame/fortune 21. ГОНЯ слънцето seek the sun 22. ГОНЯ цел aim at a goal, pursue a goal 23. влакът гони Пловдив the train is making for Plovdiv 24. гоним се chase each other/one another 25. гонят се (за ветрове) dance 26. прен. get o.'s knife into, hound to death -
7 заниматься бесполезным делом
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > заниматься бесполезным делом
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8 тратить силы впустую
1) General subject: plough the sand, plow the sands2) American: spin (one's) wheels3) Makarov: cut blocks with a razor, plough the air, plough the sands, cut blocks with a razor (букв.: тесать глыбы бритвой)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > тратить силы впустую
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9 переливать из пустого в порожнее
1) General subject: mill the wind, plough the sand, plough the sands, chew the fat, waste time, waste words, beat the wind, tread water, engage in a futile exercise2) Politics: engage in futile exercise3) Set phrase: beat the air (дословно: Молотить воздух), beat the air, do quite useless, engage in idle talk, babble4) Makarov: catch the wind in a net, fill speech with vacuities5) Idiomatic expression: kick a dead horse, flog a dead horseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > переливать из пустого в порожнее
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10 зря трудиться
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11 решетом воду носить
1) Set phrase: draw water in a sieve (дословно: Черпать воду решетом), drop a bucket into an empty well (дословно: Кидать ведро в пустой колодец)2) Makarov: roast snow in a furnace, flog a dead horse (букв.: стегать дохлую лошадь)3) Saying: plough the sand, plough the sands4) Phraseological unit: make clothes for fishes5) Idiomatic expression: herding cats (Ex: Managing volunteers from fourteen different organizations is like herding cats.)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > решетом воду носить
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12 духам
1. (с уста) blow, breathe(с духало) blow, fanдухам си на ръцете blow/breathe on o.'s fingersтой духаше чая да изстине he was blowing on his tea to cool itдухам огъня да се разпали blow on the fire to make it blazeдухам с духало blow the bellows2. (за вятъра) blowдуха силен вятър a high wind is blowing, it is blowing hardдуха от запад it is blowing from the westдуха, не духа, ще изляза да се разходя blow high. blow low, I'll go out for a walkтука духа много there is a terrible draught hereгоня тоя що духа вж. гонядухам вятъраза тоя що духа all for nothingпарен каша духа вж. паря* * *ду̀хам,гл.1. (с уста) blow, breathe; (с духало) blow, fan; \духам на ръцете си blow/breathe on o.’s fingers; \духам огъня да се разпали blow on the fire to make it blaze; \духам с духало blow the bellows;2. (за вятъра) blow; духа, не духа, ще изляза да се разходя blow high, blow low, I’ll go out for a walk; духа силен вятър a high wind is blowing, it is blowing hard;3. ( има течение): духа ми I feel a/the draught; • гоня тоя, що духа be on a fool’s errand, go on a wild goose chase, beat the air, plough the sands; за тоя що духа all for nothing; парен каша духа the burnt child dreads the fire; once burnt/bitten, twice shy.* * *blow: духам on one's fingers - духам си на ръцете; puff* * *1. (за вятъра) blow 2. (има течение): духа ми I feel a (the) draught 3. (с духало) blow, fan 4. (с уста) blow, breathe 5. ДУХАМ огъня да се разпали blow on the fire to make it blaze 6. ДУХАМ с духало blow the bellows 7. ДУХАМ си на ръцете blow/breathe on o.'s fingers 8. гоня тоя що духа вж. гоня: ДУХАМ вятъра 9. духа от запад it is blowing from the west 10. духа силен вятър a high wind is blowing, it is blowing hard 11. духа, не духа, ще изляза да се разходя blow high. blow low, I'll go out for a walk 12. за тоя що духа all for nothing 13. парен каша духа вж. паря 14. той духаше чая да изстине he was blowing on his tea to cool it 15. тука духа много there is a terrible draught here -
13 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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14 πῦρ
πῦρ (once [full] πύυρ [?πῦρX [pron. full] ¯ ?πῦρX] by 'distraction', Simon.59 codd. Hdn.Gr. (Rh.Mus.35.101, 38.378)), τό, gen. πῠρός; not used in pl.,A v. πυρά, τά:— fire, π. καίειν or δαίειν to kindle fire, Il.8.521, Od.7.7, etc.; π. ἀνακαίειν, ἅπτειν, ἐξάπτειν, αἴθειν, ἐναύειν, v. sub vocc.; π. ποιεῖν, ποιήσασθαι, Anaxipp.1.12, X.An.5.2.27;οἴσετε π. Il.15.718
;π. προσέφερον X.An.5.2.14
; π. ἐμβαλεῖν νηυσί, κλισίῃσι, Il.15.597, Od.8.501 (tm.); π. φυσητέον, ῥιπίζειν, Ar.Lys. 293, Plu.Flam.21; as exclam., ".b π. τεχνικόν, v. τεχνικός.2 funeral-fire (cf. πυρά), ὄφρα πυρός με.. λελάχωσι θανόντα Il.7.79
, 22.342, cf. 15.350, 23.76; ζῶντα διδόναι τινὰ πυρί burn one alive, Hdt.1.86.3 sacrificial fire,ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάς Il.9.220
, cf. Od.3.341, 446;κατὰ τοῦ π. σπένδειν Pl.Criti. 120a
;διὰ τοῦ π. ὀμνύναι D.54.40
.4 hearthfire,πυρὸς ἐσχάραι Il.10.418
, cf. Od.5.59; ;πυρὶ δέχεσθαί τινα E.Or.47
; τὸ π. τὸ ἀθάνατον the fire of Vesta, Plu.Num.9, etc.; deified,Πῦρ ἀθάνατον SIG826 ii 14
(Delph., ii B.C.).5 lightning,κεραυνὸς ἀενάου πυρός Pi.P.1.6
;πῦρ πνέοντος κεραυνοῦ Id.Fr. 146
;πυρὸς ἀμφήκης βόστρυχος A.Pr. 1044
(anap.);πυρὶ καὶ στεροπαῖς S.OT 470
(anap.);παλτῷ ῥιπτεῖ πυρί Id.Ant. 131
(anap.);θείῳ πυρὶ παμφαής Id.Ph. 728
(lyr.).b fire, light, or heat of the sun, θερινὸν π., opp. χειμών, Pi.P.3.50, cf. Pl.Lg. 865b; of the stars,π. πνείοντα ἄστρα S.Ant. 1146
(lyr.); summer solstice, Alcm.79, Paul.Al.A.3.6 flame of torches, S.Ant. 964 (lyr.), etc.; π. εὐάγγελον, ἄγγαρον, πομπόν, of the beacon fire, A. Ag.21, 282, 299.7 fever heat, violent fever, πῦρ ἔλαβέν [ τινα] Hp. Epid.1.26.ή, al.;ὁ δ' ἔχων θέρμαν καὶ π. ἧκεν Ar.Fr. 690
;τεταρταίῳ πυρί Call.Aet.3.1.17
;π. ἄγριον Hp.Epid.7.20
(of erysipelas acc. to Gal.19.134).II phrases, ἐν πυρὶ γενέσθαι to be consumed, come to nothing, Il.2.340; φεύγων καπνὸν εἰς πῦρ δεσποτείας ἐμπεπτωκώς 'out of the frying pan into the fire, Pl.R. 569b, cf. Prov. ap. Simp.in Epict. p.72 D.; ; πῦρ ἐπὶ πῦρ ἐγχεῖν, ἄγειν, φέρειν, ἐπεισφέρειν, Cratin.18, Ar.Fr. 453, Arist.Pr. 880a21, Plu.2.61a; εἰς π. ξαίνειν 'plough the sands', Pl.Lg. 780c; , cf. Plb.21.20.7: as a type of things irresistible or terrible,ἀντίος εἶμι, καὶ εἰ πυρὶ χεῖρας ἔοικε Il.20.371
; , al.;Ἕκτωρ πυρὸς αἰνὸν ἔχει μένος 17.565
, cf. 6.182; soτὸ πεπρωμένον οὐ π. σχήσει Pi.Fr. 232
; ;οὐδὲν θηρίον γυναικὸς ἀμαχώτερον, οὐδὲ π. Ar.Lys. 1015
;ἀναρχία κρείσσων πυρός E.Hec. 608
;ἐχίδνης καὶ πυρὸς περαιτέρω Id.Andr. 271
; so διὰ πυρὸς ἰέναι (as we say) to go through fire and water, dash through any danger, X.Smp.4.16, cf. Oec.21.7, Ar.Lys. 133; but διὰ πυρὸς ἦλθε ἑτέρῳ λέχεϊ she raged furiously against the other partner of the bed, E.Andr. 487 (lyr.);διὰ πυρὸς ἔμολον ματρί Id.El. 1183
(lyr.);σωθήσεται οὕτω δὲ ὡς διὰ πυρός 1 Ep.Cor.3.15
;εἰς π. ἅλλεσθαι X.Mem. 1.3.9
;κἂν εἰς π. ἐμβαῖεν Lib.Ep.314.3
;π. διέρπειν S.Ant. 265
; of persons,ὦ π. σύ.. Id.Ph. 927
; of Hannibal, Plu.Flam.21: metaph. of anxious hope,θάλπει τῷδ' ἀνηκέστῳ πυρί S.El. 888
; of love,ἀρσενικῷ θέρεται π. Call.Epigr.27.5
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15 ἄνεμος
A wind,πέτετο πνοιῇ ἀνέμοιο Il.12.207
;ἀνέμων ἀτάλαντοι ἀέλλῃ 13.795
;ὦρσεν.. ἀνέμοιο θύελλαν 12.253
;ἀνέμοιο.. δεινὸς ἀήτης 15.626
, cf. 14.254;ἀνέμων ἀμέγαρτον ἀϋτμήν Od.11.407
, etc.;ἀνέμων πνεύματα Hdt.7.16
.ά, E.HF 102;ῥιπαί S.Ant.137.930
(both lyr.); ; ; ;ἀνέμων φθόγγος Simon.37.10
; ἀνέμου κατιόντος μεγάλου a gale having come on, Th.2.25; ἀνέμου ἐξαίφνης ἀσελγοῦς γενομένου Eup.320; ἄνεμος κατὰ βορέαν ἑστηκώς the wind being set in the north, Th.6.104; ἀνέμοις φέρεσθαι παραδιδόναι τι cast a thing to the winds, E.Tr. 419, cf. A.R.1.1334; κατ' ἄνεμον στῆναι stand to leeward, Arist.HA 541a26, cf. Plu.2.972a; κατ' ἄνεμον καὶ ῥοῦν νήχεσθαι ib.979c: metaph., ἄνεμος.. ἄνθρωπος 'unstable as the wind', Eup.376; φέρειν τιν' ἄρας (sic l.) ἄ. a very wind to carry off, Antiph.195.5 ([place name] Lobeck); ἀνέμους θηρᾶν ἐν δικτύοις try to catch the wind, and ἀνέμῳ διαλέγεσθαι talk to the wind, Zen.1.38; ἀνέμους γεωργεῖν 'plough the sands', ib. 100.2 cardinal point, quarter,ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ἀ. LXXZa.2.6
, Annales du Service19.40 (Theadelphia, 93 B.C.), Ev.Matt.24.31, al., Vett.Val. 140.6, PFlor.50.104: sg., ib.20.19 (ii A.D.); aspect,POxy.
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16 δέρω
δέρω Ar.V. 485, Pl.Euthd. 285c, etc.:—also [full] δείρω Hdt.2.39, Ar. Nu. 442, Av. 365, Cratin.361: [tense] impf.Aἔδερον Il.23.167
, [dialect] Ep.δέρον Od. 8.61
: [tense] fut. : [tense] aor.ἔδειρα Il.2.422
, ([etym.] ἀπ-) Hdt.5.25, ([etym.] ἐκ-) Pl.R. 616a:—[voice] Med., v. ἀναδέρω:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.δᾰρήσομαι Ev.Marc.13.9
, POxy. 653b (ii A.D.): [tense] aor. ἐδάρην [ᾰ] Men.Mon. 422, ([etym.] ἀπ-) X.An. 3.5.9, ([etym.] ἐκ-) Hdt.7.26; part.δαρθείς Nicoch.8
: [tense] pf. δέδαρμαι (v. infr.):— skin, flay, of animals,δ. βοῦς Il.23.167
: prov., κύνα δ. δεδαρμένην 'flog a dead horse', Pherecr.179; ἀσκὸς δεδάρθαι to have one's skin flayed off, Sol.33.7; δερῶ σε θύλακον κλοπῆς I will make a thief's purse of your skin, Ar.Eq. 370: prov., πρὶν ἐσφάχθαι δέρεις 'first catch your hare, then cook it', Eust.1792.45; ἀέρα δέρειν 'plough the sands', Id.1215.50, Suid.2 Anat., separate by avulsion, Herophil. ap. Gal. 2.349.II colloquially, cudgel, thrash, , cf. Nu. 442, POxy. l.c. (ii A. D., [voice] Pass.): prov., ὁ μὴ δαρεὶς ἄνθρωπος οὐ παιδεύεται 'spare the rod and spoil the child', Men. l. c., cf. SIG1109.91 (ii A.D.): metaph.,εἰς πρόσωπόν τινα δ. 2 Ep.Cor.11.20
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17 arar en el mar
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18 machacar en hierro frío
• labor grade• labor income• plough the sandsDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > machacar en hierro frío
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19 a căra apă la puţ
to carry coals to Newcastleto hold a candle to the sunto burn daylightto fan the breezesto bring / to send owls to Athenslit. to paint the lilyto plough / to saw the sands. -
20 arar en el desierto
to plough o (EEUU) plow the sands
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