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[kɒg]a (tiny) cog in the machine — fig. una (semplice) rotella nell'ingranaggio
* * *[koɡ](one of a series of teeth around the edge of a wheel which fits into one of a similar series in a similar wheel (or into a chain as in a bicycle) causing motion: The cogs in the gear-wheels of a car get worn down.) dente, ingranaggio* * *cog (1) /kɒg/n. (mecc.)2 (fig.) rotella, rotellina: John is just a cog in the machine of our business, John non è che una rotella nell'ingranaggio della nostra azienda3 ► cogwheel● (mecc.) cog belt, cinghia a denti □ cog rail, rotaia a cremagliera □ cog railway, ferrovia a cremagliera □ (fig.) to slip a cog, fare un errore ( nei propri calcoli); sbagliarsi.cog (2) /kɒg/n. (falegn.)2 dente d'incastro; tenone.(to) cog (1) /kɒg/v. t.2 (metall.) sbozzare al laminatoio.(to) cog (2) /kɒg/v. t.(falegn.) congiungere mediante incastro a tenone.* * *[kɒg]a (tiny) cog in the machine — fig. una (semplice) rotella nell'ingranaggio
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rouage [ʀwaʒ]masculine noun[d'engrenage] cogwheel ; [de montre] part* * *ʀwaʒnom masculin1) ( de machine) wheelles rouages — the parts ou works
2) ( d'administration) machinery [U]* * *ʀwaʒ1. nm1) [moteur] cog, gearwheel, [montre] part2) fig, [système, dispositif] cog2. rouages nmplfig machinery sg* * *rouage nm2 (d'État, d'administration) machinery ¢; les rouages bureaucratiques the wheels of bureaucracy; être un rouage parmi d'autres to be a cog in a machine; n'être qu'un des rouages to be a tiny cog in the machine.[rwaʒ] nom masculin[engrenage] cogwheelles rouages d'une horloge the works ou movement of a clock -
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"wheel;Rolle;galet;ruedecilla;anilha"* * *f castor* * *rotella s.f.1 small wheel; ( orientabile) castor; ( di bicicletta) trainer wheel: pattini a rotelle, roller skates // avere una rotella fuori posto, to have a screw loose2 (anat.) → rotula* * *[ro'tɛlla]sostantivo femminile1) wheel; (di sedia, tavolo) castor, caster2) anat. (rotula) rotula*•rotella dentata — mecc. trundle
••avere qualche rotella fuori posto — not to be all there, not to have all one's marbles, to have a screw loose
* * *rotella/ro'tεlla/sostantivo f.1 wheel; (di sedia, tavolo) castor, caster; pattini a -e roller-skates2 anat. (rotula) rotula*essere solo una rotella dell'ingranaggio to be a tiny cog in the machine; avere qualche rotella fuori posto not to be all there, not to have all one's marbles, to have a screw loose\rotella dentata mecc. trundle. -
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ПОСЛЕДНЯЯ (ПЯТАЯ, ДЕСЙТАЯ) СПИЦА В КОЛЕСНИЦЕ coll, condes or rather derog NP usu. sing usu. subj-compl with быть» (subj: human fixed WOone is very insignificant with respect to position, status, role in sth. etca mere (tiny) cog in the machine (the wheel)(just) a cog in the wheel low man on the totem pole.Он дал нам понять, что у себя на работе он не последняя спица в колеснице. Не made it clear to us that at work he was not low man on the totem pole. -
7 десятая спица в колеснице
• ПОСЛЕДНЯЯ <ПЯТАЯ, ДЕСЯТАЯ> СПИЦА В КОЛЕСНИЦЕ coll, condes or rather derog[NP; usu. sing; usu. subj-compl with быть (subj: human); fixed WO]=====⇒ one is very insignificant with respect to position, status, role in sth. etc:- low man on the totem pole.♦ Он дал нам понять, что у себя на работе он не последняя спица в колеснице. He made it clear to us that at work he was not low man on the totem pole.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > десятая спица в колеснице
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• ПОСЛЕДНЯЯ <ПЯТАЯ, ДЕСЯТАЯ> СПИЦА В КОЛЕСНИЦЕ coll, condes or rather derog[NP; usu. sing; usu. subj-compl with быть (subj: human); fixed WO]=====⇒ one is very insignificant with respect to position, status, role in sth. etc:- low man on the totem pole.♦ Он дал нам понять, что у себя на работе он не последняя спица в колеснице. He made it clear to us that at work he was not low man on the totem pole.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > последняя спица в колеснице
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9 пятая спица в колеснице
• ПОСЛЕДНЯЯ <ПЯТАЯ, ДЕСЯТАЯ> СПИЦА В КОЛЕСНИЦЕ coll, condes or rather derog[NP; usu. sing; usu. subj-compl with быть (subj: human); fixed WO]=====⇒ one is very insignificant with respect to position, status, role in sth. etc:- low man on the totem pole.♦ Он дал нам понять, что у себя на работе он не последняя спица в колеснице. He made it clear to us that at work he was not low man on the totem pole.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пятая спица в колеснице
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с.1) ( вращающийся круг со спицами) wheelзапасно́е колесо́ — spare wheel
махово́е колесо́ — flywheel
цепно́е колесо́ — sprocket
веду́щее колесо́ тех. — driving wheel; ( гусеницы) driving sprocket
переда́точное колесо́ — transmission wheel
храпово́е колесо́ — ratchet wheel
рулево́е колесо́ — steering wheel
гидравли́ческое колесо́ — hydraulic wheel
гребно́е колесо́ — paddle wheel
2) ( акробатическая фигура) cartwheel••колесо́ форту́ны — Fortune's wheel, wheel of fortune
колесо́ обозре́ния, чёртово колесо́ — big wheel брит.; ferris wheel амер.
пя́тое колесо́ в теле́ге — the fifth wheel of a coach; ≈ a tiny cog in the machine
поверну́ть вспять колесо́ исто́рии — turn back the clock of history
вставля́ть па́лки в колёса кому́-л — put a spoke in smb's wheel
кружи́ться как бе́лка в колесе́ — ≈ run round like a squirrel in a cage
ходи́ть колесо́м — turn somersaults ['sʌ-]
грудь колесо́м — ≈ with chest well out, barrel-chested
продава́ть това́р с колёс — 1) ( из машины) sell goods right from the delivery truck 2) ( сразу по мере поступления) sell goods as soon as they arrive
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ж.1. ( для вязания) knitting needle2. ( колеса) spoke♢
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Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > essere solo una rotella dell'ingranaggio
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ж.1) ( для вязания) knitting needle2) ( колеса) spoke••после́дняя / пя́тая спи́ца в колесни́це — ≈ a tiny cog in the machine
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pron.1 one, one item.2 one, oneself, one man.m.one, number one.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: unir.* * *► adjetivo1 (numeral) one1 one2 (impersonal) one, you1 (número) one1 (hora) one o'clock► adjetivo pl unos,-as1 (indefinido) some; (aproximado) about, around\a (la) una togetherde uno,-a en uno,-a one by onehacerle una a alguien to play a dirty trick on somebodyme dieron una buena I got a really good thrashinguno,-a a uno,-a one by oneuna de dos it's either one thing or the otheruno,-a y no más (Santo Tomás) once bitten, twice shy————————1 (número) one* * *1. noun m.one, number one2. (f. - una)adj.3. = una, pron.- unos II- unas II* * *SF ABR Nic= Unión Nacional Opositora* * *Iuna adjetivo1)a) ( refiriéndose al número) oneno había ni un asiento libre — there wasn't one empty seat o a single empty seat
b) uno (pospuesto al n) oneel capítulo/número uno — chapter/number one
2) ( único)IIser uno y lo mismo or ser todo uno: vernos y empezar a pelear es uno y lo mismo — as soon as we see each other we start arguing
una pronombre1) ( numeral) oneentraban de a uno/una — they were going in one at a time o one by one
uno a or por uno — one by one
más de uno/una — (fam)
eso le molestó a más de uno — that annoyed quite a few people o a number of people
(ni) una — (fam) not a thing (colloq)
no dar una — (fam)
no doy ni una — I can't get a thing right (colloq)
una de dos — one thing or the other; ver tb una
2) ( personal) (sing) one; (pl) some¿te gustaron? - unos sí, otros no — did you like them? - some I did, others I didn't
ser uno/una de tantos/tantas — to be nothing special
3) (fam) ( alguien) (m) some guy (colloq); (f) some woman (colloq)4) ( uso impersonal)a) ( como sujeto) youuno no sabe qué decir — you don't o (frml) one doesn't know what to say
b) ( como complemento) youIIIdel uno — (Chi fam)
pasarlo del uno — to have a great time (colloq)
estar del uno — ( hablando - de persona) to be hot stuff; (- de comida) to be delicious
hacer del uno — (Méx, Per fam) to have a pee (colloq)
* * *Iuna adjetivo1)a) ( refiriéndose al número) oneno había ni un asiento libre — there wasn't one empty seat o a single empty seat
b) uno (pospuesto al n) oneel capítulo/número uno — chapter/number one
2) ( único)IIser uno y lo mismo or ser todo uno: vernos y empezar a pelear es uno y lo mismo — as soon as we see each other we start arguing
una pronombre1) ( numeral) oneentraban de a uno/una — they were going in one at a time o one by one
uno a or por uno — one by one
más de uno/una — (fam)
eso le molestó a más de uno — that annoyed quite a few people o a number of people
(ni) una — (fam) not a thing (colloq)
no dar una — (fam)
no doy ni una — I can't get a thing right (colloq)
una de dos — one thing or the other; ver tb una
2) ( personal) (sing) one; (pl) some¿te gustaron? - unos sí, otros no — did you like them? - some I did, others I didn't
ser uno/una de tantos/tantas — to be nothing special
3) (fam) ( alguien) (m) some guy (colloq); (f) some woman (colloq)4) ( uso impersonal)a) ( como sujeto) youuno no sabe qué decir — you don't o (frml) one doesn't know what to say
b) ( como complemento) youIIIdel uno — (Chi fam)
pasarlo del uno — to have a great time (colloq)
estar del uno — ( hablando - de persona) to be hot stuff; (- de comida) to be delicious
hacer del uno — (Méx, Per fam) to have a pee (colloq)
* * *uno1 (1)= one (1).Ex: Legal advice centres are usually run and staffed part-time by groups of solicitors working to a rota system and open one or two evenings a week.
* a excepción de uno = with one exception.* dos no se pelean si uno no quiere = it takes two to tangle, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a quarrel.* enemigo público número uno = public enemy number one.* en uno o dos segundos = in an instant or two.* número uno = number one.* que sólo se hace una vez = once-off.* que tiene lugar una vez a la semana = once-weekly.* todo en uno = all in one.* una cuarta parte = one-quarter (1/4), one in four.* una cuarta parte (1/4) = one fourth (1/4).* una cuarta parte de = a fourth of.* una décima parte = one tenth [one-tenth], one in ten.* una imagen vale más que mil palabras = a picture is worth more than ten thousand words.* una imagen vale mil palabras = every picture tells a story.* una manzana podrida echar a perder el resto de la cesta = one rotten apple spoils the whole barrel.* un año antes de = a year ahead of.* un año antes de lo previsto = a year ahead of schedule.* una octava parte = one in eight.* una pieza más en el engranaje = a cog in the wheel, a cog in the machine.* una pieza más en la organización = a cog in the wheel, a cog in the machine.* una quinta parte = one-fifth [one fifth], one in five.* una quinta parte de = a fifth of.* una tajada = a slice of the cake.* una tercera parte = one third (1/3), one in three.* una vez = once, one time.* una vez al año = annually, once a year.* una vez a la semana = once a week.* una vez al mes = once a month.* una vez cada dos semanas = once a fortnight.* una vez en la vida = once in a lifetime.* una vez en + Posesivo + vida = once in + Posesivo + lifetime.* una vez más = again, yet again.* una vez que = when.* una y otra vez = over and over, repeatedly, repetitively, time after time, time and time again, again and again, time and again, over and over again.* un cuarto (1/4) = one fourth (1/4).* uno a cero = one down.* uno a uno = in turn, one at a time, one by one, on a one-to-one basis, one for one.* un octavo = one in eight.* uno de cada cinco = one in five.* uno de cada cuatro = one in four.* uno de cada diez = one in ten.* uno de cada ocho = one in eight.* uno de cada tres = one in three.* uno de los dos investigadores principales = co-principal investigator.* uno de los padres = parent.* uno de más = one too many.* uno de sobra = one too many.* uno de tantos en la organización = a cog in the wheel.* uno entre mil = one of a thousand.* uno más de tantos en la organización = a cog in the machine.* uno por uno = in turn, one by one.* uno tras otro = in turn, one after the other, sequentially, one after another.* un quinto (1/5) = one-fifth [one fifth].* un tercio = one in three.* un tercio (1/3) = one third (1/3), a third (1/3).uno3= one.Nota: Cualquier persona.Ex: None of these labels is entirely accurate, in that some packages which one would want to include in this category do not match one or other of these labels.
* aprender el uno del otro = learn from + one another.* escogido por uno mismo = self-chosen.* hecho el uno para el otro = made for each other.* hecho por uno mismo = self-made.* imagen de uno mismo = self-presentation.* impuesto por uno mismo = self-imposed.* la personificación de la confianza en uno mismo = confidence personified.* por parte de uno = on + Posesivo + part.* por uno mismo = on + Posesivo + own.* presentación de uno mismo = self-presentation.* todos y cada uno = in full force.* uno mismo = oneself.* valérselas por uno mismo = negotiate + Posesivo + way.* * *A1 (refiriéndose al número) oneniños de entre uno y cinco años de edad children between the ages of one and fiveno había ni un asiento libre there wasn't one empty seat o a single empty seatme costó un dólar y pico/una libra y pico it cost me a dollar something/one pound somethingtreinta y un pasajeros thirty-one passengerscuarenta y una mujeres forty-one womencuesta ciento un pesos/ciento una libras it costs a hundred and one pesos/poundscincuenta y un mil euros fifty-one thousand euros2 uno (pospuesto al n) oneel capítulo/la sala uno chapter/room oneB1(único): la solución es una there's only one solution2(único e indivisible): Dios es uno God is oneser uno y lo mismo: llegar mi hermano y empezar a pelearnos es uno y lo mismo as soon as o the minute my brother arrives we start arguingA (numeral) one12 votos a favor y uno en contra 12 votes in favor and one against¿quieres media o una entera? do you want a half or a whole one?iban entrando de a uno/una they were going in one at a time o one by oneun pasillo de tres por uno a corridor three meters (long) by one (wide)los revisé uno por uno I went through them one by onees la una it's one o'clockhoy es uno de abril ( esp Esp); today is the first of Aprilmás de uno/una ( fam): más de una va a lamentar su partida there'll be quite a few sorry to see him go ( colloq)eso le debe haber molestado a más de uno that must have annoyed quite a few people o a number of peoplea ése no se le va (ni) una he doesn't miss a thingno le aguanta (ni) una al marido she won't put up with any nonsense from her husbandno dar or ( Chi) ver (ni) una ( fam): los meteorólogos no dan or ven ni una the weathermen just never get it right ( colloq)no doy or veo una I can't get a thing right ( colloq), I can't seem to get anything rightuna de dos one thing or the otheruna y no más, Santo Tomás ( Esp fam): lo pasamos horrible, una y no más, Santo Tomás we had a terrible time, never again!¿puedo comer una? — bueno, pero una y no más, Santo Tomás can I have one? — OK, but just one and that's your lot o and no more ( colloq)uno es profesor y el otro estudiante one's a teacher o one of them is a teacher and the other's a studenttiene cuatro dormitorios pero uno (de ellos) es diminuto it has four bedrooms but one of them is tiny¿te gustaron sus cuadros? — unos sí, otros no did you like his paintings? — some I did o I liked some, others I didn'tse envidian el uno al otro they're jealous of each otherse ayudan los unos a los otros they help one anotherser uno/una de tantos/tantas to be nothing special, be pretty ordinary, be run-of-the-millC ( fam) (alguien) ( masculine) some man ( colloq), this man ( colloq); ( feminine) some woman ( colloq), this woman ( colloq)les preguntamos a unos que estaban allí we asked some o ( colloq) these people who were thereD(uso impersonal): restaurantes donde se sirve uno mismo restaurants where you serve yourself o ( frml) one serves oneself¡qué horror cuando le dicen a uno que está gordo! or a una que está gorda! isn't it awful when people tell you you're fat!uno3lo pasamos del uno we had a great time ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo unir: ( conjugate unir)
uno es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
Multiple Entries:
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uno
unir ( conjugate unir) verbo transitivo
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(con cola, pegamento) to stick … together;
‹ esfuerzos› to combine
uno algo a algo to combine sth with sth
2 ( comunicar) ‹ lugares› to link
3 ( fusionar) ‹empresas/organizaciones› to merge
unirse verbo pronominal
1 ( aliarse) [personas/colectividades] to join together;
2 ( juntarse) [ caminos] to converge, meet
3 ( fusionarse) [empresas/organizaciones] to merge
uno 1,
no había ni un asiento libre there wasn't one empty seat o a single empty seat;
treinta y un pasajeros thirty-one passengers;
el capítulo uno chapter one
■ pronombre
1 ( numeral) one;
uno a or por uno one by one;
más de uno/una (fam) quite a few
2 ( personal) ( sing) one;
(pl) some;◊ uno es mío, el otro no one's mine, the other isn't;
¿te gustaron? — unos sí, otros no did you like them? — some I did, others I didn't;
se ayudan los unos a los otros they help one another
3 (fam) ( alguien) (m) some guy (colloq);
(f) some woman (colloq);
4 ( uso impersonal) you;◊ uno no sabe qué decir you don't o (frml) one doesn't know what to say;
nunca le dicen nada a uno they don't tell you anything
uno 2 sustantivo masculino
(number) one;
para ejemplos ver◊ cinco
unir verbo transitivo
1 (cables, conexiones) to join, unite
2 (esfuerzos, intereses) to join
(asociar, fusionar) unieron sus empresas, they merged their companies
3 (comunicar) to link: ese camino une las dos aldeas, that path links the two villages
uno,-a
I adjetivo
1 (cardinal) one
una manzana y dos limones, one apple and two lemons
necesito unas zapatillas, I need a pair of slippers
unos árboles, some trees
2 (ordinal) first
el uno de cada mes, the first of every month
II pron one: falta uno más, we need one more
hubo uno que dijo que no, there was one person who said no
vi unas de color verde, I saw some green ones
uno de ellos, one of them
unos cuantos, a few: unos cuantos nos arriesgamos, some of us took the chance
el uno al otro, each other
III sustantivo femenino
1 (hora) comimos a la una, we had lunch at one o'clock
2 (impers) you, one: uno tiene que..., you have to...
IV m Mat one
' uno' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
andana
- anillo
- atenerse
- balancearse
- batalla
- cada
- cara
- cavar
- china
- concretamente
- consigo
- contaminante
- curso
- decirse
- encerrarse
- encima
- encogerse
- enfadarse
- enjabonar
- faltar
- generador
- lengua
- mal
- menos
- mí
- misma
- mismo
- mundialmente
- nuestra
- nuestro
- pantalón
- pelarse
- pensamiento
- pequeña
- pequeño
- presentarse
- rasgo
- resbalar
- reunir
- salir
- satisfecha
- satisfecho
- seguida
- seguido
- sí
- tema
- tocarse
- toda
- todo
- trece
English:
after
- airport
- also
- another
- apart
- apiece
- awe-inspiring
- blind
- bookworm
- celebrated
- charity
- colour
- come
- count out
- cow
- defeat
- deserts
- die off
- diffidence
- distrust
- do-it-yourself
- double back
- drool
- drop
- each
- either
- every
- fall away
- fascinating
- field
- first
- give
- have
- have up
- heel
- hoot
- house
- individual
- keep
- lad
- lose
- match
- mind
- name
- neither
- nil
- number one
- object
- odds
- of
* * *uno, -a Un is used instead of uno before singular masculine nouns (e.g. un perro a dog; un coche a car).♦ adj1. [indefinido] one;un día volveré one o some day I'll return;unos cuantos a few2. [numeral] one;un hombre, un voto one man, one vote;una hora y media an hour and a half, one and a half hours;treinta y un días thirty-one days;cincuenta y una páginas fifty-one pages3. [después de sustantivo] [con valor ordinal] one;la fila/página uno row/page one;ver también tres♦ pron1. [indefinido, numeral] one;toma uno take one;uno de ellos one of them;de uno en uno, uno a uno, uno por uno one by one;uno contra uno [en baloncesto] one on one;uno más uno [en baloncesto] one and one;juntar varias cosas en una to combine several things into one;más de uno piensa que es una mala decisión more than a few people o no small number of people think it's a bad decision;uno de tantos one of many;unos estaban a favor, otros en contra some were in favour, others (were) against;uno a otro, el uno al otro each other, one another;se miraron el uno al otro they looked at each other o one another;(los) unos a (los) otros each other, one another;se odian los unos a los otros they hate each other o one another;uno y otro [ambos] both (of them);unos y otros [todos] all of them;¡a la una, a las dos y a las tres! [en carrera] ready, steady, go!;[al saltar, lanzarse] one, two, three!;lo uno por lo otro it all evens out in the end;una de dos it's either one thing or the other;una y no más once was enough, once bitten, twice shyhablé con uno que te conoce I spoke to someone o somebody who knows you;conocí a una de Tijuana I met a woman from Tijuana;me lo han contado unos certain people told me so3. [yo] one;uno ya no está para estos trotes one isn't really up to this sort of thing any more4. [con valor impersonal] you;se trabaja mucho, pero uno se termina acostumbrando it's hard work but you get used to it eventually;hay que tener confianza en uno mismo you have to believe in yourself♦ nm(number) one;el uno number one;el número termina en uno the number ends in a one;ver también tres* * *I pron1 one;es la una it’s one o’clock;uno a uno, uno por uno, de uno en uno one by one;una de dos one thing or the otherme lo dijo uno someone o somebody told me:unos cuantos a few, some;unos y otros everyone;unos niños some children;unos a otros one another, each other4 impersonal you, one fml ;do?:unas mil pesetas about a thousand pesetas;unos 20 kilómetros about 20 kilometers, some 20 kilometers6:a una at the same time;una y no más never again;no dar ni una fam not get anything right7 en baloncesto:uno contra uno one on one;uno más uno one-and-oneII art:unos niños some childrenIII m one;el uno de enero January first, the first of January* * *una silla: one chairtiene treinta y un años: he's thirty-one years oldel tomo uno: volume oneuno nm: one, number one1) : one (number)uno por uno: one by onees la una: it's one o'clock2) : one (person or thing)una es mejor que las otras: one (of them) is better than the othershacerlo uno mismo: to do it oneself3) unos, unas pl: some (ones), some people4)uno y otro : both5)unos y otros : all of them6)el uno al otro : one another, each otherse enseñaron los unos a los otros: they taught each other* * *uno1 adj oneuno2 num1. (en general) one2. (en fechas) firstuno3 pron1. (en general) one2. (alguien) somebody3. (la gente) you / one -
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МЕЛКАЯ СОШКА coll, usu. rather derogor condes NP usu. sing often subj-compl with copula (subj: human fixed WOa person or people occupying a low social or professional positionsmall frysmall potatoes tiny cog(s) (in the machine (in the wheel, in some department, in an organization etc)).«Странно. Начальник - и вдруг занимается такой мелкой сошкой, как я» (Семёнов 1). "That's queer. Fancy a boss suddenly taking an interest in small fry like me" (1a).«Послушай-ка, -сказали они, - ты это брось». - «Что „брось"?..» - я изумился и чуть привстал. «Брось считать, что ты выше других... что мы мелкая сошка...» (Ерофеев 1). "Listen, you," they said. "Cut it out." "Cut out what?" I said with surprise, sitting up. "Cut out thinking that you're better than anyone else. That we're small potatoes..." (1a).Корытов - всего лишь мелкая сошка в аппарате ЦК (Зиновьев 2)....Korytov was only a tiny cog in the Central Committee machine (2a). -
16 мелкая сошка
• МЕЛКАЯ СОШКА coll, usu. rather derog or condes[NP; usu. sing; often subj-compl with copula (subj: human); fixed WO]=====⇒ a person or people occupying a low social or professional position:- small fry;- tiny cog(s) (in the machine <in the wheel, in some department, in an organization etc>).♦ "Странно. Начальник - и вдруг занимается такой мелкой сошкой, как я" (Семёнов 1). "That's queer. Fancy a boss suddenly taking an interest in small fry like me" (1a).♦ "Послушай-ка, - сказали они, - ты это брось". - " Что " брось"?.." - я изумился и чуть привстал. "Брось считать, что ты выше других... что мы мелкая сошка..." (Ерофеев 1). "Listen, you," they said. "Cut it out." "Cut out what?" I said with surprise, sitting up. "Cut out thinking that you're better than anyone else. That we're small potatoes..." (1a).♦...Корытов - всего лишь мелкая сошка в аппарате ЦК (Зиновьев 2)....Korytov was only a tiny cog in the Central Committee machine (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > мелкая сошка
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17 последняя спица в колеснице
разг., пренебр.the fifth wheel of the coach; a tiny cog in a machine; small fry (beer); small potatoes Amer.- Кажется, пан Плевака, и я не последняя спица в колеснице, и я чего-нибудь стою. (А. Бестужев-Марлинский, Наезды) — 'It seems, Pan Plevaka, I'm not the fifth wheel of the coach, you shouldn't ignore me.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > последняя спица в колеснице
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