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141 меняться в лице
[VP; subj: human; usu. past; usu. this WO]=====1. Also: МЕНЯТЬСЯ В ЛИЦЕ to change the look on one's face quickly under the influence of some emotion:|| Neg X не изменился в лице≈ X's face betrayed no emotion.♦...Там, где наш брат призадумается и отшарахнется, он улыбнётся, не переменится в лице, не повысит голоса и - пойдёт далее без раскаяния и сомнения (Герцен 2)....Where people like us would hesitate and shy away, he would smile and, without changing his expression or raising his voice, go forward remorseless and undoubting (2a).♦ "Ты лжешь, мерзавец! - вскричал я в бешенстве, - ты лжешь самым бесстыдным образом". Швабрин переменился в лице. "Это тебе так не пройдет", - сказал он... (Пушкин 2). "You're lying, scoundrel!" I exclaimed in a rage. "You're lying in the most shameless manner." Shvabrin changed color "You are not going to get away with that," he said... (2a).♦ Этот, казалось бы, простенький вопрос почему-то расстроил сидящего, так что он даже изменился в лице (Булгаков 9). This apparently simple question upset the man behind the desk so much that a complete change came over his expression (9b).♦ "Вашего сына расстреляли немцы. Он просил передать вам колечко. Он говорил, что это его матери..." Ваше не изменился в лице (Эренбург 1). "The Germans have shot your son. He asked us to give you this ring He said it was his mother's." Vacher's face betrayed no emotion (1a)2. to have one's face change in appearance (becoming pale, thin etc as a result of illness, sadness, emotional upset etc):- X's face became drawn (haggard).♦ Дня три после ареста Мити Грушенька сильно заболела и хворала чуть не пять недель... Она сильно изменилась в лице, похудела и пожелтела, хотя вот уже почти две недели как могла выходить со двора (Достоевский 2). Some three days after Mitya's arrest, Grushenka had become quite ill and was sick for almost five weeks... Her face was greatly changed, she had become thin and sallow, though for almost two weeks she had already been able to go out (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > меняться в лице
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