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1 STRAW
• Last straw breaks (will break) the camel's back (The) - Последняя капля переполняет чашу (П)• That's the last straw - Чаша терпения переполнилась (4)• This is the last straw - Чаша терпения переполнилась (4)• You cannot make bricks without straw - Яичница без яиц не бывает (Я) -
2 делать (что-л.) впустую
Makarov: make bricks without strawУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > делать (что-л.) впустую
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3 затевать безнадёжное дело
Bible: make bricks without strawУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > затевать безнадёжное дело
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4 работать без нужного материала
Makarov: make bricks without strawУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > работать без нужного материала
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5 работать, не имея нужного материала
Bible: make bricks without strawУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > работать, не имея нужного материала
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6 делать впустую
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7 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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8 Яичница без яиц не бывает
Nothing can be made without the necessary materialCf: You cannot make bricks without straw (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Яичница без яиц не бывает
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9 заниматься бесполезным делом
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > заниматься бесполезным делом
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10 нельзя сделать кирпич без соломы
General subject: you can't make bricks without strawУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > нельзя сделать кирпич без соломы
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11 приступить к делу с негодными средствами
General subject: make bricks without strawУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > приступить к делу с негодными средствами
См. также в других словарях:
make bricks without straw — 1. To try to do a piece of work without the materials necessary for it 2. To make something that will not last • • • Main Entry: ↑brick * * * make bricks without ˈstraw idiom (BrE) to try to work without the necessary material, money, information … Useful english dictionary
make bricks without straw — {v. phr.} To make something without the wherewithal; do something the hard way; do a job under hard conditions. * /John could not go to a library, and writing the report was a job of making bricks without straw./ * /It was making bricks without… … Dictionary of American idioms
make bricks without straw — {v. phr.} To make something without the wherewithal; do something the hard way; do a job under hard conditions. * /John could not go to a library, and writing the report was a job of making bricks without straw./ * /It was making bricks without… … Dictionary of American idioms
make\ bricks\ without\ straw — v. phr. To make something without the wherewithal; do something the hard way; do a job under hard conditions. John could not go to a library, and writing the report was a job of making bricks without straw. It was making bricks without straw to… … Словарь американских идиом
you cannot make bricks without straw — Nothing can be made or performed without the necessary materials. Frequently used as a metaphorical phrase, to make bricks without straw. A (misapplied) allusion to EXODUS V. 7 (AV) Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as… … Proverbs new dictionary
You can't make bricks without straw. — something that you say which means you cannot do something correctly without the necessary materials. I need an electric drill to put these shelves up. You can t make bricks without straw … New idioms dictionary
you can't make bricks without straw — ► you can t make bricks without straw proverb nothing can be made or accomplished without adequate material or information. Main Entry: ↑brick … English terms dictionary
make bricks without straw — do something in spite of the lack of necessary materials, make something out of nothing … English contemporary dictionary
Bricks without straw — is a phrase which refers to a task which must be done without appropriate resources.OriginIn Exodus 5 (Parshat Shemot in the Torah), Moses and Aaron meet with Pharaoh and deliver God s message, Let my people go . Pharaoh not only refuses but… … Wikipedia
you can't make bricks without straw — proverb nothing can be made or accomplished without proper or adequate material or information Origin: with biblical allusion to Exodus 5; without straw meant without having straw provided (i.e., the Israelites were required to gather the straw… … Useful english dictionary
straw — See: GIVE A HANG, GRASP AT A STRAW, GRASP AT STRAWS, LAST STRAW or STRAW THAT BREAKS THE CAMEL S BACK, MAKE BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW … Dictionary of American idioms