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121 тратить нервы
• ТРАТИТЬ/ПОТРАТИТЬ НЕРВЫ coll[VP; subj: human; often infin with не надо, нечего etc or neg imper]=====⇒ to be nervous, wear o.s. out through excessive worry:- give your nerves a rest.♦ Обидней всего бесцельно тратить нервы и силу доводов не на конференции, не в брошюре, не в споре с важным партийным противником, а просто так, на губошлёпа, который и не думает серьёзно того, что говорит (Солженицын 5). Nothing was more vexatious than expending his nervous energy and his cogency in argument not at a conference, in a pamphlet, in debate with an important party opponent, but, for no good reason, on a lout who didn't even mean what he was saying (5a).♦ "Ладно, ладно, милый, - затараторил он [Шикалов] скороговоркой. - Нечего зря шуметь, нервы тратить, пойди домой, отдохни, попей винца..." (Войнович 2). "All right there, all right," said Shikalov, unloosing a torrent of words. "No cause for a ruckus, save wear and tear on your nerves, go on home, take it easy, drink a little wine..." (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > тратить нервы
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122 на покой
• НА ПОКОЙ[PrepP; Invar]=====⇒ (it is time to, one should, one can etc) go to sleep:- (X-y) пора на покой≈ (it is) time (for X) to turn in (to get some rest, to get some sleep);- now to bed;- (ift) time for bed.♦ [Любовь Андреевна:] Кофе выпит, можно на покой (Чехов 2). [L.A.:] Well, I've finished my coffee. Now to bed (2b).2. уйти, удалиться, пора и т.п. на покой [adv]⇒ to stop working (at one's job) because of advanced age:- [in limited contexts] X is overdue for retirement.♦...Конферансье ушел на покой и начал жить на свои сбережения, которых, по его скромному подсчету, должно было хватить ему на пятнадцать лет (Булгаков 9)....The master of ceremonies retired and went to live on his savings, which, according to his modest calculations, should last him for fifteen years (9a).♦ Обо всём переговорили - о критиках, о главреже [главном режиссере], которому давно на покой пора, освободить место... (Трифонов 1)...They had discussed every thing there was to discuss, including the critics and the theater's artistic director, who should have retired long ago and allowed someone else to take over (1a).♦ "Легионы ведет седой римский воин, изрубленный в боях. Ему уже пора на покой, но он все-таки хочет познать неведомое" (Доморовский 1). "...The legions are commanded by a grizzled Roman warrior, scarred in battle. He's overdue for retirement but he still wants to discover the unknown" (1a)3. пора, можно и т.п. на покой [adv (with the infin implied)]⇒ (it is time for s.o.) to die:- X-y пора на покой≈ X's time has come (to die).♦ Смерть не страшила старуху: она давно свыклась с мыслью, что пора на покой. Death didn't frighten the old woman: she had long been used to the idea that her time had come.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на покой
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123 на пределе
[PrepP; Invar; subj-compl with быть]=====1. [subj: нервы, терпение, силы etc]⇒ s.o.'s nerves are stressed, patience is tried, strength is depleted to the utmost degree (such that s.o. feels that he is about to break down, lose control etc):- (be) stretched to their (its) limit.♦ От всех этих неприятностей у него началась бессонница, нервы его были на пределе. All these troubles had given him insomnia, and his nerves were at the breaking point.2. [subj: human]⇒ one is extremely irritated, upset etc and is about to break down:- X has (about < just about>) had it.♦ "Человек он странный, больной... Часто днём ему надо прилечь, а где он тут может? Он говорит: если б хоть свой угол, хоть маленькая верандочка..." - " Ну и?.. Что дальше?" - "Он говорит: больше сил нет. На птичьих правах... Понимаешь, он на пределе..." (Трифонов 6). "He's a strange, sick man. He often needs to have a rest during the day, and where can he here? He says if only he had his own corner or a little veranda...." "So? What else?" "He says he can't bear it anymore. This living on sufferance....Do you understand? He's at the end of his tether" (6a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на пределе
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124 на пробу
• НА ПРОБУ взять, дать что и т.п.[PrepP; Invar; adv]=====⇒ (to take, give etc sth.) for examination, trial, or appraisal:- as a sample;- on trial;- to try (test).♦ А. Т. [Твардовский] дал ему [Лебедеву, советнику Хрущёва] на пробу только четверть романа, сказав: "Первая часть. Над остальными работает" (Солженицын 2). А. Т. [Tvardovsky] gave him [Lebedev, Khrushchev's adviser] only a quarter of the novel as a sample, telling him, "This is Part One. He's working on the rest" (2a).♦ "Видели это?" - спросил он, показывая руку, как вылитую в перчатке. "Что это такое?" - спросил Обломов в недоумении. "А новые lacets!.. Это только что из Парижа. Хотите, привезу вам на пробу пару?" (Гончаров 1). "Have you seen this?" he asked, holding up one hand in a well-fitting glove. "What is it?" asked Oblomov, puzzled. "The new lacets [Fr = laces]!...Brand new-from Paris. Shall I bring you a pair to try?" (1b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на пробу
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125 пробу ставить негде
[these forms only; impers predic with быть]=====⇒ (of a person who displays a high degree of the specified, usu. negative, quality or is involved in some disreputable activity) s.o. is a complete, absolute (scoundrel, cheat etc):- X is a downright (an out-and-out, a shameless, a notorious) [NP].♦ Все они жулики, пробу ставить негде. They're all a bunch of cheats-as bad as they come.♦ Он мгновенно перестроился на деловой тон. "Условия вы, ребята, знаете. Решайте, беремся или нет?" После недолгого молчания первым откликнулся Альберт Гурьяныч. Лениво позёвывая, он сказал: "Тебе видней, бригадир. Только на этом Карасике, сам знаешь, пробы ставить негде: обманет и не кашлянет" (Максимов 3). [context transl] His voice changed immediately and became businesslike. "You know the conditions, boys. Make up your minds, shall we take it on or not?" After a brief silence, the first response came from Albert Guryanich. "You know best, foreman," he said, yawning lazily. "But that Karasik, as you know yourself, is a double-crossing bastard. He'll swindle us as soon as look at us" (3a).♦ Тут же помчался он в Росфото, весь оставшийся вечер колобродил там от стола к столу, торчал в баре, рассказывая брежневские анекдоты завзятым стукачам, и девочку подклеил - пробы негде ставить, известную всем сотрудницу Виолетту (Аксёнов 12). [context transl] He rushed over to Rosfoto, the Photographers' Club, and spent the rest of the evening table-hopping, hanging around the bar, telling Brezhnev jokes to inveterate stoolies, and then picked up a girl-everyone's fingerprints all over her, the well-known plant Violetta (12a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пробу ставить негде
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126 пробу ставить некуда
[these forms only; impers predic with быть]=====⇒ (of a person who displays a high degree of the specified, usu. negative, quality or is involved in some disreputable activity) s.o. is a complete, absolute (scoundrel, cheat etc):- X is a downright (an out-and-out, a shameless, a notorious) [NP].♦ Все они жулики, пробу ставить негде. They're all a bunch of cheats-as bad as they come.♦ Он мгновенно перестроился на деловой тон. "Условия вы, ребята, знаете. Решайте, беремся или нет?" После недолгого молчания первым откликнулся Альберт Гурьяныч. Лениво позёвывая, он сказал: "Тебе видней, бригадир. Только на этом Карасике, сам знаешь, пробы ставить негде: обманет и не кашлянет" (Максимов 3). [context transl] His voice changed immediately and became businesslike. "You know the conditions, boys. Make up your minds, shall we take it on or not?" After a brief silence, the first response came from Albert Guryanich. "You know best, foreman," he said, yawning lazily. "But that Karasik, as you know yourself, is a double-crossing bastard. He'll swindle us as soon as look at us" (3a).♦ Тут же помчался он в Росфото, весь оставшийся вечер колобродил там от стола к столу, торчал в баре, рассказывая брежневские анекдоты завзятым стукачам, и девочку подклеил - пробы негде ставить, известную всем сотрудницу Виолетту (Аксёнов 12). [context transl] He rushed over to Rosfoto, the Photographers' Club, and spent the rest of the evening table-hopping, hanging around the bar, telling Brezhnev jokes to inveterate stoolies, and then picked up a girl-everyone's fingerprints all over her, the well-known plant Violetta (12a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пробу ставить некуда
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127 пробы ставить негде
[these forms only; impers predic with быть]=====⇒ (of a person who displays a high degree of the specified, usu. negative, quality or is involved in some disreputable activity) s.o. is a complete, absolute (scoundrel, cheat etc):- X is a downright (an out-and-out, a shameless, a notorious) [NP].♦ Все они жулики, пробу ставить негде. They're all a bunch of cheats-as bad as they come.♦ Он мгновенно перестроился на деловой тон. "Условия вы, ребята, знаете. Решайте, беремся или нет?" После недолгого молчания первым откликнулся Альберт Гурьяныч. Лениво позёвывая, он сказал: "Тебе видней, бригадир. Только на этом Карасике, сам знаешь, пробы ставить негде: обманет и не кашлянет" (Максимов 3). [context transl] His voice changed immediately and became businesslike. "You know the conditions, boys. Make up your minds, shall we take it on or not?" After a brief silence, the first response came from Albert Guryanich. "You know best, foreman," he said, yawning lazily. "But that Karasik, as you know yourself, is a double-crossing bastard. He'll swindle us as soon as look at us" (3a).♦ Тут же помчался он в Росфото, весь оставшийся вечер колобродил там от стола к столу, торчал в баре, рассказывая брежневские анекдоты завзятым стукачам, и девочку подклеил - пробы негде ставить, известную всем сотрудницу Виолетту (Аксёнов 12). [context transl] He rushed over to Rosfoto, the Photographers' Club, and spent the rest of the evening table-hopping, hanging around the bar, telling Brezhnev jokes to inveterate stoolies, and then picked up a girl-everyone's fingerprints all over her, the well-known plant Violetta (12a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пробы ставить негде
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128 пробы ставить некуда
[these forms only; impers predic with быть]=====⇒ (of a person who displays a high degree of the specified, usu. negative, quality or is involved in some disreputable activity) s.o. is a complete, absolute (scoundrel, cheat etc):- X is a downright (an out-and-out, a shameless, a notorious) [NP].♦ Все они жулики, пробу ставить негде. They're all a bunch of cheats-as bad as they come.♦ Он мгновенно перестроился на деловой тон. "Условия вы, ребята, знаете. Решайте, беремся или нет?" После недолгого молчания первым откликнулся Альберт Гурьяныч. Лениво позёвывая, он сказал: "Тебе видней, бригадир. Только на этом Карасике, сам знаешь, пробы ставить негде: обманет и не кашлянет" (Максимов 3). [context transl] His voice changed immediately and became businesslike. "You know the conditions, boys. Make up your minds, shall we take it on or not?" After a brief silence, the first response came from Albert Guryanich. "You know best, foreman," he said, yawning lazily. "But that Karasik, as you know yourself, is a double-crossing bastard. He'll swindle us as soon as look at us" (3a).♦ Тут же помчался он в Росфото, весь оставшийся вечер колобродил там от стола к столу, торчал в баре, рассказывая брежневские анекдоты завзятым стукачам, и девочку подклеил - пробы негде ставить, известную всем сотрудницу Виолетту (Аксёнов 12). [context transl] He rushed over to Rosfoto, the Photographers' Club, and spent the rest of the evening table-hopping, hanging around the bar, telling Brezhnev jokes to inveterate stoolies, and then picked up a girl-everyone's fingerprints all over her, the well-known plant Violetta (12a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пробы ставить некуда
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