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121 не подступиться
• НЕ <НЕЛЬЗЯ, СТРАШНО> ПОДСТУПИТЬСЯ; НЕ ПОДСТУПИШЬСЯ all coll[VP; impers predic with быть (variants with подступиться) or neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing (last var.); these forms only]=====1. к чему ≈ sth. is too expensive for s.o. to be able to afford: к X-у не подступиться ≈ X is out of (my <your etc>) reach; X is beyond my (your etc) means; X is too much (rich) for my (your etc) pocket(book).♦ Квартиры в этом райное стоят так дорого, что не подступишься. Apartments in this neighborhood are so expensive, they're out of our reach.2. к кому ≈ it is impossible to address or gain access to s.o. (because of his importance, high position, arrogance etc): к X-у не подступиться ≈ you can't get near (within ten feet of) X; there's no getting near (talking to, approaching) X; X is impossible to approach; X is totally unapproachable (inaccessible); [in limited contexts] you'd be afraid to go (get) near X.♦ Чернов теперь такой важный - не подступишься. Раньше я запросто заходил к нему в кабинет, а теперь надо у секретарши записываться. Chernov has gotten to be such a big shot that you can't get near him. I used to just drop by his office and see him, but now you've got to make an appointment through his secretary.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не подступиться
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122 не подступишься
• НЕ <НЕЛЬЗЯ, СТРАШНО> ПОДСТУПИТЬСЯ; НЕ ПОДСТУПИШЬСЯ all coll[VP; impers predic with быть (variants with подступиться) or neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing (last var.); these forms only]=====1. к чему ≈ sth. is too expensive for s.o. to be able to afford: к X-у не подступиться ≈ X is out of (my <your etc>) reach; X is beyond my (your etc) means; X is too much (rich) for my (your etc) pocket(book).♦ Квартиры в этом райное стоят так дорого, что не подступишься. Apartments in this neighborhood are so expensive, they're out of our reach.2. к кому ≈ it is impossible to address or gain access to s.o. (because of his importance, high position, arrogance etc): к X-у не подступиться ≈ you can't get near (within ten feet of) X; there's no getting near (talking to, approaching) X; X is impossible to approach; X is totally unapproachable (inaccessible); [in limited contexts] you'd be afraid to go (get) near X.♦ Чернов теперь такой важный - не подступишься. Раньше я запросто заходил к нему в кабинет, а теперь надо у секретарши записываться. Chernov has gotten to be such a big shot that you can't get near him. I used to just drop by his office and see him, but now you've got to make an appointment through his secretary.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не подступишься
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123 нельзя подступиться
• НЕ <НЕЛЬЗЯ, СТРАШНО> ПОДСТУПИТЬСЯ; НЕ ПОДСТУПИШЬСЯ all coll[VP; impers predic with быть (variants with подступиться) or neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing (last var.); these forms only]=====1. к чему ≈ sth. is too expensive for s.o. to be able to afford: к X-у не подступиться ≈ X is out of (my <your etc>) reach; X is beyond my (your etc) means; X is too much (rich) for my (your etc) pocket(book).♦ Квартиры в этом райное стоят так дорого, что не подступишься. Apartments in this neighborhood are so expensive, they're out of our reach.2. к кому ≈ it is impossible to address or gain access to s.o. (because of his importance, high position, arrogance etc): к X-у не подступиться ≈ you can't get near (within ten feet of) X; there's no getting near (talking to, approaching) X; X is impossible to approach; X is totally unapproachable (inaccessible); [in limited contexts] you'd be afraid to go (get) near X.♦ Чернов теперь такой важный - не подступишься. Раньше я запросто заходил к нему в кабинет, а теперь надо у секретарши записываться. Chernov has gotten to be such a big shot that you can't get near him. I used to just drop by his office and see him, but now you've got to make an appointment through his secretary.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > нельзя подступиться
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124 страшно подступиться
• НЕ <НЕЛЬЗЯ, СТРАШНО> ПОДСТУПИТЬСЯ; НЕ ПОДСТУПИШЬСЯ all coll[VP; impers predic with быть (variants with подступиться) or neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing (last var.); these forms only]=====1. к чему ≈ sth. is too expensive for s.o. to be able to afford: к X-у не подступиться ≈ X is out of (my <your etc>) reach; X is beyond my (your etc) means; X is too much (rich) for my (your etc) pocket(book).♦ Квартиры в этом райное стоят так дорого, что не подступишься. Apartments in this neighborhood are so expensive, they're out of our reach.2. к кому ≈ it is impossible to address or gain access to s.o. (because of his importance, high position, arrogance etc): к X-у не подступиться ≈ you can't get near (within ten feet of) X; there's no getting near (talking to, approaching) X; X is impossible to approach; X is totally unapproachable (inaccessible); [in limited contexts] you'd be afraid to go (get) near X.♦ Чернов теперь такой важный - не подступишься. Раньше я запросто заходил к нему в кабинет, а теперь надо у секретарши записываться. Chernov has gotten to be such a big shot that you can't get near him. I used to just drop by his office and see him, but now you've got to make an appointment through his secretary.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > страшно подступиться
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125 не по силам
[PrepP; Invar; subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr or infin); used without negation to convey the opposite meaning]=====1. Also: НЕ ПО СИЛАМ [occas. used as nonagreeing postmodif]⇒ sth. is beyond the limits of s.o.'s physical strength or beyond his abilities, competence etc:- X is more than Y can do (deliver, handle);- [in limited contexts] Y is not competent at X;- [in limited contexts] Y is competent at X;- X is within Y's means.♦ "До сих пор я не понимал себя, я задавал себе задачи, которые мне не по силам..." (Тургенев 2). "Up till now I did not understand myself, I set myself tasks beyond my capacity..." (2c).♦ Сейчас, задним числом, я думаю, что у кагебешников даже и шанса не было не сдаться. Вопрос о моём отъезде был решён на каких-то верхах, им недоступных. И нарушить решение верхов им было не под силу (Войнович 1). Now, with hindsight, I think the KGB had no choice but to give in. The question of my leaving the country had been decided high up, on levels to which these men had no access. It was not in their power to violate such a decision (1a).♦ На одно мгновение смысл существования опять открывался Ларе. Она тут, - постигала она, - для того, чтобы разобраться в сумасшедшей прелести земли и все назвать по имени, а если это будет ей не по силам, то из любви к жизни родить себе преемников, которые это сделают вместо неё (Пастернак 1). For a moment she [Lara] rediscovered the purpose of her life. She was on earth to grasp the meaning of its wild enchantment and to call each thing by its right name, or, if this were not within her power, to give birth out of love for life to successors who would do it in her place (1a).♦...Иногда в голове возникают изумительные проекты, но чувствуешь, что тебе не под силу протолкнуть их через соответствующие учреждения (Искандер 4). Sometimes an amazing scheme will come to you, but you are aware that you don't have what it takes to push it through the appropriate channels (4a).♦...[ Я] взвалил его [баллон] на плечо... Пройдя первые десять ступенек, я понял, что слишком много взял на себя. Лет пять назад я мог пройти с таким баллоном втрое больше, теперь это было мне не под силу (Войнович 5)....I hefted the cylinder up on my shoulder....After the first ten steps I realized that I'd bitten off more than I could chew. Five years ago I could have carried a cylinder like that three times as far, but now it was too much for me (5a).♦ Путь Хлебникова был для меня запретен. Да и кому, кроме него, оказался бы он под силу? (Лившиц 1). For me the path chosen by Khlebnikov was a forbidden one. And who, apart from him, would have found the strength to pursue it? (1a).♦ "Давайте найдём себе дело по силам. К примеру, преферанс" (Распутин 1). "Let's turn to something we're more competent at - a game of preference, for instance" (1a).♦ "Вопрос обсуждаемого романа - чего стоит человеку социализм и под силу ли цена?" (Солженицын 2). "The question in the novel we are discussing is: What does socialism cost, and is the price within our means?" (2a).2. sth. is very difficult or impossible for s.o. to do (because he lacks decisiveness, does not dare to, cannot overcome his sluggishness etc):- [in limited contexts] Y can't bear the thought of doing X.♦ [Мандельштам] не мог отделить мою судьбу от своей... Мою любовь к живописи... он сразу забрал себе и так же решил поступить с Шекспиром. Ведь любить врозь означает отделиться друг от друга - это было ему не под силу (Мандельштам 2).... Не [Mandelstam] could make no distinction between my life and his own....He had immediately taken over my love of painting...and decided on the same policy with regard to Shakespeare. Loving different things was the same as separating, and he just could not bear the thought (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не по силам
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126 не под силу
[PrepP; Invar; subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr or infin); used without negation to convey the opposite meaning]=====1. Also: НЕ ПО СИЛАМ [occas. used as nonagreeing postmodif]⇒ sth. is beyond the limits of s.o.'s physical strength or beyond his abilities, competence etc:- X Y-у не под силу≈ X is beyond Y's power (strength, capacity (to understand), reach);- X is more than Y can do (deliver, handle);- [in limited contexts] Y is not competent at X;- [in limited contexts] Y is competent at X;- X is within Y's means.♦ "До сих пор я не понимал себя, я задавал себе задачи, которые мне не по силам..." (Тургенев 2). "Up till now I did not understand myself, I set myself tasks beyond my capacity..." (2c).♦ Сейчас, задним числом, я думаю, что у кагебешников даже и шанса не было не сдаться. Вопрос о моём отъезде был решён на каких-то верхах, им недоступных. И нарушить решение верхов им было не под силу (Войнович 1). Now, with hindsight, I think the KGB had no choice but to give in. The question of my leaving the country had been decided high up, on levels to which these men had no access. It was not in their power to violate such a decision (1a).♦ На одно мгновение смысл существования опять открывался Ларе. Она тут, - постигала она, - для того, чтобы разобраться в сумасшедшей прелести земли и все назвать по имени, а если это будет ей не по силам, то из любви к жизни родить себе преемников, которые это сделают вместо неё (Пастернак 1). For a moment she [Lara] rediscovered the purpose of her life. She was on earth to grasp the meaning of its wild enchantment and to call each thing by its right name, or, if this were not within her power, to give birth out of love for life to successors who would do it in her place (1a).♦...Иногда в голове возникают изумительные проекты, но чувствуешь, что тебе не под силу протолкнуть их через соответствующие учреждения (Искандер 4). Sometimes an amazing scheme will come to you, but you are aware that you don't have what it takes to push it through the appropriate channels (4a).♦...[ Я] взвалил его [баллон] на плечо... Пройдя первые десять ступенек, я понял, что слишком много взял на себя. Лет пять назад я мог пройти с таким баллоном втрое больше, теперь это было мне не под силу (Войнович 5)....I hefted the cylinder up on my shoulder....After the first ten steps I realized that I'd bitten off more than I could chew. Five years ago I could have carried a cylinder like that three times as far, but now it was too much for me (5a).♦ Путь Хлебникова был для меня запретен. Да и кому, кроме него, оказался бы он под силу? (Лившиц 1). For me the path chosen by Khlebnikov was a forbidden one. And who, apart from him, would have found the strength to pursue it? (1a).♦ "Давайте найдём себе дело по силам. К примеру, преферанс" (Распутин 1). "Let's turn to something we're more competent at - a game of preference, for instance" (1a).♦ "Вопрос обсуждаемого романа - чего стоит человеку социализм и под силу ли цена?" (Солженицын 2). "The question in the novel we are discussing is: What does socialism cost, and is the price within our means?" (2a).2. sth. is very difficult or impossible for s.o. to do (because he lacks decisiveness, does not dare to, cannot overcome his sluggishness etc):- X Y-y не под силу≈ Y just can't (get himself to <make himself etc >) do X;- [in limited contexts] Y can't bear the thought of doing X.♦ [Мандельштам] не мог отделить мою судьбу от своей... Мою любовь к живописи... он сразу забрал себе и так же решил поступить с Шекспиром. Ведь любить врозь означает отделиться друг от друга - это было ему не под силу (Мандельштам 2).... Не [Mandelstam] could make no distinction between my life and his own....He had immediately taken over my love of painting...and decided on the same policy with regard to Shakespeare. Loving different things was the same as separating, and he just could not bear the thought (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не под силу
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127 глядеть не на что
• СМОТРЕТЬ < ГЛЯДЕТЬ> НЕ НА ЧТО coll. disapprov[VP; infin only; predic with быть (impers or with subj: human, animal, or concr; usu. pres; usu. this WO]=====⇒ (usu. used to express dissatisfaction, a scornful attitude etc toward s.o. or sth.) some person, animal, or thing is too unattractive (small, lacking in some area etc) even to merit attention:- X is nothing < not much> to look at;- X is too ugly <small, dinky etc> (even) to bother with;- [in limited contexts] there's nothing < there isn't anything> to look at;- [of an animal or thing only] X isn't worth the space it takes up <the money one paid for it etc>;- X isn't (even) worth having.♦ Другой раз попадется такой [ мужик], что и смотреть не на что: кривой, горбатый, деньги пропивает, жену и детей бьёт до полусмерти( Войнович 2). Sometimes you might get one [a man] that's not much to look at-blind in one eye, hunchbacked, drinks away his money, beats his wife and children half to death (1a).♦ [Пашка:] Когда я отсюда уезжал, ты вот (показывает) была. Совсем пацанка, я и не смотрел на тебя... Да и смотреть не на что было... (Вампилов 2). [Р:] When I left this place you were this high. (He indicates.) Nothing but a kid, and I never even looked at you....And there wasn't anything to look at either... (2b).♦ Серафима Платоновна всем расхваливает свою новую мебель, а там и смотреть не на что. Serafima Platonovna brags to everybody about her new furniture, but it's not worth the space it takes up.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > глядеть не на что
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128 смотреть не на что
• СМОТРЕТЬ < ГЛЯДЕТЬ> НЕ НА ЧТО coll. disapprov[VP; infin only; predic with быть (impers or with subj: human, animal, or concr; usu. pres; usu. this WO]=====⇒ (usu. used to express dissatisfaction, a scornful attitude etc toward s.o. or sth.) some person, animal, or thing is too unattractive (small, lacking in some area etc) even to merit attention:- X is nothing < not much> to look at;- X is too ugly <small, dinky etc> (even) to bother with;- [in limited contexts] there's nothing < there isn't anything> to look at;- [of an animal or thing only] X isn't worth the space it takes up <the money one paid for it etc>;- X isn't (even) worth having.♦ Другой раз попадется такой [ мужик], что и смотреть не на что: кривой, горбатый, деньги пропивает, жену и детей бьёт до полусмерти (Войнович 2). Sometimes you might get one [a man] that's not much to look at-blind in one eye, hunchbacked, drinks away his money, beats his wife and children half to death (1a).♦ [Пашка:] Когда я отсюда уезжал, ты вот (показывает) была. Совсем пацанка, я и не смотрел на тебя... Да и смотреть не на что было... (Вампилов 2). [Р:] When I left this place you were this high. (He indicates.) Nothing but a kid, and I never even looked at you....And there wasn't anything to look at either... (2b).♦ Серафима Платоновна всем расхваливает свою новую мебель, а там и смотреть не на что. Serafima Platonovna brags to everybody about her new furniture, but it's not worth the space it takes up.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > смотреть не на что
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