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1) General subject: behind closed doors, behind the scenes, by covert means, covertly (образ действия), crypto, he kept his activities under cover, hugger-mugger, in hugger-mugger, in secrecy, in secret, incognito, occultly, privately, secretly, stealthily, surreptitiously, underground, underhand, unknown, with secrecy, within four walls, furtively, in a hugger-mugger way, under one's hat2) Colloquial: behind somebody's back3) French: huis clos4) Obsolete: privily5) Latin: sub rosa6) Australian slang: on the quiet7) Diplomatic term: darkly8) Jargon: on the sly, underwraps9) Makarov: in petto, under cover, under the counter, under the table10) Idiomatic expression: under a bushel -
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1) General subject: behind back, behind the back, by stealth, in hugger-mugger, in secret, like a thief in the night, on the quiet, on the sly, sneak, stealth, surreptitiously, under the rose, underhand2) Colloquial: q. t. (Ex: He sometimes goes to the pub on the q.t)3) Law: secretly4) Makarov: behind (smb.'s) back, under hand5) Idiomatic expression: under a bushel -
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жен.1) ( место жизни и деятельности людей) earthзасыпать землей — (кого-л./что-л.) to cover (up, over) with earth
сравнять с землей — (что-л.) to raze to the ground
стирать с лица земли — to raze to the ground, to wipe smb. off the face of the earth
2) ( планета) the Earth3) (территория, суша) land; ground, soil; country устар.целинные залежные земли — virgin and long-fallow lands; virgin lands
возделывать землю — to till/cultivate the land
земля обетованная — the promised land, the land of promise
4) ( почва) soil, ground, earthбесплодная земля — barren, barren land
жирная земля — rich soil, loam
талая земля — thawed ground/soil
5) ( владения) acre мн. ч.••арендованная земля — tenancy, tenantry
за тридевять земель — разг. (at) the other end of the world, miles amd miles away
доставать из-под земли — to get smth. at any cost
зарывать талант в землю — to bury one's talent; to hide one's light under a bushel идиом.
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5 талант
I м.у него́ большо́й тала́нт — he is very gifted
у него́ мно́го тала́нтов разг. — he has many abilities, he can do all sorts of things
пока́зывать свои́ тала́нты — display one's talents
у него́ тала́нт говори́ть ну́жные ве́щи в ну́жное вре́мя — he has the gift of saying the right thing at the right time
растра́чивать тала́нт по́пусту — squander one's talent
мно́гие лу́чшие тала́нты теа́тра — many of the theatre's major talents
вы́ставка карти́н ме́стных тала́нтов — exhibition of paintings by the local talent
••II м. ист.зарыва́ть свой тала́нт в зе́млю — bury one's talent; ≈ hide one's light under a bushel ['bʊ-] идиом.; ≈ hide one's talents in a napkin идиом.
( в древности мера веса и денежная единица) talent -
6 зарывать талант
зарывать талант < в землю>библ.hide one's light under a bushel; bury (waste) one's talent; let one's talent go to waste"Преступно, - говорили мы, - сидеть здесь в глуши с таким голосом и зарывать талант свой в землю". Но охотник только застенчиво улыбался и упорно отнекивался. (К. Паустовский, Во глубине России) — It's a crime to hide yourself away with a voice like that, letting your talent go to waste, we told him. But the hunter simply smiled shyly and persistently refused.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > зарывать талант
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