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1 быть у кого-либо под башмаком
[byt' pod bashmakom]
To be under someone's shoe.
To be under someone's predominant influence, to be in complete subjection (usually said of a man who is dominated by his wife).
Cf. To get someone by the short hairs; to be hen-pecked; to be under someone's thumb. Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > быть у кого-либо под башмаком
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2 идти на поводу
[itti na povodu]
To walk on someone's rein.
To be dependent on someone.
Cf. To be led by; to be under someone's thumb. Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > идти на поводу
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3 быть под каблуком (у кого-н.)
General subject: be under someone's thumbУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > быть под каблуком (у кого-н.)
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4 быть у кого-либо под башмаком
Set phrase: be under someone's thumbУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > быть у кого-либо под башмаком
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5 идти на поводу
1) General subject: be on the bit, take( one's) cue from (у кого-л.), take (one's) lead from (у кого-л.), to be on the bit, (у кого-л.) to be tied to the chariot of (smb.), follow the leader (АД), be under someone's thumb (у кого-л.)2) Colloquial: do bidding, toe the mark (Президент Ельцин никогда не шёл на поводу у Думы. President Yeltsin never did the Duma's bidding.; слепо подчиняться кому-л. и выполнять его желания to blindly obey; or line)3) Politics: go on a leash of (conservatives)4) Makarov: (у кого-л.) be tied to the chariot of -
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НА ПОЛЬЗУ кому-чему PrepP Invar subj-compl with бытье, идти etc subj: abstr or concr)) sth. is beneficial for some person or thingX (идёт) Y-y \П-325 = X is good for YX does Y good X helps Y X is (works out) to Y's advantage Y benefits from X (in limited contexts) itfs for Y's own good.«Фрукты полезны, вино сухое... Пей, ешь - все на пользу будет» (Рыбаков 2). "...The fruit is good, and dry wine....Eat and drink, it's all good for you" (2a)....Пиво Ефим, конечно, пьёт и пьёт много, в этом он себе не отказывает, и пей, пей, Фима, если тебе на пользу (Аксёнов 6)....Yefim, of course, drank beer and drank a lot of it-he never deprived himself of this-so OK, drink, Yefim, drink, if it does you good (6a).... Какая бы чума на нашу голову ни свалилась, а эндурцам, глядишь, всё на пользу» (Искандер 5). uNo matter what plague lands on us, it works out to the Endurskies' advantage" (5a).Кто-то сказал, что он прекрасно выглядит, Лева, и что воздержание на пользу не одному Толстому (Битов 2). Someone said that he looked wonderful, Lyova did, and that Tolstoy wasn't the only one to benefit from abstinence (2a).Наташка молодец. Правда, она держит Антона под каблуком. Но это ему на пользу (Зиновьев 2).. Natasha is wonderful. It's true she keeps Anton under her thumb, but it's for his own good (2a). -
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[PrepP; Invar; subj-compl with быть, идти etc (subj: abstr or concr)]=====⇒ sth. is beneficial for some person or thing:- X helps Y;- X is < works out> to Y's advantage;- [in limited contexts] it's for Y's own good.♦ "Фрукты полезны, вино сухое... Пей, ешь - все на пользу будет" (Рыбаков 2). "...The fruit is good, and dry wine....Eat and drink, it's all good for you" (2a).♦...Пиво Ефим, конечно, пьёт и пьёт много, в этом он себе не отказывает, и пей, пей, Фима, если тебе на пользу (Аксёнов 6)....Yefim, of course, drank beer and drank a lot of it-he never deprived himself of this-so OK, drink, Yefim, drink, if it does you good (6a).♦ "... Какая бы чума на нашу голову ни свалилась, а эндурцам, глядишь, всё на пользу" (Искандер 5). "No matter what plague lands on us, it works out to the Endurskies' advantage" (5a).♦ Кто-то сказал, что он прекрасно выглядит, Лева, и что воздержание на пользу не одному Толстому (Битов 2). Someone said that he looked wonderful, Lyova did, and that Tolstoy wasn't the only one to benefit from abstinence (2a).♦...Наташка молодец. Правда, она держит Антона под каблуком. Но это ему на пользу (Зиновьев 2)... Natasha is wonderful. It's true she keeps Anton under her thumb, but it's for his own good (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на пользу
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