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1 grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
Пословица: везде хорошо, где нас нет (used( often: ironically) to mean: life is better where we are not), там хорошо, где нас нет (used( often: ironically) to mean: life is better where we are not), хорошо там, где нас нет (used( often: ironically) to mean: life is better where we are not), в чужих руках ломоть велик (used ironically to mean: a thing always looks more attractive when it belongs to other people)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
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2 all lay load on the willing horse
Пословица: была бы шея, а хомут найдётся (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), была бы шея, хомут найдётся (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), ретивому коню всегда работы вдвое, а тот же корм (дословно: На добросовестную лошадь все груз взваливают. Смысл: свою работу все валят на добро совестного работника)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > all lay load on the willing horse
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3 all lay loads on the willing horse
Пословица: была бы шея, а хомут найдётся (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), была бы шея, хомут найдётся (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > all lay loads on the willing horse
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4 grass is always greener on the other side of the hill
Пословица: хорошо там, где нас нет (used( often: ironically) to mean: life is better where we are not), в чужих руках ломоть велик (used ironically to mean: a thing always looks more attractive when it belongs to other people)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > grass is always greener on the other side of the hill
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5 where there's a trough, there'll be swine
Пословица: было бы корыто, а свиньи будут (used ironically to mean: where there is something to offer, there will be those who would want to have it), было бы корыто, а свиньи найдутся (used ironically to mean: where there is something to offer, there will be those who would want to have it)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > where there's a trough, there'll be swine
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6 была бы шея, а хомут найдётся
Set phrase: God shapes the back for the burden, all lay load on the willing horse (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), all lay loads on the willing horse (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), an ass endures his burden, if the devil finds a man idle, he'll set him to work, if there's a back, there's a burden, the devil finds work for idle hands to doУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > была бы шея, а хомут найдётся
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7 была бы шея, хомут найдётся
Set phrase: God shapes the back for the burden, all lay load on the willing horse (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), all lay loads on the willing horse (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), an ass endures his burden, if the devil finds a man idle, he'll set him to work, if there's a back, there's a burden, the devil finds work for idle hands to doУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > была бы шея, хомут найдётся
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8 в чужих руках ломоть велик
Set phrase: a morsel always looks big in other people's hands, another man's bun looks much more fun, grass is always greener on the other side of the fence (used ironically to mean: a thing always looks more attractive when it belongs to other people), grass is always greener on the other side of the hill (used ironically to mean: a thing always looks more attractive when it belongs to other people)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > в чужих руках ломоть велик
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9 С-211
НЕЧЕГО СКАЗАТЬ coll Invar fixed WO1.Interj) used to express displeasure with, indignation at, or an ironic attitude toward s.o., sth., or, occas., o.s. (used in conjunction with a word or phrase expressing a positive evaluation to emphasize that this word or phrase is used ironically): (a fine (nice, brilliant etc) NP), I must say! (a fine (nice, brilliant etc) NP), indeed (to be sure)! some NP (he (that etc) is)!«Поздравляю, господин исправник. Ай да бумага! По этим приметам немудрено будет вам отыскать Дубровского. Да кто же не среднего роста, у кого не русые волосы, не прямой нос да не карие глаза!.. Нечего сказать, умные головушки приказные» (Пушкин 1). "I congratulate you, Mr Chief of police. What a document! It'll be easy to trace Dubrovsky from such a description! Who is not of medium height? Who has not got fair hair-or a straight nose, or brown eyes?...1 must say, these officials are clever fellows!" (1b).Хорош, нечего сказать! Опять двойку принёс - уже вторую на этой неделе. You're a fine one indeed! This is the second "D" you've brought home this week.Хорош, нечего сказать! хорош мальчик!.. Отец на одре лежит, а он забавляется, квартального на медведя верхом сажает. Стыдно, батюшка, стыдно!» (Толстой 4). "A fine fellow, to be sure! A fine fellow!...His father is on his deathbed, and he amuses himself by mounting a policeman on a bear. For shame, sir, for shame!" (4a).2. obsusu. sent adv (parenth)) (used to confirm the truth and indisputable nature of what is being stated) truly, without questionthere's no denying ityou (one) cannot deny it (in limited contexts) and (make) no mistake (about it).«Что будет - то будет, - сказала попадья, - а жаль, если не Владимир Андреевич будет нашим господином. Молодец, нечего сказать» (Пушкин 1). "What will be, will be," said the priest's wife. "But it'll be a pity if Vladimir Andreyevitch does not become our master. He is a fine young man, and no mistake" (1b). -
10 нечего сказать
• НЕЧЕГО СКАЗАТЬ coll[Invar; fixed WO]=====1. [Interj]⇒ used to express displeasure with, indignation at, or an ironic attitude toward s.o., sth., or, occas., o.s. (used in conjunction with a word or phrase expressing a positive evaluation to emphasize that this word or phrase is used ironically):- (a fine (nice, brilliant etc) [NP]), I must say!;- (a fine (nice, brilliant etc) [NP]), indeed (to be sure)!;- some [NP] (he (that etc) is)!♦ "Поздравляю, господин исправник. Ай да бумага! По этим приметам немудрено будет вам отыскать Дубровского. Да кто же не среднего роста, у кого не русые волосы, не прямой нос да не карие глаза!.. Нечего сказать, умные головушки приказные" (Пушкин 1). "I congratulate you, Mr Chief of police. What a document! It'll be easy to trace Dubrovsky from such a description! Who is not of medium height? Who has not got fair hair - or a straight nose, or brown eyes?...I must say, these officials are clever fellows!" (1b).♦ Хорош, нечего сказать! Опять двойку принёс - уже вторую на этой неделе. You're a fine one indeed! This is the second "D" you've brought home this week.♦ "Хорош, нечего сказать! хорош мальчик!.. Отец на одре лежит, а он забавляется, квартального на медведя верхом сажает. Стыдно, батюшка, стыдно!" (Толстой 4). "A fine fellow, to be sure! A fine fellow!...His father is on his deathbed, and he amuses himself by mounting a policeman on a bear. For shame, sir, for shame!" (4a).2. obs [usu. sent adv (parenth)]⇒ (used to confirm the truth and indisputable nature of what is being stated) truly, without question:- [in limited contexts] and (make) no mistake (about it).♦ "Что будет -то будет, - сказала попадья, - а жаль, если не Владимир Андреевич будет нашим господином. Молодец, нечего сказать" (Пушкин 1). "What will be, will be," said the priest's wife. "But it'll be a pity if Vladimir Andreyevitch does not become our master. He is a fine young man, and no mistake" (1b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > нечего сказать
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11 χρύσεος
χρύσεος, η, ον, also ος, ον in AP5.30 (Antip.Thess.), [dialect] Att. [var] contr. [full] χρυσοῦς, ῆ, οῦν IG12.358.4, etc.; [dialect] Ep. [full] χρύσειος, η, ον: Hom. and Hes. use both χρύσεος and -ειος, χρυσῇ is dub. in Il.5.425; Lyr. used χρύσεος, α, ον, and this form sts. occurs in Trag. dialogue and even in Prose, as X.Ages.5.5 codd., Plu.Luc.37, Apollod.2.5.10, Ant.Lib.36.1; [dialect] Aeol. [full] χρύσιος Sapph.1.8, al. (butAχρύσεα Theoc.29.37
); [dialect] Boeot. [full] χρούσιος SIG337.8 (iv B. C.): ([etym.] χρυσός):—golden, freq. in [dialect] Ep., esp. of what belonged to gods, χρυσέῳ ἐν δαπέδῳ, χρυσέοις δεπάεσσι, χρύσειον ἐπὶ θρόνον, etc., Il.4.2,3, 8.442, al.; χ. τάλαντα the golden scales of Zeus, 22.209; χ. ἰτύς, ζυγόν, of Hera's chariot, 5.724, 730; ἱμάσθλη χ., of Zeus and Poseidon, 8.44 = 13.26; ζώνη χ., of Calypso and Circe, Od.5.232 = 10.545, etc.;δόμος Sapph.
l.c.; of possessions of mortals, Il.4.133, 5.425, al.: sts. enriched or adorned with gold,χ. σκῆπτρον 1.15
, cf. 246;μάχαιρα 18.598
;θύραι Od.7.88
; κλῖναι, κρητῆρες, Hdt.9.82,80; ἕστηκε.. Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ χ., of a statue, Id.8.121;χρυσοῦς στάθητι Luc.Pseudol.15
.2 χρύσεια μέταλλα gold-mines, Th.4.105 (the only instance of χρύσειος in [dialect] Att., cf. χρυσεῖον).3 χρυσοῦς (sc. στατήρ), ὁ, a gold coin, = στατήρ, IG7.303.98, al. (Oropus, iii B. C.), IPE12.32A13 (Olbia, iii B. C.), LXX Ge. 24.22, Plu.Per.25 (in Pap., not a coin, but the equivalent of 20 silver drachmae, PCair.Zen.28.11 (iii B. C.), etc.);χρυσοῖ ἐπίσημοι Plb.4.56.3
, cf. Poll.9.53,59, Hsch.4 χρύσεον, τό, gold plaque, SIG1122.7 (Selinus, V B.C.).II gold-coloured, golden-yellow,ἔθειραι Il.8.42
, 13.24; χ. νέφη ib. 523, etc.;ἀέρος κόμαι Pi.Pae.6.137
; τῶν τὰ χρυσᾶ the yolks of eggs, Ath.9.376d.III metaph., golden,χρυσέη Ἀφροδίτη Il.3.64
, Od.8.337;Μοῖσα Pi.I.8(7).5
;σθένος ἀελίου χ. Id.P.4.144
;ὦ χ. θύγατερ Διός S.OT 188
(lyr.); Ἐλπίς ib. 158 (lyr.); ;ὦ χρυσοῖ θεοί Ar.Ra. 483
;χ. ὑγίεια Pi.P.3.73
;λογισμοῦ ἀγωγή Pl.Lg. 645a
;ἦθος Antiph.212.5
;τὸ χ. ὀρνίθων γένος Id.175
; χ. γένος ἀνθρώπων, of the Golden Age, Hes.Op. 109, cf. Pl.R. 468e, Phdr. 235e, Cra. 397e.b sts. used ironically, ἐγὼ δὲ ὁ χ. but I, fine fellow that I am.., Luc.Laps.1; Πλάτωνα χρυσοῦν (sc. Ἐπίκουρος ἐκάλει) D.L.10.8, cf. Menodot. ap. Gal.Subf.Emp.63.2 wealthy, Palaeph. 31.4 (s. v. l.). [χρῡσέη, χρῡσέην, χρῡσέου, χρῡσέῳ, etc., in Hom. must be pronounced as disyll., as is fully proved by such passages as Il.1.15, 374: but Lyric Poets sts. used [pron. full] ῠ in χρύσεος, Pi.P.3.73, 4.4, 144, al., B.9.6, 15.2; so also Trag., but only in Lyr., not in Iambics or Anapaestics, S.OT 157, 188, Ant. 103, E.Med. 632, 978, IA 1051, IT 1253, Tr. 856, Ba. 372, Heracl. 916, HF 351, 396, El. 192; sts. also Epigrammatists, AP6.292.2 (Hedyl.), 7.233.1 (Apollonid.), 13.18.4 ([place name] Parmeno), APl.4.96.8.]Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > χρύσεος
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12 спасибо этому дому, пойдём к другому
Set phrase: east or west, home is best (used in good humour by a thankful visitor to mean: "many thanks to this home's hospitality, now I'll take myself off to another!" may be used ironically as well), your home is nice, brother, but I have to go to another!Универсальный русско-английский словарь > спасибо этому дому, пойдём к другому
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13 А-16
АЙ ДА...! coll Interj Invar foil. by NP fixed WOused to express approval, admiration(when foil. by an anim noun) what (a)...!good for you (her, him etc)! you are (he is etc) (really) quite a...! atta boy (girl)! he (she etc) is really something! ah, that...! good job (...)! well done (...)! (when foil. by an inanim noun) what (a)...! (now) thatis (herefc, therefe) (a)...(for you)! that's (really) quite a...! (when used ironically only) some...! some...he (she, that etc) is!«Поздравляю, господин исправник. Ай да бумага! По этим приметам немудрено будет вам отыскать Дубровского. Да кто же не среднего роста, у кого не русые волосы, не прямой нос да не карие глаза!.. Нечего сказать, умные головушки приказные» (Пушкин 1). UI congratulate you, Mr Chief of Police. What a document! It'll be easy to trace Dubrovsky from such a description! Who is not of medium height? Who has not got fair hair-or a straight nose, or brown eyes?...1 must say, these officials are clever fellows!" (1b)....Совершенно неожиданно было получено письмо за подписями начальника и политрука музыкальной команды военной части номер такой-то, в котором родителям ефрейтора Аркадия Мансурова от лица командования выражалась благодарность за хорошее воспитание сына... Ай да Аркашка! (Залыгин 1)....There came a completely unexpected letter signed by the CO. and the political officer of the concert party of unit No. so-and-so, expressing official gratitude to the parents of Lance-corporal Arkady Mansurov for bringing him up so well....Good for you, Arkady! (1a).Она (моя барыня) разрядится, точно пава, и ходит так важно а кабы кто посмотрел, какие юбки да какие чулки носит, так срам посмотреть!..» Все, кроме Захара, засмеялись. «Ай да Татьяна Ивановна, мимо не попадет!» - говорили одобрительно голоса (Гончаров 1). "She (my mistress) gets all dressed up in her finery and parades around like a peacock, but if you ever got a look at the petticoats and stockings she wears—it's a disgrace!..." Everyone except Zakhar laughed. "Ah, that Tatyana Ivanovna, she never misses!" they said approvingly (1b).Ай да герой! Собственной тени боится! Some hero! Afraid of his own shadow! -
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ЖИВИ И ЖИТЬ ДАВАЙ ДРУГИМ (saying used in all finite forms) be concerned with your own affairs and do not interfere with other people, let them live as they wish (in contemp. usage, sometimes used ironically with reference to people involved in shady dealings): - live and let live.Так вот глупо и бесславно закончил свой жизненный путь прокурор Евпраксеин, который родился, может быть, для чего-то хорошего, который хотел, может быть, людям добра, а приносил зло. И сам, как говорится, не жил, и другим жить не давал (Войнович 4). Thus, stupidly and ingloriously, did Prosecutor Evpraksein end his life, he, who, perhaps, had been born to do some good and who perhaps wished people well but did them harm...As the saying goes, he neither lived nor let live (4a). -
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ЛЮДИ ДОБРОЙ ВОЛИ media NP pl only fixed WO(used by the Soviet media as a propagandistic clicheused ironically by emigre writers) people striving for peace, for the good of the people: people of good will.Ты себе не представляешь, Коля, до чего жестоки и тупы многие простые люди доброй воли (Алешковский 1). You have no idea how cruel and dense a lot of people of good will can be, Kolya(la). -
16 Н-107
НИЧЕГО СЕБЕ coll Invar fixed WO1.advwell enough (although usu. not extremely well)not (so) badlynot too (half) badly all right.(Наташа (мельком глядится в зеркало, поправляется).} Кажется, причёсана ничего себе... (Чехов 5). (N. (she steals а glance at herself in the mirror and tidies herself up) My hair seems to be all right... (5c).2. ( subj-compl with copula ( subj: any noun) or nonagreeing modif) quite goodnot (so) badnot a bad NP not too (half) bad not bad at all (in refer, to appearance) (quite) good-looking (as a positive response to a question about some quality, property etc) quite.(Брат Сила:) Он ничего себе малый. Первоначально он мне не понравился, но теперь я вижу, что он добрый католик (Булгаков 8). IBrother Force) He's not a bad fellow. At first I didn't like him, but now I see that he's a good Catholic (8a).Бунин несколько задержался на этом стихотворении... а затем наверху страницы поставил моим обгрызанным карандашом птичку, по-видимому означавшую, что стихи ничего себе, во всяком случае - «верные» (Катаев 3). Bunin paused for a while over this poem...and then with my chewed stump of pencil put a tick at the top of the page which seemed to indicate that the poem was not too bad, at any rate "true" (3a).(Ирунчик) была ничего себе женщина - в пропорциях и с фигурой, вполне пригодной для всего на свете: для верхней одежды, для дневного костюма, для вечернего платья, для купальника и т. д. (Залыгин 1). Irunchik was a good-looking woman, well proportioned, with a figure that could wear anything: an overcoat, a suit, an evening dress, a swim-suit, anything (1a).(Тузенбах:) (Вершинин) не глуп - это несомненно. Только говорит много. (Ирина:) Интересный человек? (Тузенбах:) Да, ничего себе... (Чехов 5). (Т.:) (Ver-shinin is) not stupid, that's certain. Except that he talks a lot. (I.:) Is he an interesting person? (T.:) Yes, quite... (5c).3. (nonagreeing modif) used to express the speaker's ironic reaction toward, indignation at, or disagreement with a stated or implied positive evaluation of s.o. or sth.: someNP NP, indeed!a fine NP (one is (one has got etc))! NP, my foot!«Почему (декан) Янсон не явился на разбор дела?» - «Болен». - «Болен... А где директор института?» Баулин пожал плечами. «Не пришла». - «Ничего себе организация», -усмехнулся Столпер... (Рыбаков 2). "Why hasn't Janson (the dean) turned up for the hearing?" "He's ill " "111. And what about the director of the institute?" Baulin shrugged his shoulders "She didn't come." "Some organization!" Stolper sneered (2a).«...Разве ему недостаточно было пролистать нашу подшивку?» - спросил я. «А что такого, - сказал Автандил Автандилович, - подумаешь, два-три материала». Ничего себе два-три! Но я не стал затрагивать эту болезненную тему (Искандер4)."..Wouldn't it have been enough for him to go through our files?" I asked. "But what's there?" Avtandil Avtandilovich said. "Imagine-two or three articles." Two or three, indeed! But I was not about to broach that painful subject (4a).Чуть в стороне - лежат тела убитых. Их снегом запорошило... Семь белых людей лежат и молчат... А мы вино пили. «Ничего себе командир, - говорю я Сашке, - сам напился и нам позволил» (Окуджава 1). A little way away are the bodies of the dead men. They are sprinkled with powdery snow....Seven white men lie in silence.... And we were drinking wine. "A fine commander we've got," I say to Sashka. "Drinking like that and letting us drink, too!" (1a).«Он трёхнутый (slang), этот твой Прохор». - «Не „мой". Наш». - «Ничего себе „наш"... Он косых на десять нас с тобой дурит, не меньше» (Семёнов 1). "He's cracked, that Prokhor of yours." "Not 'mine.' Ours." "'Ours,' my foot....He's diddling us out of ten grand at least" (1a).4.Interj) used ironically to express indignation at, disapprov al of, disagreement with etc sth.: (just) great! not bad! well, well! pretty good! I like that!«Ты хоть спрашивала там кого? Нет? Ничего себе. Люди все в лес на месячник, а я пробежки по ночам делать...», -Михаил ещё говорил что-то в том же роде... (Абрамов 1). "Did you at least get someone's permission? No? Just great. Everybody's gone out to the forest for the Special Month and I'm running around in circles every night..." Mikhail went on a while in the same vein (1a).«У него, - продолжает Ленка, - все записи Окуджавы, Галича и Высоцкого. Книги Оруэла, Замятина, Солженицына»... - «Ничего себе, - говорю я. - Если узнают на факультете, влетит» (Зиновьев 2). "At home," Lenka continues, "he's got every recording of Okudzhava, Galich and Vysotsky. Books by Orwell, Zamyatin, Solzhenitsyn ".."Not bad," I say. "If they find out at the faculty, that'll be the end of him" (2a)С каких это пор у нас воскресенье - и вдруг выходной?» - «Но майор сказал, что у нас сейчас нет срочной работы». Сологдин резко повернулся в сторону Еминой. «У нас нет срочной работы? - едва ли не гневно воскликнул он. - Ничего себе! У нас нет срочной работы!» (Солженицын 3). "Since when is Sunday a free day all of a sudden?" "But the major said we don't have any urgent work right now." Sologdin turned sharply toward Emina."И£ have no urgent work?" he cried almost angrily. "Well, well! We have no urgent work'" (3a).«Ты в каком же классе?» - спросил он парнишку. «В восьмом». - «Ничего себе», - удивился Алтынник. Сам он кончил только семь классов (Войнович 5). "What grade are you in?" he asked the boy. "Eighth." "Pretty good," said Altinnik, impressed He'd only gotten as far as the seventh himself (5a) -
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ХОРОШЕНЬКОГО (ХОРОШЕГО) ПОНЕ-МНОЖКУ coll, often iron or humor (sent these forms only fixed WOsth. pleasant or good should be enjoyed in small quantities (used to convey the speakers belief that he or another has had enough of sth. pleasurable or, when used ironically, sth. unpleasant)don't (you mustn't etc) overdo a good thingenough is enough.Аванесян решительно поднялся и, старательно избегая ее взгляда, сделал шаг к выходу. В его поспешности было что-то суетливо-жалкое. «Хорошенького понемножку, погрелся, пора и честь знать» (Максимов 3). Avanesyan rose resolutely, and moved toward the door, carefully avoiding her eyes. There was something pathetic in his haste. "Mustn't overdo a good thing. I've warmed up, and I mustn't disturb you anymore" (3a). -
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ПЫШНЫМ ЦВЕТОМ расцвести, распуститься и т. п. NP instrum Invar adv usu. used with pfv verbs fixed WO(to develop) extensively, in full measure (in contemp. usage, usu. used ironically of negative qualities and phenomena)blossomflourish thrive reach full flower (of negative phenomena only) run rampant.Талант его расцвел пышным цветом лишь в последний период его жизни. It was only in the last period of his life that his talent blossomed.В труппе театра пышным цветом расцвели зависть и взаимная злоба. Jealousy and mutual loathing ran rampant in the theater company. -
19 ай да...!
• АЙ ДА...! coll[Interj; Invar; foll. by NP; fixed WO]=====⇒ used to express approval, admiration:- [when foll. by an anim noun] what (a)...!;- good for you <her, him etc>!;- you are <he is etc> (really) quite a...!;- atta boy < girl>!;- he <she etc> is really something!;- ah, that...!;- good job (...)!;- well done (...)!;- [when foll. by an inanim noun] what (a)...!;- (now) that's <here's, there's> (a)...(for you)!;- that's (really) quite a...!;- [when used ironically only] some...!;- some...he <she, that etc> is!♦ "Поздравляю, господин исправник. Ай да бумага! По этим приметам немудрено будет вам отыскать Дубровского. Да кто же не среднего роста, у кого не русые волосы, не прямой нос да не карие глаза!.. Нечего сказать, умные головушки приказные" (Пушкин 1). "I congratulate you, Mr Chief of Police. What a document! It'll be easy to trace Dubrovsky from such a description! Who is not of medium height? Who has not got fair hair or a straight nose, or brown eyes?....I must say, these officials are clever fellows!" (1b).♦...Совершенно неожиданно было получено письмо за подписями начальника и политрука музыкальной команды военной части номер такой-то, в котором родителям ефрейтора Аркадия Мансурова от лица командования выражалась благодарность за хорошее воспитание сына... Ай да Аркашка! (Залыгин 1)....There came a completely unexpected letter signed by the C.O. and the political officer of the concert party of unit No. so-and-so, expressing official gratitude to the parents of Lance-corporal Arkady Mansurov for bringing him up so well....Good for you, Arkady! (la).♦ "Она [моя барыня] разрядится, точно пава, и ходит так важно; а кабы кто посмотрел, какие юбки да какие чулки носит, так срам посмотреть!.."Все, кроме Захара, засмеялись. "Ай да Татьяна Ивановна, мимо не попадёт!" - говорили одобрительно голоса (Гончаров 1). "She [my mistress] gets all dressed up in her finery and parades around like a peacock, but if you ever got a look at the petticoats and stockings she wears - it's a disgrace!..." Everyone except Zakhar laughed. "Ah, that Tatyana Ivanovna, she never misses!" they said approvingly (1b).♦ Ай да герой! Собственной тени боится! Some hero! Afraid of his own shadow!Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ай да...!
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20 живи и жить давай другим
[saying; used in all finite forms]=====⇒ be concerned with your own affairs and do not interfere with other people, let them live as they wish (in contemp. usage, sometimes used ironically with reference to people involved in shady dealings):- ≈ live and let live.♦ Так вот глупо и бесславно закончил свой жизненный путь прокурор Евпраксеин, который родился, может быть, для чего-то хорошего, который хотел, может быть, людям добра, а приносил зло. И сам, как говорится, не жил, и другим жить не давал (Войнович 4). Thus, stupidly and ingloriously, did Prosecutor Evpraksein end his life, he, who, perhaps, had been born to do some good and who perhaps wished people well but did them harm...As the saying goes, he neither lived nor let live (4a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > живи и жить давай другим
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