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121 там хорошо, где нас нет
Set phrase: blue are the hills that are far from us (contrast: who leaves the old way for the new, will find himself deceived. better the devil you know than the devil you don't know), grass is always greener on the other side of the fence (used (often: ironically) to mean: life is better where we are not), that place is best of all where we haven't been at allУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > там хорошо, где нас нет
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122 твоими бы устами да мёд пить
Set phrase: astrology is true, but the astrologers cannot find it, friday night's dream on the saturday told, is sure to come true be it never so old, it's too good to be true (used (sometimes: ironically) to express one's gratitude for someone's prediction and/or one's doubt that everything would be fine), may your words come true!Универсальный русско-английский словарь > твоими бы устами да мёд пить
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123 твоими бы устами да мед пить
Set phrase: astrology is true, but the astrologers cannot find it, friday night's dream on the saturday told, is sure to come true be it never so old, it's too good to be true (used (sometimes: ironically) to express one's gratitude for someone's prediction and/or one's doubt that everything would be fine), may your words come true!Универсальный русско-английский словарь > твоими бы устами да мед пить
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124 твоими бы устами мёд пить
Set phrase: astrology is true, but the astrologers cannot find it, friday night's dream on the saturday told, is sure to come true be it never so old, it's too good to be true (used (sometimes: ironically) to express one's gratitude for someone's prediction and/or one's doubt that everything would be fine), may your words come true!Универсальный русско-английский словарь > твоими бы устами мёд пить
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125 ты ему про Фому, а он п
General subject: I can't find a common language with you (used (often: ironically or angrily) to point to someone's strange behavior which is an attempt not to speak on a certain (raised) topic and speak about something quite different instead)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > ты ему про Фому, а он п
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Colloquial: look no further (used to say that something you are offering is exactly what someone has been trying to find) -
127 я ему про Фому, а он пр
General subject: I can't find a common language with you (used (often: ironically or angrily) to point to someone's strange behavior which is an attempt not to speak on a certain (raised) topic and speak about something quite different instead)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > я ему про Фому, а он пр
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(БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ) ЗА БОКА кого highly coll VP (with subj: human or PrepP (used as predic, often as imper)1. to censure, blame s.o., holding him responsible for sth. he has done wrongX взял Y-a за бока - X called Y to accountX had Y on the carpet X took Y to task.2. to compel, force s.o. to do sth.: X взял Y-a за бока = X put (turned) the heat on YX put the screws on Y X strong-armed Y X twisted Y's arm X put pressure on Y.(Авдотья Назаровна:) Шутка ли, с пяти часов сижу, а она (Зинаида Савишна) хоть бы ржавою селёдкой попотчевала!.. (1-й гость:)...Со скуки да с голоду волком завоешь и людей грызть начнёшь... (Авдотья Назаровна:) Пойдём поищем, что ли... (1-й гость:) Тсс!.. Потихоньку! Шнапс, кажется, в столовой, в буфете стоит. Мы Егорушку за бока... Тсс!.. (Чехов 4). (A.N.:) It's no joke, I've been sitting here since five o'clock, and she (Zinaida Savishna) hasn't offered me so much as a piece of moldy herring!... (First Guest:)...I'm so bored and hungry, I could howl like a wolf and start gnawing on someone.... (A.N.:) Let's go and see if we can find- (First Guest:) Sh!...Quietly. I think there's some schnapps on the sideboard in the dining room. We'll put the screws on Yegorushka....Sh!... (4a).He приехал бы некий Виктор в гости к брату, тот не выпил бы лишку и не умер, тётя Глаша не отдала бы иконы, Гартвиг их не привёз бы, Нюра не стала бы просить старую икону в больницу как раз в тот момент, когда приятели Кирилла взяли его за бока, и не случилось бы всего остального... (Трифонов 5). If a certain Viktor hadn't come to visit his brother, the brother wouldn't have drunk too much and died, Aunt Glasha wouldn't have given up her ikons, Gartvig wouldn't have brought them to us, Nyura wouldn't have started asking for the old ikon in the hospital just at the moment when Kirill's friends were putting pressure on him, and none of the rest would have happened... (5a).
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