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21 до слез
• ДО СЛЕЗ[PrepP; Invar; modif or adv (intensif)]=====1. to a very high degree:- extremely;- really;- s.o. is so upset <frustrated etc> he could cry;- s.o. is so frustrated (annoyed etc) he could scream;- [in limited contexts] s.o. could just cry (scream)!- s.o. wants (to do) sth. so badly he can taste it;- s.o. has a burning desire for sth. <to do sth.>;|| кому до слез жаль кого≈ (seeing some person in such a state etc) is enough to make you want to cry;- s.o. feels desperately (incredibly) sorry for some person;- s.o. is so sorry for some person that he could cry (weep);⇒♦ Когда мы, в блокадную зиму, пилили с ней [теткой] в паре дрова... она, пятидесятилетняя, точно так сердилась на меня, пятилетнего, как сейчас. Она обижалась на меня до слез в споре, кому в какую сторону тянуть... (Битов 1). During the winter of the blockade of Leningrad, when she [Auntie] and I were sawing wood together...she, fifty years old, lost her temper at me, a five-year-old, in exactly the same way as now She was offended to the point of tears by an argument about who was supposed to pull in which direction (1a).♦ С близкого поля, которое растекалось по обе стороны дороги прямо от истока слободы, тянуло зацветающей гречихой. На душе у Петра Васильевича стало вдруг так мирно и благостно, что ему захотелось, до слез захотелось туда, в этот запах, в этот давным-давно забытый сквозной простор... (Максимов 3). From a nearby field which welled up at the edge of the settlement and flowed along both sides of the road there came a scent of buckwheat in flower Pyotr Vasilievich suddenly felt blissfully at peace, and wanted desperately to go in that direction-into that scent, into those long-forgotten boundless spaces... (3a)♦...Ему все-таки до слёз жалко было князя Андрея, жалко было его гордости (Толстой 5)....He could have wept, so sorry was he for Prince Andrei and his wounded pride (5a).♦ Сцена эта может показаться очень натянутой, очень театральной, а между тем через двадцать шесть лет я тронут до слез, вспоминая ее... (Герцен 1). This scene may strike others as very affected and theatrical, and yet twenty-six years afterwards I am moved to tears as I recall it. (1a).2. до слез смеяться, хохотать (to laugh) very hard:- laugh until (till, so hard) one cries;- laugh till tears run down one's face (cheeks).♦ Я иногда даже хохочу. И тот, в зеркале, хохочет. Я хохочу до слез. И тот, в зеркале, плачет (Олеша 3). Sometimes I even laugh. And the one in the mirror laughs I laugh until I cry. And the one in the mirror cries too (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > до слез
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22 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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23 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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24 EGG
• Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow - Лучше сегодня яичко, чем курица завтра (Л)• Broken egg cannot be put back together (A) - Порванную веревку как ни вяжи, а все узел будет (П), Трещина в горшке скоро скажется (Т)• Don't carry (put) all your eggs in one basket - На одном гвозде всего не повесишь (H), Не ставь все на одну карту (H)• Don't put all your eggs in (into) one basket - На одном гвозде всего не повесишь (H), Не ставь все на одну карту (H)• Eggs can't teach the hen - Яйца курицу не учат (Я)• Egg today is worth a hen tomorrow (An) - Лучше сегодня яичко, чем курица завтра (Л)• Half an egg is better than an empty shell (than the shell) - Лучше мало, чем совсем ничего (Л)• It is very hard to shave an egg - Голой овцы не стригут (Г), Захотел молочка от бычка (3), Как с быком ни биться, а молока от него не добиться (K)• Other people's eggs have two yolks - Хороша рыба на чужом блюде (X)• Rotten egg spoils the pudding (A) - Ложка дегтя испортит бочку меда (Л), Одна паршивая овца все стадо портит (O)• Show him an egg and instantly the whole air is full of feathers - Дурни думкой богатеют (Д)• There's always a bad egg in every crowd - В семье не без урода (B)• 'Tis very hard to shave an egg - Захотел молочка от бычка (3)• You can't unscramble eggs - Сделанного не воротишь (C) -
25 Захотел молочка от бычка
This man will not help you or give it to you because he cannot; where nothing is nothing can be obtained. See Как с быком ни биться, а молока от него не добиться (K)Cf: It is very hard to shave an egg (Br.). Look not for musk in a dog's kennel (Br.). No man can flay a stone (Am., Br.). Tis very hard to shave an egg (Am,). You cannot get blood from a turnip (Am,). You cannot get blood out of a stone (Am., Br.). You can't draw water from a dry well (squeeze water from a stone) (Am.). You seek cold water under cold ice (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Захотел молочка от бычка
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26 каторжный
от каторга
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27 крепкий орешек
[kr'epky or'eshek] A hard nut. A problem that is very hard to solve; a person hard to deal with. Cf. A hard nut to crack.Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > крепкий орешек
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28 ливмя лить
General subject: rain cats and dogs, beat down ((о дожде) fall hard and continuously; if the rain beats down, it rains very hard; to fall on someone or something) -
29 намертво обожжённый кирпич
1) Engineering: hard-burnt brick2) Metallurgy: very hard-fired brickУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > намертво обожжённый кирпич
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30 трудно получить
General subject: hard to come by (This data is very hard to come by. - очень трудно получить) -
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ЕГИПЕТСКАЯ РАБОТА ЕГИПЕТСКИЙ ТРУД both obs NP sing only) very hard, exhausting laborslave laborbackbreaking labor.From the Biblical account of the hard labor the Israelites were forced to do while enslaved in Egypt (Ex. 1-2). -
32 египетская работа
• ЕГИПЕТСКАЯ РАБОТА; ЕГИПЕТСКИЙ ТРУД both obs[NP; sing only]=====⇒ very hard, exhausting labor:- slave labor;- backbreaking labor.—————← From the Biblical account of the hard labor the Israelites were forced to do while enslaved in Egypt (Ex. 1-2).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > египетская работа
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33 египетский труд
• ЕГИПЕТСКАЯ РАБОТА; ЕГИПЕТСКИЙ ТРУД both obs[NP; sing only]=====⇒ very hard, exhausting labor:- slave labor;- backbreaking labor.—————← From the Biblical account of the hard labor the Israelites were forced to do while enslaved in Egypt (Ex. 1-2).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > египетский труд
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34 каторжный
прил. к каторга; (перен.) very hard, back-breaking, unbearableкаторжные работы — penal servitude sg., hard labour sg.
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35 каторжный
ка́торжные рабо́ты — penal servitude sg, hard labour sg
ка́торжная тюрьма́ — convict prison
2) (тяжёлый, мучительный) very hard, backbreaking, unbearableка́торжный труд — drudgery
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36 в обещанный срок
General subject: in the promised time frame (in response to complaint: ААА works very hard to try to ensure our customers are happy with our installation process, both in quality of installation and also in having it completed in the promised time fr), on time as promised (The installers worked very carefully and professionally and the job was completed on time as promised.) -
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38 стараться изо всех сил
1) General subject: fall over oneself, huff and puff (they huff and they puff, but...), strain, strain every nerve, struggle, try hardest, go out of way, try one's best not + infinitive (Try your best not to attract their attention.), do one's very best, move heaven and earth, try one's best, go to great lengths, take great pains2) Colloquial: bust (one's) butt ((idiomatic, vulgar) to work very hard, to put in a lot of effort), do (one's) best, go to pains, (for smth., for smb. или to do smth.) lay oneself out3) Jargon: go for broke, wire in, bust ass5) Taboo: bust (one's) ass (выполнить работу, задание, достичь цели), bust (one's) nuts (выполнить работу, задание, достичь цели)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > стараться изо всех сил
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39 стоять на бровях
Colloquial: go nuts (безудержно веселиться to go out to bars, clubs, etc.), go on a rampage (дебоширить to become very angry and violent), lose it, move heaven and earth, move mountains, paint the town (red), stand on head, to party down, turn oneself inside out (Я стояла на ушах, чтобы в квартире было чисто, а он даже не заметил. I turned myself inside out to clean that apartment, and he didn't even notice!; очень стараться to try very hard to do smth.) -
40 стоять на ушах
Colloquial: go nuts (безудержно веселиться to go out to bars, clubs, etc.), go on a rampage (дебоширить to become very angry and violent), lose it, move heaven and earth, move mountains, paint the town (red), stand on head, to party down, turn oneself inside out (Я стояла на ушах, чтобы в квартире было чисто, а он даже не заметил. I turned myself inside out to clean that apartment, and he didn't even notice!; очень стараться to try very hard to do smth.)
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