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1 обвести вокруг пальца
wind round one's little finger словосочетание:Русско-английский синонимический словарь > обвести вокруг пальца
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2 обвести вокруг пальца
1) General subject: bitch, (кого-л.) play for a patsy, (кого-л.) play hanky-panky with, sucker, trickiness, walk over somebody, wind round one's little finger, (кого-л.) play hankey-pankey with, led about (val52), get the better of someone, take for a ride, sell a pup2) Colloquial: hum (обвести вокруг пальца кого-л. to hum smb.), pull the wool over one's eyes3) American: walk over4) Jargon: double-time, fake( someone) out, put a con on (someone), slicker, smooth operator, work a hype on (smb.), cream5) Set phrase: twist round one's little finger6) American English: pull a con game on somebodyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > обвести вокруг пальца
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3 обёртывать
обернуть (вн.)1. ( завёртывать) wrap up (d.)обернуть книгу — put* a paper-cover on a book
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обернуть кого-л. вокруг пальца разг. — coax smb. into doing what one likes; twist smb. round one's little finger -
4 обводить вокруг пальца
I( кого), сов. в. - обвести (обернуть, окрутить) вокруг пальца ( кого) разг. turn (twist, wind) smb. round one's < little> finger; cf. draw rings round smb.; lead smb. up the garden- А мужик тут при чём? Зачем у вас полдеревни на фронт угнали? Затем, чтобы купцы прибыль огребали! Дурни вы, дурни! Большие, бородатые, а всякий вас вокруг пальца окрутить может. (А. Гайдар, Школа) — 'What's the peasant got to do with it! Why have they driven half your village off to the front? To help the merchants rake in the profits! What boobs you are! Big fellows with beards, yet anyone can twist you round his little finger.'
- Любую хитрейшую бестию кругом пальца обведёт, - улыбнулся Раевский, - молодец ваш Алексей Петрович! (С. Голубов, Багратион) — 'He can draw rings round the most cunning of beasts,' interjected Rayevsky with a smile. 'He's smart, is our Alexei Petrovich.'
II- Меня не обведёшь вокруг пальца, товарищ Андрей!.. Что вы скрываете? Почему сообщаете полуправду? (В. Липатов, И это всё о нём) — 'You won't lead me up the garden. Comrade Andrei!.. What are you hiding? Why are you giving me a half-truth?'
обводить вокруг (кругом, около) пальца ( что), сов. в. - обвести (обвертеть) вокруг (кругом, около) пальца ( что) разг., уст. cf. make light work of smth.; make short work of smth.- Дело знакомое, я его в один час кругом пальца обведу! (М. Салтыков-Щедрин, Пёстрые письма) — 'I know the problem. I'll make short work of it, to be sure.'
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