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1 Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball
Australian slang: B & S (a very enjoyable party usually held in rural areas)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball
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В ДЕВКАХ остаться, засидеться, сидеть и т. п. highly coll, rather rude when addressed to the interlocutor PrepP Invar usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: human, female)) (to remain, be) unmarriedX осталась в девках - X remained (was) an old maid (a spinster)X was left on the shelfX засиделась (сидит) в девках - X hasn't found anybody (the right man) yetX is still single (alone).«Дура ты, Люська, - засмеялась Сима, - эдак ты даже при твоей красоте в девках останешься» (Аксёнов 1). "You're а dope, Lusya," laughed Sima. "At that rate you'll be an old maid for all your good looks" (1a).«И к чему ей (Марье) выходить замуж? - думал он. - Наверно, быть несчастною... И кто её возьмёт из любви? Дурна, неловка. Возьмут за связи, за богатство. И разве не живут в девках? Ещё счастливее!» (Толстой 4). "And why should she (Marya) marry?" he thought. "Probably to be unhappy.... And who would marry Marya for love? Plain, awkward. They'd take her for her connections, for her wealth. And aren't there plenty of women living as spinsters? And better off!" (4a).He одна Нюра, конечно, в девках сидела, но у других хоть были либо родители, либо братья и сестры, либо ещё кто, а у неё никого (Войнович 2). Of course Nyura wasn't the only one who hadn't found anybody, but the others at least had their parents or their brothers and sisters. Nyura had no one (2a). -
3 в девках
• В ДЕВКАХ остаться, засидеться, сидеть и т. п. highly coll, rather rude when addressed to the interlocutor[PrepP; Invar; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: human, female)]=====⇒ (to remain, be) unmarried:- X is still single < alone>.♦ "Дура ты, Люська, - засмеялась Сима, - эдак ты даже при твоей красоте в девках останешься" (Аксёнов 1). "You're a dope, Lusya," laughed Sima. "At that rate you'll be an old maid for all your good looks" (1a).♦ "И к чему ей [Марье] выходить замуж? - думал он. - Наверно, быть несчастною... И кто её возьмёт из любви? Дурна, неловка. Возьмут за связи, за богатство. И разве не живут в девках? Ещё счастливее!" (Толстой 4). "And why should she [Marya] marry?" he thought. "Probably to be unhappy.... And who would marry Marya for love? Plain, awkward. They'd take her for her connections, for her wealth. And aren't there plenty of women living as spinsters? And better off!" (4a).♦ Не одна Нюра, конечно, в девках сидела, но у других хоть были либо родители, либо братья и сёстры, либо ещё кто, а у неё - никого (Войнович 2). Of course Nyura wasn't the only one who hadn't found anybody, but the others at least had their parents or their brothers and sisters. Nyura had no one (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > в девках
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