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  • 1 Ч-104

    НИ ЧЕРТА НИ ХРЕНА НИ ФИГА all highly coll NP gen these forms only)
    1. \Ч-104 не знать, не понимать, не получать, не получаться, не делать, не делаться и т. п. Also: НИ ШУТА
    НИ ЛЁШЕГО both highly coll (obj or subj / gen) (to know, understand, receive, do etc) absolutely nothing not (to be done, work out, be understood etc) at all
    not (know (understand, do etc)) a damn (damned, goddamn, frigging) thing
    not (understand sth. etc) one damned bit (in limited contexts) not be able to make any goddamn sense of sth.
    «Не нужно нам никакой квартиры, - сказал Дмитриев задыхающимся голосом. - Не нужно, понятно тебе? Во всяком случае, мне не нужно. Мне, мне! Ни черта мне не нужно, абсолютно ни черта» (Трифонов 4). "We don't need any apartment at all," said Dmitriev in a choked voice. "We don't need it, you understand? In any case / don't need it. I, me! I don't need a damn thing, absolutely not a damn thing" (4a).
    «...Лётчик (он) был первоклассный, в воздухе ни хрена не боялся!» (Искандер 5). u...He was a first class pilot. In the air, he wasn't afraid of a frigging thing" (5a).
    Владимир Семенович, а как всё это с вашим писательством согласуется?» - «Как согласуется? Никак не согласуется! Ни хрена не согласуется...» (Аржак 1). "But Vladimir Semyonovich, how does all this fit in with your job as a writer?" "How does it fit in? It doesn't. Not one damned bit" (1a).
    «Кто это?» — на чистом русском языке спросил высокий. «Пленный, товарищ генерал... Капитан гестапо»... - «При чём здесь гестапо?» - заспорил Ревкин и дал краткие разъяснения по поводу личности капитана. «Но я же его допрашивал... Он сказал, что расстреливал коммунистов и беспартийных». - «Ни хрена понять не могу», - запутался вконец (генерал) Дрынов (Войнович 2). "Who is this," asked the tall one in perfect Russian. "The prisoner, Comrade General....A captain in the Gestapo."..."What are you talking about, Gestapo?" objected Revkin and offered a brief explanation concerning the person of Captain Milyaga. "But it was me who questioned him....He told me he had shot Communists and non-Party members." "I can't make any goddamn sense of it," said (General) Drinov, thoroughly confused (2a).
    2. ( impers predic
    often used as indep. clause) sth. does not have any (negative) effect on s.o. at all, in no way reflects on s.o.: it doesn't harm (affect etc) s.o. one damn bit it's nothing for s.o.
    Ты посмотри на него! Пять километров пробежал и - ни черта, даже не устал. Just look at him! He ran five kilometers and it didn't affect him one damn bit, he isn't even tired.

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  • 2 ни лешего

    • НИ ЧЕРТА; НИ ХРЕНА; НИ ФИГА all highly coll
    [NPgen; these forms only]
    =====
    1. ни лешего не знать, не понимать, не получать, не получаться, не делать, не делаться и т.п. Also: НИ ШУТА; НИ ЛЕШЕГО both highly coll [obj or subj/ gen]
    ⇒ (to know, understand, receive, do etc) absolutely nothing; not (to be done, work out, be understood etc) at all:
    - not (know <understand, do etc>) a damn <damned, goddamn, frigging> thing;
    - not (understand sth. etc) one damned bit;
    - [in limited contexts] not be able to make any goddamn sense of sth.
         ♦ "Не нужно нам никакой квартиры, - сказал Дмитриев задыхающимся голосом. - Не нужно, понятно тебе? Во всяком случае, мне не нужно. Мне, мне! Ни черта мне не нужно, абсолютно ни черта" (Трифонов 4). "We don't need any apartment at all," said Dmitriev in a choked voice. "We don't need it, you understand? In any case I don't need it. I, me! I don't need a damn thing, absolutely not a damn thing" (4a).
         ♦ "...Лётчик [он] был первоклассный, в воздухе ни хрена не боялся!" (Искандер 5). "...He was a first class pilot. In the air, he wasn't afraid of a frigging thing" (5a).
         ♦ Владимир Семенович, а как всё это с вашим писательством согласуется?" - "Как согласуется? Никак не согласуется! Ни хрена не согласуется..." (Аржак 1). "But Vladimir Semyonovich, how does all this fit in with your job as a writer?" "How does it fit in? It doesn't. Not one damned bit" (1a).
         ♦ "Кто это?" - на чистом русском языке спросил высокий. "Пленный, товарищ генерал... Капитан гестапо"... - "При чём здесь гестапо?" - заспорил Ревкин и дал краткие разъяснения по поводу личности капитана. "Но я же его допрашивал... Он сказал, что расстреливал коммунистов и беспартийных". - "Ни хрена понять не могу", - запутался вконец [ генерал] Дрынов (Войнович 2). "Who is this," asked the tall one in perfect Russian. "The prisoner, Comrade General....A captain in the Gestapo."..."What are you talking about, Gestapo?" objected Revkin and offered a brief explanation concerning the person of Captain Milyaga. "But it was me who questioned him....He told me he had shot Communists and non-Party members." "I can't make any goddamn sense of it," said [General] Drinov, thoroughly confused (2a).
    2. [impers predic; often used as indep. clause]
    ⇒ sth. does not have any (negative) effect on s.o. at all, in no way reflects on s.o.:
    - it doesn't harm <affect etc> s.o. one damn bit;
    - it's nothing for s.o.
         ♦ Ты посмотри на него! Пять километров пробежал и - ни черта, даже не устал. Just look at him! He ran five kilometers and it didn't affect him one damn bit, he isn't even tired.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ни лешего

  • 3 ни фига

    • НИ ЧЕРТА; НИ ХРЕНА; НИ ФИГА all highly coll
    [NPgen; these forms only]
    =====
    1. ни фига не знать, не понимать, не получать, не получаться, не делать, не делаться и т.п. Also: НИ ШУТА; НИ ЛЕШЕГО both highly coll [obj or subj/ gen]
    ⇒ (to know, understand, receive, do etc) absolutely nothing; not (to be done, work out, be understood etc) at all:
    - not (know <understand, do etc>) a damn <damned, goddamn, frigging> thing;
    - not (understand sth. etc) one damned bit;
    - [in limited contexts] not be able to make any goddamn sense of sth.
         ♦ "Не нужно нам никакой квартиры, - сказал Дмитриев задыхающимся голосом. - Не нужно, понятно тебе? Во всяком случае, мне не нужно. Мне, мне! Ни черта мне не нужно, абсолютно ни черта" (Трифонов 4). "We don't need any apartment at all," said Dmitriev in a choked voice. "We don't need it, you understand? In any case I don't need it. I, me! I don't need a damn thing, absolutely not a damn thing" (4a).
         ♦ "...Лётчик [он] был первоклассный, в воздухе ни хрена не боялся!" (Искандер 5). "...He was a first class pilot. In the air, he wasn't afraid of a frigging thing" (5a).
         ♦ Владимир Семенович, а как всё это с вашим писательством согласуется?" - "Как согласуется? Никак не согласуется! Ни хрена не согласуется..." (Аржак 1). "But Vladimir Semyonovich, how does all this fit in with your job as a writer?" "How does it fit in? It doesn't. Not one damned bit" (1a).
         ♦ "Кто это?" - на чистом русском языке спросил высокий. "Пленный, товарищ генерал... Капитан гестапо"... - "При чём здесь гестапо?" - заспорил Ревкин и дал краткие разъяснения по поводу личности капитана. "Но я же его допрашивал... Он сказал, что расстреливал коммунистов и беспартийных". - "Ни хрена понять не могу", - запутался вконец [ генерал] Дрынов (Войнович 2). "Who is this," asked the tall one in perfect Russian. "The prisoner, Comrade General....A captain in the Gestapo."..."What are you talking about, Gestapo?" objected Revkin and offered a brief explanation concerning the person of Captain Milyaga. "But it was me who questioned him....He told me he had shot Communists and non-Party members." "I can't make any goddamn sense of it," said [General] Drinov, thoroughly confused (2a).
    2. [impers predic; often used as indep. clause]
    ⇒ sth. does not have any (negative) effect on s.o. at all, in no way reflects on s.o.:
    - it doesn't harm <affect etc> s.o. one damn bit;
    - it's nothing for s.o.
         ♦ Ты посмотри на него! Пять километров пробежал и - ни черта, даже не устал. Just look at him! He ran five kilometers and it didn't affect him one damn bit, he isn't even tired.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ни фига

  • 4 ни хрена

    • НИ ЧЕРТА; НИ ХРЕНА; НИ ФИГА all highly coll
    [NPgen; these forms only]
    =====
    1. ни хрена не знать, не понимать, не получать, не получаться, не делать, не делаться и т.п. Also: НИ ШУТА; НИ ЛЕШЕГО both highly coll [obj or subj/ gen]
    ⇒ (to know, understand, receive, do etc) absolutely nothing; not (to be done, work out, be understood etc) at all:
    - not (know <understand, do etc>) a damn <damned, goddamn, frigging> thing;
    - not (understand sth. etc) one damned bit;
    - [in limited contexts] not be able to make any goddamn sense of sth.
         ♦ "Не нужно нам никакой квартиры, - сказал Дмитриев задыхающимся голосом. - Не нужно, понятно тебе? Во всяком случае, мне не нужно. Мне, мне! Ни черта мне не нужно, абсолютно ни черта" (Трифонов 4). "We don't need any apartment at all," said Dmitriev in a choked voice. "We don't need it, you understand? In any case I don't need it. I, me! I don't need a damn thing, absolutely not a damn thing" (4a).
         ♦ "...Лётчик [он] был первоклассный, в воздухе ни хрена не боялся!" (Искандер 5). "...He was a first class pilot. In the air, he wasn't afraid of a frigging thing" (5a).
         ♦ Владимир Семенович, а как всё это с вашим писательством согласуется?" - "Как согласуется? Никак не согласуется! Ни хрена не согласуется..." (Аржак 1). "But Vladimir Semyonovich, how does all this fit in with your job as a writer?" "How does it fit in? It doesn't. Not one damned bit" (1a).
         ♦ "Кто это?" - на чистом русском языке спросил высокий. "Пленный, товарищ генерал... Капитан гестапо"... - "При чём здесь гестапо?" - заспорил Ревкин и дал краткие разъяснения по поводу личности капитана. "Но я же его допрашивал... Он сказал, что расстреливал коммунистов и беспартийных". - "Ни хрена понять не могу", - запутался вконец [ генерал] Дрынов (Войнович 2). "Who is this," asked the tall one in perfect Russian. "The prisoner, Comrade General....A captain in the Gestapo."..."What are you talking about, Gestapo?" objected Revkin and offered a brief explanation concerning the person of Captain Milyaga. "But it was me who questioned him....He told me he had shot Communists and non-Party members." "I can't make any goddamn sense of it," said [General] Drinov, thoroughly confused (2a).
    2. [impers predic; often used as indep. clause]
    ⇒ sth. does not have any (negative) effect on s.o. at all, in no way reflects on s.o.:
    - it doesn't harm <affect etc> s.o. one damn bit;
    - it's nothing for s.o.
         ♦ Ты посмотри на него! Пять километров пробежал и - ни черта, даже не устал. Just look at him! He ran five kilometers and it didn't affect him one damn bit, he isn't even tired.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ни хрена

  • 5 ни черта

    • НИ ЧЕРТА; НИ ХРЕНА; НИ ФИГА all highly coll
    [NPgen; these forms only]
    =====
    1. ни черта не знать, не понимать, не получать, не получаться, не делать, не делаться и т.п. Also: НИ ШУТА; НИ ЛЕШЕГО both highly coll [obj or subj/ gen]
    ⇒ (to know, understand, receive, do etc) absolutely nothing; not (to be done, work out, be understood etc) at all:
    - not (know <understand, do etc>) a damn <damned, goddamn, frigging> thing;
    - not (understand sth. etc) one damned bit;
    - [in limited contexts] not be able to make any goddamn sense of sth.
         ♦ "Не нужно нам никакой квартиры, - сказал Дмитриев задыхающимся голосом. - Не нужно, понятно тебе? Во всяком случае, мне не нужно. Мне, мне! Ни черта мне не нужно, абсолютно ни черта" (Трифонов 4). "We don't need any apartment at all," said Dmitriev in a choked voice. "We don't need it, you understand? In any case I don't need it. I, me! I don't need a damn thing, absolutely not a damn thing" (4a).
         ♦ "...Лётчик [он] был первоклассный, в воздухе ни хрена не боялся!" (Искандер 5). "...He was a first class pilot. In the air, he wasn't afraid of a frigging thing" (5a).
         ♦ Владимир Семенович, а как всё это с вашим писательством согласуется?" - "Как согласуется? Никак не согласуется! Ни хрена не согласуется..." (Аржак 1). "But Vladimir Semyonovich, how does all this fit in with your job as a writer?" "How does it fit in? It doesn't. Not one damned bit" (1a).
         ♦ "Кто это?" - на чистом русском языке спросил высокий. "Пленный, товарищ генерал... Капитан гестапо"... - "При чём здесь гестапо?" - заспорил Ревкин и дал краткие разъяснения по поводу личности капитана. "Но я же его допрашивал... Он сказал, что расстреливал коммунистов и беспартийных". - "Ни хрена понять не могу", - запутался вконец [ генерал] Дрынов (Войнович 2). "Who is this," asked the tall one in perfect Russian. "The prisoner, Comrade General....A captain in the Gestapo."..."What are you talking about, Gestapo?" objected Revkin and offered a brief explanation concerning the person of Captain Milyaga. "But it was me who questioned him....He told me he had shot Communists and non-Party members." "I can't make any goddamn sense of it," said [General] Drinov, thoroughly confused (2a).
    2. [impers predic; often used as indep. clause]
    ⇒ sth. does not have any (negative) effect on s.o. at all, in no way reflects on s.o.:
    - it doesn't harm <affect etc> s.o. one damn bit;
    - it's nothing for s.o.
         ♦ Ты посмотри на него! Пять километров пробежал и - ни черта, даже не устал. Just look at him! He ran five kilometers and it didn't affect him one damn bit, he isn't even tired.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ни черта

  • 6 ни шута

    • НИ ЧЕРТА; НИ ХРЕНА; НИ ФИГА all highly coll
    [NPgen; these forms only]
    =====
    1. ни шута не знать, не понимать, не получать, не получаться, не делать, не делаться и т.п. Also: НИ ШУТА; НИ ЛЕШЕГО both highly coll [obj or subj/ gen]
    ⇒ (to know, understand, receive, do etc) absolutely nothing; not (to be done, work out, be understood etc) at all:
    - not (know <understand, do etc>) a damn <damned, goddamn, frigging> thing;
    - not (understand sth. etc) one damned bit;
    - [in limited contexts] not be able to make any goddamn sense of sth.
         ♦ "Не нужно нам никакой квартиры, - сказал Дмитриев задыхающимся голосом. - Не нужно, понятно тебе? Во всяком случае, мне не нужно. Мне, мне! Ни черта мне не нужно, абсолютно ни черта" (Трифонов 4). "We don't need any apartment at all," said Dmitriev in a choked voice. "We don't need it, you understand? In any case I don't need it. I, me! I don't need a damn thing, absolutely not a damn thing" (4a).
         ♦ "...Лётчик [он] был первоклассный, в воздухе ни хрена не боялся!" (Искандер 5). "...He was a first class pilot. In the air, he wasn't afraid of a frigging thing" (5a).
         ♦ Владимир Семенович, а как всё это с вашим писательством согласуется?" - "Как согласуется? Никак не согласуется! Ни хрена не согласуется..." (Аржак 1). "But Vladimir Semyonovich, how does all this fit in with your job as a writer?" "How does it fit in? It doesn't. Not one damned bit" (1a).
         ♦ "Кто это?" - на чистом русском языке спросил высокий. "Пленный, товарищ генерал... Капитан гестапо"... - "При чём здесь гестапо?" - заспорил Ревкин и дал краткие разъяснения по поводу личности капитана. "Но я же его допрашивал... Он сказал, что расстреливал коммунистов и беспартийных". - "Ни хрена понять не могу", - запутался вконец [ генерал] Дрынов (Войнович 2). "Who is this," asked the tall one in perfect Russian. "The prisoner, Comrade General....A captain in the Gestapo."..."What are you talking about, Gestapo?" objected Revkin and offered a brief explanation concerning the person of Captain Milyaga. "But it was me who questioned him....He told me he had shot Communists and non-Party members." "I can't make any goddamn sense of it," said [General] Drinov, thoroughly confused (2a).
    2. [impers predic; often used as indep. clause]
    ⇒ sth. does not have any (negative) effect on s.o. at all, in no way reflects on s.o.:
    - it doesn't harm <affect etc> s.o. one damn bit;
    - it's nothing for s.o.
         ♦ Ты посмотри на него! Пять километров пробежал и - ни черта, даже не устал. Just look at him! He ran five kilometers and it didn't affect him one damn bit, he isn't even tired.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ни шута

  • 7 Ч-82

    CAM ЧЁРТ (НИ ОДИН ЧЁРТ, И ЧЁРТ) не разберет, не поймёт coll NP nom sing only subj) no one (will understand sth.), it is absolutely impossible (to make sth. out)
    the devil himself (couldn't figure sth. out (would be hard put to know sth. etc)).
    «Сам чёрт не разберёт, кто тут плохой, кто хороший...» (Гинзбург 2). "The devil himself would be hard put to know who's good and who's bad around here" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Ч-82

  • 8 Ч-154

    ЗАДНИМ ЧИСЛОМа?//(ЫР'|гит Invar adv fixed WO
    1. помечать что, оформлять кого-что to mark some document with a date that is earlier than the date on which the mark is made
    predate
    backdate antedate.
    2. - понять что, сообразить, оценить кого-что, жалеть, испугаться и т. п. (to understand sth., figure sth. out, appreciate s.o. or sth., regret having done sth., get scared etc) at some point after the event, action etc in question has already taken place or been carried out
    in (with) hindsight
    after the event (the fact) in retrospect later (on) (in limited contexts) looking back on it.
    Настёна и не подозревала в себе этой порчи и пошла замуж легко, заранее зная бабью судьбу, радуясь самой большой перемене в своей жизни и немножко, задним числом, как это обычно бывает, жалея, что походила в девках мало (Распутин 2). Nastyona had not even suspected that there was something wrong with her and she entered marriage easily, knowing a woman's fate, happy about the greatest change in her life and only being sorry a little, in hindsight, as usually happens, about not having remained unmarried longer (2a).
    Сейчас, задним числом, я думаю, что у кагебешников даже и шанса не было не сдаться. Вопрос о моём отъезде был решён на каких-то верхах, им недоступных. И нарушать решение верхов им было не под силу (Войнович 1). Now, with hindsight, I think the KGB had no choice but to give in. The question of my leaving the country had been decided high up, on levels to which these men had no access. It was not in their power to violate such a decision (1a).
    Перед отправкой в Сама-тиху Ставский впервые принял О. М(андельштама). Мы тоже сочли это добрым знаком. На самом же деле, ему, наверное, понадобился добавочный материал для «рецензии» на Мандельштама, то есть для характеристики, предваряющей его арест. Иногда такие характеристики писались задним числом, когда человек уже находился в тюрьме, иногда перед арестом (Мандельштам 1). Before sending us to Samatikha, Stavski had received M(andelstam) for the first time. This also we had taken as a good sign. But in fact Stavski probably wanted to see M(andelstam) only to make it easier for him to write his report-the sort of report always written on a man about to be arrested. Such reports were sometimes written after the event, when the person in question had already been arrested, and sometimes beforehand (1a)

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Ч-154

  • 9 ни один черт

    I
    • НИ ОДИН ЧЕРТ highly coll
    [NP; nom sing only; subj; used with negated verbs]
    =====
    ⇒ absolutely no one:
    - not one person (one of them etc).
         ♦ Гнали письма в единственную отдушину, через смутную Польшу (ни один чёрт не знал, кстати говоря, что в ней творится и что это за такая новая страна - Польша) в Германию... (Булгаков 3). They sent off letters through the only escape-hole across turbulent, insecure Poland (not one of them, incidentally, had the slightest idea what was going on there or even what sort of place this new country-Poland-was) to Germany... (3a).
    II
    • САМ ЧЕРТ <НИ ОДИН ЧЕРТ, И ЧЕРТ> не разберёт, не поймёт coll
    [NP; nom sing only; subj]
    =====
    ⇒ no one (will understand sth.), it is absolutely impossible (to make sth. out):
    - the devil himself (couldn't figure sth. out <would be hard put to know sth. etc>).
         ♦ "Сам чёрт не разберёт, кто тут плохой, кто хороший..." (Гинзбург 2). "The devil himself would be hard put to know who's good and who's bad around here" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ни один черт

  • 10 и черт

    • САМ ЧЕРТ <НИ ОДИН ЧЕРТ, И ЧЕРТ> не разберёт, не поймёт coll
    [NP; nom sing only; subj]
    =====
    ⇒ no one (will understand sth.), it is absolutely impossible (to make sth. out):
    - the devil himself (couldn't figure sth. out <would be hard put to know sth. etc>).
         ♦ "Сам чёрт не разберёт, кто тут плохой, кто хороший..." (Гинзбург 2). "The devil himself would be hard put to know who's good and who's bad around here" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > и черт

  • 11 сам черт

    • САМ ЧЕРТ <НИ ОДИН ЧЕРТ, И ЧЕРТ> не разберёт, не поймёт coll
    [NP; nom sing only; subj]
    =====
    ⇒ no one (will understand sth.), it is absolutely impossible (to make sth. out):
    - the devil himself (couldn't figure sth. out <would be hard put to know sth. etc>).
         ♦ "Сам чёрт не разберёт, кто тут плохой, кто хороший..." (Гинзбург 2). "The devil himself would be hard put to know who's good and who's bad around here" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сам черт

  • 12 задним числом

    [NPinstrum; Invar; adv; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. помечать что, оформлять кого-что to mark some document with a date that is earlier than the date on which the mark is made:
    - antedate.
    2. задним числом понять что, сообразить, оценить кого-что, жалеть, испугаться и т.п. (to understand sth., figure sth. out, appreciate s.o. or sth., regret having done sth., get scared etc) at some point after the event, action etc in question has already taken place or been carried out:
    - [in limited contexts] looking back on it.
         ♦ Настёна и не подозревала в себе этой порчи и пошла замуж легко, заранее зная бабью судьбу, радуясь самой большой перемене в своей жизни и немножко, задним числом, как это обычно бывает, жалея, что походила в девках мало (Распутин 2). Nastyona had not even suspected that there was something wrong with her and she entered marriage easily, knowing a womans fate, happy about the greatest change in her life and only being sorry a little, in hindsight, as usually happens, about not having remained unmarried longer (2a).
         ♦ Сейчас, задним числом, я думаю, что у кагебешников даже и шанса не было не сдаться. Вопрос о моём отъезде был решён на каких-то верхах, им недоступных. И нарушать решение верхов им было не под силу (Войнович 1). Now, with hindsight, I think the KGB had no choice but to give in. The question of my leaving the country had been decided high up, on levels to which these men had no access. It was not in their power to violate such a decision (1a).
         ♦ Перед отправкой в Саматиху Ставский впервые принял О. М(андельштама). Мы тоже сочли это добрым знаком. На самом же деле, ему, наверное, понадобился добавочный материал для "рецензии" на Мандельштама, то есть для характеристики, предваряющей его арест. Иногда такие характеристики писались задним числом, когда человек уже находился в тюрьме, иногда перед арестом (Мандельштам 1). Before sending us to Samatikha, Stavski had received M[andelstam] for the first time. This also we had taken as a good sign. But in fact Stavski probably wanted to see M[andelstam] only to make it easier for him to write his report - the sort of report always written on a man about to be arrested. Such reports were sometimes written after the event, when the person in question had already been arrested, and sometimes beforehand (1a)

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > задним числом

  • 13 К-178

    ХОТЬ КОЛ НА ГОЛОВЕ ТЕШИ кому substand (хоть -I- VP imper Invar indep. or subord clause usu. this WO s.o. is so stubborn, stupid, lazy etc that) it is utterly impossible to convince him of sth., make him understand sth., or make him do sth.: X-y хоть кол на голове теши - there's no way to beat it into X's thick head there's no way to beat it into that thick head (skull) of X's no matter what you say, X won't listen (no matter what you do, X won't give in etc) it's (talking to X is) like talking to a (brick) wall (to the wall).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > К-178

  • 14 К-255

    КОНЦОВ HE НАЙТИ (HE СЫСКАТЬ) coll VP subj: human usu. infin (used as impers predic) or neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing не найдёшь, не сыщешь fixed WO
    it is impossible to find out the reason for sth., understand sth., uncover who is to blame for sth. etc: концов не найти (не найдёшь) It's impossible (no one will ever be able etc) to put the pieces together (figure it out, puzzle it out, get to the bottom of it)
    you can't (they'll never be able to etc) figure (puzzle) out who did (organized, was behind etc) it we (you etc) can't make head(s) or tail(s) (out) of it (in limited contexts) there's no way it can be traced (back to s.o.).
    Мы знаем, что с фабрики воруют товары и сбывают их на сторону. Должно быть, работает целая группа, но всё организовано так, что концов не найти. We know that goods are being stolen from the factory and sold on the side. A whole group of people must be involved, but everything's organized in such a way that we can't get to the bottom of it.
    Ты не хочешь, чтобы они знали, что бандероль от тебя? Пришли её мне, я отправлю её отсюда без обратного адреса, чтобы и концов не нашли. You don't want them to know the package is from you? Then send it to me and I'll send it to them without any return address so there will be no way to trace it back to you.
    .Ничего вроде бы и не изменилось, вот только завезённые на склад дублёнки для рядового начальства, включая и инструкторов, опять куда-то делись, концов не сыскать (Бахтин 1). ( context transl)...It seemed that nothing really had changed, except that the dublyonkas brought to the warehouse for ordinary officials, including instructors, once again disappeared without a trace (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > К-255

  • 15 Н-235

    ЗАРУБИТЬ (СЕБЕ) НА НОСУ (НА ЛБУ) coll VP subj: human usu. imper or infin with надо, следует etc usu. this WO usu. used when reprimanding s.o. for sth. done wrong, warning s.o. against doing sth. etc) to understand sth. well, remember it, and keep it in mind to guide one's further actions: заруби(те) себе на носу - see (make sure) that you don't forget it remember once and for all (that...) (you'd better) get it into your head (that...) don't you dare (ever) forget it! you'd better remember!
    tie a string around your finger if you have to, but remember this (that...). «Мы вам доверяем, но постольку-поскольку... Ваше предательство не скоро забудется. Пусть это зарубят себе на носу все, кто переметнулся осенью к красным...» (Шолохов 5). "We trust you, but only so far.... Your treachery will not soon be forgotten. And those who went over to the Reds last autumn had better get that into their heads!" (5a).
    «Запомните и зарубите себе на носу, -он повысил голос и стал грозить пальцем, - у нас в Советском Союзе ни за что никого не сажают» (Войнович 4). "Tie a string around your finger if you have to, but remember this." He raised his voice and threatened her with one finger. "Here, in the Soviet Union, we do not put people in jail for no reason at all" (4a)

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Н-235

  • 16 хоть кол на голове теши

    [ хоть + VPimper; Invar; indep. or subord clause; usu. this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (s.o. is so stubborn, stupid, lazy etc that) it is utterly impossible to convince him of sth., make him understand sth., or make him do sth.:
    - X-у хоть кол на голове теши≈ there's no way to beat it into X's thick head;
    - no matter what you say, X won't listen (no matter what you do, X won't give in etc);
    - it's (talking to X is) like talking to a (brick) wall (to the wall).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > хоть кол на голове теши

  • 17 концов не найти

    • КОНЦОВ НЕ НАЙТИ < НЕ СЫСКАТЬ> coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. infin (used as impers predic) or neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing не найдёшь, не сыщешь; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ it is impossible to find out the reason for sth., understand sth., uncover who is to blame for sth. etc:
    - концов не найти < не найдёшь> ≈ it's impossible (no one will ever be able etc) to put the pieces together (figure it out, puzzle it out, get to the bottom of it);
    - you can't (they'll never be able to etc) figure (puzzle) out who did (organized, was behind etc) it;
    - we (you etc) can't make head(s) or tail(s) (out) of it;
    - [in limited contexts] there's no way it can be traced (back to s.o.).
         ♦ Мы знаем, что с фабрики воруют товары и сбывают их на сторону. Должно быть, работает целая группа, но всё организовано так, что концов не найти. We know that goods are being stolen from the factory and sold on the side. A whole group of people must be involved, but everything's organized in such a way that we can't get to the bottom of it.
         ♦ Ты не хочешь, чтобы они знали, что бандероль от тебя? Пришли её мне, я отправлю её отсюда без обратного адреса, чтобы и концов не нашли. You don't want them to know the package is from you? Then send it to me and I'll send it to them without any return address so there will be no way to trace it back to you.
         ♦...Ничего вроде бы и не изменилось, вот только завезённые на склад дублёнки для рядового начальства, включая и инструкторов, опять куда-то делись, концов не сыскать (Бахтин 1). [context transl]... It seemed that nothing really had changed, except that the dublyonkas brought to the warehouse for ordinary officials, including instructors, once again disappeared without a trace (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > концов не найти

  • 18 концов не сыскать

    • КОНЦОВ НЕ НАЙТИ < НЕ СЫСКАТЬ> coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. infin (used as impers predic) or neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing не найдёшь, не сыщешь; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ it is impossible to find out the reason for sth., understand sth., uncover who is to blame for sth. etc:
    - концов не найти < не найдёшь> ≈ it's impossible (no one will ever be able etc) to put the pieces together (figure it out, puzzle it out, get to the bottom of it);
    - you can't (they'll never be able to etc) figure (puzzle) out who did (organized, was behind etc) it;
    - we (you etc) can't make head(s) or tail(s) (out) of it;
    - [in limited contexts] there's no way it can be traced (back to s.o.).
         ♦ Мы знаем, что с фабрики воруют товары и сбывают их на сторону. Должно быть, работает целая группа, но всё организовано так, что концов не найти. We know that goods are being stolen from the factory and sold on the side. A whole group of people must be involved, but everything's organized in such a way that we can't get to the bottom of it.
         ♦ Ты не хочешь, чтобы они знали, что бандероль от тебя? Пришли её мне, я отправлю её отсюда без обратного адреса, чтобы и концов не нашли. You don't want them to know the package is from you? Then send it to me and I'll send it to them without any return address so there will be no way to trace it back to you.
         ♦...Ничего вроде бы и не изменилось, вот только завезённые на склад дублёнки для рядового начальства, включая и инструкторов, опять куда-то делись, концов не сыскать (Бахтин 1). [context transl]... It seemed that nothing really had changed, except that the dublyonkas brought to the warehouse for ordinary officials, including instructors, once again disappeared without a trace (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > концов не сыскать

  • 19 не сыскать

    • КОНЦОВ НЕ НАЙТИ < НЕ СЫСКАТЬ> coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. infin (used as impers predic) or neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing не найдёшь, не сыщешь; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ it is impossible to find out the reason for sth., understand sth., uncover who is to blame for sth. etc:
    - концов не найти < не найдёшь> ≈ it's impossible (no one will ever be able etc) to put the pieces together (figure it out, puzzle it out, get to the bottom of it);
    - you can't (they'll never be able to etc) figure (puzzle) out who did (organized, was behind etc) it;
    - we (you etc) can't make head(s) or tail(s) (out) of it;
    - [in limited contexts] there's no way it can be traced (back to s.o.).
         ♦ Мы знаем, что с фабрики воруют товары и сбывают их на сторону. Должно быть, работает целая группа, но всё организовано так, что концов не найти. We know that goods are being stolen from the factory and sold on the side. A whole group of people must be involved, but everything's organized in such a way that we can't get to the bottom of it.
         ♦ Ты не хочешь, чтобы они знали, что бандероль от тебя? Пришли её мне, я отправлю её отсюда без обратного адреса, чтобы и концов не нашли. You don't want them to know the package is from you? Then send it to me and I'll send it to them without any return address so there will be no way to trace it back to you.
         ♦...Ничего вроде бы и не изменилось, вот только завезённые на склад дублёнки для рядового начальства, включая и инструкторов, опять куда-то делись, концов не сыскать (Бахтин 1). [context transl]... It seemed that nothing really had changed, except that the dublyonkas brought to the warehouse for ordinary officials, including instructors, once again disappeared without a trace (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не сыскать

  • 20 зарубить на лбу

    [VP; subj: human; usu. Imper or infin with надо, следует etc; usu. this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (usu. used when reprimanding s.o. for sth. done wrong, warning s.o. against doing sth. etc) to understand sth. well, remember it, and keep it in mind to guide one's further actions:
    - заруби(те) себе на носу≈ see (make sure) that you don't forget it;
    - remember once and for all (that...);
    - (you'd better) get it into your head (that...);
    - don't you dare (ever) forget it!;
    - you'd better remember!;
    - tie a string around your finger if you have to, but remember this (that...).
         ♦ "Мы вам доверяем, но постольку-поскольку... Ваше предательство не скоро забудется. Пусть это зарубят себе на носу все, кто переметнулся осенью к красным..." (Шолохов 5). "We trust you, but only so far.... Your treachery will not soon be forgotten. And those who went over to the Reds last autumn had better get that into their heads!" (5a).
         ♦ "Запомните и зарубите себе на носу, - он повысил голос и стал грозить пальцем, - у нас в Советском Союзе ни за что никого не сажают" (Войнович 4). "Tie a string around your finger if you have to, but remember this." He raised his voice and threatened her with one finger. "Here, in the Soviet Union, we do not put people in jail for no reason at all" (4a)

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > зарубить на лбу

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