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HE САХАР (HE МЁД) (кому с кем ox где) coll (W\ these forms only subj-compl with бытье (subj: human, abstr, or infin) or impers predic with бытыз ( var. with кому с кем or где)) s.o. (sth., being with s.o. etc) is unpleasant, disagreeable, difficultX - не сахар = (of a person) X is no prize (no angel, no gem)(of life, work, doing sth. etc) X is no fun (no bed of roses, no picnic) X isn't all milk and honey (in limited contexts) X is no lump of sugar (no piece of candy)X-y с Y-ом не сахар - being with Y is no fun (no bed of roses, no picnic) for X.«Наверное, я тоже был не сахар. Наверное, я и сейчас не сахар, но тогда я пил ещё больше, чем сейчас...» (Стругацкие 1). "No doubt I wasn't any prize myself. No doubt I'm still no prize, but in those days I drank even more than I do now..." (1a).Видно, что её (женщины-следователя) работа для неё - утомительный источник зарплаты и только... Да и подопечные её - не сахар, должно быть (Марченко 2). It was clear that her (the woman interrogator's) work was simply an exhausting way to earn an income, and nothing more....And those charges were not exactly angels, no doubt (2a).Кирпичный завод и на воле-то не сахар, а тем более в лагере (Марченко 1). A brick factory even in normal conditions is no bed of roses, and in the camps it is even worse (1a).Неужели все наши цели сводятся к тому, чтобы уподобить ибанский (попсе word) образ жизни западному? Ведь кое в чём мы их опередили. Да и на Западе жизнь не сахар (Зиновьев 1). Surely our objectives cannot be reduced to an attempt to establish an imitation of the Western way of life in Ibansk? Apart from anything else there are some areas where we are ahead of them. And anyway life isn't all milk and honey in the West either (1a).А вообще, Люба... жизнь армейская, конечно, не сахар» (Войнович 2). "Naturally, Lyuba, all things considered...army life is no lump of sugar" (2a). -
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[NP; these forms only; subj-compl with быть (subj: human, abstr, or infin) or impers predic with быть (var. with кому с кем or где)]=====⇒ s.o. (sth., being with s.o. etc) is unpleasant, disagreeable, difficult:- [of life, work, doing sth. etc] X is no fun <no bed of roses, no picnic>;- [in limited contexts] X is no lump of sugar < no piece of candy>;♦ "Наверное, я тоже был не сахар. Наверное, я и сейчас не сахар, но тогда я пил ещё больше, чем сейчас..." (Стругацкие 1). "No doubt I wasn't any prize myself. No doubt I'm still no prize, but in those days I drank even more than I do now..." (1a).♦ Видно, что её [женщины-следователя] работа для неё - утомительный источник зарплаты и только... Да и подопечные её - не сахар, должно быть (Марченко 2). It was clear that her [the woman interrogator's] work was simply an exhausting way to earn an income, and nothing more....And those charges were not exactly angels, no doubt (2a).♦ Кирпичный завод и на воле-то не сахар, а тем более в лагере (Марченко 1). A brick factory even in normal conditions is no bed of roses, and in the camps it is even worse (1a).♦ Неужели все наши цели сводятся к тому, чтобы уподобить ибанский [попсе word] образ жизни западному? Ведь кое в чём мы их опередили. Да и на Западе жизнь не сахар (Зиновьев 1). Surely our objectives cannot be reduced to an attempt to establish an imitation of the Western way of life in Ibansk? Apart from anything else there are some areas where we are ahead of them. And anyway life isn't all milk and honey in the West either (1a).♦ "А вообще, Люба... жизнь армейская, конечно, не сахар" (Войнович 2). "Naturally, Lyuba, all things considered...army life is no lump of sugar" (2a). -
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[NP; these forms only; subj-compl with быть (subj: human, abstr, or infin) or impers predic with быть (var. with кому с кем or где)]=====⇒ s.o. (sth., being with s.o. etc) is unpleasant, disagreeable, difficult:- X - не сахар≈ [of a person] X is no prize <no angel, no gem>;- [of life, work, doing sth. etc] X is no fun <no bed of roses, no picnic>;- [in limited contexts] X is no lump of sugar < no piece of candy>;♦ "Наверное, я тоже был не сахар. Наверное, я и сейчас не сахар, но тогда я пил ещё больше, чем сейчас..." (Стругацкие 1). "No doubt I wasn't any prize myself. No doubt I'm still no prize, but in those days I drank even more than I do now..." (1a).♦ Видно, что её [женщины-следователя] работа для неё - утомительный источник зарплаты и только... Да и подопечные её - не сахар, должно быть (Марченко 2). It was clear that her [the woman interrogator's] work was simply an exhausting way to earn an income, and nothing more....And those charges were not exactly angels, no doubt (2a).♦ Кирпичный завод и на воле-то не сахар, а тем более в лагере (Марченко 1). A brick factory even in normal conditions is no bed of roses, and in the camps it is even worse (1a).♦ Неужели все наши цели сводятся к тому, чтобы уподобить ибанский [попсе word] образ жизни западному? Ведь кое в чём мы их опередили. Да и на Западе жизнь не сахар (Зиновьев 1). Surely our objectives cannot be reduced to an attempt to establish an imitation of the Western way of life in Ibansk? Apart from anything else there are some areas where we are ahead of them. And anyway life isn't all milk and honey in the West either (1a).♦ "А вообще, Люба... жизнь армейская, конечно, не сахар" (Войнович 2). "Naturally, Lyuba, all things considered...army life is no lump of sugar" (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не сахар
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