Category: ანბანური საძიებელი

At the drop of a hat. Lit: I have neither lifted up nor put down. Fig: I haven’t thought much; I told somebody so; I started to do bald-headed, off… Read more »

Fig: Dearness, expensiveness; high prices; costliness. at a high cost. Fig: Hors de prix, prix trop élévé. Невиданно высокие цены (досл.) Невиданная дороговизна Втридорога По высокой (бешеной) цене Продавать что-либо… Read more »

Lit:  Somebody makes noise as a broken mill. Fig: To talk nineteen to the dozen; To go nineteen to the dozen; To talk thirteen to the dozen. To wag one’s… Read more »

Not to care a jack-straw. To set at nought. Fig: To set no store by smth.; to thumb down. Fig: iln’apprécie pas, dévaloriser. Ни во что не ставить –  Разг. Пренебр…. Read more »

Pinchpenny. Lit: One throws nothing away and, drops nothing. Fig: Miser, penny-pincher, skinflint. If he had the ‘flu, he wouldn’t give you a sneeze (Br.). You cannot get blood from… Read more »

Lit: To throw a fishing rod into the water. Fig: To try to outwit, delude somebody, using a cunning ruse/trick To throw the bait To put a line out. Lit:… Read more »

Lit: A funeral/burial service for a dead person. Fig: To die, to pass away, to cross over. Lit: Obsèques/funérailles, service funèbre pour une personne morte. Fig: Mourir, décéder. Исполнить последнюю волю… Read more »

Angel-  Lit: messenger, herald. devine, asexual, Fig: Calm, obedient, sweet, kind. Ange gardien; calme; obedient; obéissant; gentil. Lit:Messager, héraut, devin.asexué, sans sexe Fig: Calme, obéissant, doux, gentil. Ангел – происходит… Read more »

Not to know B from a bull’s foot Fig: To know nothing;  to be illiterate; to be ignorant. Fig: être ignorant; illettré, analphabète. Fig:Ne rien savoir(connaître) ; être illettré. N’y… Read more »

Lit: One is expected to die soon (usu. because of serious illness, old age etc) Fig: To be not long for this world, not to have long (much longer) to… Read more »

Fig: To come round, to recover, to get over. To return (to come back) from the grave (the dead). To rise from a sickbed Fig: Recouvrer [la santé] ; se… Read more »

To be not long for this world Not to  have long (much longer) to live. To depart for a better world. To launch into eternity. To pass away; Il n’en… Read more »

To root something out: to uproot- Fig: to damage somebody; to ruin, to destroy. To raze to the ground; To eliminate (annihilate, obliterate, wipeout) Faire table rase – Fig: causer… Read more »

Fig: To find the bean in the cake, to have a stroke of luck To have luck, to be into luck, to hit the jackpot. Fig: Il a eu du… Read more »

To recreate the wheel. Re-discover America  Fig: to peddle old stuff. Queen Anne is dead!, say well-known truths. To say or  to claim a general truth or statement. To present… Read more »

Lit: To leave/to move from/ to shun/ to part from the world/village Fig: To forsake the vanities of the world; to renunciate (Relig) Lit: Passer d’un pays à l’autre, s’éloigner, prendre… Read more »

To have a great stroke of luck. –Fig: to win, to succeed, to achieve success, to attain success, to make a progress. To strike oil; Il a gagné le gros… Read more »

Lit: To look askance at somebody. Fig: To regard somebody or smth. suspiciously, unfavorably, hostilely. To look awry. Lit: Voir d’un mauvais œil Fig: Voir d’un mauvais œil, regarder de… Read more »

fig: To slap in the face; to cuff/box ears (of) To give sb a clip (on the ear) (coll). To give sb a thick ear (coll) fig: Gifler, frapper qqn… Read more »

By sweat of (one’s) brow Fig: To earn an honest livelihood; To turn an honest penny. Fig:   Gagner honettement sa vie. Gagner son pain. Потом и кровью (добыть) –… Read more »