Ryska | Engelska |
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на кону preposition | on the line(at risk) |
на кончике языка preposition | on the tip of one's tongue(known but not quite remembered) |
на корме preposition | abaft((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) |
на корме adverb | aft(at, near, or towards the stern) |
на котором сидишь verb | bite the hand that feeds one(cause harm to a benefactor) saw off the branch one is sitting onverb shoot oneself in the foot(to act against one's own interest) |
на котором сидишь phrase | people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones(one shouldn't criticize others for having the same fault) |
на краю гроба preposition | at death's door(about to die) |
на круги своя adjective | back to square one(located back at the start, as after a dead-end or failure) |
на куски adverb | apart(in two or more parts; asunder) asunder(into separate parts) piecemeal(into pieces or parts) up(completely, thoroughly) |
на лбу написано phrase | written all over someone's face(very obvious, from someone's facial expression) |
на лбу написано noun {f} | open book(person naively honest or open) |
на лету noun | mid-air(middle of the air) |
на лету adverb | on the fly((baseball, of the ball) Without a bounce) |
на лжи далеко не уедешь phrase | a lie has no legs(you can't get away with a lie) |
на мели adjective | broke(lacking money; bankrupt) cash-strapped(without funds) hard up(lacking money) penniless(utterly without money) |
на месте preposition | on the spot(in a particular place) |
на месте adverb | in situ(in its original position or place) |
на месте преступления preposition | in the act(in the process of doing something) |
на месте преступления adjective | red-handed(in the act of wrongdoing) |
на месте преступления adverb | in flagrante delicto(in the act of committing a misdeed) |
на моих устах печать молчания phrase | one's lips are sealed(I won't tell anyone) |
на море adverb | afloat(at sea) |
на настоящий момент adverb | so far(until now; previously; yet) |
на некоторое время adverb | awhile(For some time; for a short time) |
на нижнем этаже adverb | downstairs(downstairs (adverb)) |
на нижний этаж adverb | downstairs(downstairs (adverb)) |
на ногах preposition | on one's feet(standing up) |
на ногах adverb | afoot(support of the body, standing) |
на ноги preposition | on one's feet(standing up) |
на ножах preposition | at loggerheads(unable to agree; opposing) |
на носу /lit:on the nose/ adjective | around the corner(imminent; very soon) |
на ночь /na noch'/ adverb | over(overnight) |