| English | Russian |
| as if ... not + adj + enough | мало того, что (Much to the horror of the children attending kindergarten through fourth grade at the school, they heard a message booming over the PA system in a creepy voice: "This is a humoctopus! I am speaking to you from the future. Run for your lives, wretched humans! I will smash you all!" As if the message was not traumatic enough, the school subsequently went into a lockdown and had the children hiding under their desks, no doubt, hoping that the humoctopus would spare them from its wrath. -- Мало того, что дети получили психическую травму ... (coasttocoastam.com) ART Vancouver) |
| be not to the liking | быть не по вкусу (кому-л.: A few neighbours don't want an oil pipeline, of course the pipeline should be stopped. A sewage plant needs to be expanded, nix it if it is not to the liking of neighbours. Same goes for factories, and transmission towers, and roads, and everything else! -- если очистная станция не по вкусу соседям  vancouversun.com ART Vancouver) |
| be not to the liking | не устраивать (of sb. – кого-л.: A few neighbours don't want an oil pipeline, of course the pipeline should be stopped. A sewage plant needs to be expanded, nix it if it is not to the liking of neighbours. Same goes for factories, and transmission towers, and roads, and everything else! -- если очистная станция не устраивает соседей vancouversun.com ART Vancouver) |
| can't / should not be underestimated | нельзя недооценивать (As much as "location, location, location" remains the number one mantra in the real-estate game, presentation can't be underestimated when it comes to holding a successful open house. ART Vancouver) |
| certainly not! | ну вот ещё! (Married? Certainly not! -- Замужем? Ну вот ещё! ART Vancouver) |
| did not make this decision lightly | нелегко далось это решение ("I know that this is an extraordinary use of my powers under the Police Act and I did not make this decision lightly," Farnworth said in a Wednesday afternoon news conference. -- мне нелегко далось это решение cbc.ca ART Vancouver) |
| do not hesitate to contact me | свяжитесь со мной безо всяких колебаний (VLZ_58) |
| I'm not done | я ещё не всё сделал (ART Vancouver) |
| I'm not done | я не закончил (ART Vancouver) |
| I'm not done | я ещё не закончил (ART Vancouver) |
| I'm not in any hurry | я не спешу (No problem, take your time. I'm not in any hurry. ART Vancouver) |
| something is not someone's headache | у кого-либо о чём-либо голова не должна болеть (что-либо не является чьей-либо заботой, проблемой igisheva) |
| it is not my bag | это не моё призвание (narod.ru owant) |
| it was not until ... that | только когда (with verbs in the past: On May 2 at about 3:00pm, my neighbor Ken took a series of 3 shots of me throwing my Frisbee in my backyard. I should have seen that white disc in the top left corner, but I didn't and neither did my friend who was taking the photos. It was not until I downloaded the pictures to my computer that I saw it. We are truly perplexed that we didn't see it at the time. ART Vancouver) |
| it's not a good idea | не стоит (Perhaps it's not a good idea to post compromising photos like this one? -- Может, не стоит выставлять в сеть такие компрометирующие фото? ART Vancouver) |
| it's not my place to judge you | Бог вам судья (denton) |
| it's not so much | дело даже не в (чём-л., а в чём-то другом: It's not so much the road conditions on a snow day that's dangerous, it's more so the utter insane interpretation of Newtonian laws of physics of too many drivers who can't believe their car on balding all-season tires is undriveable. (Reddit) ART Vancouver) |
| it's not yet clear | пока неясно (Plants emit sounds, akin to ‘screams’, when they’re distressed, according to a new study. They allegedly produce clicking noises that humans can’t hear without the use of scientific equipment, research has found. However, it’s not yet clear how the plants produce the noises. The findings show that plants which are distressed have incredibly high-pitched popping noises, while unstressed plants do not emit noises. The study’s definition of distressed included plants that were having their stems cut or were dehydrated. indy100.com ART Vancouver) |
| last but not least | последнее по списку, но не по значению (ART Vancouver) |
| not a cloud in the sky | на небе ни облачка (Юрий Гомон) |
| not a penny more, not a peny less | ни пенсом больше, ни пенсом меньше (Alexander Matytsin) |
| not a penny more, not a peny less | ни копейкой больше, ни копейкой меньше (Alexander Matytsin) |
| not a penny more, not a peny less | ни центом больше, ни центом меньше (Alexander Matytsin) |
| not even close | совсем холодно (по аналогии с игрой "горячо-холодно" Халеев) |
| not everything's about you | мир не вращается вокруг вас (Sick and tired of obnoxious drivers sitting on their car horns, at all times during the day and sometimes night. You’re taking out your frustrations on neighbourhood dwellers trying to live peacefully. ... Just drive at regular speeds in residential areas, don’t be stupid, and grow up. If you need to use your horn, just hit it once and be done with it. Not everything’s about you. reddit.com ART Vancouver) |
| not everything's about you | мир не крутится вокруг тебя (Sick and tired of obnoxious drivers sitting on their car horns, at all times during the day and sometimes night. You’re taking out your frustrations on neighbourhood dwellers trying to live peacefully. ... Just drive at regular speeds in residential areas, don’t be stupid, and grow up. If you need to use your horn, just hit it once and be done with it. Not everything’s about you. reddit.com ART Vancouver) |
| not for the better | не в лучшую сторону (об изменениях: Lives were altered forever – and for the most part not for the better, I need to stress. Many of those who were present on those fantastic nights found their minds dazzled, tossed and turned – and incredibly quickly, too. mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |
| not getting the message | не доходит (Canada has a serious drinking problem, including drinking and driving, many are not getting the message. Impaired driving is a serious criminal offence! Well done, VPD Traffic Unit! -- до многих людей не доходит (что нельзя садиться пьяным за руль) (Twitter) ART Vancouver) |
| not give sth. much thought | не придать особого значения (Rob MacKenzie, who lives on a neighbouring street, said he had heard "at least three" ambulances on Tuesday evening but hadn't given it much thought given the area he lives in. -- не придал этому особого значения ART Vancouver) |
| not go far enough | не достигать своей цели (The policy, as it is right now, does not go far enough. Stronger monitoring is needed to keep children from accessing drugs prescribed to adults. (Twitter) ART Vancouver) |
| not harmful | невредный (все остальные варианты неверны ART Vancouver) |
| not have anything to do with | не иметь отношения к (("An unopened, properly stored product's best before date tells a consumer how long that food will keep its flavour and nutritional value. It doesn't have anything to do with a food's safety, says Topp." ART Vancouver) |
| not just a | не просто (It's not just a pen, it's the revolutionary self-writing, autocorrecting pen. • "That's not just any baby, that's the baby." "The baby? What do you mean -- the baby?" "Muriel's baby, of course." (Jeeves And Wooster — Introduction on Broadway) ART Vancouver) |
| not keep up | не справляться (с нагрузкой: The city is growing rapidly but the infrastructure is not keeping up. ART Vancouver) |
| not least why | не в последнюю очередь из-за того, что (The cause of the crash, according to the United States Air Force, was pilot error. Barlow, they said, was seeing “radar ghosts”. This, combined with the loss of his navigation equipment, confused the pilot, who believed he was nearer to Tacoma than he actually was. A sound enough explanation. However, to some, the official explanation didn’t add up. Not least why he was traveling so fast while descending in the first place. (ufoinsight.com) ART Vancouver) |
| not look one's age | выглядеть моложе своих лет (It was one summers afternoon when Walter and his followers were assembled in Ludchurch to perform a service, Walter, who was now seventy years old, and although white haired, did not look his age, stood straight and impressive as he delivered his sermon on an elevated mound in the upper part of Ludchurch. wordpress.com ART Vancouver) |
| not merely ... but | не просто..., а (Don McMillan, president of the Urban Development Institute Pacific Region, which represents virtually all the major residential, commercial and industrial developers in B.C., says that municipalities should adopt community plans designating clearly the land uses and densities for each area. He says these plans should not be merely guidelines but formal documents and that all land within the community should be officially zoned in accordance with the plan. (BC Business Week) ART Vancouver) |
| not only in word, but also in deed | не только словом, но и делом (He has already proven his fitness for the role during his election campaign – not only in word, but also in deed. 4uzhoj) |
| not quite make it | не дотянуть (Sarina Wiegman was reportedly tipped to receive an honorary Damehood if she’d managed to lead the Lionesses to victory, but sadly the team didn’t quite make it and there’s no sign of their coach receiving the honour this year. -- к сожалению, команда не дотянула до титула metro.co.uk ART Vancouver) |
| not so long ago | совсем недавно (ART Vancouver) |
| not tempt fate | не испытывать судьбу (Understandably unsettled by what they are seeing, one of the concerned family members actually wonders if it could capsize their boat, while the pair of would-be divers smartly decide that they rather not tempt fate by jumping into the lake while the weird animal is swimming there. -- пара ныряльщиков приняла разумное решение не испытывать судьбу coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| not think anything of it | не придать особого значения (I didn't think anything of it. – Я не придал этому особого / большого значения. ART Vancouver) |
| not unless | только в том случае, если (модель not + verb + unless: We do not accept medical files unless you have a family doctor within our clinic. -- Мы принимаем медицинские документы только в том случае, если вы приписаны к одному из семейных врачей в нашей клинике. ART Vancouver) |
| not up for discussion! | никаких возражений! (English Bay Bakery Chocolate Chunk Cookie. The best packaged cookie in Canada! Not up for discussion! (Twitter) ART Vancouver) |
| not + verb + any time soon | не скоро (With the vaccine shortages, pharmacists won't be giving you the jab any time soon. ART Vancouver) |
| that does not concern me | это меня не касается |
| that is not the point | не в этом дело (That is not the point. What I'm saying is that some bus drivers should not be on the road. I just saw a near-accident caused by a transit bus travelling in the right turn lane and blowing straight through the intersection. The guy turning left was almost T-boned. ART Vancouver) |
| that's not really the case | всё совсем не так (It can feel like this must be true, as every new building project works its way through an agonizing steeplechase to get approved—as if every metre of height and every protruding corner will be the last straw for this so-so-so crowded city. However, as anyone who has lived here longer than a month knows, that’s not really the case. There are squares, rectangles, slices, whole blocks of mystifyingly empty land throughout our supposedly high-priced, packed-to-the-gills metropolis. bcbusiness.ca ART Vancouver) |
| the prices are not subject to any alteration | цены не подлежат никаким изменениям (ksuh) |
| there is not a cloud in the sky | на небе ни облачка (Юрий Гомон) |
| this does not make any sense | концы с концами не сходятся (ART Vancouver) |
| Unfortunately, I was not able to reach you by phone | к сожалению, я не смог до Вас дозвониться |
| when not in use | в промежутках между эксплуатацией (VLZ_58) |
| would not be out of place | вполне подойти (A columned, pedimented portico introduces a classical revival house that would not be out of place in the eastern U.S. (Ron Phillips) ART Vancouver) |
| would not be out of place | не помешать (A hot toddy would not be out of place, eh? ART Vancouver) |
| would not be out of place | вполне быть к месту (A columned, pedimented portico introduces a classical revival house that would not be out of place in the eastern U.S. (Ron Phillips) ART Vancouver) |
