| English | Russian |
| a fat lot I care | мне наплевать (Victorian) |
| a fat lot I care | меня это не колышет (Victorian) |
| a fat lot of good that will do | этот номер не пройдёт (VLZ_58) |
| a lot of egg | растерянность (ZolVas) |
| be blowing a lot of hot air about something | бить себя в грудь (VLZ_58) |
| best of a bad lot | меньшее из зол (British & Australian WhiteyAction) |
| do a lot of chest thumping | бить себя в грудь (VLZ_58) |
| draw a lot of water | быть влиятельным человеком, важной персоной ("The guy who owns that hotel draws a lot of water around here." (Raymond Chandler) ART Vancouver) |
| fat lot | ни капли (Andrey Truhachev) |
| fat lot of good | толку как от козла молока (SirReal) |
| fat lot of use | толку как от козла молока (SirReal) |
| give a lot of baloney | наговорить сорок бочек арестантов (VLZ_58) |
| go through a lot | многое пережить (Ivan Pisarev) |
| go through a lot | пройти через многое (Ivan Pisarev) |
| have a lot going for oneself | быть незаурядным (Баян) |
| have a lot of ground to cover | обсудить много вопросов (We have a lot of ground to cover. – Нам нужно охватить большую тематику, охватить большое число тем (в беседе). ART Vancouver) |
| have a lot of strings to bow | иметь средство про запас (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| have a lot of strings to bow | иметь выбор между двумя средствами (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| have a lot on one's mind | волноваться (Taras) |
| have a lot on one's mind | беспокоиться о многом (She has a lot on her mind with her new job and her new boyfriend Taras) |
| have a lot on one's plate | работы по горло (VLZ_58) |
| have a lot on one's plate | иметь кучу дел (Supernova) |
| have a lot on plate | отдохнуть некогда (VLZ_58) |
| have a lot on plate | забот полон рот (VLZ_58) |
| have a lot on your plate | зашиваться (Lapelmike) |
| little by little, a little becomes a lot | курочка по зёрнышку клюёт (Tanzanian proverb Lifestruck) |
| lot for sale | продаётся участок (надпись-объявление о продаже земли Ivan Pisarev) |
| lot of remarks | много замечаний (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| make a lot of waves | наделать много шума (A very well-known Bigfoot report by a police officer that made a lot of waves in its time occurred in August of 1976, in the rural area of Whitehall, New York. On this day, officer Bryan Gosselin was driving on the outskirts of town along a lonely stretch called Abair Road when he saw a massive hairy man-like creature with red eyes lumber out of the woods about 30 feet in front of him. Gosselin would describe it as standing 7 or 8 feet tall and weighing at least 400 pounds, and he was so alarmed by what he was seeing that he reportedly got out of his patrol car to train his spotlight and firearm on it, yet found himself unable to shoot. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| say a lot about nothing at all | переливать из пустого в порожнее (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| spout/talk a lot of nonsense | наговорить три короба (VLZ_58) |
| take a lot of flak | подвергнуться жёсткой критике (Andrey Truhachev) |
| that's saying a lot | это говорит о многом (VLZ_58) |
| there are a lot of teams in the league | большой выбор (Am.E.: Some people find Allah. Some people find Jesus. There are a lot of teams in the league Taras) |
| there are a lot of teams in the league | выбор большой (Am.E.: Some people find Allah. Some people find Jesus. There are a lot of teams in the league Taras) |
| there should be a lot of a good person | Хорошего человека должно быть много |
| throw in one's lot with | соединять свою судьбу с (В.И.Макаров) |
| throw in one's lot with | согласиться разделить свою судьбу с (В.И.Макаров) |
| throw in one's lot with | связывать свою судьбу с (В.И.Макаров) |
| throw in one's lot with | соединить свою судьбу с (В.И.Макаров) |
| throw in one's lot with | связать свою судьбу с (В.И.Макаров) |
| throw in one's lot with | примкнуть (to join and steadfastly support another person or group: During the American Civil War, my great-grandfather threw in his lot with the Confederacy. • Simultaneously he continued to negotiate with Charles V, who feared the King of Navarre would throw in his lot with Knolles's army now operating in Northern France. 4uzhoj) |
| throw in one's lot with | связаться с (to join or become associated with a person, group, or thing that one hopes will win or succeed; decide to ally yourself closely with and share the fate of a person or group: He has decided to throw in his lot with the business venture. • As soon as news of the CEO's scandal becomes public, I doubt that big investor will want to throw in her lot with us. 4uzhoj) |
| throw in one's lot with | решить разделить свою судьбу с (if you throw in your lot with someone, you decide to join them and to share whatever good or bad things happen to them: He threw in his lot with Maria and left his family to be with her in Paris. В.И.Макаров) |
| without a lot of fuss | не поднимая много шума (Andrey Truhachev) |
| without a lot of fuss | бесшумно (Andrey Truhachev) |
| without a lot of fuss | без большого шума (Andrey Truhachev) |
