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| English | Russian |
| back seat | задворки (Ремедиос_П) |
| back-seat driver | непрошеный советчик (пассажир, дающий водителю советы, как нужно вести машину pfedorov) |
| be in the driver's seat | руководить (igisheva) |
| be in the driving seat | быть хозяином положения (igisheva) |
| the driver's seat | ведущая роль (A.Rezvov) |
| fly by the seat-of-the-pants | действовать по наитию (Andrey Truhachev) |
| have its seat | гнездиться |
| in the box seat | Занимать лидирующее положение (org.uk Kathrin O'Melly) |
| need to take several seats | нужно присесть отдохнуть (дабы, успокоившись, переосмыслить: All the people acting like they know how to fix the economy overnight need to take several seats  thefreedictionary.com Shabe) |
| seat of power | место силы (grafleonov) |
| take a back seat | выходить в тираж |
| take a back seat | быть на задворках |
| take a front seat | брать верх (над; over: My curiosity has always taken a front seat over sensibility. Abysslooker) |
| take several seats | присядь отдохни (When someone is doin' too much (or trying to hard) and just need to sit down somewhere and be quiet because they sound stupid: Person A: "yeah that's funny" Person A later: "oops. she's racist" Person B: "i find ridiculous that people like you laughed at her meme until, all of a sudden, you point the finger at her cuz just now she's problematic. that's called hypocrisy ;)" Person A: "girl take many seats pls." urbandictionary.com Shabe) |