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Terms for subject Idiomatic containing a stone | all forms | exact matches only | in specified order only
| English | Russian |
| a stone's throw from | в двух шагах от (located a stone's throw from Cypress Drive ART Vancouver) |
| a stone's throw from | рукой подать (located a stone's throw from Mulberry School ART Vancouver) |
| as dead as a stone | труп (в некоторых контекстах такой перевод будет стилистически оправдан 4uzhoj) |
| as dead as a stone | без признаков жизни (идиоматика английского выражения не имеет аналога в русском и в переводе либо опускается, либо передается лексическими средствами) |
| as dead as a stone | мертвее некуда (devoid of life when applied to people Val_Ships) |
| at a stone's throw | в шаговой доступности (VLZ_58) |
| beat one's head against a stone wall | Тратить усилия на бесполезные проекты (To waste effort on a futile project. Interex) |
| getting the money back is like getting blood out of a stone | невозможно получить деньги обратно (If we overpaid a phone company/utility company getting the money back is like getting blood out of a stone! ArcticFox) |
| hit a stone wall | упереться в стену (be unable to make any progress because there is a difficulty that stops you: e.g. Since he had no more money to spend on the project, he was up against a brick wall. 'More) |
| just a stone's throw away from | в двух шагах от (The new liquor store is just a stone's throw from an elementary school. ART Vancouver) |
| just a stone's throw from | совсем недалеко от (The massive mola sunfish — 2m wide and 3m across, and a third of a metre thick — was basking and swimming in the calm bay just a stone’s throw from the front of his house.  castanet.net ART Vancouver) |
| just a stone's throw from | в двух шагах от (The massive mola sunfish — 2m wide and 3m across, and a third of a metre thick — was basking and swimming in the calm bay just a stone’s throw from the front of his house. castanet.net ART Vancouver) |
| kill two birds with a stone | убить двух зайцев одним ударом (Александр_10) |
| sleep like a stone | спать как убитый (Taras) |
| within a stone's throw | рукой подать (of something Anglophile) |