| English | Russian |
| how is it that ...? | как такое возможно, чтобы ...? (выражая своё возмущение: How is it that your ticket staff don’t seem to have accurate information as to when this ferry is supposed to arrive? We were stuck in a lineup for hours in the heat! (Twitter) ART Vancouver) |
| someone is as good as a headache | от кого-либо проку, как от козла молока (igisheva) |
| someone is as good as a sick headache | от кого-либо проку, как от козла молока (igisheva) |
| is grating | коробит (irritating (Oxford Dictionary): The tone she chooses to talk to me is truly grating. -- Она разговаривает со мной таким тоном, что меня просто коробит. • “The number of people calling us about renovictions just fell off a cliff,” said Robert Patterson, a lawyer for TRAC. (...) “It’s the absurdity of these kinds of claims,” he said. “A wealthy person claiming that they’re going to move into a poor person’s home as an excuse to kick them out so they can rent it for more money – it’s grating.” -- это коробит  ctvnews.ca ART Vancouver) |
| someone is no more use than a headache | от кого-либо проку, как от козла молока (igisheva) |
| someone is no more use than a sick headache | от кого-либо проку, как от козла молока (igisheva) |
| it is pretty rich for | Чья бы корова мычала, а твоя бы молчала (Насмешливое выражение: "It is pretty rich for some councillors to say we need more affordable rental housing when they in fact voted against a proposed rental building just two blocks down the street." ART Vancouver) |
| that is going too far! | этого ещё не хватало! (that’s) |
| there is something wrong with this picture | что-то здесь на так (ART Vancouver) |
| this is beyond comprehension | это уму непостижимо (cannot be understood (Merriam-Webster): This action is beyond comprehension. ART Vancouver) |
| this is getting ridiculous | это слишком далеко зашло (возмущённо: This area is already turning away new students. The schools are full, and I'm assuming the utilities are also. City planning must be out to lunch. Brentwood is getting ridiculous. (Reddit) ART Vancouver) |
| this is getting ridiculous | это ни на что не похоже (возмущённо: This area is already turning away new students. The schools are full, and I'm assuming the utilities are also. City planning must be out to lunch. Brentwood is getting ridiculous. (Reddit) ART Vancouver) |
| this is getting ridiculous | это уже переходит все границы (возмущённо: This area is already turning away new students. The schools are full, and I'm assuming the utilities are also. City planning must be out to lunch. Brentwood is getting ridiculous. (Reddit) ART Vancouver) |
| this is not like you | это на вас не похоже (I sat up in bed, and pointed at him rather coldly with the teaspoon. ‘Jeeves,' I said, ‘I would be the last man to accuse you of dithering, but this is not like you. It is not the old form, Jeeves. You are losing your grip.' (P.G. Wodehouse) ART Vancouver) |
| this is really too much! | этого ещё не хватало! |
| why is there a need + infinitive + in the first place | зачем вообще нужно (Why is there a need to demo the viaducts in the first place? They are an important east-west connection out of downtown. ART Vancouver) |
