| English | Russian |
| be not firing on all cylinders | работать в полную силу (так, как ожидается; Atlantic Alex_Odeychuk) |
| be not on one's beat | быть вне компетенции, вне привычной деятельности кого-либо, вне чьих-либо интересов (ср. не по его части, не по его линии Bobrovska) |
| do not cut the bough you are sitting on | не режь сук, на котором сидишь (Andrey Truhachev) |
| do not cut the bough you are sitting on | не пили сук, на котором сидишь (Andrey Truhachev) |
| do not cut the branch you are sitting on | не режь сук, на котором сидишь (Andrey Truhachev) |
| do not cut the branch you are sitting on | не пили сук, на котором сидишь (Andrey Truhachev) |
| he will not set the Thames on fire | он звёзд с неба не хватает |
| he will not set the Thames on fire | он звезд с неба не хватает (770fa) |
| it does not grow on trees. | это на дороге не валяется (Helene2008) |
| man does not live on bread alone | не хлебом единым жив человек |
| not be a patch on | в подмётки не годится (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| not be on one's radar | не обращать внимания (It wasn't really on anybody's radar until that happened. ART Vancouver) |
| not be on one's radar | не интересоваться (It's not really on my radar. -- Я этим не интересуюсь. / Меня это не интересует. ART Vancouver) |
| not have a leg to stand on | не иметь надёжного доказательства или не иметь законного оправдания в свою защиту (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| not have a leg to stand on | не на что опереться (в плане аргументов: Since there was no contract with provisions for quality control, legal jurisdiction, arbitration, etc., I fear that the client doesn't have a legal leg to stand on against the contractor. 4uzhoj) |
| not have a leg to stand on | не привести ни одного веского довода (sumaliak) |
| not have a leg to stand on | висеть в воздухе (Liv Bliss) |
| not have a legal leg to stand on against | не иметь юридических рычагов воздействия (данная пара верна только в очень узком контексте; используйте на свой страх и риск: Since there was no contract with provisions for quality control, legal jurisdiction, arbitration, etc., I fear that the client doesn't have a legal leg to stand on against the contractor. (с) ЛБ 4uzhoj) |
| not just on paper, but in reality | на деле, а не на бумаге (Супру) |
| not on paper but in real life | не на словах, а на деле (BBC News Alex_Odeychuk) |
| not on paper but in real life | на деле, а не на бумаге (BBC News Alex_Odeychuk) |
| not on your nelly! | держи карман шире! |
| not on your nelly! | как бы не так! |
| not on your nelly! | после дождичка в четверг! |
| not on your nelly! | не тут-то было! |
| not on your nelly! | ничего подобного! |
| not on your nelly! | никоим образом! |
| not on your nelly! | ни за что на свете! |
| not on your nelly! | ни в коем случае! |
| not set the Thames on fire | не хватать звёзд с неба (His second novel was successful, but not so sucessful as to arouse the umbrageous susceptibilities of his competitors. In fact, it confirmed them in their suspicions that he would never set the Thames on fire. VLZ_58) |
| not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree | не самый умный (Val_Ships) |
| not to go much on | не очень заботится о (ком-либо, чём-либо) |
| not to put too fine a point on it | с полной откровенностью (to be completely direct and honest: I think she's wrong – not to put too fine a point on it. КГА) |
| this was something not lost on sb. | это понял, поняли (Quite certain the object was not a United States aircraft, the control tower was collectively shocked when at 8:24 pm a response came back. And what’s more, the code it offered was indeed the correct one. Making the encounter even more concerning was the fact that the object, or whatever the intelligence was behind it, would respond with several more correct and appropriate codes. This was something not lost on those in the three different control towers currently tracking the strange and unknown object. If those that were behind the UFOs increasingly witnessed around the United States had access to such secret codes, it meant that air defense was essentially ineffective. And air space could be breached easily. (ufoinsight.com) ART Vancouver) |
