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| be less than impressive | не впечатлять (A Mr. Yoneyama was out with three others taking pictures of the lake and its surroundings when they saw a surge of water out on the otherwise calm lake. They were able to capture the animal on film, but the results are less than impressive, showing merely a dark shape and thus proving to be inconclusive. (mysteriousuniverse.org) -- результаты не впечатляют ART Vancouver) |
| has seen more than enough of | насмотрелся (No thanks. I've seen more than enough of these guys. They make me sick. -- Нет уж, спасибо. Я на этих типов насмотрелся, мне от них уже тошнит. ART Vancouver) |
| less than thrilled | не в восторге (Kits Point residents are less than thrilled about the prospect of a halfway house for recovering addicts in their exclusive seaside neighbourhood. ART Vancouver) |
| Madder than a wet hen | очень огорчённый (Interex) |
| Madder than a wet hen | очень расстроенный (Interex) |
| Madder than a wet hen | очень рассерженный (Interex) |
| Madder than a wet hen | очень разозлённый (Very angry or upset. Interex) |
| more than a few | немало (There are more than a few cases on record where people have delved deep into a book on the domain of the occult and supernatural, only to open a door to, well, something. – Имеется немало документально подтверждённых случаев, когда ... • "In how many cases that you've investigated has a medical examiner actually been able to come up with the cause of death?" "There's been more than a few..." (Art Bell's interview with David Paulides) ART Vancouver) |
| Sooner him than me | Скорее он, чем я ("Evelyn and Jerry got engaged. I just congratulated him." "Sooner him than me." ART Vancouver) |
| sooner rather than later | не откладывая в долгий ящик (We need to fix this problem sooner rather than later. • If you notice these symptoms you need to go and get checked out sooner rather than later. ART Vancouver) |
| sooner rather than later | поскорее (If you're planning to go out better do it sooner rather than later: we've got heavy rain in the forecast for the second half of the day. ART Vancouver) |
| you can do better than that | придумай что-нибудь более убедительное (ART Vancouver) |
| you can do better than that | придумай что-нибудь получше (ART Vancouver) |