горе – phrases

Terms for subject Figurative containing горе | all forms

Russian	English
взбираться в гору	reach a high position in society
выдать на-гора	crank out (Out of pure desperation, he managed, in a single, feverish night, to crank out a book that changed the course of history. Liv Bliss)
гора писем	stack of letters
Гора родила мышь	mountain gave birth to a mouse (It refers to speech or acts which promise much but deliver little. EsenAman)
ждать, когда гора придёт к Магомету	wait for the world to beat a path to your door (Yanick)
идти в гору	turn upward (When the economy turned upward in the early 1900s, the city experienced a phenomenal boom. ART Vancouver)
идти в гору	come up in the world
идти в гору	rise
она убитая горем	she is grief-stricken
пойти в гору	rise
пойти в гору	take off (The business has really taken off this year and has made quite a profit. Tanya Gesse)
покатиться под гору	go downhill
полезть в гору	go up in the world
полезть в гору	climb the ladder
семейное горе	skeleton
срок сдачи заказа не за горами	deadline is just around the corner (Alex_Odeychuk)
я знаю его горе	I know where the shoe wrings him