| CONCEPTUAL SPHERE |
RUSSIAN IDIOMS |
ENGLISH IDIOMS |
| PERSONAL QUALITIES |
| PSYCHE |
| Psychic states |
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| 1.Aggression /lack of aggression |
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not to touch a hair of somebody’s head |
| пальцем не тронуть |
not to lay a finger on somebody |
| поднять руку на кого-то |
to raise one’s hand against someone |
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to bare your teeth |
| 2.Laziness |
палец о палец не ударить |
not to lift/raise a finger |
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| 3.Power |
утереть нос (lit. to wipe someone’s nose) |
to have teeth |
| быть по плечу (lit. to be for one’s shoulder) |
to find your tongue |
| 4.Weakness |
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on bended knees |
| не по зубам (lit. not up to one’s teeth) |
weak at the knees |
| ахиллесова пята |
Achilles heel |
| 5.Patience/endurance |
подставлять другую щеку |
to turn the other cheek |
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to grit teeth |
| 6.Attention |
бросаться в глаза |
to catch somebody’s eye |
| 7.Tension |
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to keep somebody on their toes |
| 8.Unfriendliness |
встать не с той ноги (lit.to get off on the wrong foot) |
to give somebody the cold shoulder |
| надуть губы (to pout) |
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| 9.Concord |
ударить по рукам (lit. to strike one’s hands) |
to see eye to eye with somebody |
| 10.Decisiveness |
давать голову на отсечение (lit. to give one’s head to be cut off) |
to dig your heels |
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to fight tooth and nail |
| 11.Self-confidence |
пуп земли (lit. navel of the world) |
the brass neck |
| море по колено (lit.the sea is knee-length) |
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