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бутерброд всегда падает маслом вниз

Чт, 2009-12-24 16:11 — Fenya

Why does bread always fall / land buttered / jam side down?

An expression of a pessimistic view of life.

Example: Of course, bread and toast don't always land butter or jam side down - they sometimes do and they sometimes don't, depending on circumstances.

mare's nest

Ср, 2009-12-02 15:05 — Fenya

a mare's nest (a hoax or an illusory discovery; || а confused mess; a place, condition, or situation of great disorder or confusion ) иллюзия, заблуждение; нечто несуществующее || полная неразбериха

win some, lose some

Пнд, 2009-10-19 16:27 — Fenya

You win some, you lose some. AND You win a few, you lose a few. {Cliché} (=You cannot always succeed. Something that you say which means it is not possible to succeed at everything you do)— ~ ничего страшного — и на старуху бывает проруха; не везет в одном, повезет в другом

fall apart

Ср, 2009-05-20 23:03 — Fenya

come / fall / break / split apart (at the seams) (to fail or become completely ruined, useless or unworkable or spoiled thoroughly) — разваливаться; трещать по швам; || ~ накрыться медным тазом

Example 1: After proper cheсking, his alibi seems to come apart at the seams. — После проверки, кажется, что его алиби трещит по швам.

Example 2: She felt as though she was falling apart at the seams

down on one's luck

Пнд, 2009-05-18 09:43 — Fenya

be down on one’s luck (not lucky, not happy or positive; be experiencing a bad situation or to have very little money) — быть в беде, несчастье, в тяжёлом положении; счастье изменило; в полосе невезения

Example 1: He did me a favor when I was down on my luck.

Example 2: With no money and no job, he's been a bit down on his luck recently.

also

fall flat on one's face

Чт, 2009-04-09 03:10 — Fenya

fall (flat) on one’s face (be completely unsuccessful at a task, fail to achieve a desired effect; || fail or make a mistake in an embarrassing way; make a blunder or error of judgment) — потерпеть фиаско, неудачу, с треском провалиться; облажаться, лажануться; выставить себя дураком

потерпеть фиаско

Чт, 2009-04-09 02:22 — Fenya

см.
[fall flat on one's face]
[flash in the pan]
[on the rocks]
[come a cropper]

miss by a mile— потерпеть фиаско, неудачу, не достичь цели
JD wanted to be governor, but in the election he missed by a mile. (DAI) — JD метил в губернаторы, но его прокатили на выборах.

tough time of it

Пнд, 2008-10-13 17:41 — Fenya

(have) a tough time of it AND (have) a rough time of it (a time of stress or bad luck) — переживать тяжелые времена, испытывать трудные времена
give someone a rough /tough time (to treat someone severely or to cause difficulties for them)

come a cropper

Пнд, 2005-01-10 01:05 — Fenya

come a cropper AND come a howler AND come a mucker (fall over or fail at some venture) — потерпеть крах (фиаско, неудачу), провалиться с треском, сесть в лужу, сесть в калошу; || вылететь в трубу

Example 1: He'll come a cropper sooner or later. Types like that always do. I just hope I'm still around to see it. I might write a book about it. I've been taking notes. (David Rosner, What's Done is Done, 1991)

пальцем в небо

Пнд, 2004-11-15 02:54 — Fenya

1. (неточно, неверно)
be a long way out ( inaccurate) —

Example: My arithmetic's terrible — my answers are always a long way out.

miss by a mile — ошибиться, быть далёким от истины; ≈попасть пальцем в небо

hard lines!

Вс, 2004-11-07 00:57 — Fenya

Hard lines! (exclamation) — Не везет так не везет!
Also
Bad luck!
Hard/Tough luck!

see also
[bad patch]
[dry spell]
[tough time of it]
[бутерброд всегда падает маслом вниз]
[черная полоса]

opp.
[полоса везения]

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