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| Subject | English | Russian |
| inf. | bit of a dud, by the sounds of it | похоже на выходе – пшик (- Alex, tell me about your little research project outside. Bit of a dud, by the sounds of it. – Yeah, yeah, looks that way. Taras) |
| context. | by the sound of it | по описанию (4uzhoj) |
| gen. | by the sound of it | судя по всему (judging from what you have heard or read about something: By the sound of it, things are worse than we thought. Bullfinch) |