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| English | Russian |
| Christmas snowball | снежный шар предмет декора (Dmitry1928) |
| gather like a snowball | разрастаться как снежный ком (Anglophile) |
| gather like a snowball | расти как снежный ком (Anglophile) |
| grow like a rolling snowball | расти как снежный ком (Slawjanka) |
| have a snowball fight | играть в снежки (Taras) |
| have a snowball's chance in hell | не иметь шансов (He has a snow ball's chance in hell of passing the test; With those grades she hasn't a snowball's chance in hell of getting into college; Pessimists used to think that we had a snowball's chance in hell to put a man on the moon; yet we did it in July, 1969 Taras) |
| he aimed the snowball at his friend | он метил снежком в товарища |
| he made a snowball and pelted with it | он слепил снежок и запустил им |
| his woes continued to snowball through the week | в течение всей недели его проблемы продолжали расти как снежный ком |
| huge snowball | снежный ком (denghu) |
| make snowballs | лепить снежки (Юрий Гомон) |
| not a snowball's chance in hell | никаких шансов (not have a snowball's chance in hell not have a snowball's chance in hell idiom informal to have no chance of succeeding If he can't afford a good lawyer, he doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning the case. CALD. There is not a "'snowball's chance in hell'" that the UK will eradicate child poverty by 2020, a Government adviser said yesterday. Alexander Demidov) |
| not have a snowball's chance in hell | не иметь шансов (Alexander Demidov) |
| pelt one another with snowballs for a while | побросаться снежками |
| play at snowballs | играть в снежки (Taras) |
| play snowball fight | играть в снежки (bigmaxus) |
| play snowballs | играть в снежки (тж. см. кидаться снежками Taras) |
| roll a snowball | скатывать снежок |
| roll a snowball | скатать снежок |
| roll a huge snowball | скатать огромный снежок |
| snowball effect | снежный ком (Дмитрий_Р) |
| snowball fight | игра в снежки (Баян) |
| snowball into | перерасти в (Fig. to become larger or more serious by growing like a snowball being rolled. This whole problem is snowballing into a crisis very rapidly. The argument soon snowballed into a full-blown riot –  thefreedictionary.com Tamerlane) |
| snowball maker | снежколеп (Andy) |
| snowball rapidly | быстро принимать широкие масштабы (глагол to snowball образован путем конверсии от существительного snowball; поскольку в русском языке нет аналогичного образного глагола, приходится переводить его нейтральным выражением и отказаться от сравнений наподобие "как снежный ком" или "с быстротой лавины" Alex_Odeychuk) |
| snowball recruitment | рекрут снежным комом (Snowball recruitment is a method of sampling where researchers recruit potential participants from among their acquaintances or through other participants. While snowball recruitment may be advantageous in some research designs, it is important to assess the following: Whether the potential for bias from the snowball method would impact on the research outcomes. Is there the potential for any real or perceived coercion to be applied in the recruitment process? The possibility for a breach of privacy for a nominated individual. Snowball recruitment – in either the passive or active form – is acceptable as long there is no real or perceived coercion to take part in the research by either the researchers or other participants, and as long as there is no breach of Commonwealth, State or Territory privacy legislation involved in accessing contact details for potential participants. Alexander Demidov) |
| snowball's chance in hell | весьма незначительный шанс на успех (in Arizona; rather more politically correct than the suggested ethnically-based idiom Liv Bliss) |
| snowball tree | калина |
| the story gathered like a snowball | эта история обрастала новыми подробностями как снежный ком |
| there isn't a snowball's chance in hell of | нет ни малейшего шанса (dagordan) |
| throw snowballs | играть в снежки (Taras) |
| throw snowballs at each other | кидаться снежками (Taras) |
| throw snowballs at each other | бросаться снежками (Дети разыгрались в снежки в парке – The children had a massive snowball fight in the park; тж. см. играть в снежки Taras) |
| we threw snowballs at each other | мы бросались снежками |