| English | Russian |
| come up snake eyes | не выгореть (о рискованной ставке) "Глаза замеи" (snake eyes) – название комбинации, когда на каждой из двух игральных костей выпадает только по одному очку: He sank a little bit in his seat because he knew his gamble in putting a jail house snitch on the witnesss stand had just come up snake eyes. • Going from McNeill to Montgomery was a big and unnecessary gamble for athletics director Jeff Compher, and so far it's come up snake eyes. 4uzhoj) |
| cross a grass snake with a hedgehog | скрестить ужа и ежа (и получить два метра колючей проволоки :); т.е. сделать и получить что-нибудь невообразимое и никому не нужное; англ. словосочетание взято из кн.: Adams B. Tiny Revolutions in Russia: Twentieth-century Soviet and Russia history in anecdotes Alex_Odeychuk) |
| nourish a snake in one's bosom | отогреть змею на груди (Bobrovska) |
| sell snake oil | впаривать фуфломицин (контекстуальный перевод: Для того чтобы впаривать фуфломицин, нужна статистически значимая группа людей, которая его примет и скажет: «Ой, а я назавтра поправился». • The agencies accused Andrew Martin Sinclair, who solely owns and operates B4B Earth Tea LLC, of selling snake oil and preying on vulnerable patients during a pandemic that has, to date, claimed the lives of more than 6 million people worldwide. 'More) |
| snake eyes | хуже некуда (karakula) |
| snake oil | фуфломицин (контекстуально) snake oil 1 : any of various substances or mixtures sold as by a traveling medicine show) as medicine usually without regard to their medical worth or properties
: The agencies accused Andrew Martin Sinclair, who solely owns and operates B4B Earth Tea LLC, of selling snake oil and preying on vulnerable patients during a pandemic that has, to date, claimed the lives of more than 6 million people worldwide. 'More) |
| snake oil | эликсир молодости (vladim_i_rich) |
| snake oil salesman | аферюга (He was dubbed a "modern day snake oil salesman" after he ripped off thousands of internet customers. Val_Ships) |
| snake oil salesman | жулик (Баян) |
| snake oil salesman | проходимец (Баян) |
| snake oil salesman | мошенник (Баян) |
| snake oil salesman | прохиндей (Баян) |
| snake oil salesman | шарлатан (Баян) |
| warm a snake in one's bosom | отогреть змею на груди (Bobrovska) |
