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| Russian | English |
| выдерживать удары | take your lumps (To play hockey, you have to learn to take your lumps. seniyakseniya) |
| не выдерживает никакого сравнения | cannot hold a candle (george serebryakov) |
| не выдерживает никакой критики | does not hold water (1) This argument just does not hold water. 2) It is a theory that has been argued about for ages, and connections between between Finnish and Japanese have been investigated for ages. None of them hold water. There is no connection between Finnish and Japanese, at least none that we can ever determine using scientific methods. ART Vancouver) |
| не выдерживать никакой критики | strain credulity (когда речь идёт о правдоподобности чего-либо Баян) |
| не выдерживать критики | hold no water (Баян) |
| не выдерживать никакой критики | not hold water (it won't hold water – это не выдерживает никакой критики) |