| idiom. |
промах (Taras); промашка (Taras); прокол (Taras); промашка вышла (an attempt to do something that ultimately fails. Likened to a baseball batter who swings at but fails to hit the ball: Ooh, a swing and a miss, huh, buddy? Well, there's plenty of other girls to hit on here — maybe one of them will give you their number Taras); провал (Taras); неудача (Taras); неудачная попытка (сделать что-либо Taras); не смешно и не съедобно (о шутке; Am.E., likened to a baseball batter who swings at but fails to hit the ball: Boy, that joke was a swing and a miss — not one person in the room laughed Taras); закончиться неудачно (Good luck to you — my last attempt to get a raise out of the boss was a swing and miss Taras) |
