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Subject: run around, kinds of crazy fish gen. контекст такой:By God! I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me. They meet all kinds of crazy fish. Ей Богу! Возможно я и старомоден в своих взглядах на жизнь, но женщина, ведущая распутную жизнь (?), подходит мне. Они встречают... |
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или ...но женщины сегодня слишком часто изменяют, чтобы мне это нравилось... Они удовлетворяют любое желание... Мягко так выразимся... |
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link 27.05.2011 15:02 |
| Women running around doesn't imply here that they "ведут распутную жизнь' (that's too strong). It means women go out far more to places where they didn't before (at least, not so much), say, to bars, night clubs, etc. "Crazy fish" is not a set term, and basically means "чудаки'. I'm an English native speaker, so while I can explain what the text means, I'm afraid I can't suggest a wonderful Russian equivalent. |
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link 27.05.2011 15:06 |
| In the book The Great Gatsby, Mr. Sloane is the one that says women run around too much for me, they meet all kinds of crazy fish |
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What about American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms: run around 3. Be sexually unfaithful, as in She caught him running around just once too often and finally sued for divorce. [Early 1900s] |
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link 27.05.2011 15:18 |
| Sure, it can mean "be unfaithful" (e.g. she gave her husband the run-around [was unfaithful to him]), but purely in the context given by ForzaMU it means what I said above. In short, as usual it's hard to say for sure without more context. |
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link 27.05.2011 15:24 |
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By God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me. They meet all kinds of crazy fish и параллельный перевод из Великого Гэтсби Черт дери, может, у меня старомодные взгляды, но мне не нравится, что женщины теперь ездят куда попало, якшаются со всякими сомнительными личностями. |
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