Terms for subject Sarcastical containing the... the | all forms
| English | Russian |
| and that's the end of this fairy-tale. | тут и сказочке конец (...and that's the end of this fairy-tale. Good night, lights out. ART Vancouver) |
| assess the level of stupidity | оценивать уровень идиотизма (Taras) |
| be the guru of women's minds | разбираться в женщинах (Taras) |
| don't let the door hit you where the God split you | скатертью дорожка! (Баян) |
| don't let the door hit you where the God split you | скатертью дорога! (Баян) |
| draw the ire | прогневать (Careful, you don't want to draw the ire of Reginald and the other right-wing trolls who are anxious to put down any progressive ideas that might challenge their entitled white-boy, SUV-driving, women-in-their-place, fossil-fuel-burning, father-knows-best ideologies. (an anonymous online comment to a newspaper article) ART Vancouver) |
| Give the man a prize | Поздравляю! Возьми с полки пирожок! (or: a medal; a Nobel Prize A sarcastic way to falsely congratulate someone for achieving something rather useless or unremarkable.  urbandictionary.com, urbandictionary.com, urbandictionary.com Сова) |
| I'll count the moments | жду не дождусь (ART Vancouver) |
| it boggles the mind that | в голове не укладывается, как это (It boggles the mind that our state-run insurance corporation would spend our tax dollars to tell me that I am not going to get a refund. ART Vancouver) |
| it needed but this to put the frosting on the cake | мне только этого недоставало до полного счастья (It needed but this to put the frosting on the cake. (P.G. Wodehouse) ART Vancouver) |
| not the brightest bulb in the chandelier | не отличается умом (Storing explosives in the fridge? It would seem, he's not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. ART Vancouver) |
| put the flags out! | не прошло и года! (capricolya) |
| quite the | ещё тот (+ noun • “Quite the aroma!” Heavy metal storm sewer manhole cover at Beach and Chilco in Vancouver’s West End getting a workout during the rainstorm. x.com • "Запах ещё тот". Садовод рассказал, как приготовить эффективное органическое удобрение, которому "нет равных" (из рус. источников) • "Запах ещё тот, когда это уже закончится", – сакчане ждут конца сливов сточных вод в водоемы. (из рус. источников) ART Vancouver) |
| raise the ire | прогневать (of sb. • I once raised the ire of a VS editor-in-chief when I complained about the paper's declining quality, making reference along the way to "McJournalism". That was several years ago, and things have only gotten worse. (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver) |
| the boss's pet | любимчик начальника (ART Vancouver) |
| the horror! | какой ужас! (example provided by ART Vancouver • 1st world problems... being put on the wait list for a popular purse at the Louis Vuitton Vancouver store. – The horror! (Twitter)) |
| the lunatics are in charge of the asylum | психи взяли в свои руководство психушкой (The lunatics are definitely in charge of the asylum. telegraph.co.uk ART Vancouver) |
| the more you know | спасибо за информацию (urbandictionary.com Shabe) |
| the more you know | очень интересно (urbandictionary.com Shabe) |
| the more you know | спасибо, что сказал (urbandictionary.com Shabe) |
| the orals should be right up your alley | говорят, язык у вас тренированный (Taras) |
| the right person's | кого надо («А как там поживает шалман у Штыка и Паруса? Или это кого надо шалман?» (из рус. источников) ART Vancouver) |