| Russian | English |
| больше ничего не хочешь? | not happening (She wants a refund? Not happening. -- А она больше ничего не хочет? ART Vancouver) |
| быть такого не может! | surely not! (Are you suggesting that the Tories lied and shirked their responsibilities? Surely not.  dailymail.co.uk ART Vancouver) |
| в голове не укладывается, как это | it boggles the mind that (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) |
| даже не представляю | gee (Bartek2001) |
| жду не дождусь | I'll count the moments (ART Vancouver) |
| закон не писан | rules for thee, but not for me (кому-л. ART Vancouver) |
| не в этой жизни! | not in a month of Sundays (Ivan Pisarev) |
| не волнуйтесь, ничего страшного не случится! | what could go wrong? ("I'd love to see the back room deals on this waste! Someone is pocketing a ton of $$$.
This smells very bad." "Brought to you by the same people responsible for a $4-Billion dollar sewage treatment plant...what could go wrong?" (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver) |
| не может быть! | say it ain't so! ("A 1 million dollars shoe box by Marine Drive or Brentwood can't be sold? No way!" "Say it ain't so!" (Reddit) ART Vancouver) |
| не особенно надеяться на | not to hold out too much hope (Now China’s boom, which was fuelled by debt, is unwinding. While their financial pain might end up going deep, there is a chance others could benefit, with a possible trickle-down effect on prices. Still, in Metro Vancouver we’ve learned not to hold out too much hope for real affordability. (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver) |
| не отличается умом | not the brightest bulb in the chandelier (Storing explosives in the fridge? It would seem, he's not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. ART Vancouver) |
| не прошло и года! | put the flags out! (capricolya) |
| не прошло и года! | it only took forever (hellamarama) |
| не прошло и года! | it's about time (Damirules) |
| не прошло и ... лет, как | it has only taken ... years for (что-то случилось • "New Zealand has tightened its employment visa program, citing “unsustainable” migration. The Сentral Вank warned the "population jump" can add to inflation due to extra demand for houses & rental accommodation. Direct parallel for Canada." "It has only taken 30 years for finally the penny to drop in NZ and elsewhere in the West. Legal migration needs to be limited, to enable social integration and targeted, to ensure new workers to the economy are filling labour shortages in specific markets/trades." (Twitter) -- Не прошло и 30 лет, как до них наконец дошло ... ART Vancouver) |
| не церемониться | not be too fussy ("If they thought what he was really doing was blackmail, they wouldn't be too fussy about how they took care of him." (Raymond Chandler) – они бы не особенно с ним церемонились ART Vancouver) |
| ничто не ново под луной | what else is new? (VLZ_58) |
| но только если ты не против | no pressure (Said sarcastically to an instruction to carry out something with great significance. The full meaning being "so I'm under no pressure then", when clearly you are. Aiduza) |
| особенно не спешить | take one's sweet time (Taking your sweet time, aren't you? • The premier is taking her sweet time implementing the recommendations on aboriginal child welfare. And why should she be in a hurry if there is only 0.3 per cent of aboriginal voters in her constitutency? ART Vancouver) |
| очень не нравиться | be not happy about it at all (The taxpayers aren't happy about this at all. -- Налогоплательщикам всё это очень не нравится. ART Vancouver) |
| разве может что-то пойти не так? | what could possibly go wrong? (High-risk sex offender back in Vancouver on statutory release. -- "What could possibly go wrong?" x.com ART Vancouver) |
| разве что-то может пойти не так, как надо? | what could possibly go wrong? (*о неудачном плане, стратегии и т.п. • What could possibly go wrong? The madness continues, blot out the sun and generate more solar energy totally contradictory. We are not a hot country, we have some of the highest energy prices in the world and we’re looking to blot out the sun! Words fail me. telegraph.co.uk ART Vancouver) |
| спасибо, что не помог | thank you for nothing (Bartek2001) |
| только этого нам не хватало | just what we need (Just what we need, another climate activist on welfare vancouversun.com ART Vancouver) |
| у вас с памятью явно не в порядке | clearly your memory is going (ART Vancouver) |
| ума не приложу | gee (Bartek2001) |
| что, не нравится? | it doesn't feel very nice eh? (Touche Mayor Hurley. When you and your council scythed through 50 year old zoning bylaws and thus trashed R1 zones, you called your resident citizens obstructive. Your planners asked what right do single family dwelling owners have to live on a city lot?
Well, the shoe is on the other foot now. YOU are being pushed around by a government entity that arbitrarily rides rough shod over your little plans. It doesn't feel very nice eh? Well eat it up. (burnabynow.com) ART Vancouver) |
| я не удивлён | what else is new? (VLZ_58) |
| я ни на что не намекаю | no pressure (в контексте 4uzhoj) |
| я, разумеется, не давлю на тебя | no pressure (teddy-land.com) |