Terms for subject Cliche / convention containing ни ... ни | all forms
| Russian | English |
| как бы глупо это ни прозвучало | as silly as it sounds (Leonid Dzhepko) |
| как бы печально это ни звучало | as sad as it sounds (В. Бузаков) |
| как бы там ни было | whatever the case (Some experts have suggested that they may have come across a type of large whale, while others remain unconvinced. Whatever the case, there is no doubt that the memory of the encounter would have stuck with the crew for the rest of their lives.
 youtube.com ART Vancouver) |
| как бы то ни было | whatever the case (*вводная фраза ART Vancouver) |
| как бы то ни было | be that as it may (... Well, be that as it may, I'm not about to sign this. • Suggesting that the strange saga of the mystery monoliths is far from over, a third such object has now been found atop a mountain in California. As with the previous pair of found objects, the origin and purpose of the California piece are unknown. Be that as it may, the discovery of a third monolith has, understandably, led to speculation that the objects are part of a some kind of marketing stunt. (coasttocoastam.com) • ... Unfortunately, the sighting was rather fleeting and the remote road had no streetlights, so the woman did not get a better glimpse of the figure beyond its unusual size and shape. Be that as it may, she mused that it was unlike anything she had ever seen in her over 50 years of living on the property. (coasttocoastam.com) ART Vancouver) |
| как бы то ни было | whatever the case may be (However, despite the fact that the tale of Ong’s Hat is mostly regarded as fiction and urban legend, there are still those who think that it is in fact a reality, or at least based on reality, that has perhaps been made to merely look like a hoax to protect those behind its release to the public or to keep people from actually believing any of it. Whatever the case may be, it is certainly a weird story, and Ong’s Hat continues to fuel conspiracy theories and is occasionally brought up as a potentially real case of interdimensional travel. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| как бы то ни было | that said (Should the second scenario be the case, their determination is admirable, since returning to the proverbial scene of the crop crime is a rather risky gambit. That said, whether they were aliens from another world or humans with boards and rope, they somehow managed to complete the formation without anyone catching them. coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| как бы ... это ни звучало | as much as this sounds like (However, as much as this sounds like pure fantasy and legend, there were apparently many people witnessing strange dark shapes in the loch since at least 1867, when a Father Allan McDonald wrote in his journals that there were “many eyewitnesses” of a monster in Loch Morar. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| как ни в чём ни бывало продолжать заниматься своими делами | carry on with one's day (The bear, evidently, fared better in the collision than Milner did. “Man, those bears are built like a truck,” he said. “I thought I was going to die.” The bear also wasn’t phased by the bystander trying to ward it off from the injured and upset Milner. “He was kind of looking at me, really curious, kind of like, ‘What’s up with you?’ he said. “Then the bear just started eating grass. He pretty much just carried on with his day.” nsnews.com ART Vancouver) |
| как ни крути | any way you look at it (ART Vancouver) |
| как ни странно | counterintuitively (theguardian.com Alex_Odeychuk) |
| как ни трудно в это поверить | incredibly (Incredibly, a ten-year study at the University of Minnesota Stroke Center found that cat owners were a whopping 40 percent less likely to have heart attacks than non-cat owners. The therapeutic effects from purring have been shown to lower blood pressure, stress, and problems associated with nerves and anxiety due to the fact that the combination of stroking a cat and hearing/feeling the vibrations helps us to relax. ART Vancouver) |
| как это ни печально | sad though it may be (Former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart is up to his old habits: parading petty grievances around like serious issues. This habit is long past being tiresome and is completely unbefitting someone who held top job in our country’s third largest city. Sad though it may be, this is now the go-to leftist political playbook: righteous victory if you win, blame systemic discrimination if you lose. nationalpost.com ART Vancouver) |
| как это ни странно | oddly (Although they seemed mostly shy and elusive, one of the entities, who happened to be dressed all in black, purportedly was a bit bolder and more aggressive than the rest, and ran towards the students shrieking, throwing rocks, and generally trying to chase them off. Oddly, while this black-clad gnome seemed hellbent on threatening the witnesses, others dressed in green, red, and white seemed to conversely wave the kids closer and even call out to them. (mysteriousuniverse.org) • The Egyptians of the period were, oddly, Egyptian. One can still find their descendants in the Coptic Christians; many other modern Egyptians are descendants of Arabic-speaking people. (Quora) ART Vancouver) |
| как это ни удивительно | surprisingly (Surprisingly, London's 25 in. of rain a year is less than in many parts of the Continent -- Rome has 32 in., Nice 31 in. (AA Illustrated Guide To Britain) ART Vancouver) |
| какой бы ни была правда | whatever the truth of the matter (... Whatever the truth of the matter, Ken was more convinced than ever that these strange events were not some kind of hoax or prank. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| куда ни глянь | anywhere you look (Anywhere you look there are speculators or realtors rubbing their fat little hands with glee. • «Куда ни глянь — сплошь исторические постройки, поэтому мы просто не можем расположить конструкции там, где хотим и где это имеет инженерную целесообразность. Пришлось разрабатывать целую программу мероприятий, направленную на сохранение целостности объектов культурного наследия», — такие слова инженера Андрея Юшкевича приводятся на сайте компании. (из рус. источников) ART Vancouver) |
| на небе ни облачка | there is not a cloud in the sky (Юрий Гомон) |
| на небе ни облачка | not a cloud in the sky (Юрий Гомон) |
| не идти ни в какое сравнение с | pale in comparison to (When they saw a motor boat in the area later that day, they were able to compare the wake that it created and indicated that it paled in comparison to the ripples created by the creature. -- не идёт ни в какое сравнение со следами на воде, оставшимися после этого животного coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| не испытывая ни малейшего чувства вины | without a single shred of guilt (nsnews.com Alex_Odeychuk) |
| не пожалеть ни сил, ни средств | spare no expense and no pains ("I desire you to spare no expense and no pains to get at the truth." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) ART Vancouver) |
| ни в чём | nothing's the matter (ответ • 'What's the matter?' 'Nothing's the matter.' 'There's nothing on your mind?' 'Not a thing.' -- "В чём дело?" "Ни в чём." "Тебя ничего не беспокоит?" "Ничего." ART Vancouver) |
| ни в чём себе не отказывать | live in good style ("Some years ago -- to be definite, in May, 1884 -- there came to Lee a gentleman, Neville St. Clair by name, who appeared to have plenty of money. He took a large villa, laid out the grounds very nicely, and lived generally in good style." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) ART Vancouver) |
| ни за что на свете | there's no way (With the kids successfully launched, I've been considering remodeling my home to create a rental suite. With 3500 sq/ft at my disposal, I can easily relegate 1000sq/ft for a nice suite c/w fireplace, laundry, bedroom, storage, private patio w/BBQ and off street parking. However after hearing about the horror stories landlords are going through at the RTB, there's no way I would risk being put through that heII. It's just not worth the risk. (vancouversun.com) -- я ни за что на свете не рискну ART Vancouver) |
| ни копейкой больше, ни копейкой меньше | not a penny more, not a peny less (Alexander Matytsin) |
| ни пенсом больше, ни пенсом меньше | not a penny more, not a peny less (Alexander Matytsin) |
| ни фига себе! | Wow! |
| ни холодно ни жарко | couldn't care less (about sth. • новость из разряда ни холодно ни жарко (из рус. источников) ART Vancouver) |
| ни центагроша за душой | don't have two nickels to rub together (Not having any money at all.) |
| ни центом больше, ни центом меньше | not a penny more, not a peny less (Alexander Matytsin) |
| я ни за какие деньги не согласился бы | you couldn't pay me (+ infinitive • You couldn't pay me to move back to Alberta. The housing here is more expensive by a lot but everything else kinda makes up for it. Glad I moved, wouldn't go back.(Reddit) ART Vancouver) |
| я ни за какие деньги не согласился бы | you couldn't pay me enough (+ infinitive • "Now just the barefoot contessa is left to find, I suggest a trailer park or wherever hookers congregate in Surrey." "You couldn't pay me enough to do a body search on that trash." (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver) |
| я такое ни за что на свете не пропущу | I wouldn't miss it for the world (ART Vancouver) |