как это понимать? | |
gen. | what is one to make of this?; what are we to make of this?; what is that supposed to mean? |
disappr. | what's the idea?; what's all this? |
inf. | what is that about?; what's up with that? |
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what are we to make of this? (These creatures were bizarrely described as walking around the park collecting soil samples and occasionally projecting multi-colored beams from disc-like structures in their chests, and strangest of all they reportedly zapped a teenager who got to close with a tube-like weapon of some sort, which “dematerialized” the poor boy. Luckily the boy reappeared when the beings boarded their craft and left. What are we to make of this? (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver); what is that supposed to mean? (Юрий Гомон) | |||
what's the idea? (недовольно ART Vancouver); what's all this? ('What's all this? You can't start swigging brandy just before dinner.' (P.G. Wodehouse) ART Vancouver) | |||
what is that about? (Andy); what's up with that? (Выражает недовольство, удивление какой-либо ситуацией. • He didn't tell me about this. What's up with that? • My car broke down twice this month. What's up with that? TranslationHelp) | |||
go figure (The author has a rather cumbersome, boring, personal story to tell that in the end does not make any sense. He tells people that they should live in small houses, and blames everybody around for not saving the planet. However, he himself lives on relatively large square footage of 1000sf+/person. Go figure. (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver) | |||
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what is one to make of this? (raf) |
как это понимать : 23 phrases in 8 subjects |
American usage, not spelling | 1 |
Cliche / convention | 2 |
Disapproving | 2 |
General | 12 |
Informal | 1 |
Literature | 1 |
Makarov | 2 |
Programming | 2 |