Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
цепляться/ссориться на ровном месте
English translation:
fight/squabble over a hill of beans
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Elene P.
Mar 25, 2009 17:22
15 yrs ago
Russian term
на ровном месте
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Сцепляетесь на ровном месте, неизвестно из-за чего…
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Andrew Vdovin
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DELVING into DETAIL
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fight/squabble over a hill of beans
The Grapes of Wrath (Trade) Who's right in the squabble over a hill of beans that threatens to triple the price of Chablis and unleash a global trade war? ...
www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601921123,00.html
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OR:
Fight over TWO FLIES.
The debate over KFC has been trivialised into a debate over two flies, since the KFC outlet was closed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on grounds of ...
www.tackleclimatechange.co.uk/2007_08_19_archive.html
www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601921123,00.html
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Note added at 9 hrs (2009-03-26 02:59:10 GMT)
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OR:
Fight over TWO FLIES.
The debate over KFC has been trivialised into a debate over two flies, since the KFC outlet was closed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on grounds of ...
www.tackleclimatechange.co.uk/2007_08_19_archive.html
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Marina Aidova
Moldova
Moldova
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for nothing
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Lana Rachkovskaya
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for no reason
In this context: Fighting for no reason, fighting for no good reason, fighting for no apparent reason.
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Tatiana Lammers
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suddenly; all of a sudden
Other meanings suggested by Lubensky's R>E Dictionary of Idioms
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Alexandra Goldburt
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You guys get into fights over such trifles!
Моя попытка оторваться от буквального перевода и передать дух фразы. Удалось ли мне это сделать - оставляю на суд коллег...
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Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
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you are colliding on the empty road
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