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Mar 23, 2010 16:30
14 yrs ago
Russian term
глухо как в танке
Russian to English
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Есть ли смысл кудато писать и что то делать,или в моём положении глухо,как в танке?
Оно то да, но сдешние модотворители туда редко заглядывают и вообще там глухо как в танке!
Оно то да, но сдешние модотворители туда редко заглядывают и вообще там глухо как в танке!
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+3
7 mins
James McVay
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Quality translations at reasonable rates
Native in: English 
Works in: Russian to English, Bulgarian to English
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3
clear as mud
A guess, really.
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Victor Zagria
: imho, the closest equivalent. So far...
1 hr
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Thanks, Victor.
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svetlana cosquéric
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Thanks, Svetlana.
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Alexandra Taggart
: "clear ia mud" means "explanation is not understanding"
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It can mean that, of course.
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Igor Popov
: это скорее для второго предложения (everybody's in the dark)
4 hrs
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Thanks, Igor.
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20 mins
God forsaken / abandon all hope
... or in my situation is it "abandon all hope"?
... local fashion makers rarely look in that direction, in any case it's a God forsaken territory.
Может быть как-то так.
I don't know if there's a one expression in English that would fit 100%, but again, I'm not a native speaker of English.
... local fashion makers rarely look in that direction, in any case it's a God forsaken territory.
Может быть как-то так.
I don't know if there's a one expression in English that would fit 100%, but again, I'm not a native speaker of English.
+2
29 mins
(Or am I) up the creek without a paddle here
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для первого "глухо как танке"
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Note added at 30 mins (2010-03-23 17:01:31 GMT)
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для первого "глухо как танке"
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Angela Greenfield
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спасибо!
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Igor Popov
: это скорее глухо как в ж... (для первого предложения)
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спасибо
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32 mins
as futile as it gets
or: an endeavour/effort as futile/vain as it gets
+3
36 mins
Alex Marshall
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Lawyer, 10 years in FSU countries
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, Ukrainian to English, Polish to English, and 1 more.
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4
dead end
not sure
1 hr
won't amount to anything/a hill of beans
meaning that it won't accomplish a thing, won't produce any results
3 hrs
Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
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English
Russian Federation
proficient translation
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
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24
I'm stuck in limbo
"Stuck in limbo" - not backwards, not forwards, "I don't know what to do"
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http://help.com/post/162000-rewording-im-stuck-in-limbo-work
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"...и вообще там глухо как в танке!" - "that place is hell-dull, anyway"
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http://help.com/post/162000-rewording-im-stuck-in-limbo-work
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"...и вообще там глухо как в танке!" - "that place is hell-dull, anyway"
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Karina Sigalovskaya
Native in Russian
Russian Interpreter
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
useless/hopeless
Does it make any sense to write somewhere or do something in my situation, it's useless/hopeless. (это моё личное мнение)
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