Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
обходить стороной (о чем-то нежелательном)
English translation:
pass by, bypass
Added to glossary by
Jack Doughty
May 31, 2011 08:52
12 yrs ago
Russian term
обходить стороной (о чем-то нежелательном)
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Политика-экономика
Война обошла его стороной.
Экономический кризис не обошел и Украину.
Экономический кризис не обошел и Украину.
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Jun 7, 2011 09:03: Jack Doughty Created KOG entry
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Jack Doughty
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pass by, bypass
I would translate it more or less literally.
The war did not pass him by.
The economic crisis did no bypass Ukraine either.
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"...did not bypass..."
The war did not pass him by.
The economic crisis did no bypass Ukraine either.
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"...did not bypass..."
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erika rubinstein
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spare sb., retreive sb.
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Russian term (edited):
не обошел и
also affected
As in "The economic crisis also affected Ukraine."
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Inna Edsall
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to give someone/something a wide berth
If you want to use an idiom, maybe this could work?
ABBYY Lingvo
give smb. a wide berth LingvoUniversal (En-Ru)
избегать, обходить стороной кого-л.
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Private equity bosses have given the media sector a wide berth since the financial crisis cut off the supply of cheap debt that had fuelled a string of boom-time media deals, culminating in the buy-out of music group EMI.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e242863a-79af-11e0-86bd-00144feabd...
Or another option: steer clear of
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As in: the economic crisis did not steer clear of the Ukraine.
ABBYY Lingvo
give smb. a wide berth LingvoUniversal (En-Ru)
избегать, обходить стороной кого-л.
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Private equity bosses have given the media sector a wide berth since the financial crisis cut off the supply of cheap debt that had fuelled a string of boom-time media deals, culminating in the buy-out of music group EMI.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e242863a-79af-11e0-86bd-00144feabd...
Or another option: steer clear of
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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-05-31 12:29:27 GMT)
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As in: the economic crisis did not steer clear of the Ukraine.
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LanaUK
: "steer clear of" - is just right
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Denis Shepelev
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Спасибо.
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X did not escape Y, e.g. see below
he did not escape the war
Ukraine did not escape the economic crisis
Though Singapore didn't escape the Asian economic crisis in 1997-1998, the prosperous city-state suffered the least.
http://www.escapeartist.com/efam/85/Blue_chips.html
didn't escape the war: http://www.google.com/search?q="didn't escape the war"&ie=ut...
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Good idiom—also works in the affirmative—which, of course, is what is needed in the case of the war in your example.
Ukraine did not escape the economic crisis
Though Singapore didn't escape the Asian economic crisis in 1997-1998, the prosperous city-state suffered the least.
http://www.escapeartist.com/efam/85/Blue_chips.html
didn't escape the war: http://www.google.com/search?q="didn't escape the war"&ie=ut...
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Note added at 8 hrs (2011-05-31 17:00:46 GMT)
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Good idiom—also works in the affirmative—which, of course, is what is needed in the case of the war in your example.
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