черная полоса
English translation: a bad streak/down on your luck
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| 08:22 Oct 3, 2006 |
| Russian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / music? | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Mikhail Kropotov Germany Local time: 09:58 | ||||||
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| 3 +4 | "the rot sets in times" |
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| 4 | (who was) facing hard times |
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| 3 +1 | ...going through bad times... |
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| 3 | a bad streak |
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| 3 | whose luck was out |
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| 3 | who was living under a black cloud |
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(who was) facing hard times Explanation: - |
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a bad streak Explanation: ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 mins (2006-10-03 08:27:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "who's down on her luck" you might say -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2006-10-03 09:29:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- he described her as a violin player down on her luck, a master musician specially reserved for demanding customers. I think the meaning is quite clear when you put it this way. If you're looking for the origin of the saying, I can't add much to Vitali's note. However, there's a good analogy in English - bad streak and good streak. Only I think "down on her luck" says it better in this particular situation. |
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51 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4"the rot sets in times" Explanation: You can translate the phrase as "experiencing (or passing through) the rot sets in times" the rot sets in - INFORMAL (Cambridge University dictionary) (of a situation) to begin to go wrong: The rot set in when his parents divorced and he started taking drugs. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2006-10-03 09:55:40 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- go through a bad/difficult/rough/sticky patch INFORMAL to experience a lot of problems in a period in your life: Andy's going through a bit of a rough patch at the moment - his wife wants a divorce. e.g here " попавшей в черную полосу" - "going through a rough patch" |
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