Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
нелёгкая рука
English translation:
thanks to their bad graces
Added to glossary by
Susan Welsh
Mar 19, 2014 18:47
10 yrs ago
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нелёгкая рука
Russian to English
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
hairstyles
This is about hairstyles at the time of Marie Antoinette.
"Моду того времени диктовала французская императрица Мария-Антуанетта. Вернее, её парикмахер Леонар Боляр и соперничавшая с ним не на жизнь, а на смерть модистка Роза Бертен, прозванная «министром моды».
Именно **с их нелёгкой руки** маленькие шляпки-наколки уступили место шляпам громадных размеров, достигающим иногда метра в диаметре.
"Heavy hand" doesn't sound right for a hairdresser. Thanks in advance for any help.
"Моду того времени диктовала французская императрица Мария-Антуанетта. Вернее, её парикмахер Леонар Боляр и соперничавшая с ним не на жизнь, а на смерть модистка Роза Бертен, прозванная «министром моды».
Именно **с их нелёгкой руки** маленькие шляпки-наколки уступили место шляпам громадных размеров, достигающим иногда метра в диаметре.
"Heavy hand" doesn't sound right for a hairdresser. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Proposed translations
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Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Germany
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Germany
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63
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thanks to their bad graces
I.e. an antonym of "thanks to their good graces". If this is too heavy-handed (pun intended) in English, perhaps you can replace 'bad' with a better alternative.
Google turned up just a couple hits:
Thanks to the bad graces of Alzheimer's disease, I have become my mother's father.
http://blogs.courant.com/colin_mcenroe_to_wit/2005/12/merry-...
Google turned up just a couple hits:
Thanks to the bad graces of Alzheimer's disease, I have become my mother's father.
http://blogs.courant.com/colin_mcenroe_to_wit/2005/12/merry-...
Peer comment(s):
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Natalia Volkova
: Nicely put! I like it.
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Thank you, Natalia
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Alexandra Schneeuhr
: A good one. Would you also consider "thanks to their oh-not-so-good graces" as an option? ))
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MariyaN (X)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Mikhail, and everybody else too. I don't think this is too heavy-handed -- it's just right, keeping the pun."
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Natalia Volkova
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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through the good offices of those people
thanks to them
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Note added at 17 mins (2014-03-19 19:05:03 GMT)
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or rather
of those personages
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Note added at 17 mins (2014-03-19 19:05:03 GMT)
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or rather
of those personages
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Tatiana Grehan
United States
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8
with their "helping" hand
обязательно взять в кавычки, чтобы указать на то, что "helping" не в прямом, а в переносном смысле.
16 hrs
And it was due to their ill-starred contest ...
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Discussion
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-la_Belle_Poule_(причёска)
(The play / pun is in changing "light" to "heavy" and refers to the fact that the hats these women introduced were huge.)