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Between the devil and the deep (blue sea)
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It is widely believed that this idiom (to which “blue sea” is a recent addition) refers to a sailor being lowered over the side to caulk the space between keel and garboard strake (one of two long seams known as “devils” because they were so difficult to maintain). however, that derivation is apocryphal, because the phrase was in use ashore long before it found its way aboard ship and, in any case, the garboard seam was so far down that it could only be caulked when the ship was careened or dry-docked. in fact, the idiom should be taken at face value. the devil is evil and deep water is dangerous, so being between them means facing undesirable alternatives.
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Derivation, английский
- N деривация, словооб- разование; вывод ratio base ~ базовый вывод sequential ~ последовательный вывод derivational a словообразовательный, деривацион- ный concept, morphology, prefix, suffix, unity
- In artillery, the constant deflection of a rifled projectile. (see deflection.)
- A derivation proceeding is a trial proceeding conducted at the patent trial and appeal board to determine whether (i) an inventor named in an earlier application derived the claimed invention from an inventor named in the petitioner`s application, and (ii) the earlier application claiming such invention was filed without authorization.
Apocryphal, английский
Undesirable, английский
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Big chicken dinner, английский
Usn enlisted slang for a bad conduct discharge (“that’ll earn him a big chicken dinner”).
Between a rock and a hard place, английский
This phrase, meaning to have no acceptable alternatives, is sometimes said to refer to odysseus’ dilemma when rowing between scylla (a monster on the rocky cliff ) and charybdis (a dangerous whirlpool). more probably it is simply a colorful idiom without any nautical connection.
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