Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Tem zhivut
English translation:
it is normal to them, they live from it
Added to glossary by
George Vardanyan
Apr 1, 2004 09:45
20 yrs ago
Russian term
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Tem zhivut
Russian to English
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Poetry & Literature
...im, d'iavolam, nichego ne ctoit ukhlopat' cheloveka...Tem zhivut.
novel circa 1900.
A peasant fears that he is about to be killed by a band of robbers.
Here does 'Tem zhivut' mean something like 'it's no big deal'?
novel circa 1900.
A peasant fears that he is about to be killed by a band of robbers.
Here does 'Tem zhivut' mean something like 'it's no big deal'?
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it is normal to them, they live from it
it is normal to them, they live from it
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Note added at 8 mins (2004-04-01 09:54:34 GMT)
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\'it\'s no big deal\' - can be
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Note added at 8 mins (2004-04-01 09:54:34 GMT)
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\'it\'s no big deal\' - can be
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That's how they make their living
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I just recollected a Biblical phrase: to live by flesh
so it might well be "they live by that"
the Russian phrase implies that they would have no scruples about that, rather than it's their trade, to kill
and by no way is it "no dig deal" here
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Big, sorry
so it might well be "they live by that"
the Russian phrase implies that they would have no scruples about that, rather than it's their trade, to kill
and by no way is it "no dig deal" here
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Big, sorry
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they feed on it
Мне кажется, это более образно в художественном тексте
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they do it for a living
I think this common expression fits very well here.
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That's what they live for...
I thin that's the closest
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