Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
хобот/хоботиться
English translation:
hassle/to hassle/to be hassled by/to have a hassle of
Added to glossary by
Oleksiy Markunin
Feb 22, 2010 17:49
14 yrs ago
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Russian term
хобот/хоботиться
Russian to English
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Slang
- Хоботиться — 1) морочиться. 2) что-либо искать.
Хоботиться - напрягаться, париться... по какому-то поводу.
e.g. Я весь день хоботился с компом.
- Хобот - "В нашей жизни постоянно возникают какие то проблемы, требующие решений. Решения не всегда приходят быстро, и не всегда проблемы решаются эффективно. Иногда они накладываются одна на другую, как невидимые нити, связуясь в единое целое. Атомы сладываются в молекулы, дальше в клетки, которые сплетаются в ткани, эти ткани образуют мощное мышечное волокно одного из самых напряжных органов, который со временем обрастёт толстой серой кожей, которую сложно пробить обычным позитивным подходом. Он как невидимая змея подгоняет тебя, тянет за полу юбки, держит твои ноги и руки, которые ищут, как бы отвлечься, будит тебя рано утром, когда можно ещё немножечко поспать, и не даёт уснуть ночью. Невидемой тенью он стоит за твоей спиной, даже когда ты нашёл для себя время отдохнуть от всех забот и посвятить себе или друзьям пару часов.
Он вездесущ.
Он проникнет даже в самые отдалённые места, тянучись за тобой.
Он Тот, Кто Лишает Покоя.
И я знаю его имя.
Имя ему Хобот!"
e.g. Что у тебя уже за хобот? - Да надо вот к экзамену готовиться.
А вдруг есть аналоги в англ. языке? Спасибо заранее!
Хоботиться - напрягаться, париться... по какому-то поводу.
e.g. Я весь день хоботился с компом.
- Хобот - "В нашей жизни постоянно возникают какие то проблемы, требующие решений. Решения не всегда приходят быстро, и не всегда проблемы решаются эффективно. Иногда они накладываются одна на другую, как невидимые нити, связуясь в единое целое. Атомы сладываются в молекулы, дальше в клетки, которые сплетаются в ткани, эти ткани образуют мощное мышечное волокно одного из самых напряжных органов, который со временем обрастёт толстой серой кожей, которую сложно пробить обычным позитивным подходом. Он как невидимая змея подгоняет тебя, тянет за полу юбки, держит твои ноги и руки, которые ищут, как бы отвлечься, будит тебя рано утром, когда можно ещё немножечко поспать, и не даёт уснуть ночью. Невидемой тенью он стоит за твоей спиной, даже когда ты нашёл для себя время отдохнуть от всех забот и посвятить себе или друзьям пару часов.
Он вездесущ.
Он проникнет даже в самые отдалённые места, тянучись за тобой.
Он Тот, Кто Лишает Покоя.
И я знаю его имя.
Имя ему Хобот!"
e.g. Что у тебя уже за хобот? - Да надо вот к экзамену готовиться.
А вдруг есть аналоги в англ. языке? Спасибо заранее!
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14 hrs
Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
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English
Italy
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
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hussle/to hassle/to be hassled by/to have a hassle of
as in "I've been hassling with this soup the whole day", "what's your hassle?" etc.
"monkey on the back"/onus/chore, etc. are not slangy enough: like that you might've as weel substitute it with Chernyshevskian ""довлеющие обязанности
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monkey on one's back is,in fact, mediaeval (sic!) clichè – rather than slang – in many European languages, not to speak about Arabic. In English, Henry James, Aldos Huxley and, if I remember correctly, even Fielding used that. What's slang and what's not is a big question of course, but even if you wish to regard monkey on the back as slang, it's certainly not contemporary one (like khobot). BESIDES (and it's a damn big besides!) the expression "monkey on the back" is very often used to indicate drug or alcohol addiction (for example, Keepling used it to speak about opium addiction); and it's so much a clichè in that usage that "on the back" is often cut off. I.e., "I got rid of the monkey... don't smoke crack anymore". I don't place this into discussion because there are some pretty, well, say, "touchy" people among your anwerers and I don't want any hassle....
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I hope you enjoyed my spelling of Kipling. What a find though! Like, "both babies were foundlings; one became a keepling and the other – a chuckling!" Love it! Sorry!
"monkey on the back"/onus/chore, etc. are not slangy enough: like that you might've as weel substitute it with Chernyshevskian ""довлеющие обязанности
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monkey on one's back is,in fact, mediaeval (sic!) clichè – rather than slang – in many European languages, not to speak about Arabic. In English, Henry James, Aldos Huxley and, if I remember correctly, even Fielding used that. What's slang and what's not is a big question of course, but even if you wish to regard monkey on the back as slang, it's certainly not contemporary one (like khobot). BESIDES (and it's a damn big besides!) the expression "monkey on the back" is very often used to indicate drug or alcohol addiction (for example, Keepling used it to speak about opium addiction); and it's so much a clichè in that usage that "on the back" is often cut off. I.e., "I got rid of the monkey... don't smoke crack anymore". I don't place this into discussion because there are some pretty, well, say, "touchy" people among your anwerers and I don't want any hassle....
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I hope you enjoyed my spelling of Kipling. What a find though! Like, "both babies were foundlings; one became a keepling and the other – a chuckling!" Love it! Sorry!
Note from asker:
| Taking into account your experience, I knew you'd suggest smth =) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hassle - proves your idea Thanks! As for slangy idea I can't judge myself, monkey on the back seems quite informal and slangy to me too. Anyway, thanks again! |
| Thanks for the info =) Appreciated. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Michael, thanks once again.
I did my own research and found that, indeed, "monkey on your back" is a bit out of this league.
http://goo.gl/I9NZ
http://goo.gl/ueMN
However, "hassle" seems to be appropriate.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hassle?o=100074"
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freaking out
There are lots of ways to say this in English...it's a universal human problem :)
- freaking out - this is for active worrying, close to париться
- worrying your head - this is milder, more affectionate, closer to морочиться (твою голову)
You can use 'over' or 'about' with each of these words, depends on your preference.
- freaking out - this is for active worrying, close to париться
- worrying your head - this is milder, more affectionate, closer to морочиться (твою голову)
You can use 'over' or 'about' with each of these words, depends on your preference.
Example sentence:
"What are you freaking out over? Oh, I have to get ready for this exam tomorrow."
"What are you worrying your head about? Oh, I have to get ready for this exam tomorrow."
Note from asker:
| I have my doubts as for "freak out" - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/freak+out |
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Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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English
Russian Federation
proficient translation
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
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onus/to be stuck with the onus
I'm correct here, but my answer is not a slang.
Note from asker:
| I think onus is like "burden" here, right? A good one, but too official, as you've mentioned |
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Rachel Douglas
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Excellent English from Russian originals
Native in: English (Variants: US, British, Australian)
Works in: Russian to English
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drag / bother / tsuris
Is the origin of the slang use from the хобот which is dragged around, like the elephant's trunk or the lizard's tale? In that case "what a drag" has something in common. But, it doesn't have a verb to go with it. "Bother" can be noun or verb, but it's more old-fashioned. Tsuris (tsures) is Yiddish, but used in AE (at least regionally), and refers to what's giving you a lot of trouble and aggravation you at the moment.
Do you just want to know, in general, or is one of your examples the actual context which you're translating? If you're translating that long passage, ending in "its name is Хобот", then none of the above will work.
Meanwhile, take a look at the second set of nouns in Roget's Thesaurus under "unpleasure": aggravation, annoyance, nuisance, bother, botheration, drag, downer, pain in the neck/ass.
Do you just want to know, in general, or is one of your examples the actual context which you're translating? If you're translating that long passage, ending in "its name is Хобот", then none of the above will work.
Meanwhile, take a look at the second set of nouns in Roget's Thesaurus under "unpleasure": aggravation, annoyance, nuisance, bother, botheration, drag, downer, pain in the neck/ass.
Note from asker:
| Firstly, Rachel, thanks for your thorough explanations and lots of variants! The origin of these expressions is unknown to me, but, perhaps, you are right in your guess. That long passage is just an example of the meaning for "хобот". Luckily, I don't have to translate it =))) I just want to know for myself whether it is possible to find smth similar in English as "хобот" in Russian. Example sentences are just to understand the way these expresseions are used. Thanks again! |
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a monkey on your (someone's) back
a monkey on somebody's back (American & Australian)
a serious problem that will not go away The divorce proceedings are a monkey on her back.
for the verb: perhaps "to try to get the monkey off your back"
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Elephants. Monkeys. Какая разница?
:)
a serious problem that will not go away The divorce proceedings are a monkey on her back.
for the verb: perhaps "to try to get the monkey off your back"
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Elephants. Monkeys. Какая разница?
:)
Note from asker:
| Hm, monkey.. That's a good one! Thanks, Judith! |
Peer comment(s):
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koundelev
: to my taste it's OK
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Thank you, George.
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Victor Zagria
: perfect, imho.. resembles 'monkey business' to me.
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Thank you, Victor.
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Rachel Douglas
: Oh! That's the one that was refusing to come to mind last night... so instead I went off and started reading Roget. Except if you make it a verb, then "monkeying around" is something different.
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Yes, monkeying around is altogether different. "(To try) to get the monkey off one's back woudln't always work, but it might in some cases. Thank you, Rachel.
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Aleksey Chervinskiy
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Thank you, Aleksey.
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Alexandra Taggart
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pickle
As an option - по крайней мере в значении существительного "хобот"
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pickle
You can say - I'm in a big pickle, etc.
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Тезка, it id used quite frequently here in the US.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pickle
You can say - I'm in a big pickle, etc.
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Тезка, it id used quite frequently here in the US.
Note from asker:
| Informal. a troublesome or awkward situation; predicament: I was in a pickle after the check bounced. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pickle I think you are right here, but what's the frequence of use I wonder? |
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