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[FPlay]

не полный эквивалент, но близко
shoot oneself in the foot; + again

I am a master at shooting myself in the foot. Я мастер наступать на одни и те же грабли.
Again, he shot himself in the foot by saying too much to the press. Он опять наступил на те же грабли, сказав прессе больше, чем следовало.

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/sh ... n+the+foot (перевод мой)

[QwestDay]

What's the opposite for "It's not my cup of tea"?

According to Luke from Luke's English podcast The answer is "be right up sb's street(or alley)"

[Mary May]

не полный эквивалент, но близко
shoot oneself in the foot; + again

I am a master at shooting myself in the foot. Я мастер наступать на одни и те же грабли.
Again, he shot himself in the foot by saying too much to the press. Он опять наступил на те же грабли, сказав прессе больше, чем следовало.

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/sh ... n+the+foot (перевод мой)

Тут скорее "подставился", нет?
Подчеркивается не повторение, а что сам себе вред причинил.

Если у человека мало постов, то обычно ему нечего сказать.

Not so sure there's always a positive correlation between the two )
I see, I see... You say "usually". Still...

The answer is...

One of the... many, I guess )

[QwestDay]

One of the... many, I guess )

Please, feel free to share any of them.

[FPlay]

Подчеркивается не повторение, а что сам себе вред причинил.

да, но в некоторых контекстах, я думаю, может быть заменой, особенно в связке с again, например:

Я снова наступил на те же грабли, заказав комплектующие у того же поставщика. Он никогда не укладывается в сроки!
I shot myself in the foot again when I ordered components from the same supplier. They never meet deadlines!

[Yety]

There's a bunch of English idioms that come pretty close ("fool's errand," "a fool repeats his folly," and something about stepping into something twice, etc, etc). None of them captures the humorous aspect of the behavior described above.

Here's a variation on the same theme:

[tourist]

I think
shooting myself in the foot is not a particularly suitable option.

The point is: to express repeated avoidable mistake.
The Russian idiom implies forgetfulness of our prior experience
shooting myself in the foot + again just shows that I caused damage to myself repeatedly
yes, it was a mistake, but then we might as well add
again to pretty much anything:

I fucked up again
I screwed up again
I've lost my keys again

[Easy-Breezy English]

Форум не место для молчания,

Как и Дума не место для дискуссий. ))

[FPlay]

The Russian idiom implies forgetfulness of our prior experience

not necessarily. sometimes we do the same things just in hopes that this time things will be different, as in my previous example.

[bedazzled]

To continue on the idea of idiomlessness, I think in that scenario people usually say some form of this phrase with 'expect':

Why did I expect any different/better?
I don't know what I was expecting.
What did you expect?

[Easy-Breezy English]

Подчеркивается не повторение, а что сам себе вред причинил.

да, но в некоторых контекстах, я думаю, может быть заменой,

По-моему, не подходит. Это ближе к рубить сук, на котором сидишь, рыть себе яму, что-то из этой оперы.

[tourist]

FPlay,

hopes that this time things will be different

so stepping on a rake hopping that this time it won't hit you back?
Sounds like wishful thinking to me. )

[FPlay]

so stepping on a rake hopping it won't hit you back?

we don't use the Russian idiom literally, do we?
rakes perform the same way all the time according to laws of mechanics. people don't. so we have grounds to expect better from them.

[bedazzled]

so we have grounds to expect better from them.

I'd even say there's way too much ground if you need a rake. ;)

[Juliemiracle]

QwestDay,
maybe 'You never learn from your mistakes, don't you?' ???

[FPlay]

Кстати, знаете противоположность к фразе "It's not my cup of tea"?

информация к размышлению

She was right in the middle of those discussions as the Pentagon policy person in charge of Ukraine. She is a long-time Pentagon official, she's served since, I believe, 2001 across multiple administrations of different political party and her special tea is this part of the world.

[Yety]

Есть ли в английском эквивалентная фраза для издательского "пока верстался номер..." и употребима ли она в переносном значении вроде "и - вдогонку - в качестве постскриптума..."?
And as a sort of postscriptum: ...

[tourist]

Stop Press ?
в переносном значении .. not really

[QwestDay]

Сегодня не смог сказать "по нарастающей".

Обсуждали СAE question (part 4) - "How do you think young people can be helped to take on responsibilities?" и я хотел сказать что нужно "начать с простых вещей, вроде уборки в своей комнате, а потом постепенно по нарастающей переходить к более сложному Any recommendations?

[Eager Beaver]

start from adj+noun (~basic things like...) and then gradually move on to more adj+noun (~complex responsibilities, such as)?

[QwestDay]

Eager Beaver, Have you just created this pattern or met it elsewhere?

[Eager Beaver]

Eager Beaver, Have you just created this pattern or met it elsewhere?

Первое, что пришло мне в голову. Возможно, есть какой-нибудь изящный вариант.

[Mary May]

They should learn to prioritise: not to rush into doing all things at once but... -
Возможно, не так уж обязательно именно с самого простого начинать? Скорее, с самого важного, не терпящего отлагательств?

[FPlay]

Сегодня не смог сказать "по нарастающей".

at an ever increasing rate

[Yety]

Есть ли в английском эквивалентная фраза для издательского "пока верстался номер..." и употребима ли она в переносном значении

"Stop Press" or "Stop the presses" is an idiomatic exclamation when significant information is discovered.

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The phrase stems from the printed news media industry. If the content of an issue needed to be revised just before, or during its printing the printing press was stopped and content amended, such as by changing the plates or type, before restarting it. Reasons to stop the press might be to add a news item or correct an error. This could cause delay and expense, such as by necessitating that already printed copies be discarded, so was generally reserved for highly significant content changes such as the breaking of a very important news story.