Usage examples of "ходулях" in Russian with translation to English

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Громадина, прямо как на ходулях. Giant, like she was on stilts.

С этой малышкой у нас будут стаканы на ходулях, держатели для чашек на стенах, и столы, которые превращаются в кровати. Thanks to this baby, it's going to be stilt glasses, cup holders on the walls, and tables that turn into beds from now on.

Внутри два человека на ходулях, что даёт нужный рост, и один впереди, который двигает головой при помощи подобия автомобильного руля. It's got two people inside it on stilts, which give them the height, and somebody in the front who's using a kind of steering wheel to move that head.

Война в Ливии это не просто сумасбродство, а сумасбродство на ходулях, как когда-то философ Джереми Бентам (Jeremy Bentham) назвал противостоящую ему философию. The war there is not just nonsense, but nonsense on stilts, as philosopher Jeremy Bentham once attacked an opposing philosophy.

Это почти то же самое, что носить ходули на ходулях! Кроме того, у меня появились личные отношения с дверными косяками - очень неожиданный эффект. I mean, it's a little bit like wearing stilts on stilts, but I have an entirely new relationship to door jams that I never expected I would ever have.

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