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

Translations:

Now, the slight fly in the ointment is this: that if we smell molecular vibrations, we must have a spectroscope in our nose. Ложкой дёгтя в бочке мёда является то, что если мы нюхаем молекулярные вибрации, у нас в носу должен быть спектроскоп.

As traders dug deeper into the report though, there was a big “fly in the ointment”: the drop in the unemployment rate was driven primarily by a collapsing participation rate, with over 800k Americans leaving the labor force. Хотя, когда трейдеры больше вникли в отчет, то нашли своего рода ложку дегтя в бочке меда: снижение безработицы было главным образом обусловлено уменьшением численности экономически активного населения, учитывая, что более 800 тысяч американцев вышли из состава рабочей силы.

Alfred bring me some antiseptic ointment. Альфред принеси мне антисептик.

Moisturizing ointment, medical tape or antibacterial soap. Увлажняющий крем, медицинскую ленту или антибактериальное мыло.

Bandages, medical tape, antibiotic ointment, energy drink mix, crackers, soup. Бинты, пластырь, антибиотик, энергетик, крекеры, суп.

Now, would you say ointment is more, equal to, or less funny than kumquat? Так, как по-твоему, притирание более, одинаково или менее смешно, чем кумкват?

The fly in the ointment for Minsk turned out to be a statement by President Nursultan Nazarbayev, in which he admitted that European Union representatives, it turns out, personally asked him about this. Каплей дегтя для Минска стало заявление президента Нурсултана Назарбаева, в котором он признался, что об этом его, оказывается, лично попросили представители Евросоюза.

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