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

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Лестное предложение, но единственный тройничок, который когда-либо работал это Отец, Сын и Святой Дух. That's flattering, but the only threesome I know that ever worked were the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
В этих условиях европейцы и другие партнеры по "четверке" могли бы помочь Бушу обеспечить себе более лестное наследие на Ближнем Востоке. In these circumstances, the Europeans and the other Quartet partners could help Bush secure a more flattering legacy with regard to the Middle East.
Святого Томаса Мора считают покровителем политиков, что весьма лестно для многих из тех, духовными интересами которых он предположительно руководит. St. Thomas More is regarded as the patron saint of politicians, which is rather flattering to many of those over whose spiritual interests he presumably presides.
И чем менее охотно мы будем задаваться такими трудными вопросами, как вопросы о гуманитаризме и правах человека, мире и справедливости, истине и согласии, чем больше мы будем искать спасения в лестных для нас фантазиях об изначальной совместимости всех хороших поступков, тем выше будет цена такого отношения, когда придет время провести подсчеты. The less willing we are to ask harsh questions about humanitarianism and human rights, peace and justice, truth and reconciliation, the longer we take refuge in self-flattering fantasies about the fundamental reconcilability of all good efforts, the higher the cost will be when the moment of reckoning comes.
Мои наблюдения подвели меня к осознанию замечательной возможности организовать на Западном побережье специализированную консультационную фирму по инвестициям, которая опровергла бы старое и не слишком лестное определение известной части биржевых маклеров как людей, которые знают всему цену, но совершенно не знают, что чего стоит. My observations led me to believe that there was a magnificent opportunity on the West Coast for a specialized investment counseling firm that would make itself the direct antithesis of that ancient but uncomplimentary description of certain stockbrokers — men who know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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