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

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А все таки лихо вы разобрались с этой охранницей. Slick what y 'all did with that security lady though.

Американская стратегия сводилась к управлению посредством автократических лидеров и политике, которую можно описать, как "не буди лихо, пока спит тихо". The American strategy was management through autocratic leaders, and a "don't rock the boat" approach.

Выступая перед советом директоров, они лихо выпаливают завышенные оценки положения своих компаний; примерно в 80% годовых финансовых отчетов заявляется, что их фирма является «лидером на рынке». In front of their board, they rattle off exaggerated claims about where the company stands; some 80% of annual reports claim that their company is “the leader in the market.”

На протяжении многих лет японское правительство использовало подход "не буди лиха, пока лихо спит" к территориальной полемике по поводу островов, игнорируя периодические провокации со стороны Китая (и Тайваня). For many years, Japanese governments have taken a "let-sleeping-dogs-lie" approach to territorial disputes over the islands, ignoring repeated provocations by China (and Taiwan).

Любой званый обед в медийных кругах в Нью-Йорке или Вашингтоне не обходится без журналистов, которые лихо показывают потенциальным работодателям свои товары или торгуют друг с другом связями, передавая секретную информацию. Any dinner party in media circles in New York or Washington features journalists jauntily showing prospective employers their goods, or trading favors with each other, by disclosing classified information.

Как он говорил в публичных выступлениях этой осенью, «многие люди нервничают из-за того, что поскольку выборы проходили более лихо и экстравагантно, чем мы привыкли, у нас в этой обстановке будет и новый президент, и новое руководство национальной безопасности». As he said in public appearances this fall, “It makes a lot of people nervous that, with an election cycle that’s been sportier than we’re used to, we’ll drop a new president with new national security leaders into this situation.”

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