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

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Образно выражаясь, страны-кандидаты находятся между молотом и наковальней. The candidate countries are caught between a rock and a hard place.

В сегодняшней обстановке многие фирмы могут оказаться между молотом и наковальней. In the current climate, many businesses will find it difficult to avoid becoming stuck between a rock and a hard place.

ДПЯ находится между молотом и наковальней, и премьерство Кана, безусловно, зайдет в тупик. The DPJ is caught between a rock and a hard place, and Kan's premiership will surely reach a stalemate.

Другими словами, несколько камней, брошенных в Южно-Китайское море, поставили Китай между молотом и наковальней. In other words, a few rocks in the South China Sea have put China between a rock and a hard place.

Я увидела как этот придурок разбил окно в машине молотом, который он смастерил из кирпича и цепи. I saw this mushroom break in a car window with a mace he made out of a brick and chain.

Поэтому органы правительств, отвечающих за регулирование – а в конечном итоге и все мы – находимся между молотом и наковальней. So government regulators – and ultimately all of us – are caught between a rock and a hard place.

Но правительство оказалось между молотом и наковальней, сдерживаемое парламентом, который, решительно поддерживаемый враждебной к банкам печатью и общественным мнением, стремится провести реформы, а также директивами ЕС по введению более жесткого режима. But the government is caught between a rock and a hard place, hemmed in by a parliament that, strongly backed by a bank-hostile press and public opinion, is eager to enact reforms, and by EU directives to implement a tougher regime.

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