Usage examples of "fight fire with fire" in English with translation to Russian

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We've got to fight fire with fire! Мы должны клин клином вышибать!

Shouldn’t we fight fire with fire? Разве мы не должны бороться огнем с огнем?

They are throwing off the shackles of the shame that has long been used to repress them, and fighting fire with fire. Они сбрасывают оковы стыда, которые давно их подавляли, и отвечают огнём на огонь.

With the SCO already riven by ethnic conflict between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, water disputes between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, and a running political battle between the presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, it is hard to see how the organization will be able to accommodate a new member that has traded punches with China and live fire with Pakistan in the short period between being admitted and attending its first summit. Учитывая, что ШОС уже столкнулась с проблемами, связанными с этническим конфликтом между Киргизией и Узбекистаном, территориальными спорами между Таджикистаном и Узбекистаном и политическими баталиями между президентами Киргизии и Казахстана, довольно трудно представить себе, как эта организация сможет принять нового члена, который уже успел обменяться ударами с Китаем и устроить перестрелку с Пакистаном за короткий период между вступлением в ШОС и ее первым саммитом.

It's dangerous to play with fire. Опасно играть с огнём.

The idea of nuclear deterrence amounted to fighting fire with fire; only the elimination of nuclear weapons could eliminate the risk of nuclear war. Концепция ядерного сдерживания сродни борьбе с огнем при помощи огня; устранить риск ядерной войны можно только путем ликвидации ядерного оружия.

As a result, Europe continues to try to quench the fire with gasoline - German-enforced austerity - with the consequence that, in a mere three years, the eurozone's financial crisis has become a European existential crisis. В результате, ЕС продолжает попытки погасить пожар бензином (жесткой экономией, навязываемой немцами), что всего за три года привело к перерастанию финансового кризиса еврозоны в кризис существования ЕС.

Don't play with fire. Не играй с огнём.

But trying to address deep-rooted popular grievances with flowery language and a bouquet of subsidies is like trying to extinguish a forest fire with a water pistol. Но попытка решить глубоко укоренившиеся проблемы людей посредством цветистого языка и букета субсидий похожа на тушение лесного пожара из водяного пистолета.

One does not play with fire Не играй с огнем

The Mahdi Army has exchanged fire with US troops before, most notably during the fierce battles for control of the southern Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala in 2004. "Армия Махди" вступала в вооруженные столкновения с американскими войсками и раньше, особенно во время ожесточенных боев за контроль городов Наджаф и Карбала на юге Ирака в 2004 году.

You're playing with fire Ты играешь с огнем

Why I am able to start fire with my mind? Почему я могу разжечь огонь силой мысли?

With 192 armor-piercing bombs in four cartridges, the Sturmovik would fly over tank formations, releasing a bomb every 20 yards and blanketing a 3,500-square-yard area with fire. Подвесив четыре кассеты со 192 бронебойными бомбами, штурмовик летал над танковыми боевыми порядками, сбрасывая бомбы через каждые 20 метров и накрывая огнем площадь в 3 тысячи квадратных метров.

And throw it in the fire with anything else you think we can use to smoke up this place. И бросай её в огонь со всем, что по твоему мнению сможет задымить это место.

Many have wondered whether he is playing with fire. Многие задавались вопросом, не играет ли он с огнем.

And keep lighting bugs on fire with my magnifying glass. И не поджигал светлячков увеличительным стеклом.

Above all, he must not play with fire: Прежде всего, он не должен "играть с огнем":

You have no idea how much a boy suffers when he wants to be a torero, when his very soul is on fire with his desire to become one. Всепоглощающая страсть, непреодолимое желание стать тореро.

Bosnia's leading Serb and Muslim politicians are playing with fire because they know the fire department is standing by. Сербские и мусульманские лидеры Боснии играют с огнем, ведь им известно, что "пожарники" наготове.

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