Subject | English | Russian |
gen. | if ever there was one | до мозга костей (used for emphasizing that someone or something is definitely what you say they are Now there's a challenge, if ever there was one. He realized that if ever there was a time for action, this was it. MED. A heart-breaker if ever there was one; guaranteed to 'make your day'… | A modern-day Nantucket Von Trapp family if ever there was one. | ... the two children both deserve enormous quantities of credit – not least Mackenzie Foy as Murphy: an actress to watch if ever there was one. Alexander Demidov) |
gen. | if ever there was one | в полном смысле слова (Nrml Kss) |
gen. | if ever there was one | по-настоящему (Tiny Tony) |
gen. | if ever there was one | настоящий (Tiny Tony) |
idiom. | if ever there was one | отъявленный ("He was a fool, if ever there was one" – Он был дураком, каких можно только представить/поискать/отьявленным дураком" и тд) |
idiom. | if ever there was one | типичный (1Sasha1) |
idiom. | if ever there was one | образцовый (1Sasha1) |
inet. | if ever there was one | самый что ни на есть (Der_weisse_Rabe) |
gen. | if ever there was one | каких поискать (Nrml Kss) |
inf. | if there ever was one | в высшей степени, самый что ни на есть, отъявленный, типичный (Mr Coleman was a foolish young man if there ever was one. Колеман был типичным (редкостным, тем еще) молодым дураком. kirobite) |
Makarov. | the Club is an example of how architecture can help to solve the social and technical problems of the twentieth century if ever there was one | клуб являет собой пример того, как архитектура может помочь решить социальные и технические проблемы двадцатого века, если таковые в каком-либо случае возникали |
gen. | there's a bad omen if ever I've seen one | не к добру это ("Five Household Cavalry horses, including one soaked with blood, have run loose in central London after throwing their military riders during their morning exercise." "Well, there's a bad omen if ever I've seen one." youtube.com ART Vancouver) |