«черная полоса в жизни» / Lingvo Live

Алексей Анasked for translation 8 years ago

How to translate? (ru-en)

черная полоса в жизни

1.
a rough patch
translation added by Holy Moly
Gold ru-en
6
2.
unlucky streak
translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍
Gold ru-en
5
3.
A rough streak. A streak of bad luck.
translation added by Elena Bogomolova
Gold ru-en
7
4.
run of bad luck
translation added by E A
3
5.
a bad streak
translation added by Галина Палагута
Silver ru-en
0

Алексей Анadded a comment 8 years ago

А как правильно перевести выражение "жизнь - это череда белых и черных полос"?

Elena Bogomolovaadded a comment 8 years ago

Life is a sequence of fortunes and misfortunes

E Aadded a comment 8 years ago

life is zebra )). Точно не скажу, Алексей. Как вариант: Life is a chain of lucky and evil days

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 8 years ago

EA: None of those options are good. "a chain of lucky and evil days" is nonsensical and unidiomatic.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 8 years ago

Aleksey: We say "Life is a rollercoaster" -or- "Life has its ups and downs."