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| Subject | English | Russian |
| inf. | get a sniff of | пронюхать (что-либо) |
| inf. | get a sniff of | посмотреть одним глазком на (Wakeful dormouse) |
| inf. | get a sniff of | учуять (что-либо) |
| fig. | get a sniff of | унюхать ("(...) perhaps the scent is not so cold but that two old hounds like Watson and myself may get a sniff of it." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) – смогут унюхать ART Vancouver) |
| humor. | get a sniff of | вдохнуть ((...) Uncle Tom has had a marked complex about burglars. I can still recall my emotions when, paying my first visit after he had bars put on all the windows and attempting to thrust the head out in order to get a sniff of country air, I nearly fractured my skull on a sort of iron grille, as worn by the tougher kinds of mediaeval prison. (P.G. Wodehouse) – вдохнуть сельского воздуха ART Vancouver) |
| inf. | get a sniff of | почуять (что-либо) |
| Makarov. | get a sniff of fresh air | глотнуть чистого воздуха |
| inf. | not get a sniff of | и не увидеть (I worked in Hollywood for years, but I never got a sniff of the big money. Wakeful dormouse) |
| inf. | not get a sniff of | и не понюхать бы (Wakeful dormouse) |