- в ажуре
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[PrepP; these forms only; subj-compl with copula (subj: usu. abstr, often всё)]=====⇒ in fine condition, in excellent shape; in perfect order; A-OK; just so; tiptop; in tiptop shape; shipshape; [in limited contexts](person X is) sitting pretty; (person X is) on velvet. Cf. in apple-pie order.♦ ...Люди бегут. И какие люди!.. Проверенные! И в местной партийной организации их проверяли. И на райкоме характеристику утверждали. И выездная комиссия ЦК и КГБ всю подноготную бдительно изучала. И все, как говорится, было в ажуре (Войнович 1). ...People are fleeing the country. And what people!...They'd all been checked out. The local Party organizations had run checks. Their files had been approved by the district committees. The Central Committee and the KGB commission on travel had vigilantly scrutinized all the ins and outs. Everything was, as they say, tiptop... (la).♦ [Аким:] И вновь у тебя приличная жена и хорошая квартира. И по служебной линии всё в ажуре (Арбузов 3). [A.:] Once again, you have a decent wife and a good flat. At work you're on velvet (3a).
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.