фу-ты

• ФУ-ТЫ; ФУ-ТЫ, НУ-ТЫ! both coll

[Interj; these forms only; fixed WO]

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⇒ used to express surprise, irritation etc (usu. colored by irony):

- la-di-da!;

- my, my!;

- well, well!;

- isn't that <he etc> something!;

- ooh!;

- [when said without irony] good grief!;

- my goodness!;

|| фу-ты ну-ты, какой важный! ≈ isn't he hoity-toity <snooty etc>!

     ♦ "Что же ты проходишь мимо не здороваясь?" - "Фу-ты, ну-ты, какой ты обидчивый!" "What's this, you walk by and don't even say hello?" "My, my, awfully touchy, aren't we!"

     ♦ [Городничий:] Фу-ты, какая невидаль! Оттого, что ты шестнадцать самоваров выдуешь в день, так оттого и важничаешь? (Гоголь 4). [Mayor:] Ooh, aren't you a wonder! Swill down sixteen pots of tea a day - is that anything to put on airs about? (4b).

     ♦ Вхожу я в кабинет, за столом директор - фу-ты, ну-ты, какой важный! I go into the office, the director is sitting at his desk, and isn't he hoity-toity!