с хвостом

• С ХВОСТИКОМ; С ХВОСТОМ both coll

[PrepP; these forms only; usu. used with a Num or quantit NP as nonagreeing postmodif]

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⇒ (used when expressing s.o.'s age or, less often, the time, size, or quantity of sth. as an approximation rounded down to the nearest convenient figure) (the figure named) with a small excess:

- a little over...;

- a little more than...;

- ...and then some;

- ...plus;

- [Num]-odd...;

- [in limited contexts] not much over...;

- not much more than...;

- [in refer, to clock time only] a little past...

     ♦ На вид Борису Ивановичу было лет пятьдесят с хвостиком. Boris Ivanovich looked to be a little over fifty.

     ♦ "Я вам, кажется, надоел?" - "Совсем нет, только я немного устал, хочу спать, я встал в шесть часов, а теперь два с хвостиком" (Герцен 3). "I am afraid I am boring you?" "Not at all, only I am a little tired and sleepy. I got up at six and now it is a little past two" (3a).