на уме

• НА УМЕ у кого{{}}

[PrepP; Invar; the resulting PrepP is usu. subj-compl with быть (subj: abstr or, less often, human)]

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⇒ some thing (or, occas., person) occupies s.o.'s thoughts:

- у Y-а на уме X ≈ X is on Y's mind;

- Y has X on Y's mind;

- Y has X on the brain;

- [of some trick, mischief etc] Y is up to something;

- Y has something up his sleeve;

|| у Y-а одно (один X, только X) на уме{{}}≈ X is all Y thinks of;

- all Y thinks of is X;

- Y has only one thing on his mind-X;

- Y thinks of nothing but X;

- Y is obsessed (has an obsession) with X;

- [in limited contexts] Y has a one-track mind.

     ♦ Нет, надо скорей повидать Андрея, узнать, что у него на уме (Распутин 2). No, she had to see Andrei soon, to find out what was on his mind (2a).

     ♦ Величавая дикость прежнего времени исчезла без следа; вместо гигантов, сгибавших подковы и ломавших целковые, явились люди женоподобные, у которых были на уме только милые непристойности (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). The majestic savagery of former times disappeared without a trace; instead of giants bending horseshoes and breaking silver rubles, there were effeminate men who had only sweet indecencies on their minds (1a).

     ♦ "На уме мальчики, лак для ногтей, губная помада морковного цвета, разбирается" (Рыбаков 2). "Boys on the brain, painted fingernails, lipstick the color of carrots, she knows it all" (2a).

     ♦ "Ну, Егор, с тобой не соскучишься. Что же у тебя на уме, парень?" (Шукшин 1). "Well, Egor, with you it's never boring. What are you up to now, I wonder?" (1a).

     ♦ Степан Андреянович, сливая в чугун воду, покачал головой: "У нашего Егора одно на уме - клуб" (Абрамов 1). Stepan Andreyanovich shook his head as he poured water into the kettle, and he said, "Our Egor has only one thing on his mind: the club" (1a).

     ♦ "У тебя одно на уме - войти в историю" (Терц 4). "You've got this obsession with becoming a historical figure" (4a).