чудеса в решете

• ЧУДЕСА В РЕШЕТЕ coll

[NP; pl only; often used as exclamation; fixed WO]

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⇒ an astonishing, highly unusual thing, occurrence, phenomenon etc:

- no less than a miracle;

- a real wonder;

- (will) wonders never cease;

- truly amazing.

     ♦ Несколько зная язык, он писал статью начерно, оставляя пробелы, вкрапливая русские фразы и требуя от Фёдора Константиновича дословного перевода своих передовичных словец: ...чудеса в решете... пришла беда - растворяй ворота... (Набоков 1). Having a smattering of the language, he wrote his article out in rough, with gaps and Russian phrases interspersed, and demanded from Fyodor a literal translation of the usual phrases found in leaders:...wonders never cease...troubles never come singly... (1a).