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как на грех

as bad luck would have it, as ill-luck would have it; unfortunately

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Я пытался найти какой-нибудь блистательный ответ, но как на грех ничего мне не приходило на ум, кроме слов Лассаля о том, что я сплошные усы да шпоры, и в конце концов я промолчал.
I wished to make a brilliant reply, but I could think of nothing save Lasalle's phrase that I was all spurs and moustaches, so it ended in my saying nothing at all.
Конан Дойль, Артур / Подвиги бригадира ЖерараConan Doyle, Arthur / The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
Conan Doyle, Arthur
© 2008 by Fireship Press
Подвиги бригадира Жерара
Конан Дойль, Артур
© Издательство "Правда", 1966
Пошел я к другому священнику, а этот, как на грех, толстомясый, в шелковой рясе, шуршит будто дама, и от него тоже табаком пахнет.
I went to another priest, and he, as ill luck would have it, was a fat fleshy man, in a silk cassock; he rustled like a lady, and he smelt of tobacco too.
Chekhov, A. / The murderЧехов, А.П. / Убийство
Убийство
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Наука", 1974
The murder
Chekhov, A.
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Дважды чуть не дошло до кровопролития, и оба раза, как на грех, из-за Вари.
Twice matters had almost reached the point of bloodshed, and both times, alas, because of Varya.
Akunin, Boris / Turkish GambitАкунин, Борис / Турецкий Гамбит
Турецкий Гамбит
Акунин, Борис
© Copyright Борис Акунин
Turkish Gambit
Akunin, Boris
© Boris Akunin 1998
© Andrew Bromfield, translation
Как на грех, день сегодня такой дождливый и безобразный.
It is a rainy, ugly day.
Свифт, Джонатан / Письма к СтеллеSwift, Jonathan / Journal to Stella
Journal to Stella
Swift, Jonathan
© BiblioLife, LLC
Письма к Стелле
Свифт, Джонатан
© Издательство "Наука", 1981
Я конечно говорю с твоей точки зрения, но всё-таки ж лучше, чем теперь, когда чуть не сосватали на "чужих грехах", как шута для потехи, за деньги.
Of course, I'm speaking from your point of view, though, anyway, it would have been better than now when you've almost been married to 'cover another man's sins,' like a buffoon, for a jest, for money.”
Достоевский, Фёдор / БесыDostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessed
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989

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как на грех
as bad luck would have it; as ill-luck would have it; unfortunately

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