Sentence examples of "потухнет" in Russian
пусть лучше потухнет свет, чем сгорит весь дом.
better that the lights go out than that the house burn down.
Утверждение, что солнце потухнет в следующий вторник, легко проверяется.
Any crank claiming the sun will go out next Tuesday has got a testable prediction.
Как сказал один эксперт, право вето постоянного члена должно было выполнять функцию предохранителя в электрической системе: пусть лучше потухнет свет, чем сгорит весь дом.
As one expert put it, its permanent members’ veto was designed to be like a fuse box in an electrical system: better that the lights go out than that the house burn down.
Его фонарь потух, потому что он пробыл в шахте почти неделю, прежде чем мы смогли до него добраться.
Light went out in his lamp 'cause he was down there damn near a week before we could get to him.
Самый жесткий критицизм исходит от тех, кто (включая советников Буша), считает, что Америка и Запад пустили деньги на ветер, вместо того чтобы применить практику борьбы с определенными случаями пожаров в природе, т.е. подождать пока огонь не потухнет сам по себе.
The harshest criticism comes from those (including some Bush advisers) who say America and the West sent money down a rat-hole instead of following the practice adopted to fighting some wildfires B ie, standing back and letting the flames burn themselves out.
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