Meaning of карыта | Babel Free

Definitions

1. trough (an oblong vessel hollowed out of wood or hammered out of boards, usually used for feeding livestock)
2. old boat, old ship, old tub
   derogatory, figuratively
3. channel, riverbed (the path where a river runs, or where a river once ran; the bottom earthen part of a river)
   obsolete
4. sinecure, cushy job (a typically government position that requires little to no work, but still gives an ample payment or work-related benefits)
   derogatory, figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“Чаўнок — ня човен, а карыта, / І нос і частка дна адбіта;”

The canoe is more of an old tub than a boat—both the bow and part of its hull bottom are chipped;

“— Карыта брухатае, віляе, круціцца, не ведаю, як і трымаць яе па курсе… Не-е, з такой лодкай не наловім баброў.”

"This damn old tub, it wobbles, it spins, I don't know how to keep it on course… Nope, we won't catch any beavers with such a boat."

“Аб гэтым сьведчыць факт: у палове XVI в. Адам Тарло сваім коштам прачышчаў карыта Нёмна, каб зрабіць яго больш прыдатным для судаходзтва.”

It is evident from the following fact: in the 16th century, at his own expense, Adam Tarło was clearing the Neman riverbed to improve its navigability for ships.

“Pryčynaj jość Boh, a narod tolki karytam, a nie krynicaj.”

God is the origin, while people are merely a channel, not the source.

“Chaj žyćcio pływie swaim karytam…”

Let life flow its own course…

“Za ní valil se celý průvod, ve kterém nescházel ani účetní šikovatel při nemocnici, který v tom všem viděl tajemnou ruku revize, která ho od tučného žlabu v týlu hodí napospas šrapnelům někam pod drátěné překážky pozic.”

After her the whole suite poured in, including even the quartermaster sergeant-major of the hospital who saw in all this the mysterious hand of Accounts Control, which was going to tear him away from his fat feeding trough at the base and deliver him to the tender mercies of the shrapnel somewhere under the barbed wire posts.

“На тваё, як і на маё, месца цяпер ужо чарга ўтварылася ў сто чалавек… Мы з табой тут людзі выпадковыя. Таму ўтрымацца ля карыта складана.”

Hundreds are already lining up to replace you and me… We both got our positions due to an odd chance, making it hard for us to hold onto these cushy jobs.

“Бяда, што ў нас і камунізм, і капіталізм будуецца для прыбліжаных да карыта.”

The tragedy is that in our reality, regardless of whether it's communism or capitalism, it's built only to benefit the corrupt bureaucrats.

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