1. trouble;
(несчастье) misfortune;
(бедствие) disaster, calamity;
у нас ~ we`re in trouble, we`ve had a misfortune;
быть в ~е be* in trouble;
накликать ~у court disaster;
оставить, покинуть кого-л. в ~е leave* smb. in the lurch;
быть ~е! there`s trouble ahead!;
there`s trouble in the offing!
2. в знач. сказ. (плохо;
горе, неприятность) : ~ ей с ним she has nothing but trouble with him, he gives her a lot of trouble;
в том-то и ~! that`s just the trouble;
~ (не) в том, что the trouble is (not) that;
вот ~! (неприятность) what a nuisance!;
на ~у unluckily, as luck would have it;
как на ~у to make matters worse;
не ~! it doesn`t matter!;
что за ~! what does it matter!;
пришла ~ - отворяй ворота посл. misfortunes never come singly;
it never rains but it pours;
семь бед - один ответ as well be* hanged for a sheep as for a lamb;
in for a penny, in for a pound