Tolstoy KS translation

[Alina Israeli]

Indeed, чистой воды N = N, pure and simple.
For ex. a title of an article
Чистой воды обман

http://www.gazeta.ru/science/2009/12/28_a_3305176.shtml

Alina

On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:13 PM, Sasha Senderovich wrote:

> P.S. Come to think of it (and I should have taken a moment to think  
> before sending out my previous message): "чистой воды + noun" is an  
> idiom in its own right. "Чистой воды правда" being one that comes  
> immediately to mind. Something without any negative undersides, the  
> best. A lot more straightforward than "принимать за чистую монету."
>
> Sasha
>
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Alina Israeli
Associate Professor of Russian
LFS, American University
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Washington DC 20016
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aisrael at american.edu





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