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Pronunciation
Noun
подво́дный ка́мень • (podvódnyj kámenʹ) m inan (genitive подво́дного ка́мня, nominative plural подво́дные ка́мни, genitive plural подво́дных камне́й)
- (idiomatic, chiefly in the plural) pitfall, catch (hidden difficulty or danger)
1912, Н. А. Морозов, Повести моей жизни / На перепутье:В э́том спо́собе борьбы́, о кото́рой ты говори́шь, есть то́лько оди́н подво́дный ка́мень.- V étom spósobe borʹbý, o kotóroj ty govoríšʹ, jestʹ tólʹko odín podvódnyj kámenʹ.
- There is but one catch in this means of carrying out the struggle that you talk about.
1933, А. К. Дживелегов, Вазари и Италия:Нелегко было создать при стольких подводных камнях, в окружении врагов и друзей, которые были опаснее, чем враги, жизнеспособное государство.- Nelexko bylo sozdatʹ pri stolʹkix podvodnyx kamnjax, v okruženii vragov i druzej, kotoryje byli opasneje, čem vragi, žiznesposobnoje gosudarstvo.
- It was not easy to create a viable state given so many pitfalls, surrounded by enemies and by friends more dangerous than the enemies.
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