Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - russian roulette
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Russian roulette
russian roulette
1. If you say that someone is playing Russian roulette, or that what they are doing is like playing Russian roulette, you mean that what they are doing is very dangerous because it involves unpredictable risks. You are playing Russian roulette every time you have unprotected sex. N-UNCOUNT 2. If someone plays Russian roulette, they fire a gun with only one bullet at their head without knowing whether it will shoot them. N-UNCOUNT
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1.
noun Date: 1937 1. an act of bravado consisting of spinning the cylinder of a revolver loaded with one cartridge, pointing the muzzle at one's own head, and pulling the trigger 2. something resembling ~ in its potential for disaster taking cocaine is playing ~ — Jonathan Nicholas ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
1. "русская рулетка" (пари на выстрел в висок из пистолета, в котором из шести зарядов пять холостые) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
~ n a game in which you risk killing yourself by shooting at your head with a gun that has a bullet in only one of six chambers ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
4.
{n.} A game of chance in which one bullet is placed in a revolver, the cartridge cylinder is spun, and the player aims the gun at his own head and pulls the trigger. * /Only a fool would risk playing Russian roulette./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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