Новый большой англо-русский словарь - catch-22
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catch-22
1. "ловушка-22", парадоксальная ситуация, положение, из которого нет выхода; заколдованный круг
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"Уловка-22" Любая парадоксальная бюрократическая уловка, ставящая человека в безвыходное положение, замыкающая его в порочном кругу. По названию романа Дж. Хеллера Heller, Joseph, в котором герой пытается выдать себя за сумасшедшего, чтобы не участвовать в войне, однако военно-бюрократическая машина отказывается признать его сумасшедшим, поскольку считает его намерения слишком разумными ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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catch twenty two часто возникающая парадоксальная ситуация; почти узаконенная ловушка, уловка; обычная загвоздка ...Англо-русский словарь идиом
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n. (often attrib.) colloq. a dilemma or circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions. Etymology: title of a novel by J. Heller (1961) featuring a dilemma of this kind ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun (plural ~'s or ~s) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: from Catch-22, paradoxical rule in the novel Catch-22 (1961) by Joseph Heller Date: 1971 1. a problematic situation for which the only solution is denied by a circumstance inherent in the problem or by a rule the show-business ~—no work unless you have an agent, no agent unless you've worked — Mary Murphy; also the circumstance or rule that denies a solution 2. a. an illogical, unreasonable, or senseless situation b. a measure or policy whose effect is the opposite of what was intended c. a situation presenting two equally undesirable alternatives 3. a hidden difficulty or means of entrapment ; catch ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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~ n a situation in which you cannot do one thing until you do another thing, but you cannot do that until you have done the first thing, with the result that you can do neither (catch-22 situation) (It's a catch-22 situation - without experience you can't get a job and without a job you can't get experience.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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{n.}, {informal} From Joseph Heller's novel "Catch-22", set in World War II. 1. A regulation or situation that is self-contradictory or that conflicts with another regulation. In Heller's book it referred to the regulation that flight crews must report for duty unless excused for reasons of insanity, but that any one claiming such an excuse must, by definition, be sane. * /Government rules require workers to expose any wrongdoing in their office, but the Catch-22 prevents them from their doing so, because they are not allowed to disclose any information about their work./ 2. A paradoxical situation. * /The Catch-22 of job-hunting was that the factory wanted to hire only workers who had experience making computers but the only way to get the experience was by working at the computer factory./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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