Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

more times than not

Russian translation:

в большинстве случаев

Added to glossary by Andrew Vdovin
Mar 5, 2009 08:01
15 yrs ago
English term

more times than not

English to Russian Other Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
- Was there any creative tension between Terry the composer and Terry the drummer in terms of how many drum notes should be played?
- Oh yeah! I can't begin to tell you how many places I felt I shouldn't even be playing. So I tried to leave some space and take a more jazz approach, like when Miles Davis would just float though the atmosphere that his musicians created. But ***more times than not*** I just wanted to play everything I've always played. So I think in the future there will be even less of my playing in spots, and I may rearrange things to have spots where there is nothing else going on when I'm playing and let the orchestra parts speak better without the encumbrance of me soloing over it.

Discussion

more often than not The wording as such is not correct to begin with; the correct expression is 'more often than not' which corresponds to 'for the most part', 'in most cases', 'mostly', 'most of the time'.

Proposed translations

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Selected

но в большинстве случаев

.....
Peer comment(s):

agree AndreyMelbourne
9 mins
agree AT_Translate
32 mins
agree Anna Mangul
37 mins
agree Stoyan Stoyanov
1 hr
agree Natalya Gavrilyastaya
4 hrs
agree Inna Skripnikova
8 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks everybody!!!"
3 mins

чаще, чем нет

по идее так
Peer comment(s):

neutral Alexander Onishko : русская фраза "чаще, чем нет" не имеет смысла
2 mins
погуглите "чаще, чем нет" :)
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4 mins

многократно / неоднократно / часто / много раз

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+3
4 mins

как правило, часто

IMHO тоже самое что и "more often than not"

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• MORE OFTEN THAN NOT (adverb)
The adverb MORE OFTEN THAN NOT has 1 sense:

1. usually; as a rule

http://www.audioenglish.net/dictionary/more_often_than_not.h...
Peer comment(s):

agree AndreyMelbourne
13 mins
Большое спасибо!
agree andress : как правило
19 mins
Большое спасибо!
agree Veronika LIvshits
1 hr
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22 mins

почти вошло в привычку

Как вариант
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+2
23 mins

чаще всего

ишо один вариант в ту же копилку :)
Peer comment(s):

agree Igor Savenkov : Лучше всего вписывается в разговорную речь
3 hrs
спасибо, Игорь!
agree Alexandra Goldburt : Согласна с Игорем. "В большинстве случаев" звучит очень красиво в газетной статье, в лекции профессора или в речи политического деятеля; но обычной, повседневной речи обычный человек скорее скажет: "чаще всего".
1 day 7 hrs
Спасибо, Александра!
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