П379
ЕСТЬ ЕЩЁ ПОРОХ В ПОРОХОВНИЦАХ (sent
Invarfixed WO in spite of a person's advanced age, he is still active, full of energy, able to accomplish things etc (used by the speaker to express surprise or admiration when an old person accomplishes sth. he was not expected to be able to do
also, used by an old person himself to express satisfaction upon accomplishing
sth. , or to reassure those who question his abilities)
there is life in the old dog (boy, girl) yet
one still has a lot of steam.
From Nikolai Gogol's Taras Bulba («Тарас Бульба»), the revised version of 1842.
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