a change of scene

a change of scene
перемена обстановки, смена декораций; перемена местожительства [букв.; театр. смена декораций]

You want a change of scene, my girl, that's what's the matter with you. You're as fed up with all of us as you are with John. (M. Dickens, ‘The Happy Prisoner’, ch. 8) — Тебе нужно переменить обстановку, моя девочка. В этом все дело. Все мы, в том числе и Джон, тебе изрядно надоели.

There was a silence. Then, heaving himself up, he suggested that we might have a change of scene. We went into the drawing-room, where he ordered brandy. (C. P. Snow, ‘Corridors of Power’, ch. IV) — Воцарилось молчание. Роджер поднялся и предложил для разнообразия перейти в другую комнату. Мы перешли в гостиную, и Роджер распорядился принести коньяк.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • change of scene — ► change of scene a move to different surroundings. Main Entry: ↑scene …   English terms dictionary

  • change of scene — change of location, change of surroundings; change of the place in which the action occurs (in a book, etc.) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • (a) change of scene — a change of scene/scenery/air/ phrase a period of time that you spend in a different place in order to feel better or more healthy I fancied a change of scene from London. Thesaurus: changessynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • change of scene — a move to different surroundings. → scene …   English new terms dictionary

  • change of scene — another way of saying (see scenery) …   Useful english dictionary

  • scène — [ sɛn ] n. f. • 1595; « représentation théâtrale de l Antiquité » v. 1375; rare av. XVIIe; lat. scæna, gr. skênê « tente », à cause de la construction édifiée sur la scène des théâtres grecs I ♦ 1 ♦ Dans un théâtre, L emplacement où les acteurs… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • scene — W2S2 [si:n] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(play/film)¦ 2¦(activities)¦ 3¦(accident/crime)¦ 4¦(view/picture)¦ 5¦(event/situation)¦ 6¦(argument)¦ 7 not be your scene 8 behind the scenes 9 set the scene 10 be/come on the scene …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • scene — ► NOUN 1) the place where a real or fictional incident occurs or occurred. 2) a view or landscape as seen by a spectator. 3) an incident or representation of an incident of a specified nature: scenes of violence. 4) a sequence of continuous… …   English terms dictionary

  • change — vb Change, alter, vary, modify (and their corresponding nouns change, alteration, variation, modification) are comparable when denoting to make or become different (or when denoting a difference effected). Change and alter are sometimes… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • scene — noun 1 place where sth happened ADJECTIVE ▪ accident, crash, crime, murder ▪ footprints found near the murder scene VERB + SCENE ▪ attend …   Collocations dictionary

  • scene — [[t]si͟ːn[/t]] ♦♦ scenes 1) N COUNT A scene in a play, film, or book is part of it in which a series of events happen in the same place. I found the scene in which Percy proposed to Olive tremendously poignant. ...the opening scene of A Christmas …   English dictionary


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