iron curtain

iron curtain
1) непреодолимый барьер; изоляция [первонач. театр. занавес, отделяющий в противопожарных целях театральную сцену и примыкающие к ней помещения от зрительного зала; этим. нем. eiserner Vorhang]

It became evident that Redwood had still imperfectly apprehended the fact that an iron curtain had dropped between him and the outer world. (H. G. Wells, ‘The Food of the Gods’, book III, ch. IV) — Скоро они поняли, что Редвуд не успел еще успокоиться и понять, что между ним и внешним миром воздвигнута каменная стена.

Yesterday Mr. Goodwyn, the Associate Warden, informed me that my letters have contained editorial comments and "directives" on national and foreign affairs and that this is contrary to Federal Bureau of Prisons regulations... I'm incensed and if I should write further I might jeopardize my efforts to break through the Iron Curtain here. (E. Dennis, ‘Letters from Prison’) — Вчера мистер Гудвин, помощник смотрителя тюрьмы, сообщил мне, что в моих письмах содержатся комментарии и "директивы" по вопросам внутренней и внешней политики и что это противоречит правилам Федерального управления тюрем... Я взволнован и боюсь, что если продолжу это письмо, то могу поставить под угрозу успех своих усилий прорвать здешний "железный занавес"

2) полит. "железный занавес", политические и идеологические барьеры (особ. между странами)

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

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  • iron curtain — The phrase had its origin in the 18c with reference to a safety device lowered in theatres between the stage and the auditorium. Its figurative use referring to any impenetrable barrier evolved in the early 19c and it acquired its classic meaning …   Modern English usage

  • Iron Curtain — n the Iron Curtain the name that was used for the border between the Communist countries of Eastern Europe and the rest of Europe …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Iron Curtain — ► NOUN (the Iron Curtain) ▪ a notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism in eastern Europe in 1989 …   English terms dictionary

  • Iron Curtain — in reference to the Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe, famously coined by Winston Churchill March 5, 1946, in speech at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, but it had been used earlier in this context (e.g. by U.S. bureaucrat Allen W. Dulles …   Etymology dictionary

  • iron curtain — n. [prob. calque of Ger eiserner vorhang, as used by Joseph Goebbels: popularized by Sir Winston Churchill in a speech (1946)] 1. [often I C ] a barrier of secrecy and censorship regarded as isolating the Soviet Union and other countries in its… …   English World dictionary

  • Iron Curtain — The Iron Curtain was the symbolic, ideological, and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end of the Cold War, roughly 1945 to 1991. At both sides of the Iron Curtain, the states… …   Wikipedia

  • iron curtain — 1. (sometimes caps.) a barrier to understanding and the exchange of information and ideas created by ideological, political, and military hostility of one country toward another, esp. such a barrier between the Soviet Union and its allies and… …   Universalium

  • Iron Curtain — 1) N PROPER: the N People referred to the border that separated the Soviet Union and the communist countries of Eastern Europe from the Western European countries as the Iron Curtain. The collapse of the Iron Curtain had immediate impact on the… …   English dictionary

  • Iron Curtain —    Following the end of World War II, there was growing fear concerning the domination of Eastern European countries by the Soviet Union (USSR). Speaking in Fulton, Missouri, on 5 March 1946, British prime minister Winston Churchill warned of the …   Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era

  • iron curtain — noun Date: 1819 1. an impenetrable barrier < the iron curtain between the ego and the unconscious C. J. Rolo > 2. a political, military, and ideological barrier that cuts off and isolates an area; specifically often capitalized one formerly… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Iron Curtain — noun (the Iron Curtain) a notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism in eastern Europe in 1989 …   English new terms dictionary


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