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English translation: pass by, bypass

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Russian term or phrase:	обходить стороной (о чем-то нежелательном)
English translation:	pass by, bypass
Entered by:	Jack Doughty

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08:52 May 31, 2011

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Russian term or phrase: обходить стороной (о чем-то нежелательном)

Война обошла его стороной.

Экономический кризис не обошел и Украину.

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Local time: 15:01

pass by, bypass

Explanation:
I would translate it more or less literally.

The war did not pass him by.
The economic crisis did no bypass Ukraine either.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2011-05-31 14:49:30 GMT)
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"...did not bypass..."

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Jack Doughty
Local time: 13:01

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4 +5

pass by, bypass

Jack Doughty

4 +1

X did not escape Y, e.g. see below

Judith Hehir

3 +2

to give someone/something a wide berth

Inna Edsall

4 +1

also affected

rns

spare sb., retreive sb.

erika rubinstein

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1 min confidence:

spare sb., retreive sb.

Explanation:
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erika rubinstein
Local time: 14:01
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

не обошел и also affected

Explanation:
As in "The economic crisis also affected Ukraine."

rns
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 28

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

to give someone/something a wide berth

Explanation:
If you want to use an idiom, maybe this could work?

ABBYY Lingvo
give smb. a wide berth LingvoUniversal (En-Ru)
избегать, обходить стороной кого-л.

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Private equity bosses have given the media sector a wide berth since the financial crisis cut off the supply of cheap debt that had fuelled a string of boom-time media deals, culminating in the buy-out of music group EMI.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e242863a-79af-11e0-86bd-00144feabd...

Or another option: steer clear of

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As in: the economic crisis did not steer clear of the Ukraine.

Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/give+a+wide+berth

Inna Edsall
United States
Local time: 08:01
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Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 8

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

pass by, bypass

Jack Doughty
Local time: 13:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 72

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Thank you Sir

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

X did not escape Y, e.g. see below

Explanation:
he did not escape the war
Ukraine did not escape the economic crisis

Though Singapore didn't escape the Asian economic crisis in 1997-1998, the prosperous city-state suffered the least.
http://www.escapeartist.com/efam/85/Blue_chips.html

didn't escape the war: http://www.google.com/search?q="didn't escape the war"&ie=ut...

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Good idiom—also works in the affirmative—which, of course, is what is needed in the case of the war in your example.

Judith Hehir
United States
Local time: 08:01
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English
PRO pts in category: 31
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