Russian term
состоять в плохих отношениях
Non-PRO (1): Susan Welsh
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Proposed translations
United States
Certified Lawyer-Linguist
Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English
Parents have a disfunctional relationship
Russian Federation
There's No Limit to Perfection
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, English
be at odds
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Definition of at odds
: not agreeing with each other : in a state of disagreement
The parents and teachers are still at odds (about/over what to teach the students).
—often + with
The two groups have long been at odds with each other.
He was completely at odds with the way the problem was being handled.
The results of the study are at odds with our previous findings.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at odds
| Мне кажется, что это не совсем подходит. Ваш вариант скорее указывает на то, что родители спорят, не согласны друг с другом по каким-то вопросам. Плохие отношения - это нечто другое. Может, the parents have a broken relationship? |
Australia
PhD in Linguistics, NAATI certified
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Danish to Russian, Russian to English, and 5 more.
poor relationship between (divorced) parents
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IrinaN
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Thank you, Irina!
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Susan Welsh
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Thank you, Susan!
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Dylan Edwards
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Thank you, Dylan!
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Kyrgyzstan
Education, Legal, Technical & Medical
Native in: Uzbek (Variants: Tashkent, Ferghana valley, Samarkand-Bukhara, Khorezm) , Kirghiz
Works in: English to Uzbek, English to Kirghiz, English to Kazakh, and 26 more.
on (in) bad terms / not in good terms / on the outs with
https://www.quora.com/How-is-a-child-psychologically-affecte...
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as an Option:
Ruined relationship between parents
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Susan Welsh
: ON good terms
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ON bad (or not ON good terms) according to the context. https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/on bad terms My answer is on bad terms. Links says not in good terms.
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Rachel Douglas
: "are on bad terms" - "in" is incorrect.
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Thank you, Rachel, yes, "in" is incorrect.
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conflict or animosity
There is (a high level of) conflict /animosity between the parents
Austria
more than thirty years of experience
Native in: German
Works in: Greek to German, English to German, Greek to English, and 5 more.
parental conflict relationship
https://ifstudies.org/blog/how-parental-conflict-hurts-kids
09.04.2014 - There is no such thing as a relationship entirely free from conflict and disagreement, and surely all children see their parents argue at one time ...
Parental conflict and its effect on children - Family Court of Australia
www.familycourt.gov.au/.../parenting/parental-conflict-and-...
01.11.2013 - Parental conflict that focuses on children is also linked to adjustment ... The Family Relationship Advice Line has a range of fact sheets and .
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