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1 в доме повешенного не говорят о верёвке
Set phrase: let sleeping dogs lie (name not a rope (or halter) in his house that hanged himself (or was hanged)), name not a rope in his house that hanged himselfУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > в доме повешенного не говорят о верёвке
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2 ROPE
• Give a fool (a man, a thief, him) rope enough and he'll hang himself - Дай глупому лошадь, он на ней и к черту уедет (Д), Заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет (3)• If you don't touch the rope, you won't ring the bell - Под лежачий камень вода не течет (П)• Name not a rope in his house that hanged himself (that was hanged) - В доме повешенного не говорят о веревке (B), Не говори с косым о кривом (H)• Never talk of a rope in the house of a man who has been hanged - В доме повешенного не говорят о веревке (B), Не говори с косым о кривом (H) -
3 В доме повешенного не говорят о веревке
In his presence you must not mention such things that remind the man of his weak points, drawbacks, etc. See Не говори с косым о кривом (H)Cf: It's ill halting before a cripple (Am.). Name not a halter (a rope) in his house that hanged himself (that was hanged) (Br.). Never talk of rope in the house of a man who has been hanged (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > В доме повешенного не говорят о веревке
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4 Не говори с косым о кривом
See В доме повешенного не говорят о веревке (В)Var.: С кривым о косом не беседуютCf: It's ill halting before a cripple (Am.). Name not a halter (a rope) in his house that hanged himself (that was hanged) (Br.). Never talk of rope in the house of a man who has been hanged (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Не говори с косым о кривом
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5 в доме повешенного о верёвке не говорят
1) General subject: name not a rope in the house of him that hanged himself2) Set phrase: name not a rope in his house that was hangedУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > в доме повешенного о верёвке не говорят
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6 HALTER
• Name not a halter in his house that hanged himself (that was hanged) - В доме повешенного не говорят о веревке (B), Не говори с косым о кривом (H) -
7 повеситься
to hang oneself (в прош. вр. hanged)Unc, once an eminent scientist, told how the Academy of Sciences had been abolished during the first year of the war and the Battalion of His Imperial Majesty's Academy had been formed; how, during the famine, the founder of evolutionary theory had gone insane and hanged himself.
Дополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > повеситься
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8 в доме повешенного о верёвке не говорят
посл. (фр. on ne parle pas de corde dans la maison d'un pendu)name not a halter in his house that was hanged; name not the rope in the house of him that hanged himselfРусско-английский фразеологический словарь > в доме повешенного о верёвке не говорят
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9 древо Иудино
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10 удавленник
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совать/сунуть ГОЛОВУ в петлю СО-ваться в петлю both coll VP subj: human1. to take one's own life by hangingX сунул голову в петлю — X hanged himselfX put the noose around his neck.2. to undertake sth. risky that may jeopardize one's life, career etc: X сует голову в петлю = X is sticking his head in the nooseX is risking his neck X is putting his life (career etc) on the line. -
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ДОБРО БЫ coll subord Conj, condit often foil. by a clause introduced by Conj «а то» or «но») ( usu. used to introduce a clause expressing an unreal or hardly realizable condition) sth. would be acceptable, understandable, justifiable etc ifif onlyif at least it would be all right (a different matter, something else, very well, one thing) if (in limited contexts) one could understand it if.«Есть некоторый коммунистический стиль. Мало кто подходит под эту мерку. Но никто так явно не нарушает этой манеры жить и думать, как вы, Юрий Андреевич... Вы -насмешка над этим миром, его оскорбление. Добро бы это было вашею тайной. Но тут есть... люди из Москвы. Нутро ваше им известно досконально» (Пастернак 1). There exists а certain Communist style, Yurii Andreievich. Few people measure up to it. But no one flouts that way of life and thought as openly as you do.... You are a living mockery of that whole world, a walking insult to it. If at least your past were your own secret - but there are people from Moscow who know you inside out" (1a).(Осип:)...Вишь ты, нужно в каждом городе показать себя. (Дразнит его (Хлестакова).) «Эй, Осип, ступай посмотри комнату, лучшую, да обед спроси самый лучший...» Добро бы было в самом деле что-нибудь путное, а то ведь елистратишка (obs, derog= мелкий чиновник) простой (Гоголь4). (О.:) Не has, you see, to show off in every town! (Mimicking him fKhlestakov).) UI say, Osip, go and book me a room, the best room you can find, and order me the best dinner they have...." It would have been all right if he had really been someone, but he is just a copying clerk! (4c).Хоть околей, хоть издохни в лесу, а в барак без нормы не возвращайся... И добро бы хоть они, бедные, пайку свою съедали, а то ведь нет. Детям сперва надо голодный рот заткнуть (Абрамов 1). It didn't matter if you caved in and dropped down dead (in the forest), but woe betide you if you came back to the barracks without filling your quota....It would have been one thing if the poor creatures could have eaten their own rations, but no-first they had to stop up the hungry mouths of their children (1a).«„Пусть, говорит (чёрт), ты шёл из гордости, но ведь всё же была и надежда, что уличат Смердякова и сошлют в каторгу... Но вот умер Смердяков, повесился - ну и кто ж тебе там на суде теперь-то одному поверит?.. И добро бы ты, говорит, в добродетель верил: пусть не поверят мне, для принципа иду. Но ведь ты поросёнок, как Федор Павлович, и что тебе добродетель?"» (Достоевский 2). "'Suppose you were to go out of pride,' he (the devil) said, 'but still there would also be the hope that Smerdyakov would be convicted and sent to hard labor....But now Smerdyakov is dead, he's hanged himself-so who's going to believe just you alone there in court?... And one could understand it,' he said, 'if you believed in virtue: let them not believe me, I'm going for the sake of principle. But you are a little pig, like Fyodor Pavlovich, and what is virtue to you?'" (2a). -
13 совать голову в петлю
• СОВАТЬ/СУНУТЬ ГОЛОВУ В ПЕТЛЮ; СОВАТЬСЯ В ПЕТЛЮ both coll[VP; subj: human]=====1. to take one's own life by hanging:- X put the noose around his neck.2. to undertake sth. risky that may jeopardize one's life, career etc:- X is putting his life (career etc) on the line.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > совать голову в петлю
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14 соваться в петлю
• СОВАТЬ/СУНУТЬ ГОЛОВУ В ПЕТЛЮ; СОВАТЬСЯ В ПЕТЛЮ both coll[VP; subj: human]=====1. to take one's own life by hanging:- X put the noose around his neck.2. to undertake sth. risky that may jeopardize one's life, career etc:- X is putting his life (career etc) on the line.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > соваться в петлю
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15 сунуть голову в петлю
• СОВАТЬ/СУНУТЬ ГОЛОВУ В ПЕТЛЮ; СОВАТЬСЯ В ПЕТЛЮ both coll[VP; subj: human]=====1. to take one's own life by hanging:- X put the noose around his neck.2. to undertake sth. risky that may jeopardize one's life, career etc:- X is putting his life (career etc) on the line.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сунуть голову в петлю
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16 добро бы
• ДОБРО БЫ coll[subord Conj, condit; often foll. by a clause introduced by Conj " а то" or "но"]=====⇒ (usu. used to introduce a clause expressing an unreal or hardly realizable condition) (sth.) would be acceptable, understandable, justifiable etc if:- if only;- if at least;- it would be all right <a different matter, something else, very well, one thing> if;- [in limited contexts] one could understand it if.♦ "Есть некоторый коммунистический стиль. Мало кто подходит под эту мерку. Но никто так явно не нарушает этой манеры жить и думать, как вы, Юрий Андреевич... Вы - насмешка над этим миром, его оскороление. Добро бы это было вашею тайной. Но тут есть... люди из Москвы. Нутро ваше им известно досконально" (Пастернак 1). "There exists a certain Communist style, Yurii Andreievich. Few people measure up to it. But no one flouts that way of life and thought as openly as you do.... You are a living mockery of that whole world, a walking insult to it. If at least your past were your own secret - but there are people from Moscow who know you inside out" (1a).♦ [Осип:]...Вишь ты, нужно в каждом городе показать себя. (Дразнит его [Хлестакова].) "Эй, Осип, ступай посмотри комнату, лучшую, да обед спроси самый лучший..." Добро бы было в самом деле что-нибудь путное, а то ведь елистратишка [obs, derog ≈ мелкий чиновник] простой (Гоголь 4). [О.:] He has, you see, to show off in every town! (Mimicking him / Khlestakov].) "I say, Osip, go and book me a room, the best room you can find, and order me the best dinner they have...." It would have been all right if he had really been someone, but he is just a copying clerk! (4c).♦ Хоть околей, хоть издохни в лесу, а в барак без нормы не возвращайся... И добро бы хоть они, бедные, пайку свою съедали, а то ведь нет. Детям сперва надо голодный рот заткнуть (Абрамов 1). It didn't matter if you caved in and dropped down dead [in the forest], but woe betide you if you came back to the barracks without filling your quota....It would have been one thing if the poor creatures could have eaten their own rations, but no-first they had to stop up the hungry mouths of their children (1a).♦ ""Пусть, говорит [ чёрт], ты шёл из гордости, но ведь всё же была и надежда, что уличат Смердякова и сошлют в каторгу... Но вот умер Смердяков, повесился - ну и кто ж тебе там на суде теперь-то одному поверит?.. И добро бы ты, говорит, в добродетель верил: пусть не поверят мне, для принципа иду. Но ведь ты поросёнок, как Федор Павлович, и что тебе добродетель?"" (Достоевский 2). "'Suppose you were to go out of pride,' he [the devil] said, (but still there would also be the hope that Smerdyakov would be convicted and sent to hard labor....But now Smerdyakov is dead, he's hanged himself-so who's going to believe just you alone there in court?... And one could understand it,' he said, 'if you believed in virtue: let them not believe me, I'm going for the sake of principle. But you are a little pig, like Fyodor Pavlovich, and what is virtue to you?'" (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > добро бы
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17 во время голода
фраз. during the famineUnc, once an eminent scientist, told how the Academy of Sciences had been abolished during the first year of the war and the Battalion of His Imperial Majesty's Academy had been formed; how, during the famine, the founder of evolutionary theory had gone insane and hanged himself.
Дополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > во время голода
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18 Иуда Искариот
библ.(тот, кто предал Иисуса Христа в руки врагов - иудейских первосвященников за тридцать серебреников; совершив предательство, удавился) Judas IscariotИуда, сын Искариота — Judas the son of Simon Iscariot
поцелуй Иуды — Judas kiss, the betrayal of Judas
Русско-английский словарь религиозной лексики > Иуда Искариот
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19 Б-36
СЕМЬ БЕД - ОДИН ОТВЕТ (saying) if the punishment for two transgressions of different magnitudes is the same, one might as well commit the more serious (and personally beneficial) one: - one might (may) as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb....Он (Золотарёв) жёг мосты... он окончательно прощался с самим собою, ему не о чем было больше сожалеть и не в чем раскаиваться. Семь бед - один ответ! (Максимов 1)....Hе (Zolotarev) burned his bridges...He bade himself a final goodbye, he had no more regrets now and no reason to repent. He might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb! (1a). -
20 семь бед - один ответ
[saying]=====⇒ if the punishment for two transgressions of different magnitudes is the same, one might as well commit the more serious (and personally beneficial) one:- ≈ one might < may> as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb.♦...Он [Золотарёв] жёг мосты... он окончательно прощался с самим собою, ему не о чем было больше сожалеть и не в чем раскаиваться. Семь бед - один ответ! (Максимов 1).... Не [Zolotarev] burned his bridges...He bade himself a final goodbye, he had no more regrets now and no reason to repent. He might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb! (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > семь бед - один ответ
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