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a bird may be known by its song
a good horse cannot be of a bad colour
the ass is known by its earsДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > видать сокола по полету
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a bird may be known by its song
a good horse cannot be of a bad colour
the ass is known by its earsДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > видно птицу по полёту
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видно (видать) птицу (сокола, сову) по полётупогов.lit. you can tell a (the) bird by its flight; cf. a bird may be known by its song; a good horse cannot be of a bad colour; the ass is known by its ears- Из каких? не знаешь? Кто такая? - Француженка, должно быть, из эдаких, - шепнул я. - А, видна птица по полёту. Видно, что коготок востёр. (Ф. Достоевский, Игрок) — 'Who is she? Don't you know? Who is she?' 'She's French, I think, a you-know-what,' I whispered. 'Oh, yes - you can see from her flight what kind of a bird she is! Her claws are no doubt sharp enough.'
- Мы начинаем понимать, что если человек талантлив, так это обязательно проявится... Птицу видно по полёту, говаривали в старину. (В. Ерёменко, Слепой дождь) — 'We begin to understand that if a person is talented then this will be bound to show... You can tell a bird by its flight, they used to say in olden times...'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > видно птицу по полёту
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