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1 OLD
• Best wine comes out of an old vessel (The) - Старый волк знает толк (C)• Deuce (devil) knows many things because he is old (The) - Старый волк знает толк (C)• Good broth may be made in an old pot - Старый волк знает толк (C)• If the young knew, if the old could, there's nothing but would be done - Если бы молодость знала, если бы старость могла (E)• If the young man would and the old man could, there would be nothing undone - Если бы молодость знала, если бы старость могла (E)• Old man is twice a boy (a child) (An) - Человек два раза глуп живет - стар и мал (4)• Old men are twice children - Человек два раза глуп живет - стар и мал (4)• Old mule ploughs a straight furrow (The) - Старый волк знает толк (C), Старый конь борозды не портит (C)• Old ox makes (ploughs) a straight furrow (An) - Старый волк знает толк (C), Старый конь борозды не портит (C) -
2 старый конь борозды не испортит
Set phrase: an old horse doesn't spoil the furrows, an old horse makes a straight furrow, an old ox makes a straight furrow (what an experienced old person says he will do, will be done well), good broth may be made in an old pot, old porridge is sooner heated than new made, old pottage is sooner heated than new made, old wood is best to burn, old horse to ride, old books to read, and old wine to drink (contrast: when bees are old, they yield no honey. a cracked bell can never sound well), the best wine comes out of an old vessel, the devil knows many things because he is old, the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune, there is many a good tune played on an old fiddle, there's many a good tune played on an old fiddleУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > старый конь борозды не испортит
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3 старый конь борозды не портит
Set phrase: an old horse doesn't spoil the furrows, an old horse makes a straight furrow, an old ox makes a straight furrow (what an experienced old person says he will do, will be done well), good broth may be made in an old pot, old porridge is sooner heated than new made, old pottage is sooner heated than new made, old wood is best to burn, old horse to ride, old books to read, and old wine to drink (contrast: when bees are old, they yield no honey. a cracked bell can never sound well), the best wine comes out of an old vessel, the devil knows many things because he is old, the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune, there's many a good tune played on an old fiddleУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > старый конь борозды не портит
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4 укатали бурку крутые горки
Set phrase: a cracked bell can never sound well, he is but the shadow of his (former) self, hills and vales have done in the horse, his dancing days are gone, the bloom is off the peach (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune), the bloom is off the plum (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune), the feet are slow when the head wears snow (hard life and old age have made one's health poor, one's attitude indifferent to everything)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > укатали бурку крутые горки
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5 укатали сивку крутые горки
Set phrase: a cracked bell can never sound well, he is but the shadow of his (former) self, hills and vales have done in the horse, his dancing days are gone, the bloom is off the peach (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune), the bloom is off the plum (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune), the feet are slow when the head wears snow (hard life and old age have made one's health poor, one's attitude indifferent to everything)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > укатали сивку крутые горки
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6 умыкали бурку крутые горки
Set phrase: a cracked bell can never sound well, he is but the shadow of his (former) self, hills and vales have done in the horse, his dancing days are gone, the bloom is off the peach (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune), the bloom is off the plum (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune), the feet are slow when the head wears snow (hard life and old age have made one's health poor, one's attitude indifferent to everything)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > умыкали бурку крутые горки
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7 умыкали сивку крутые горки
Set phrase: a cracked bell can never sound well, he is but the shadow of his (former) self, hills and vales have done in the horse, his dancing days are gone, the bloom is off the peach (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune), the bloom is off the plum (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune), the feet are slow when the head wears snow (hard life and old age have made one's health poor, one's attitude indifferent to everything)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > умыкали сивку крутые горки
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8 уходили бурку крутые горки
Set phrase: a cracked bell can never sound well, he is but the shadow of his (former) self, hills and vales have done in the horse, his dancing days are gone, the bloom is off the peach (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune), the bloom is off the plum (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune), the feet are slow when the head wears snow (hard life and old age have made one's health poor, one's attitude indifferent to everything)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > уходили бурку крутые горки
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9 уходили сивку крутые горки
Set phrase: a cracked bell can never sound well, he is but the shadow of his (former) self, hills and vales have done in the horse, his dancing days are gone, the bloom is off the peach (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune), the bloom is off the plum (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune), the feet are slow when the head wears snow (hard life and old age have made one's health poor, one's attitude indifferent to everything)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > уходили сивку крутые горки
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10 старый конь борозды не портит
посл.the old horse wouldn't mess up the furrows; an old horse ploughs better furrows; cf. an old ox makes a straight furrow; the devil knows many things because he is old- Я почему пошёл на третью [печь]. Перво-наперво хотел стариной тряхнуть. Показать, что жив ещё Рудаев, что старый конь борозды не испортит. (В. Попов, Обретёшь в бою) — 'Why do you think I switched to No 3?' he went on. 'First of all, because I wanted to prove there was something in this old fellow yet, that the old horse wouldn't mess up the furrows.'
[Хрисанф]... грозил, дескать, брошу тебя ко всем чертям... а возьму-ка я к себе в затулье бабу посвежей... благо старый конь борозды не портит. (В. Личутин, Крылатая Серафима) — Chrysanth threatened... to send her packing, the devil take her!.. He'd get himself a woman with a bit more life in her... As for him, an old horse ploughs better furrows.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > старый конь борозды не портит
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11 Старый волк знает толк
An old experienced man can conduct his affairs competently. See Старый конь борозды не портит (C)Cf: The best wine comes out of an old vessel (Br.). The deuce (devil) knows many things because he is old (Br.). Good broth may be made in an old pot (Am., Br.). The old mule ploughs a straight furrow (Am.). An old ox makes (ploughs) a straight furrow (Br.). There's no head like an old head (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Старый волк знает толк
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12 Старый конь борозды не портит
An old experienced person will not spoil the work he undertakes to do. See Старый волк знает толк (C)Var.: Старая кобыла борозды не испортитCf: The old mule ploughs a straight urrow (Am.). An old ox makes (ploughs) a straight furrow (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Старый конь борозды не портит
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13 OX
• Fat ox in the stall gives no thought to the hungry as they pass by (The) - Богатый бедному не брат (B)• God gives the vicious ox short horns - Бодливой корове Бог рог не дает (Б)• Man must plough with such oxen as he has - Не можешь, как хочешь, де лай, как можешь (H)• Old ox makes (ploughs) a straight furrow (An) - Старый волк знает толк (C), Старый конь борозды не портит (C)• Ox is never weary of carrying its horns (The) - Своя ноша не тянет (C)• Ox remains an ox, even if driven to Vienna (An) - Ворона за море летала, а умнее не стала (B)• When the ox is down, many are the butchers - Павшее дерево рубят на дрова (П)• Young ox learns to plough from the older (The) - Отец - рыбак, и дети в воду смотрят (O)
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