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1) General subject: be born with a caul, spoon, to be born witn a caul, to always land on one's feet, to be born in a caul, be born with a silver spoon2) Politics: be born with a silver spoon in (one's) mouth3) Set phrase: be born under a lucky star, be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth4) Concrete production: born with a veil / caulУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > родиться в сорочке
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РОДИТЬСЯ В РУБАШКЕ (В СОРОЧКЕ) coll. occas. humor VP subj: human usu. past) to be luckyX родился в рубашке - X was born under a lucky starX was born lucky. Cf. have the luck of the Irish.«Может быть, вы в сорочке родились, если это вам так сойдет» (Солженицын 2). "If you get away with this, you must have been born under a lucky star" (2a).According to popular belief a baby born with a caul («в рубашке», «в сорочке») will succeed in everything he or she does. -
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• РОДИТЬСЯ В РУБАШКЕ < B СОРОЧКЕ> со// occas. humor[VP; subj: human; usu. past]=====⇒ to be lucky:- X was born lucky. Cf. have the luck of the Irish.♦ "Может быть, вы в сорочке родились, если это вам так сойдет" (Солженицын 2). "If you get away with this, you must have been born under a lucky star" (2a).—————← According to popular belief a baby born with a caul ("в рубашке", "в сорочке") will succeed in everything he or she does.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > родиться в рубашке
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• РОДИТЬСЯ В РУБАШКЕ < B СОРОЧКЕ> со// occas. humor[VP; subj: human; usu. past]=====⇒ to be lucky:- X was born lucky. Cf. have the luck of the Irish.♦ "Может быть, вы в сорочке родились, если это вам так сойдет" (Солженицын 2). "If you get away with this, you must have been born under a lucky star" (2a).—————← According to popular belief a baby born with a caul ("в рубашке", "в сорочке") will succeed in everything he or she does.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > родиться в сорочке
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1) General subject: be born with a silver spoon in mouth, to be born with a silver spoon in ( one's) mouth, to always land on one's feet, to be born in a caul2) Set phrase: be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth (дословно: Родиться с серебряной ложкой во рту; сорочке)3) Concrete production: born with a veil / caulУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > родиться в рубашке
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жен.1) (under)shirt (мужская); chemise (женская)ночная сорочка — night-shirt (мужская); bed-gown, bedgown, night-gown, night-dress (женская)
2) ( водная оболочка плода) caul••
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