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1 беднякам не приходится выбирать
1) General subject: beggars must be no choosers2) Set phrase: beggars cannot ( must not) be choosers, beggars should be no choosers, beggars can't be choosersУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > беднякам не приходится выбирать
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2 Ж-77
HE ДО ЖИРУ, БЫТЬ БЫ ЖИВУ (saying often only the first half of the saying is used) you have to be satisfied with what little you have or is available, since anything more is unattainable: - you have to be happy with what you've got (what you can get) beggars can't be choosers(in limited contexts) count your blessings....(Строители) станут планировать жильё с расчётом на эти бараки. Раз стоят (бараки), - значит, жить можно, мало ли что некрасиво и неудобно - не до жиру, быть бы живу (Тендряков 1)....(The builders) would take these barracks into account in planning future housing needs. Since they (the barracks) were already there, they would argue, people might as well stay in them, in spite of the fact that they were ugly and inconvenient: beggars couldn't be choosers (1a). -
3 не до жиру, быть бы живу
• НЕ ДО ЖИРУ, БЫТЬ БЫ ЖИВУ[saying; often only the first half of the saying is used]=====⇒ you have to be satisfied with what little you have or is available, since anything more is unattainable:- [in limited contexts] count your blessings.♦...[Строители] станут планировать жилье с расчетом на эти бараки. Раз стоят [бараки], - значит, жить можно, мало ли что некрасиво и неудобно - не до жиру, быть бы живу (Тендряков 1)....[The builders] would take these barracks into account in planning future housing needs. Since they [the barracks] were already there, they would argue, people might as well stay in them, in spite of the fact that they were ugly and inconvenient: beggars couldn't be choosers (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не до жиру, быть бы живу
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4 голод
м.1) ( сильное желание есть) hungerчу́вствовать го́лод — feel / be hungry
утоли́ть го́лод — satisfy / appease one's hunger
2) ( длительное недоедание) starvationумира́ть с го́лоду — die of starvation, starve to death
мори́ть го́лодом (вн.) — starve (d), starve (d) to death
3) ( массовая нехватка еды) famine4) ( острый недостаток чего-л) famine, shortageкни́жный го́лод — shortage of books
де́нежный го́лод — money scarcity
валю́тный го́лод — currency famine / shortage
това́рный го́лод — goods famine
••го́лод не тётка посл. шутл. — hunger can make one do anything; ≈ beggars can't be choosers
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5 бери что дают
Graphic expression: beggars can’t be choosers -
6 куда уж нам!
Colloquial: beggars can't be choosers -
7 не до жиру быть бы живу
Idiomatic expression: beggars can't be choosersУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > не до жиру быть бы живу
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8 нищие не выбирают
General subject: beggars can't be choosers -
9 терпение-удел бедности
Set phrase: beggars can't be choosersУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > терпение-удел бедности
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10 жир
муж.fat; grease ( топленое сало)китовый жир — whale oil, blubber
••не до жиру быть бы живу — посл. beggars can't be choosers
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11 на безрыбье и рак рыба
посл beggars can't be choosers, in a pinch anything will do; any port in a stormАмериканизмы. Русско-английский словарь. > на безрыбье и рак рыба
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12 BEGGAR
• Beggar can never be bankrupt (А) - Голый разбоя не боится (Г)• Beggar ennobled does not know his own kinsman (A) - Залез в богатство, забыл и братство (3)• Beggar may sing before a footpad (a pickpocket, the thief) (The) - Голый разбоя не боится (Г), Кто ничего не имеет, тот ни чего не боится (K)• Beggar's bag has no bottom (The) - Бездонную бочки водой не наполнишь (B), Суму нищего не наполнишь (C)• Beggars cannot (can't) be choosers - Бедному все сапоги по ноге (B), Богатому как хочется, а бедному как можется (B)• Beggars mounted run their horses to death - Дай глупому лошадь, он на ней и к черту уедет (Д)• Beggar's purse is always empty (is bottomless) (A) - Суму нищего не наполнишь (C)• Beggar's scrip is never filled (A) - Суму нищего не наполнишь (C)• Beggar's wallet has no bottom (is a mile to the bottom) (The) - Бездонную бочки водой не наполнишь (Б), Суму нищего не наполнишь (C)• Give a beggar a horse and he'll ride it to death - Дай глупому лошадь, он на ней и к черту уедет (Д)• Let beggar match with beggar - Вяжись лычко с лычком, ремешок с ремешком (B)• Small change is riches to a beggar - Не до жиру, быть бы живу (H)• Sue a beggar and get (you'll get) a louse - Голой овцы не стригут (Г)• There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich - Залез в богатство, забыл и братство (3) -
13 Бедному все сапоги по ноге
А poor man should accept any help he is offered. See Богатому как хочется, а бедному как можется (Б), Не до жиру, быть бы живу (H)Cf: Beggars cannot (can't) be choosers (Am., Br.). Nothing comes amiss to a hungry man (stomach) (Br.). When in great need, everything will do (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Бедному все сапоги по ноге
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14 Богатому как хочется, а бедному как можется
See Бедному все сапоги по ноге (Б)Cf: Beggars cannot (can't) be choosers (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Богатому как хочется, а бедному как можется
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15 голод не тётка
погов beggars ( people going hungry) can't be choosers
См. также в других словарях:
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Beggars can't be choosers. — something that you say which means when you cannot have exactly what you want, you must accept whatever you can get. I would have preferred a house of my own rather than sharing but I suppose beggars can t be choosers … New idioms dictionary
beggars can't be choosers — This idiom means that people who are in great need must accept any help that is offered, even if it is not a complete solution to their problems. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** This expression means that you should not reject an offer … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
beggars can't be choosers — people who receive free things should not expect the best When they complained about the shabby coats, he said, Beggars can t be choosers … English idioms
beggars can't be choosers — informal used for saying that you have to accept anything that is offered to you, usually because you have no money or power … English dictionary