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noun (a person who lives by begging: The beggar asked for money for food.) berač* * *I [bégə]nounberač; revež, revček; colloquially fant, možakset a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the devil — tisti, ki naglo obogatijo, so največji nadutežilittle beggars — otročički, živaliceto know s.o. (s.th.) as well as a beggar knows his bag — dodobra koga (kaj) poznatiII [bégə]transitive verbspraviti na beraško palico; oropati, odvzetito beggar o.s. — obubožatiit beggars all description — ne da se popisati, nepopisno je
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beggars can't be choosers — People who can not choose what they will have, must accept what they get; if you are not in control, you must take what you can gel. * /We wanted to leave on the train in the morning but it doesn t go until afternoon, so we must go then. Beggars… … Dictionary of American idioms
beggars can't be choosers — People who can not choose what they will have, must accept what they get; if you are not in control, you must take what you can gel. * /We wanted to leave on the train in the morning but it doesn t go until afternoon, so we must go then. Beggars… … Dictionary of American idioms
beggars\ can't\ be\ choosers — People who can not choose what they will have, must accept what they get; if you are not in control, you must take what you can gel. We wanted to leave on the train in the morning but it doesn t go until afternoon, so we must go then. Beggars can … Словарь американских идиом
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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
if wishes were horses, beggars would ride — a 1628 J. CARMICHAELL Proverbs in Scots no. 140 And [if] wishes were horses pure [poor] men wald ryde. 1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 178 If Wishes were Horses, Beggars would ride. 1844 J. O. HALLIWELL Nursery Rhymes of England (ed. 4) 501 If… … Proverbs new dictionary
BEGGING AND BEGGARS — Although the Bible is concerned with the poor and the needy, there is hardly a reference to begging or to beggars, and there is, in fact, no biblical Hebrew word for it. The needs of the poor were provided by the laws of leket, shikhḥah , and pe… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars — is a Serbian fairy tale. It is also known as Vasilii the Unlucky its Russian form, collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki .Andrew Lang included The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars in The Violet Fairy Book .ynopsisA very rich … Wikipedia