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• Always put your best foot for - ward - Товар лицом кажут (T)• Better a bare foot than none at all - Лучше хоть что-нибудь, чем ничего (Л)• Cool mouth and warm feet live long (A) - Держи голову в холоде, живот в голоде, а ноги в тепле (Д)• Feet are slow when the head wears snow (The) - Годы хребет горбят (Г), Старость не радость (C), Старость приходит не с радостью, а со слабостью (C)• Foot at rest meets nothing (The) - Под лежачий камень вода не течет (П)• Going foot always gets something, if it is only a thorn (A) - Волка ноги кормят (B)• Keep the bowels open, the head cool, and the feet warm and a fig for the doctors - Держи голову в холоде, живот в голоде, а ноги в тепле (Д)• Little wit in the head makes much work for the feet - Дураку семь верст не крюк (Д), За дурной головой и ногам непокой (3)• My silly head will never save my feet - За дурной головой и ногам непокой (3)• One foot is better than two crutches - Лучше хоть что-нибудь, чем ничего (Л)• Put your best foot forward - Товар лицом кажут (T)• Six feet under makes all men equal - У смерти все равны (У)• Stand on your own two feet - Всяк за себя (B)• Start off with the best foot - Товар лицом кажут (T)• Take the load (the weight) off your feet - В ногах правды нет (B)• What you haven't got in your head, you have in your feet - За дурной головой и ногам непокой (3)• Where the will is ready, the feet are light - Где мило, семь верст не криво (Г)• Willing heart carries a weary pair of feet a long way (A) - Где мило, семь верст не криво (Г)• Willing mind makes a light foot (А) - Где мило, семь верст не криво (Г)• Witless head makes weary feet (A) - За дурной головой и ногам непокой (3) -
2 Лучше хоть что-нибудь, чем ничего
If you cannot have what you want, try to be content with what you have. See Лучше мало, чем совсем ничего (Л), С паршивой овцы хоть шерсти клок (C)Var.: Всё лучше того, как нет ничегоCf: Anything is better than nothing (Am.). Better a bare foot than none at all (Am.). Better a lean jade than an empty halter (a mouse in the pot than no flesh at all, my hog dirty than no hog at all, one-eyed than stone-blind) (Br.). Better some of the pudding than none of the pie (Am., Br.). Better some than none (something than nothing) (Am.). Better something than nothing at all (Am., Br.). A crust is better than no bread (Br.). Half a loaf is better than none (Am., Br.). One foot is better than two crutches (Am., Br.). A second-rate something is better than a first-rate nothing (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Лучше хоть что-нибудь, чем ничего
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1) General subject: in the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed is a king2) Set phrase: all's good in a famine, better a bare foot than none, better a lean jade than an empty halter, better a small fish than an empty dish (used to mean: something is better than nothing, a little is better than none), better one-eyed than stone-blind, half a loaf is better than no bread, half a loaf is better than none, there is small choice in rotten apples, they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat, we'll make the best of what there is, we'll make the best of what we have3) Saying: something is better than nothingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > на безрыбье и рак рыба
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