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1 GRAVE
• Graves are of all sizes - Все там будем (B), Смерть не разбирает чина (C)• Grave levels all distinctions (The) - У смерти все равны (У)• Grave will receive us all (The) - Все там будем (B)• He who digs a grave for another falls in himself - Кто другому яму копает, тот сам в нее попадает (K)• More thy years, the nearer the grave (The) - Час от часу, а к смерти ближе (4)• Only in the grave is there rest - В ту пору будет досуг, как вон понесут (B), Покой нам только снится (П)• We /shall/ all lie alike in our graves - У смерти все равны (У)• You dig your grave with your own hands - Человек сам себе враг (4) -
2 губить себя
1) General subject: cut own throat, ruin oneself2) Makarov: dig own grave -
3 самому себе могилу рыть
Makarov: dig own graveУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > самому себе могилу рыть
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4 рыть яму
рыть (копать) яму (кому, под кого, под кем)библ., неодобр.dig a pit for smb. to fall into; make (prepare) a pitfall for smb.; dig smb.'s grave; try to get smb. into troubleДа, вместе росли, играли, учились я и Вера Лагутина... И вышло бы всё так, как тогда выходило, по родительскому предрешению с отвечающим расположением взаимности, если бы не собственная моя дурость. Сам себе яму вырыл. (О. Форш, Одеты камнем) — Yes, Vera Lagutina and I grew up, played, and studied together... All would have gone smoothly, and with our mutual consent, just as our grandparents had foreseen it, but for my own stupidity. As it were, I dug my own grave.
- Секретов у нас между собою быть не может, правда? Ну, так вот знай, что Яшка Тиктор копает под тобой яму. (В. Беляев, Старая крепость) — 'There can never be any secrets between us, can there? Well, I must tell you this then: Tiktor is trying to get you into trouble.'
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5 Где пиры да чаи, там и немочи
Eating too much will ruin your health. See Завтрак съешь сам, обедом поделись с другом, а ужин отдай врагу (3)Cf: Feasting is the physician's harvest (Am.). Gluttony kills more than the sword (Am., Br.). Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth (Am.). Many dishes make many diseases (Am.). Many dishes, many diseases (Br.). More die of food than famine (Am.). Much meat, much malady (Br.). The platter kills more than the sword (Am.). Surfeit has killed more than hunger (Br.). You dig your grave with your fork (Am.). You dig your grave with your own teeth (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Где пиры да чаи, там и немочи
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6 Человек сам себе враг
Some men act in such a way that they cause harm to themselves. See Не было у бабы хлопот, купила баба порося (H)Cf: Beware of no man more than thyself (Br.). Each man makes his own shipwreck (Am.). Every man carries an enemy in his own bosom (Br.). Every man is his own worst enemy (Am., Br.). Evil is brought on by oneself (Am.). an only from himself can suffer wrong (Am.). A man's best friend and worst enemy is himself (Am.). None is hurt (offended) but by himself (Br.). You dig your grave with your own hands (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Человек сам себе враг
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7 рыть себе могилу
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8 TOOTH
• Better a tooth out than always aching - Не можно исцелить, так лучше отрубить (H)• Rotten tooth injures its neighbours (The) - Одна паршивая овца все стадо портит (O)• You dig your grave with your own teeth - Где пиры да чаи, там и немочи (Г) -
9 до самой могилы
till the grave, to one's dying day••рыть себе могилу — перен. to dig one's own day
смотреть/глядеть в могилу — to have one foot in the grave
Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > до самой могилы
См. также в других словарях:
dig own grave — dig (your) own grave to do something stupid that will cause problems for you in the future. He s dug his own grave really. If he d been a bit more cooperative in the first place they might still employ him … New idioms dictionary
dig your own grave — phrase to do something that will cause serious problems for you in the future By lying about the incident the minister has dug his own grave. Thesaurus: to cause problems for yourselfsynonym Main entry: dig * * * dig your own grave : to behave in … Useful english dictionary
Dig Your Own Grave — EP by Test Icicles Released 24 April 2006 … Wikipedia
dig your own grave — dig (your) own grave to do something stupid that will cause problems for you in the future. He s dug his own grave really. If he d been a bit more cooperative in the first place they might still employ him … New idioms dictionary
dig one's own grave — ► dig one s own grave do something foolish which causes one s downfall. Main Entry: ↑grave … English terms dictionary
dig one's own grave — To do something that brings misfortune on oneself • • • Main Entry: ↑grave * * * do something foolish that causes one to fail or be ruined … Useful english dictionary
dig a grave for yourself — dig your own ˈgrave | dig a ˈgrave for yourself idiom to do sth that will have very harmful results for you Main entry: ↑digidiom … Useful english dictionary
dig one's own grave — A person who digs their own grave does something which causes their own downfall. If you drop out of college now, with such high unemployment, you ll be digging your own grave … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
dig your own grave — cause your own failure, cut your own throat When you criticize the manager, are you digging your own grave? … English idioms
dig your own grave — to do something that will cause serious problems for you in the future By lying about the incident the minister has dug his own grave … English dictionary
dig one's own grave — do something foolish which causes one s downfall. → grave … English new terms dictionary
