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1 BITE
• Bite on that - Заруби себе это на носу (3)• Don't bite off more than you can chew - Бери ношу по себе, чтоб не падать при ходьбе (Б), Руби дерево по себе a (P)• His bite isn't as bad as his bark - Много грозит, да мало вредит (M)• Once bitten (bit), twice shy - Пуганая ворона и куста боится (П) -
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HE В СВОЙ САНИ HE САДИСЬ (saying other finite forms and infin are also used) do not undertake sth. that is more than you can manage: - don't bite off more than you can chew don't try to do something (things) you're not fit for.(author's usage) «Я вижу, образование у неё небольшое». -«Какое там образование - грамотёшка! С таким образованием только получку считать, а не казённые деньги. Я ей сколько раз говорил: не лезь не в свои сани. Работать как раз некому было, ее и уговорили» (Распутин 1). uShe doesn't seem to have had much of an education." "Education? You're joking. Can't do much more than count her pay, let alone the till. How many times did I tell her: don't try to do something you're not fit for. But there was nobody else to take the job and they talked her into it" (1a). -
3 не в свои сани не садись
[saying; other finite forms and infin are also used]=====⇒ do not undertake sth. that is more than you can manage:- don't try to do something < things> you're not fit for.♦ [author's usage] "Я вижу, образование у неё небольшое". - "Какое там образование - грамотёшка! С таким образованием только получку считать, а не казённые деньги. Я ей сколько раз говорил: не лезь не в свои сани. Работать как раз некому было, ее и уговорили" (Распутин 1). "She doesn't seem to have had much of an education." "Education? You're joking. Can't do much more than count her pay, let alone the till. How many times did I tell her: don't try to do something you're not fit for. But there was nobody else to take the job and they talked her into it" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не в свои сани не садись
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4 Бери ношу по себе, чтоб не падать при ходьбе
Do not undertake more than it is within your power to do. See Руби дерево по себе a (P)Cf: An ass endures his burden, but no more than his burden (Br.). Catch no more fish than you can salt (Am.).Don't bite off more than you can chew (Am., Br.). It is not the burden but the overburden that kills the beast (Br.). Take no more on you than you're able to bear (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Бери ношу по себе, чтоб не падать при ходьбе
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5 Руби дерево по себе
a) Do not take on yourself a task that you are unable to do. See Бери ношу по себе, чтоб не падать при ходьбе (Б); b) Do not marry your superior. See Богатую взять - станет попрекать (Б), Вяжись лычко с лычком, ремешок с ремешком (B)Cf:a) Don't bite off more than you can chew (Am., Br.). A man must not swallow more than he can digest (Am.). Undertake no more than you can perform (Am., Br.)b) Everyone to his equal (Am.). Keep to your own kind (Am.). Marry above your match and you get a master (Am.). Marry a wife of thine own degree (Br.). Marry your equal (your like, your match) (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Руби дерево по себе
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6 руби дерево по себе
посл.one shouldn't try for a branch above (beyond) one's reach; marry your equal; cf. don't bite off more than you can chewРыбаков.
Не по себе дерево рубить хочу. Чуднов. Тоже скажу: и бояться их нечего. В этом деле испуг, как на войне - пропадёшь! Пускай она тебя боится, а ты перед нею гоголем ходи. (Н. Погодин, Кремлёвские куранты) — Rybakov: The trouble is, the branch is a bit beyond my reach. Chudnov: Well, you listen to me. It's no good being scared of them. It's like on the battle-field if you're scared, you're done for. Let her be afraid of you; throw your chest out!Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > руби дерево по себе
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7 сани
мн. ч.sledge, sleigh; toboggan, luge ед.; спортехать на/в санях — to drive in a sledge/sleigh
••не в свои сани не садись — don't bite off more than you can chew, don't try to do smth. yor are not fit for
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8 сани
мн.1) ( зимняя повозка) sleigh sg брит.; sledge sg амер.е́хать на / в саня́х — drive in a sleigh / sledge
2) спорт toboggan sg, luge [luːʒ] sg••не в свои́ са́ни не сади́сь погов. — ≈ don't bite off more than you can chew
гото́вь са́ни ле́том (, а теле́гу зимо́й) посл. — ≈ get the things you may need ready in good time
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9 Не в свои сани не садись.
фраз. Don't bite off more than you can chew.Дополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > Не в свои сани не садись.
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