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1 a man is only half without a wife
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > a man is only half without a wife
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2 he that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man
var: a man is only half without a wifeтой, у кого немає жінки, є неповним чоловіком ≅ доки чоловік не має жінки, доти не є чоловікомEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > he that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man
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3 _віра; довіра
believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see confidence begets confidence confidence is a plant of slow growth credulity is not a crime do not trust too much in an enchanting face God save me from those I confide in it is easier to believe than to doubt it is easy to believe what you want to it is an equal failing to trust everybody and to trust nobody men are most apt to believe what they least understand never trust a friend who deserts you in a pinch never trust a man who speaks well of everybody never trust people who pretend to be different from what they really are never trust the advice of a man in difficulties none are deceived but they that confide put no faith in tale bearers seeing is believing they conquer who believe they can trust not him that has once broken faith trust not a new friend nor an old enemy trust yourself only and another shall not betray you try before you trust wise distrust is the parent of security -
4 word
1. n1) словоin a word, in one word — одним словом, коротше кажучи
to a word, word for word — дослівно; слово в слово
a man of many words — велеречива (балакуча) людина; базіка
not a word! — розм. нічичирк!, ні слова!
2) часто pl мова, розмова; слова3) pl сварка, суперечка, лайка4) зауваження, порада5) тільки sing звістка, повідомленняto receive word of smb.'s coming — одержати звістку про чийсь приїзд
please send me word as soon as possible — будь ласка, повідомте мене якомога швидше
6) тільки sing обіцянка, запевненняtake my word for it — розм. запевняю вас, повірте мені
7) тільки sing наказ, розпорядженняto give the word — (від)дати розпорядження (наказ)
word to be passed! — військ., мор. слухайте всі!
sharp's the word! — поспішайте!, жвавіше!
mum's the word! — тихо!, ні слова про це!
8) пароль, перепустка; гасло9) прислів'я; сентенція, вислів10) чутка, поговірto preach the W. — проповідувати Євангеліє (християнство)
13) друк. слово (умовна одиниця обсягу, = 5 друкованим знакам)14) мат. елемент інформації◊ word stress — словесний наголос
◊ big words — хвастощі
◊ to eat (to swallow) one's words — брати свої слова назад, вибачатися за сказане
◊ fair words — компліменти
◊ the last word in smth. — найновіше досягнення в чомусь
◊ upon my word — даю чесне слово
◊ my word upon it! — слово честі!
2. v1) виражати словами; добирати вислови (вирази); формулювати2) говорити, розмовляти; висловлюватися3) умовляти* * *I n1) словоprimary [simple, vernacular, accessory] word — лiнгв. кореневе [просте, місцеве, службове]слово
to be not the word for it — бути недостатнім для вираження або визначення чого-н.
tactlessness is not the word for it! — "безтактність" - це не те слово /це занадто слабко сказано/!; I am repeating his very /actual/ words я повторюю його власні слова, я дослівно передаю сказане ним
2) pl мова, розмова, словаto have a word with smb — поговорити с ким-н.
to put smth into words, to give words to smth — виразити що-н. словами
to put one's thoughts into words — висказати /сформулювати/ свої думки
to get /to put in a word — вставити слово, втрутитися в розмову
I have no words to express my gratitude — мені не вистачає слів, щоб висловити свою вдячність
a truer word was never spoken s — цілком вірно!; краще не скажеш
"A word to the Reader" — "До читача" ( вступ книги)
3) суперечка, сваркаhigh /hard/ words — розмова на підвищених тонах
they had words, words passed between them — вони посварилися
4) зауваження, порадаa word in [out of]season — своєчасна [непрохана]порада
a word in smb 's ear — натяк
5) тк.; sing вісті; повідомленняto receive word of smb 's coming — отримати новини про чий-н. приїзд
please send me word as soon as possible — будь ласка, повідомте мені як можна швидше
please leave word for me at the office — будь ласка, залиште мені записку в канцелярії
6) тк.; sing обіцянка, завіренняto give one's word — дати слово; обіцяти
to keep [to break]one's word — стримати [порушити]слово
to take smb at his word — повірити кому-н. на слово
take my word for it — запевняю вас, повірте мені
7) рекомендація, порада8) тк.; sing наказword of command — вiйcьк. команда
to give the word, to say the word — віддати наказ /розпорядження, команду/; word to be passed! вiйcьк., мop. слухайте всі!
sharp's the word! — поспішай!, жвавіше!
mum's the word! — тихо!, ні слова про це!
9) пароль, пропуск10) прислів'я, приказка11) чутка, поголоска12) peл. ( the Word) Слово господянє (про Священе писання, про Євангеліє; Word Of God, God's W.); to preach the W. проповідувати євангеліє /християнство/; Слово, бог-слово, Христос ( Eternal Word); ministers of the W. ( християнське) духовенство14) пoлiгp. слово (умовна одиниця об'єму = 5 друкованим знакам)15) обч. слово; код; кодова група; група символів16) бioл. кодове слово ( в генетичному коді)••for word, to a word — дослівно, буквально, слово в слово
by word of mouth — на словах, усно
in a /one/ word — одним словом, короче кажучи
in other words — іншими словами, інакше кажучи
not a word! — ні слова, ні чичирк!
a play on /upon/ words — гра слів, каламбур
upon /on/ my word — ( даю) чесне слово
in the words of... — кажучи словами / по словам/ такого-то...
in so many words — визначено, ясно, недвозначно; прямо, відверто
on /with/ the word — як тільки було сказано; без зволікання; одразу
to hang on smb 's words — ловити чиї-н, слова; уважно прислуховуватися к кого-н.
conduct beyond words — поведінка, що не піддається опису
to eat /to swallow/ one's words — брати свої слова назад; вибачатися за сказане
fair /good/ words — компліменти
fine /fair, soft/ words butter no parsnips, words are but wind — ( гарні) слова нічого не варті
the last word (in smth) — останнє слово, найновітніше досягнення
the last word has not yet been said on this matter — останнє слово з цього приводу ще не сказано, питання ще остаточно не вирішене
not to know the first word about smth — нічого не розуміти в чому-н., не знати азів чого-н.
to suit the action to the word — слідкувати, щоб слово не розходилося з ділом; сказано - зроблено
a word spoken is past recalling — слово - не горобець, вилетить - не піймаєш
II vwords are the wise man's counters and the fool's money — = тільки дурень вірить на слово
виражати словами; підбирати слова, вирази; формулюватиI should rather word it differently — я б сказав це /сформулював/ інакше
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5 _людина; людство
all's for the best in the best of all possible worlds all the word's a stage the human race has improved everything except people it is only an uncivilized world which would worship civilisation man changes often but gets better seldom man is the measure of all things mankind lives on promises men, not gold, make a nation one half of the world does not know how the other half lives there's nowst so queer as folk the world does not grow better by force or by the policeman's club the world is a net: the more we stir in it, the more we are entangled the world is what people make it you cannot please the whole world -
6 _жінка; дружина
all are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives? all women look the same after the sun goes down any woman can keep a secret, but she generally needs one other woman to help her better the devil's than a woman's slave a cat has nine lives; a woman has nine cat's lives a diamond daughter turns to glass as a wife everybody's sweetheart is nobody's wife the fewer the women, the less the trouble the fingers of a housewife do more than a yoke of oxen the first wife is matrimony; the second, company; the third, heresy the grey mare is the better horse the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world handle with care women and glass hanging and wiving goes by destiny happy is the bride that the sun shines on he that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man he who has a fair wife needs more than two eyes hell hath no fury like a woman scorned if it is a secret, don't tell it to a woman it is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well it is a woman's privilege to change her mind it is as great pity to see a woman weep as to see a goose go barefoot ladies don't smoke long hair and short wit the longest five years in a woman's life is between twenty-nine and thirty never choose your woman or your linen by candlelight never praise your wife until you have been married ten years never quarrel with a woman no house was ever big enough for two women no woman is ugly if she is well dressed one tongue is enough for two women the only secret a woman can keep is her age praise from a wife is praise indeed the real housewife is at once a slave and a lady she who is a beauty is half-married she who loves the looking glass hates the saucepan silence is a woman's best garment slander expires at a good woman's door tell a woman and you tell the world ten measures of talk were sent down from heaven, and women took nine there is no fury like a woman's fury there is nothing better than a good woman and nothing worse than a bad one there is one good wife in the country, and every man thinks he has her there's hardly a strife in which a woman has not been a prime mover ugliness is the guardian of women the ugliest woman can look in the mirror and think she is beautiful an undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife when a girl whistles, the angels cry wherever there is a woman, there is gossip a whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men winter weather and women's thoughts change often a wise woman never outsmarts her husband a woman, a cat, and a chimney should never leave the house a woman fights with her tongue a woman knows a bit more than Satan a woman laughs when she can but cries whenever she wishes the woman who obeys her husband rules him a woman's hair is her crowning glory a woman's hair is long, but her tongue is longer a woman's place is in the home a woman's tongue is one that will never wear out a woman's tongue is the only sharp-edged tool that grows keener with constant use women are necessary evils a woman's work is never done women are strong when they arm themselves with their weaknesses women forgive injuries, but never forget slights women would be more charming if one could fall into their arms without falling into their hands a worthy woman is the crown of her husband -
7 _праця; справа та відпочинок
all lay load on the willing horse all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy all work is noble at the workingman's house, hunger looks in but dares not enter a bad shearer never had a good sickle the best fish are near the bottom the best way to get rid of work is to do it better to be idle than badly employed the busiest men have the most leisure business before pleasure business is to grown men what blocks are to children the cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet the cobbler should stick to his last every man to his trade everybody's business is nobody's business fools and bairns should never see half-done work a good horse should be seldom spurred grasp all, lose all he that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities he who does not work, neither shall he eat he that would eat the fruit must climb the tree a hired horse never tires if you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow if you want a thing well done do it yourself if you would have your business done, go; if not, send in doing we learn it is working that makes a workman Jack of all trades is master in none the labourer is worthy of his hire a man can do no more than he can a man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds many hands make work light the more boys that help, the less work they do never do things by halves never send a boy to do a man's job practice makes perfect Rome was not built in a day a short horse is soon curried there are tricks in every trade they must hunger in winter that will not work in summer two of a trade never agree what is a workman without his tools? what is worth doing at all is worth doing well what may be done at any time will be done at no time when pleasure is the business of life, it ceases to be pleasure a wise man without work is a bee without honey a woman's work is never done work is not the curse, but drudgery is work is the only capital that never misses dividends work is work if you're paid to do it, and it's pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it the workman is known by his work you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs you never know what you can do till you tryEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _праця; справа та відпочинок
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8 word
I n1) словоprimary [simple, vernacular, accessory] word — лiнгв. кореневе [просте, місцеве, службове]слово
to be not the word for it — бути недостатнім для вираження або визначення чого-н.
tactlessness is not the word for it! — "безтактність" - це не те слово /це занадто слабко сказано/!; I am repeating his very /actual/ words я повторюю його власні слова, я дослівно передаю сказане ним
2) pl мова, розмова, словаto have a word with smb — поговорити с ким-н.
to put smth into words, to give words to smth — виразити що-н. словами
to put one's thoughts into words — висказати /сформулювати/ свої думки
to get /to put in a word — вставити слово, втрутитися в розмову
I have no words to express my gratitude — мені не вистачає слів, щоб висловити свою вдячність
a truer word was never spoken s — цілком вірно!; краще не скажеш
"A word to the Reader" — "До читача" ( вступ книги)
3) суперечка, сваркаhigh /hard/ words — розмова на підвищених тонах
they had words, words passed between them — вони посварилися
4) зауваження, порадаa word in [out of]season — своєчасна [непрохана]порада
a word in smb 's ear — натяк
5) тк.; sing вісті; повідомленняto receive word of smb 's coming — отримати новини про чий-н. приїзд
please send me word as soon as possible — будь ласка, повідомте мені як можна швидше
please leave word for me at the office — будь ласка, залиште мені записку в канцелярії
6) тк.; sing обіцянка, завіренняto give one's word — дати слово; обіцяти
to keep [to break]one's word — стримати [порушити]слово
to take smb at his word — повірити кому-н. на слово
take my word for it — запевняю вас, повірте мені
7) рекомендація, порада8) тк.; sing наказword of command — вiйcьк. команда
to give the word, to say the word — віддати наказ /розпорядження, команду/; word to be passed! вiйcьк., мop. слухайте всі!
sharp's the word! — поспішай!, жвавіше!
mum's the word! — тихо!, ні слова про це!
9) пароль, пропуск10) прислів'я, приказка11) чутка, поголоска12) peл. ( the Word) Слово господянє (про Священе писання, про Євангеліє; Word Of God, God's W.); to preach the W. проповідувати євангеліє /християнство/; Слово, бог-слово, Христос ( Eternal Word); ministers of the W. ( християнське) духовенство14) пoлiгp. слово (умовна одиниця об'єму = 5 друкованим знакам)15) обч. слово; код; кодова група; група символів16) бioл. кодове слово ( в генетичному коді)••for word, to a word — дослівно, буквально, слово в слово
by word of mouth — на словах, усно
in a /one/ word — одним словом, короче кажучи
in other words — іншими словами, інакше кажучи
not a word! — ні слова, ні чичирк!
a play on /upon/ words — гра слів, каламбур
upon /on/ my word — ( даю) чесне слово
in the words of... — кажучи словами / по словам/ такого-то...
in so many words — визначено, ясно, недвозначно; прямо, відверто
on /with/ the word — як тільки було сказано; без зволікання; одразу
to hang on smb 's words — ловити чиї-н, слова; уважно прислуховуватися к кого-н.
conduct beyond words — поведінка, що не піддається опису
to eat /to swallow/ one's words — брати свої слова назад; вибачатися за сказане
fair /good/ words — компліменти
fine /fair, soft/ words butter no parsnips, words are but wind — ( гарні) слова нічого не варті
the last word (in smth) — останнє слово, найновітніше досягнення
the last word has not yet been said on this matter — останнє слово з цього приводу ще не сказано, питання ще остаточно не вирішене
not to know the first word about smth — нічого не розуміти в чому-н., не знати азів чого-н.
to suit the action to the word — слідкувати, щоб слово не розходилося з ділом; сказано - зроблено
a word spoken is past recalling — слово - не горобець, вилетить - не піймаєш
II vwords are the wise man's counters and the fool's money — = тільки дурень вірить на слово
виражати словами; підбирати слова, вирази; формулюватиI should rather word it differently — я б сказав це /сформулював/ інакше
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9 _помилки; вади; недоліки
blame not others for the faults that are in you every man has his faults a fault confessed is half redressed a fault once denied is twice committed he that talks much errs much he who makes no mistakes, makes nothing homer sometimes nods learn from the mistakes of others an inch breaks no square a miss is as good as a mile mistakes are often the best teachers one man's fault is another man's lesson the one and only serious mistake is to be afraid of making mistakes there's many a mistake made on purpose a spot is most seen on the finest cloth a stumble may prevent a fall we see the faults of others but not our ownEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _помилки; вади; недоліки
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10 _краса і потворність
a beautiful face is a better of recommendation beauty and brains don't mix beauty doesn't make the pot boil beauty draws with a single hair beauty is a fading flower beauty is in the eye of the beholder beauty is one of God's gifts beauty is only skin deep beauty provokes thieves sooner than gold beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance care's beauty's thief the fairest apple hangs on the highest bough the good-looking woman needs no paint handsome is as handsome does no woman is ugly if she is well dressed prettiness dies first a rose becomes more beautiful between two thorns she who is a beauty is half-married there is no beauty like the beauty of the soul the uglier the man, the better the husband ugliness is the guardian of women ugly is to the bone; beauty lasts only a day when the candles are all out, all women are fairEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _краса і потворність
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