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1 HARE
• Don't run with the hound and hold on to the hare - Двум господам не служат (Д)• Even hares insult a dead lion - Плохого волка и телята лижут (П), Подстреленного сокола и ворона носом долбит (П)• First catch your hare - Медведя не убив, шкуры не продавай (M), Цыплят по осени считают (Ц)• First catch your hare before you skin it - Медведя не убив, шкуры не продавай (M)• First catch your hare, then cook him (it) - Цыплят по осени считают (C)• Hares can gambol over the body of a dead lion - Плохого волка и телята лижут (П)• Hares may pluck (pull) dead lions by the beard - Мертвого льва и собаки лижут (M), Плохого волка и телята лижут (П)• He who chases two hares catches neither - За двумя зайцами погонишься, ни одного не поймаешь (3)• He who hunts two hares leaves one and loves the other - За двумя зайцами погонишься, ни одного не поймаешь (3)• If you run after two hares, you will catch neither - За двумя зайцами погонишься, ни одного не поймаешь (3)• Lions in peace, hares in war - Всякий трус о храбрости беседует (B)• Timid hare dares to pluck the dead lion by the beard (The) - Мертвого льва и собаки лижут (M), Плохого волка и телята лижут (П), Подстреленного сокола и ворона носом долбит (П)• You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds - Двум господам не служат (Д) -
2 служить и нашим и вашим
1) General subject: have a foot in both camps, run with the hare and runt with hounds2) American: to be on both sides of the fence3) Military: be on both sides of the fenceУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > служить и нашим и вашим
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3 вести двойную игру
1) General subject: go in for double dealing, play a double game, play double, straddle, two time, two-time (с кем-л.), play fast and loose2) Jargon: two-time (особенно изменять в сердечных делах), cross3) Set phrase: hold with the hare and run with the hounds, run with the hare and hunt with the hounds4) Makarov: deal doubly, engage in double dealing5) Idiomatic expression: wear another hatУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > вести двойную игру
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4 и волки сыты, и овцы целы
погов.lit. want the wolves to be fed and the sheep to be safe; cf. hold with the hare and run with the hounds; eat one's cake and have itСоглашатель.
...Послушайте! / Я не могу! / Я думал, потоп по Каутскому будет. / И волки сыты, и овцы целы. / А теперь - убивают друг друга люди. (В. Маяковский, Мистерия-буфф) — Compromiser:...Just listen, please! / This is beyond my powers! / I thought the flood would be / Like that foretold by Kautsky's pen, / With well-fed wolves / And unhurt lambs / But now - / Men slay their brother men.-...весь их план не согласуется с планом севооборотов. Но они этим не обеспокоились! Они нашли выход! Они народ дошлый! Они к плану приложили выписку из приказа, где настрого запрещают нарушать севообороты. И волки сыты, и овцы целы! Ловкачи! (Г. Николаева, Жатва) — '...the whole of their plan doesn't fit in with the rotation plan. But they should worry! They've found a way out! A smart lot! They attached to the plan a copy of the order strictly prohibiting the infringement of crop rotation. That's called holding with the hare and running with the hounds! Smart fellows!'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > и волки сыты, и овцы целы
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5 Двум господам не служат
You cannot render your assistance to two people at the same time. See Между двумя стульями не усидишь (M)Cf: Between two stools one falls (goes) to the ground (Br.). Between two stools we come to the ground (Am.). Don't embark on two boats, for you'll be split and thrown on your back (Am.). Don't run with the hound and hold on to the hare (Am.). If you try to sit on two chairs, you'll sit on the floor (Am.). No man can serve two masters (Am., Br.). You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Двум господам не служат
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