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1 MOUNTAIN
• Friends may meet but mountains never greet - Гора с горой не сходится, а человек с человеком сойдется (Г)• If the mountain will not come (won't go) to Mahomet (Mohammed),• Mahomet (Mohammed) must go to the mountain - Если вода не течет за тобою, иди ты за водою (E), Если гора не идет к Магомету, то Магомет идет к горе (E)• Men may meet but mountains never greet - Гора с горой не сходится, а человек с человеком сойдется (Г)• Men may meet, though mountains cannot - Гора с горой не сходится, а человек с человеком сойдется (Г)• Mohammed has to go to the mountain - the mountain will not come to him - Если вода не течет за тобою, иди ты за водою (E), Если гора не идет к Магомету, то Магомет идет к горе (E)• Mountain in labor brought forth a mouse (A) - Гора родила мышь (Г)• Mountain in labour has brought forth a mouse (The) - Гора родила мышь (Г)• Mountain labored and brought forth a mouse (A) - Гора родила мышь (Г)• Two men may meet, but never two mountains - Гора с горой не сходится, а человек с человеком сойдется (Г) -
2 если гора не идёт к Магомету, то Магомет идёт к горе
Set phrase: if the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain, if the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain, if the mountain won't go to Mahomet, Mohamet must go to the mountain, if the mountain won't go to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain, if the mountain won't go to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountainУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > если гора не идёт к Магомету, то Магомет идёт к горе
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3 если гора не идёт к Магомету, то Магомет идёт к горе
(араб. рассказ о Ходже Насреддине)if the hill (mountain) will not come to Mahomed (Mohammed), Mahomed (Mohammed) will go to the hill (mountain)Дома Кузьму ждал Евгений Николаевич. - Загулялся ты, Кузьма, загулялся. А я сижу и думаю: если гора не идёт к Магомету, Магомет сам идёт к горе. (В. Распутин, Деньги для Марии) — When he got home, Kuzma found Evgeni Nikolayevich waiting for him. 'Well, no one can accuse you of sitting home moping, Kuzma. I've been saying to myself as I sat here, 'If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed will go to the mountain.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > если гора не идёт к Магомету, то Магомет идёт к горе
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4 досл.если гора не пойдет к Магомету, Магомет должен пойти к горе
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > досл.если гора не пойдет к Магомету, Магомет должен пойти к горе
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5 если гора не идёт к Магомету, Магомет идёт к горе
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > если гора не идёт к Магомету, Магомет идёт к горе
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6 Если гора не идет к Магомету, то Магомет идет к горе
the man you need does not come to see you, you must put aside your pride and go and see him. See Если вода не течет за тобою, иди ты за водою (E)Cf: If the mountain will not come (won't go) to Mahomet (Mohammed), Mahomet (Mohammed) must go to the mountain (Am., Br.). Mohammed has to go to the mountain - the mountain will not come to him (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Если гора не идет к Магомету, то Магомет идет к горе
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7 Если вода не течет за тобою, иди ты за водою
See Если гора не идет к Магомету, то Магомет идет к горе (Е)Cf: If the mountain will not come (won't go) to Mahomet (Mohammed), Mahomet (Mohammed) must go to the mountain (Am., Br.). Mohammed has to go to the mountain - the mountain will not come to him (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Если вода не течет за тобою, иди ты за водою
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