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General subject: old wives' fable, old wives' story, old wives' tale, old wives' tales -
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только мн.; разг.
old wives' tale ед., cock-and-bull story ед., yarn ед.* * ** * *только old wives' tale ед.* * *fictionsflamsfudgestale -
3 россказни
мн. разг.old wives' tale sg., cock-an-bull story sg., yarn sg. -
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мн. разг.old wives' tale sg, cock-an-bull story sg, yarn sgэ́то всё ро́ссказни — it is an old wives' tale
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5 бабьи сказки
General subject: an old wives' tale, old wive's fables, old wives' tales, old women's fables -
6 бабушкины сказки
General subject: old wives' tale, old wives' tales -
7 бабьи сказки
1. old wives tale2. old wives' tales -
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1) General subject: an old wives' tale, cock-and-bull story, fishy story, fishy tale, unlikely tale2) Jargon: scuttle-butt, tall story3) Makarov: improbable storyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > неправдоподобная история
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General subject: old wives' tale -
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мн разгtales; cock and bull story coll sg; old wives’ tale sg -
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ж.1) ( жанр повествования) taleволше́бная ска́зка — fairy tale
наро́дные ска́зки — popular tales, folktales
расска́зывать ска́зки — tell stories / tales
2) в знач. сказ. (что-л необыкновенное, поразительное) a dreamэ́то был не дом, а ска́зка — the house was a dream; it was a dream house
3) (обман, выдумка) lie, tall taleэ́то всё ска́зки! — don't tell me tales!; tell it to the marines! идиом.
••ска́зка про бе́лого бычка́ — ≈ the same old story
ска́зки для дурако́в — ≈ muck for mugs
ба́бьи ска́зки презр. — old wives' tales
ни в ска́зке сказа́ть, ни перо́м описа́ть — more than words can tell
сде́лать ска́зку бы́лью — make a dream come true
жить как в ска́зке — live in a dream come true; live in a paradise
ско́ро ска́зка ска́зывается, да не ско́ро де́ло де́лается погов. — things are sooner said than done
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baize, (thick) flannelette
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(выдумка) fairy-tale, fable; мн. тж. old wives' tales* * *baize, flannelette* * *fablefairytale -
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I жен.; текст.baize, (thick) flanneletteII жен.( выдумка) fairy-tale, fable; мн. ч. тж. old wives' tales -
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