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1 CAVIAR(E)
• It is caviar (e) to the general - Не в коня корм (H) -
2 Не в коня корм
This man can not appreciate or is unworthy of what is done for him. See Не мечи бисер перед свиньями (H)Cf: Don't cast pearls before swine (Am., Br.). Honey is not for the ass's mouth (Br.). It is caviar (caviare) to the general (Br.). That's money down the drain (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Не в коня корм
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3 конь
м.1. horse; steed поэт.боевой конь — war-horse, charger
по коням! ( команда) — mount!
2. шахм. knight3. спорт. vaulting horseконь в ширину — pommelled horse, side horse
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4 не в коня корм
разг. it is caviar(e) to the general -
5 слишком тонкое блюдо для грубого вкуса
General subject: caviar to the general, caviare to general, caviare to the generalУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > слишком тонкое блюдо для грубого вкуса
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6 метать бисер перед свиньями
1) General subject: caviare to general, caviare to the general, cast one's pearls before swineУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > метать бисер перед свиньями
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7 икра для простонародья
1) General subject: caviare to general, caviare to the general2) Makarov: caviar to the generalУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > икра для простонародья
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8 конь
м.1) ( лошадь) horse; steed поэт.боево́й конь — warhorse, charger
2) шахм. knight••на коне́ (в выигрышном положении) — high, in the saddle
не в коня́ корм разг. — it's wasted on him; ≈ it is (like) caviar to the general книжн.
дарёному коню́ в зу́бы не смо́трят посл. — one shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth
(ещё) конь не валя́лся прост. неодобр. — ≈ and not a bone in the truck
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9 не в коня корм
разг.wasted effort; cf. it is caviar to the general
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