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1 CRY
• Crying does not pay - Москва слезам не верит (M)• Crying will not mend matters - Москва слезам не верит (M), От слез ничего не прибудет (O), Слезами горю не поможешь b (C)• Don't cry before (till) you are hurt - Не реви раньше смерти (H)• Don't cry over spilled milk - Слезами горю не поможешь a (C), Что о том тужить, чего нельзя воротить (4)• Great cry and (but) little wool - Много слов, а мало дела (M)• It is no good crying over spilt milk - Что о том тужить, чего нельзя воротить (4)• It's the crying baby that gets the milk - Дитя не плачет - мать не разумеет (Д)• Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and you cry alone - В радости сыщут, в горе забудут (B)• Much cry and little wool - Много слов, а мало дела (M)• There is no use crying over spilt milk - Слезами горю не поможешь a (C)• When we laugh, everyone sees; when we cry, no one sees - В радости сыщут, в горе забудут (B), В слезах никто не видит, а в песне всяк слышит (B) -
2 потерянного не воротишь
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3 слезами горю не поможешь
1) General subject: it is no use crying over spilt milk, there's no use crying over spilt milk, there's no use crying spilt milk, there is no use crying over spilt milk2) Set phrase: crying won't help, it is no use crying over spilt (дословно: Над пролитым молоком плакать бесполезно), it's no use crying over spilt milk (tears never help. used to convince a disappointed, distressed, pained person not to take it to heart), there's no use crying over spilt (дословно: Бесполезно проливать слезы над пролитым молоком), things passed cannot be recalled, what is done, cannot be undoneУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > слезами горю не поможешь
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4 сделанного не воротишь
1) General subject: there is no use to cry over spilt milk, there's no use crying over spilt milk, there's no use crying spilt milk2) Set phrase: once away, the arrow won't fly backward, the fat is in the fire (дословно: Жир уже в огне (т.е. дело уже сделано и уже ничем не поможешь)), what is done cannot be undone, what is done cannot be undone (дословно: Что сделано, того не воротишь), what's done cannot be undoneУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > сделанного не воротишь
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5 Слезами горю не поможешь
a) It is по use indulging in sorrow that cannot be helped. See Что о том тужить, чего нельзя воротить (4); b) Tears and complaints are of no help, to find a way out you must act, not cry. See Москва слезам не верит (M)Var.: В слезах горя не утопишь. Плачем горю не поможешьCf:a) Don't cry over spilled milk (Am.). Don't grieve over spilt milk (Am.). Never grieve for what you cannot help (Br.). No weeping for shed milk (Am., Br.). Tears bring nobody back from the grave (Am.). There is no use crying over spilt milk (Br.). What's gone and what's past help should be past grief (Am.)b) Action is worry's worst enemy (Am.). Crying will not mend matters (Br.). A good relief for grief is action (Am.). The only cure for grief is action (Am.). Sorrow will pay no debts (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Слезами горю не поможешь
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6 С-261
СЛЕЗАМИ ГОРЮ HE ПОМОЖЕШЬ (saying) crying and getting upset will not remedy the situation, so cheer up (said in an attempt to raise the spirits of a hurt, disappointed etc person): = crying won't help (get you anywhere, solve anything)(in limited contexts) itfs (therels) no use crying over spilt (spilled) milk. (authors usage) «Не кричи, Натальюшка. Слезой тут не поможешь. Бог даст, живых-здоровых увидим» (Шолохов 5). "Don't cry, Natalya, dearie. Tears won't help God grant we'll see them all again safe and sound" (5a).(author's usage) «Ну что ж! -сказал Чичиков... - Плачем горю не пособить...» И вот решился он сызнова начать карьер (obs = карьеру) (Гоголь 3). "Oh, well!" said Chichikov. *.No use crying over spilt milk...." And so he resolved to begin his career anew. (3b). -
7 слезами горю не поможешь
[saying]=====⇒ crying and getting upset will not remedy the situation, so cheer up (said in an attempt to raise the spirits of a hurt, disappointed etc person):- - crying won't help (get you anywhere, solve anything);- [in limited contexts] iti (therels) no use crying over spilt (spilled) milk.♦ [authors usage] "Не кричи, Натальюшка. Слезой тут не поможешь. Бог даст, живых-здоровых увидим" (Шолохов 5). "Don't cry, Natalya, dearie. Tears won't help God grant we'll see them ail again safe and sound" (5a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > слезами горю не поможешь
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8 по снятым волосам не плачут
посл.cf. it's no use crying over spilt milk; in trouble to be troubled is to have your trouble doubled- По снятым волосам не плачут, - грустно усмехнулся Насимович и вздохнул. (Г. Марков, Сибирь) — 'No use crying over spilt milk,' said Nasimovich smilling ruefully and sighing.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > по снятым волосам не плачут
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9 снявши голову, по волосам не плачут
Set phrase: care is no cure, if you sell the cow, you sell her milk, if you sell the cow, you sell her milk too (дословно: Продаёшь корову-значит продаёшь и её молоко), if you take off your head you don't weep for your hair, it's no use crying over spilled milk (it is too late (and useless) to worry (express regrets, sympathy) when the whole thing is lost or irrevocable steps towards disaster have already been taken), it's no use crying over spilt milk (it is too late (and useless) to worry (express regrets, sympathy) when the whole thing is lost or irrevocable steps towards disaster have already been taken), why cry over hair at all when the head will roll?, big things count, not little onesУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > снявши голову, по волосам не плачут
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10 потерянного не воротишь
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > потерянного не воротишь
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11 снявши голову, по волосам не плачут
снявши (сняв) голову, по волосам не плачут (не тужат)посл.lit. it's no use bewailing the loss of your hair when your head's cut off; once your head's cut off, no sense in crying about your hair; cf. if you sell the cow, you sell her milk too; you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; it's no use crying over spilt milk; care is no cure- Да уж теперь нечего горевать-с, - ввязалась вдруг девица Перепелицына... - Снявши голову, по волосам не плачут-с. Послушали бы маменьку-с, так теперь бы и не плакали-с. (Ф. Достоевский, Село Степанчиково и его обитатели) — 'It's no use grieving now, sir,' Miss Perepelitsyna put in suddenly... 'If you take off your head you don't weep for your hair. You should have listened to your mamma, sir, and you would have had no cause for tears now.'
- Я именно потому не позволяю себе переписки, чтоб не делать девушке ещё большего зла. - Снявши голову, по волосам не тужат! (А. Писемский, Тысяча душ) — 'It is precisely because I do not wish to grieve the girl that I deny myself the pleasure of corresponding with her.' 'Aren't you straining at a gnat after having swallowed a fly?'
- Снявши голову, по волосам не плачут. Сдавши крепость, об условиях капитуляции не говорят. (А. Степанов, Порт-Артур) — 'It's no use bewailing the loss of your hair when your head's cut off. You can't bargain for terms when you have surrendered.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > снявши голову, по волосам не плачут
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12 слезами горю не поможешь
посл.tears never help; tears are of no avail; crying is no help; cf. it's no use crying over spilt milk; in trouble to be troubled is to have your trouble doubled; things passed cannot be recalled; what is done, cannot be undone- И-и, касатка, - говорила она, ложась на сене рядом с Марьей, - слезами горю не поможешь. (А. Чехов, Мужики) — 'Never mind, my heart!' she said, lying on the hay beside Marya. 'Crying is no help.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > слезами горю не поможешь
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13 нет смысла
1) General subject: there is no point in doing (smth.) (делать что-л.), it's no use (+ Герундий), it's no use crying over spilt milk ( нет смысла плакать над пролитым молоком, что сделано, то сделано)2) Colloquial: there is no use...3) Mathematics: it is no use, it is no use (Нет смысла вдаваться во все детали (...)), there is no sense4) Cliche: there is no use (...) (giving her advice) (давать ей совет и т.д.;...)5) Makarov: there is no point -
14 что сделано, то сделано
тж. что сделано, того не переделаешь (не воротишь)посл.what's done cannot be undone; cf. the milk is spilled; there's no use crying over spilt milk- Не люблю я, когда ты так говоришь! - Что ж делать! Любите или не любите, а что сделано, того не переделаешь. (М. Салтыков-Щедрин, Господа Головлёвы) — 'I don't like you talking like that!' 'Well, whether you like it or not, it can't be helped. What's done can't be undone.'
"Как встретит нас мама? - думал Миша. - Ещё, пожалуй, прогонит. Ладно. Что сделано, то сделано". (А. Рыбаков, Кортик) — 'What will Mother say?' Misha wondered. 'Kick us both out, very likely. Can't be helped now. The milk is spilled, as they say.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > что сделано, то сделано
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15 что сделано, того не воротишь
1) General subject: a bargain is a bargainУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > что сделано, того не воротишь
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16 что сделано, того не переделаешь
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > что сделано, того не переделаешь
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17 что с воза упало, то и пропало
Set phrase: any owner has to part with what has fallen from the cart, finders keepers, losers weepers, findings keepings, it's all over and done with, possession is nine points of the law, there is no use crying over spilt milk, what's lost is lost (used to mean: (1) what is lost, is lost for good (2) he who finds a (lost) thing, becomes its owner by the law of possession)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > что с воза упало, то и пропало
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18 что с возу упало, то пропало
1) General subject: what is lost is lost2) Set phrase: any owner has to part with what has fallen from the cart, finders keepers, losers weepers, findings keepings, it's all over and done with (2), possession is nine points of the law, there is no use crying over spilt milk, what's lost is lost (used to mean: (1) what is lost, is lost for good (2) he who finds a (lost) thing, becomes its owner by the law of possession)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > что с возу упало, то пропало
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19 нет смысла плакать над пролитым молоком
Set phrase: it is no use crying over spilt milkУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > нет смысла плакать над пролитым молоком
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20 воз
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