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1 ROPE
• Give a fool (a man, a thief, him) rope enough and he'll hang himself - Дай глупому лошадь, он на ней и к черту уедет (Д), Заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет (3)• If you don't touch the rope, you won't ring the bell - Под лежачий камень вода не течет (П)• Name not a rope in his house that hanged himself (that was hanged) - В доме повешенного не говорят о веревке (B), Не говори с косым о кривом (H)• Never talk of a rope in the house of a man who has been hanged - В доме повешенного не говорят о веревке (B), Не говори с косым о кривом (H) -
2 в доме повешенного о верёвке не говорят
1) General subject: name not a rope in the house of him that hanged himself2) Set phrase: name not a rope in his house that was hangedУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > в доме повешенного о верёвке не говорят
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3 в доме повешенного о верёвке не говорят
посл. (фр. on ne parle pas de corde dans la maison d'un pendu)name not a halter in his house that was hanged; name not the rope in the house of him that hanged himselfРусско-английский фразеологический словарь > в доме повешенного о верёвке не говорят
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4 в доме повешенного не говорят о верёвке
Set phrase: let sleeping dogs lie (name not a rope (or halter) in his house that hanged himself (or was hanged)), name not a rope in his house that hanged himselfУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > в доме повешенного не говорят о верёвке
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5 В доме повешенного не говорят о веревке
In his presence you must not mention such things that remind the man of his weak points, drawbacks, etc. See Не говори с косым о кривом (H)Cf: It's ill halting before a cripple (Am.). Name not a halter (a rope) in his house that hanged himself (that was hanged) (Br.). Never talk of rope in the house of a man who has been hanged (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > В доме повешенного не говорят о веревке
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6 Не говори с косым о кривом
See В доме повешенного не говорят о веревке (В)Var.: С кривым о косом не беседуютCf: It's ill halting before a cripple (Am.). Name not a halter (a rope) in his house that hanged himself (that was hanged) (Br.). Never talk of rope in the house of a man who has been hanged (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Не говори с косым о кривом
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