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1 LEATHER
• /There is/ nothing like leather - Гречневая каша сама себя хвалит (Г), Сам поет, сам слушает, сам и хвалит (C) -
2 всяк свое хвалит
General subject: nothing like leather, there is nothing like leather -
3 нет ничего лучше секса
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > нет ничего лучше секса
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4 Гречневая каша сама себя хвалит
See Всякий купец свой товар хвалит (В), Сам поет, сам слушает, сам и хвалит (С)Cf: Each priest praises his own relics (Br.). Every cook praises his own broth (Am., Br.). Every cook praises his own stew (Am.). /There is/ nothing like leather (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Гречневая каша сама себя хвалит
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5 Сам поет, сам слушает, сам и хвалит
Conceited people are of great opinion of what they do. See Гречневая каша сама себя хвалит (Г)Cf: Every ass likes to hear himself bray (Br.). Every ass loves to hear himself bray (Am.). /There is/ nothing like leather (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Сам поет, сам слушает, сам и хвалит
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6 всяк кулик свое болото хвалит
посл.
every bird thinks his own nest is best
every bird likes its own nest
it is a bad bird that fouls his nest
every cook praises his own broth
there is nothing like leatherДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > всяк кулик свое болото хвалит
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7 всяк кулик своё болото хвалит
посл.lit. every snipe praises its own bog; cf. every bird thinks his own nest best; every bird likes its own nest; it is a bad bird that fouls his nest; every cook praises his own broth; there is nothing like leatherСоня спросила: "Куда же всё-таки поедем?" Он сказал, что всякий кулик своё болото хвалит. Лучше Феодосийского уезда места нету. (Ю. Трифонов, Нетерпение) — Sonya asked, 'Where shall we go?' He said that every bird thinks his own nest best. There was nowhere better than the Feodosia Uyezd.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > всяк кулик своё болото хвалит
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8 боже упаси
боже упаси (сохрани, оборони)разг.1) ( предостережение о недопустимости или нежелательности чего-либо) God (Heaven) forbid; on no account!; perish the thought!; save us!Но, боже сохрани, если кто, даже случайно, проговаривался при ней о могиле, о смерти - она бледнела. (И. Гончаров, Обыкновенная история) — But if, which God forbid! anyone, ever so casually, mentioned the tomb, or death in her presence, she would turn pale.
2) ( выражение решительного отрицания чего-либо предполагаемого) God forbid!, for God's sake!; nothing of the sort!- Николай Николаевич, вы хотите выступить? - спросил Кравцов. - Боже упаси. Это я про себя. Продолжайте, пожалуйста. (И. Грекова, Кафедра) — 'Do you want to speak, Nikolai Nikolayevich?' Kravtsov asked. 'God forbid. I was speaking to myself. Please, continue.'
3) уст. (характеристика силы, интенсивности чего-либо) heavens above!; Heaven save us!; good Lord preserve us!И все, сколько ни было их там, как хмельные, отплясывали какого-то чертовского трепака. Пыль подняли боже упаси какую! (Н. Гоголь, Пропавшая грамота) — And every single one of them was dancing hell for leather, stamping out the trepak like a lot of half-cut Cossacks. Heavens above, you should have seen the dust they kicked up!
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