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1 EYE - WITNESS
• One eye - witness is better than ten hearsays - Лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать (Л)• One eyewitness is better than two hear - so's - Лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать (Л)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > EYE - WITNESS
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2 Лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать
То get a real idea of some thing or event, one has to see or watch it rather than rely on someone else's opinion. See Не верь чужим речам, верь своим очам (H), Не вижу, так и не верю (H)Cf: I'll believe it (that) when I see it (Am., Br.). It is better to trust the eye than the ear (Am., Br.). Never judge before you see (Am.). One eye has more faith than two ears (Am.). One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays (Am., Br.). One eyewitness is better than two hear-so's (Br.). Seeing is believing (Am., Br.). What we see we believe (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать
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3 лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать
лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто (десять) раз услышатьпосл.lit. better see once than hear about it ten times; cf. seeing is believing; words are but wind, but seeing is believing; one eyewitness is better than two hear-so's; the proof of the pudding is in the eating- Вот вы мне и расскажете о происшествии на месте действия... "Лучше один раз увидеть, чем десять раз услышать", - говорили не то греки, не то римляне. (В. Липатов, И это всё о нём) — 'You can tell me about what happened on the scene of the action. 'Better see once than hear about it ten times' - the Greeks said that, or the Romans.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать
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4 лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать
Set phrase: one eyewitness is better than two hear-so's, seeing is believing (it's better to see something once than hear about it a hundred times), seeing once is better than hearing twice, the proof of the pudding is in the eating, words are but wind, but seeing is believing, a picture is worth 1,000 words, a picture paints a thousand wordsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать
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