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1) General subject: depredate, despoil, forage, pinch, plunder, ransack, reive, reive away, reive from, rob, sac, sack, strip, stuck up, stick up2) Colloquial: pluck3) Obsolete: pick feathers off (кого-л.), spoil, pick feathers off (обчистить, "пощипать", кого-л.)4) Law: bereave, pinch (человека)5) Jargon: blag (фильм "Snatch"), clip, erase, tip over, whack out, yench, phutz, futz, burn, charge, jump, kick over, knock it, knock it off, knock over, nine, open, root, take, take off -
2 пощипать
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3 FEATHER
• Fair feathers make fair fowls - Одежда красит человека (O)• Feather by feather a (the) goose is plucked - По волоску всю бороду выщиплешь (П)• Feather in the hand is better than a bird in the air (A) - Не сули журавля в небе, дай синицу в руки (H)• Fine feathers do not make fine birds - Не одежда красит человека (H)• Fine feathers make fine birds (fowl) - Без хвоста и ворона не красна (Б), Наряди пенек в вешний денек, так и пенек будет паренек (H), Одежда красит человека (O)• You can't get (pick, take) feathers off a toad - Голой овцы не стригут (Г), Как с быком ни биться, а молока от него не добиться (K) -
4 Голой овцы не стригут
You can take nothing from a man who has not got anythingCf: It is very hard to shave an egg (Am., Br.). No man can flay a stone (Am., Br.). No one can give what he hasn't got (Am.). Sue a beggar and get a louse (Br.). Sue a beggar, and you'll get a louse (Am.). You can't draw water from a dry well (Am.). You can't get (pick, take) feathers off a toad (Am.). You can't take the shirt off a naked man (Am.). You go to a goat (an ass) for wool (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Голой овцы не стригут
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5 Как с быком ни биться, а молока от него не добиться
You will not get from a man that of which he has none. See Захотел молочка от бычка (3)Var.: Сколько с быком ни биться, а молока от него не добитьсяCf:A dry well pumps no water (Am.). It is very hard to shave an egg (Am., Br.). No man can flay a stone (Am., Br.). You cannot get (wring) blood (milk, water) from a flint (Br.). You cannot get blood from a stone (Am., Br.). You can't draw water from a dry well (Am.). You can't get (pick, take) feathers off a toad (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Как с быком ни биться, а молока от него не добиться
См. также в других словарях:
Pick — (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to throw.] 1 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pick — pick1 [pik] vt. [ME pykken, var. of picchen, to PITCH2] Weaving to throw (a shuttle) n. 1. one passage or throw of the shuttle of a loom 2. one of the weft threads, or filling yarns pick2 [pik] n. [ … English World dictionary
pick — pick1 pickable, adj. /pik/, v.t. 1. to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience. 2. to seek and find occasion for; provoke: to pick a fight. 3. to attempt to find; seek out: to pick flaws in an argument. 4. to… … Universalium
pick — I [[t]pɪk[/t]] v. t. 1) to choose or select, esp. with care 2) to seek and find occasion for; provoke: to pick a fight[/ex] 3) to attempt to find; seek out: to pick flaws in an argument[/ex] 4) to steal the contents of: to pick a pocket[/ex] 5)… … From formal English to slang
pick — I. /pɪk / (say pik) verb (t) 1. to choose or select carefully. 2. to choose (one s way or steps), as over rough ground or through a crowd. 3. to seek and find occasion for: to pick a quarrel. 4. to seek or find (flaws) in a spirit of fault… …
To pick off — Pick Pick (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To pick a bone with — Pick Pick (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To pick a quarrel — Pick Pick (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To pick a thank — Pick Pick (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To pick at — Pick Pick (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To pick out — Pick Pick (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
