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1 по одёжке протягивай ножки
1) General subject: you must cut your coat according to your cloth2) Set phrase: cut the coat according to the (or your) cloth (one has to keep within one's means and use what is available (I.e., adapt oneself to circumstances)), cut your coat according to the (or your) cloth (one has to keep within one's means and use what is available (I.e., adapt oneself to circumstances)), lay your game to your winning, put your hand no further than your sleeve will reach, stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach, stretch your legs according to your coverletУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > по одёжке протягивай ножки
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2 по одежке протягивай ножки
1) General subject: you must cut your coat according to your cloth2) Set phrase: cut the coat according to the (or your) cloth (one has to keep within one's means and use what is available (I.e., adapt oneself to circumstances)), cut your coat according to the (or your) cloth (one has to keep within one's means and use what is available (I.e., adapt oneself to circumstances)), lay your game to your winning, put your hand no further than your sleeve will reach, stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach, stretch your legs according to your coverletУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > по одежке протягивай ножки
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3 по одёжке протягивай ножки
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to put your hand no further than your sleeve will reach
to stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reachДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > по одёжке протягивай ножки
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ПО ОДЁЖКЕ ПРОТЯГИВАЙ НОЖКИ (saying) live according to your means, in keeping with your income: - cut your coat according to your cloth cut your coat to fit your cloth put your hand no further than your sleeve will reach.«Где же я денег возьму? Ты знаешь, я в законный брак вступаю: две семьи содержать не могу, а вы с барином-то по одежке протягивайте ножки» (Гончаров 1). "Where am I to get the money from? You know I am going to be married. I can't provide for two families, and you and your gentleman had better cut your coat according to your cloth" (1a). "Where do you think I can get the money? You know I'm getting married: I can't keep two families, so you and your fine gentleman must cut your coat to fit your cloth" (1b). -
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[saying]=====⇒ live according to your means, in keeping with your income:- put your hand no further than your sleeve will reach.♦ "Где же я денег возьму? Ты знаешь, я в законный брак вступаю: две семьи содержать не могу, а вы с барином-то по одежке протягивайте ножки" (Гончаров 1). "Where am I to get the money from? You know I am going to be married. I can't provide for two families, and you and your gentleman had better cut your coat according to your cloth" (1a). "Where do you think I can get the money? You know I'm getting married: I can't keep two families, so you and your fine gentleman must cut your coat to fit your cloth" (1b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > по одежке протягивай ножки
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посл.cut the (your) coat according to the (your) cloth; stretch your legs according to the (your) coverlet; cf. put your hand (stretch your arm) no further than your sleeve will reach- А они-то обе, невеста и мать, мужичка подряжают, в телеге, рогожею крытой (я ведь так езжал)! Ничего! Только ведь девяносто вёрст "а там преблагополучно прокатимся в третьем классе", вёрст тысячу. И благоразумно: по одёжке протягивай ножки... (Ф. Достоевский, Преступление и наказание) — 'But his bride and her mother are to drive in a peasant's cart covered with sacking (I know, I have been driven in it). No matter! It is only ninety versts and then can 'travel very comfortably, third class', for a thousand versts! Quite right, too. One must cut one's coat according to one's cloth...'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > по одёжке протягивай ножки
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