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1) General subject: buccaneer, cateran, filibuster, freebooter, gentleman of fortune, picaroon, pirate, rapparee, rover, sea reaver, sea-cock, sea-robber, sea-rover, water rat2) Naval: sea robber, sea thief3) Dialect: mundic4) History: corsair, old sea dog, sea dog -
2 Вскорми ворона - он тебе глаза выклюет
you are kind to an ungrateful man, he will return evil for good. See Выкормил змейку на свою шейку (B), За мое же добро да мне же поломали ребро (3), Не вспоя, не вскормя, ворога не наживешь (H), У Фили были, у Фили пили, да Филю ж побили (У)Var.: Вскорми ворона - он тебе очи выклюетCf: Breed up a crow and he will peck out your eyes (Br.). Bring up a raven, he will pick out your eyes (Br.). No good deed goes unpunished (Am.). Save a stranger from the sea, and he'll turn your enemy (Br.). Save a thief from the gallows, and he'll be the first to cut your throat (Am.). Save a thief from the gallows, and he'll cut your throat (and he will hate you) (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Вскорми ворона - он тебе глаза выклюет
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3 Мужик тонул - топор обещал, вытащили - топорища жаль
When in danger, people may have good intentions, but once out of it, they forget about themVar.: Когда тонул - топор сулил, а когда вытащили - топорища не далCf: Danger makes men devout (Br.). Danger past and God forgotten (Br.). Danger past, God is forgotten (Am.). The devil was sick, the devil a monk (a saint) would be; the devil was well, the devil of a monk (a saint) was he (Br.). Once on the shore, we pray no more (Am., Br.). The river past, and God forgotten (Am.). A vow made in the storm is forgotten in the calm (Am.). Vows made in storms are forgotten in the calms (Br.). When it thunders, the thief becomes honest (Am., Br.). When the devil was sick, a monk was he; when the devil was well, the devil of a monk was he (Am.). When the sea is crossed, the saint is generally forgotten (Am.). When the voyage is over, the saint is forgotten (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Мужик тонул - топор обещал, вытащили - топорища жаль
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