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1 в ногах правды нет
1) Set phrase: it is as cheap sitting as standing, no sense in standing when you can sit, take the load off your feet (the saying means: "no good standing around." said usually after the words: "sit down please"), take the weight off your feet (the saying means: "no good standing around." said usually after the words: "sit down please")2) Saying: take a load off your feetУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > в ногах правды нет
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2 В ногах правды нет
Do not keep standing, do sit downCf: It's as cheap sitting as standing (Am., Br.). Take the load off your feet (Am.). Take the weight off your feet (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > В ногах правды нет
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3 в ногах правды нет
погов.lit. there is no sense (no virtue) in standing; sit down, take the weight (the load) off your feet; cf. it is as cheap sitting as standing- А-а, красный свет пожаловал, - насмешливо протянул Куделин... - Здорово, председатель, садись... Садись, садись, в ногах правды нету. (П. Проскурин, Судьба) — 'Look who's here, the red match-maker in person, come to visit us,' Kudelin said facetiously... 'Good day to you, chairman, sit down... Sit down, sit down, 'tis no virtue in standing.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > в ногах правды нет
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4 FOOT
• Always put your best foot for - ward - Товар лицом кажут (T)• Better a bare foot than none at all - Лучше хоть что-нибудь, чем ничего (Л)• Cool mouth and warm feet live long (A) - Держи голову в холоде, живот в голоде, а ноги в тепле (Д)• Feet are slow when the head wears snow (The) - Годы хребет горбят (Г), Старость не радость (C), Старость приходит не с радостью, а со слабостью (C)• Foot at rest meets nothing (The) - Под лежачий камень вода не течет (П)• Going foot always gets something, if it is only a thorn (A) - Волка ноги кормят (B)• Keep the bowels open, the head cool, and the feet warm and a fig for the doctors - Держи голову в холоде, живот в голоде, а ноги в тепле (Д)• Little wit in the head makes much work for the feet - Дураку семь верст не крюк (Д), За дурной головой и ногам непокой (3)• My silly head will never save my feet - За дурной головой и ногам непокой (3)• One foot is better than two crutches - Лучше хоть что-нибудь, чем ничего (Л)• Put your best foot forward - Товар лицом кажут (T)• Six feet under makes all men equal - У смерти все равны (У)• Stand on your own two feet - Всяк за себя (B)• Start off with the best foot - Товар лицом кажут (T)• Take the load (the weight) off your feet - В ногах правды нет (B)• What you haven't got in your head, you have in your feet - За дурной головой и ногам непокой (3)• Where the will is ready, the feet are light - Где мило, семь верст не криво (Г)• Willing heart carries a weary pair of feet a long way (A) - Где мило, семь верст не криво (Г)• Willing mind makes a light foot (А) - Где мило, семь верст не криво (Г)• Witless head makes weary feet (A) - За дурной головой и ногам непокой (3) -
5 ноги
2) Naval: skiff3) Colloquial: locomotives, pins, plates, underpinnings4) American: dogs5) Jocular: landing gear, stumps, understandings6) Australian slang: shanks's pony7) Rude: skiffs9) Jargon: benders, hinders, limbs (особенно красивые женские ноги), pads, props, stems (особенно ноги внешне привлекательной женщины), stilts, subs, tootsies, trilbies, tugboats, bacons (Lovely set of bacons.), crunchers (My cruncher are sore from all this walking. Мои ноги болят от всей этой ходьбы.), pegs (Sit down and take a load off your pegs.), gam, hounds, mud hooks, pups, shafts, sticks, wheelers11) Dog breeding: feet
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