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1 с паршивой овцы хоть шерсти клок
Set phrase: a tuft of hair from a mangy mare!, even a bad sheep gives a bit of wool, half a loaf is better than no bread, you can have no more of a cat but her skin (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him), you can have no more of a cat than her skin (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him), everything is good for somethingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > с паршивой овцы хоть шерсти клок
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2 и на том спасибо
1) General subject: and thank goodness for that, let us be thankful for small mercies, that's something at least, we must be thankful for small mercies, thank you just the same2) Ironical: thanks for nothing -
3 с лихой собаки хоть шерсти клок
Set phrase: a tuft of hair from a mangy mare!, even a bad sheep gives a bit of wool, half a loaf is better than no bread, you can have no more of a cat but her skin (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him), you can have no more of a cat than her skin (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > с лихой собаки хоть шерсти клок
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4 с паршивой собаки хоть шерсти клок
Set phrase: a tuft of hair from a mangy mare!, even a bad sheep gives a bit of wool, half a loaf is better than no bread, you can have no more of a cat but her skin (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him), you can have no more of a cat than her skin (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > с паршивой собаки хоть шерсти клок
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5 малый
1.1. прил. smallмалый ростом — short, of small stature, below middle height
малые формы театр. — variety entertainments
театр малых форм — variety show, vaudeville
малая скорость ж.-д. — low speed
малый ход мор. — slow speed
2. как сущ. с. the littleдовольствоваться малым — be thankful for small mercies, be grateful for small favours
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без мала, без малого — almost, all but2. м. скл. как прил. разг.мал золотник, да дорог погов. — little bodies may have great souls
fellow, boy, lad; guy амер.славный малый — nice fellow / chap
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6 малое
с. скл. как прил.са́мое ма́лое — the least
дово́льствоваться ма́лым — be thankful for small mercies; be grateful for small favours
де́ло за ма́лым — there's only one (little) thing left
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7 и на том спасибо
тж. спасибо и на этомразг.let us be thankful for small mercies; and thank goodness for that; it's something at leastРусско-английский фразеологический словарь > и на том спасибо
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8 и то хлеб
разг.it's better than nothing; it's something at least; let's be thankful for small mercies; one should make the best of what there isЛичность способна научиться читать - прекрасно, пусть учится; она проявляет наклонности к спорту - тоже неплохо; она никаких наклонностей не проявляет, и то хлеб для педагога. (А. Макаренко, Статьи и выступления) — A certain pupil is capable to master reading easily - all right, let him go ahead; another pupil has an inclination for sports - it is not bad either; even if a pupil has no abilities at all, the teacher should make the best of what there is.
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9 всякое даяние есть благо
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > всякое даяние есть благо
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10 всякое деяние есть благо
General subject: one must be thankful for small merciesУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > всякое деяние есть благо
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11 довольный малым
General subject: thankful for small mercies -
12 радоваться маленьким радостям жизни
General subject: be thankful for small merciesУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > радоваться маленьким радостям жизни
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13 спасибо и на этом
См. также в других словарях:
be thankful for small mercies — be grateful/thankful for small mercies if someone should be grateful for small mercies, they should feel grateful that something good has happened, although it is not everything that they wanted. They ve agreed to end the meeting half an hour… … New idioms dictionary
(be) thankful for small mercies — be grateful/thankful for small ˈmercies idiom to be happy that a situation that is bad is not as bad as it could have been • Well, at least you weren t hurt. I suppose we should be grateful for small mercies. Main entry: ↑smallidiom … Useful english dictionary
be thankful for small mercies — be thankful/grateful/for small mercies phrase used to say that you should be grateful for something good that has happened because it is one of the few good things in a bad situation Thesaurus: grateful and gratitudesynonym Main entry: mercy … Useful english dictionary
be grateful for small mercies — be grateful/thankful for small mercies if someone should be grateful for small mercies, they should feel grateful that something good has happened, although it is not everything that they wanted. They ve agreed to end the meeting half an hour… … New idioms dictionary
(be) grateful for small mercies — be grateful/thankful for small ˈmercies idiom to be happy that a situation that is bad is not as bad as it could have been • Well, at least you weren t hurt. I suppose we should be grateful for small mercies. Main entry: ↑smallidiom … Useful english dictionary
be grateful for small mercies — be thankful/grateful/for small mercies phrase used to say that you should be grateful for something good that has happened because it is one of the few good things in a bad situation Thesaurus: grateful and gratitudesynonym Main entry: mercy … Useful english dictionary
small — small1 W1S1 [smo:l US smo:l] adj comparative smaller superlative smallest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(size)¦ 2¦(not important)¦ 3 no small degree/achievement/task etc 4¦(young)¦ 5 small business/firm/farmer etc 6¦(letter)¦ 7 conservative with a small c /democrat… … Dictionary of contemporary English
thankful — thank|ful [ˈθæŋkfəl] adj [not before noun] [: Old English; Origin: thancful, from thanc; THANKS2] grateful and glad about something that has happened, especially because without it the situation would be much worse thankful for ▪ I ll be thankful … Dictionary of contemporary English
thankful — adjective (not before noun) grateful and glad about something that has happened, especially because without it the situation would be much worse (+ for): I ll be thankful for a good night s sleep after the week I ve had. | thankful (that): You… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
mercy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ divine, infinite ▪ God s infinite mercy ▪ great ▪ tender ▪ I left him to the tender mercies of his mother … Collocations dictionary
mercy — [[t]mɜ͟ː(r)si[/t]] mercies 1) N UNCOUNT If someone in authority shows mercy, they choose not to harm someone they have power over, or they forgive someone they have the right to punish. Neither side took prisoners or showed any mercy... They… … English dictionary