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1 the cobbler must stick to his last
посл.(the cobbler must (или should) stick to his last (тж. let the cobbler stick to his last или let not the cobbler go beyond his last))≈ всяк сверчок знай свой шесток (ср. суди, дружок, не выше сапога. А. С. Пушкин) [этим. лат. ne sutor supra (или ultra) crepidam (слово judicet опускается) пусть сапожник судит не выше сандалии]; см. тж. stick to one's last‘Let me have that winch!’ he cried ‘Steady!’ the boy said. ‘Mustn't draw her back too fast... Best let us. Every cobbler to his last, what?’ (W. Faulkner, ‘Collected Short Stories’, ‘Turnabout’) — - Я возьмусь за эту лебедку, - крикнул Богард. - Потише, - сказал другой парень. - Не надо ее так быстро тянуть назад... Давай-ка лучше мы сами. Нам это привычнее.
In this, as in most other cases, the proverb was a wise one which bids the cobbler stick to his last. (P. Selver, ‘English Phraseology’) — В этом случае, как и во многих других, лучше было бы следовать мудрой пословице "всяк сверчок знай свой шесток"
Large English-Russian phrasebook > the cobbler must stick to his last
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2 the cobbler must stick to his last
Пословица: всяк сверчок знай свой шесток (said to or about him who should mind his own business and not intend to act beyond the limits of his influence, responsibilities, functions), знай, сверчок, свой шесток (said to or about him who should mind his own business and not intend to act beyond the limits of his influence, responsibilities, functions)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the cobbler must stick to his last
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3 cobbler
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4 stick to one's last
заниматься своим делом, не вмешиваться в дела, в которых не разбираешься [происходит от пословицы the cobbler must или should stick to his last; см. the cobbler must stick to his last]Conrad had always a great regard for... workmen who stuck to their last and did their own jobs well. (J. Galsworhy, ‘Castles in Spain’, ‘Reminiscences of Conrad’) — Конрад всегда относился с большим уважением к... рабочим, которые занимаются своим делом и хорошо с ним справляются.
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5 stick to one's last
зaнимaтьcя cвoим дeлoм, нe вмeшивaтьcя в дeлa, в кoтopыx нe paзбиpaeшьcя [пpoиcxoдит oт пocлoвицы the cobbler must или should stick to his last вcяк cвepчoк знaй cвoй шecтoк]Conrad had always a great regard for... workmen who stuck to their last and did their own job well (J. Galsworthy)
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