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1 they who play bowls must expect to meet with rubbers
посл.(they who play bowls (или those play at bowls) must expect to meet with rubbers)≈ взявшись за гуж, не говори, что не дюж; назвался груздём - полезай в кузов‘And how if it fails?’ said Darsie. ‘Thereafter as it may be,’ said Nixon: ‘They who play at bowls must meet with rubbers.’ (W. Scott, ‘Redgauntlet’, ch. XIX) — - А что, если это дело провалится? - спросил Дарси. - А это мы посмотрим, - сказал Никсон. - Взявшись за гуж, не говори, что не дюж.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > they who play bowls must expect to meet with rubbers
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2 they who play bowls must expect to meet with rubbers
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > they who play bowls must expect to meet with rubbers
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4 in for a penny, in for a pound
syn: as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lambthey who play bowls ( або those who pay at bowls) must expect to meet with rubbers≅ обізвався грибом, то лізь у борщ коли взявся за гуж, не кажи, що не дуж не дуж — не берися за гужEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > in for a penny, in for a pound
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Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary