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1 протестовать против несправедливости или нечестного поведения
General subject: cry foulУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > протестовать против несправедливости или нечестного поведения
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2 выносить сор из избы
1) General subject: foul one's own nest, tell tales out of school, wash dirty linen in public, wash one's dirty linen in public, tell tale out of school, bring out, air( or wash) one's dirty linen in public2) Set phrase: it is an ill bird that fouls its own nest (дословно: Плоха та птица, которая собственное гнездо пачкает), tell tales out of school (дословно: Разбалтывать за стенами школы), wash one's dirty linen in public (дословно: Стирать свое грязное белье на людях)3) Makarov: cry stinking fish4) Taboo: shit (one's) own nestУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > выносить сор из избы
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3 выносить сор из избы
разг., неодобр.wash one's (the) dirty linen in public; tell (carry) tales out of school; foul one's own nest; cry stinking fishВпрочем, мистер Астлей до того застенчив, стыдлив и молчалив, что на него почти можно понадеяться, - из избы сора не вынесет. (Ф. Достоевский, Игрок) — But Mr. Astley is so shy, so bashful and taciturn, that he can be absolutely relied upon - he is not one to drag private matters into the light of day.
В комнату вошла соседка. Василий с облегчением вздохнул... Всё приняло мирный вид: в семье был неписанный и нерушимый закон - сора из избы не выносить. (Г. Николаева, Жатва) — A woman from next door came in. Vasili felt relieved. Everything wore an air of peace. It was an unwritten and inviolable law in the family never to wash the dirty linen in public.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > выносить сор из избы
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