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101 HEAD
• Better be the head of a dog (a fox, a lizard, a mouse) than the tail of a lion - Лучше быть головой собаки, чем хвостом льва (Л)• Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse - Лучше быть головой собаки, чем хвостом льва (Л)• Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry - Лучше быть первым в деревне, чем последним в городе (Л)• Big head and little wit (/A/) - Большой, да дурной (Б), Велика Федора, да дура (B), Голова что чан, а ума ни на капустный кочан (Г), Лоб что лопата, а ума небогато (Л), Ростом с Ивана, а умом с болвана (P)• Big head, little sense - Большой, да дурной (Б), Голова что чан, а ума ни на капустный кочан (Г)• Good head does not want a hat (A) - Была бы голова здорова, а на голове шапка будет (B)• Hat will never be worn without a head (A) - Была бы голова здорова, а на голове шапка будет (B)• Heads I win, tails you lose - Мое - мое и твое - мое (M)• Heaviest head of corn hangs its head lowest (The) - Пустой колос голову кверху носит (П)• I'll stick my head out - Где наше не пропадало (Г), Чем черт не шутит b (4)• 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)• Keep your head up! - Выше нос! (B)• Many heads are better than one - Одна голова хорошо, а две лучше (O)• Mickle (Muckle) head, little wit - Большой, да дурной (B), Голова что чан, а ума ни на капустный кочан (Г)• Small head, big ideas - Мал, да удал (M), Мал золотник, да дорог (M)• So many heads, so many wits - Сколько голов, столько и умов (C)• There's no head like an old head - Старый волк знает толк (C)• Two heads are better than one - Одна голова хорошо, а две лучше (O), Ум - хорошо, а два - лучше (У)• Use your head for something besides a hat rack - Голова не колышек, не шапку на нее вешать (Г)• When the head aches, all the body is the worse - Артель атаманом крепка (A)• Who has a head will not want a hat - Была бы голова здорова, а на голове шапка будет (Б) -
102 краще
better; better and betterкраще вам? — are you ( any) better now?
тим краще — all the better, so much the better
якомога краще — to the best of one's ability, as well as can be
брати все краще — to take the best; амер. to eat the ginger
краще менше та ліпше — less, but better
краще пізно, ніж ніколи — better late than never
на все краще! — all the very best!, goodbye!
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103 Лучше поздно, чем никогда
One had done what he had to or came extremely late. (This is an apology for one's own being late in coming or doing something, or an excuse for someone else's similar conduct.)Cf: All behind - like a fat woman (Am.). Better come late to church than never (Am.). Better late than never (Am., Br.). Better late than not at all (Am.). It is not lost that comes at last (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Лучше поздно, чем никогда
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104 batna
* * *(að), v.1) to improve, get better;2) impers., e-m batnar, one recovers (after sickness); the disease is added in gen. (e-m batnar síns meins, sjúkleika).* * *að, [v. bati; Ulf. gabatnan], to improve, get better, Nj. 52, Grág. i. 206.2. impers. medic. term; e-m batnar, one recovers, Fms. iv. 369, v. 22; the disease is added in gen., e-m b. síns meins, sjúkleika, sóttar, Bs. i. 343, Hkr. ii. 312, Eb. 280: at present also with nom.: proverb, batnanda manni er bezt að lifa. -
105 BETRI
* * *a. compar., better;þeim þótti betra at, they thought it better to.* * *betra, compar., and BEZTR, baztr, batztr, the superl. to ‘góðr,’ which serves as the posit.:—in the compar. the primitive a becomes e; thus old poets of the beginning of the 11th century, as Sighvat, rhyme betri—setrs; the old form batri however occurs, 655 xx. 4: in the superl. the a was kept till the end of the 12th century. Sighvat rhymes, last—bazti; old vellum MSS. now and then still spell with a (bazt, baztr …), Glúm. 371, Heið. S. Ísl. ii. 324, Grág. ii. 165, 252, Fms. xi. 214, 220, Hm. 13, 26, 47, Hkv. Hjörv. 39, Lb. 12, Pd. 11, Ýt. 27, 625. 42, Fms. x. (Ágrip) 418; baþztra (baztra), gen. pl., 398, 401 (but betþt, 385); bazta (acc.), Eluc. 36: sing. fem. and neut. pl. bözt, with a changed vowel, bözt heill, n. pl., Skv. 2. 19; böztu (böþtu), pl., Fms. x. 401, 403, 415: it is spelt with z, tz (in Ágrip even þt), or zt, in mod. spelling often s, as in mod. Engl., and pronounced at present as an s, [Goth. batizo, superl. batisto; A. S. batra and betsta, besta; Engl. better and best; Germ. besser and beste]:—better, best; meira ok betra, Nj. 45, 193; betri, Dipl. v. 18; beztr kostr, Nj. 1, Eg. 25; beztr bóndi, Ld. 22.β. kind, friendly towards one; with dat., er honum hafði baztr verit, 625. 42; er mér hefir beztr verit, Fms. vii. 274: er þér fyrir því bezt …, it is best for thee, thou doest best to accept it, Nj. 225; því at þinn hlutr má eigi verða betri en góðr, 256; betra byr ok blíðara, 625. 4: with gen., meðan bezt er sumars, during the best part of the summer, Sks. 29, etc. etc., v. góðr. -
106 ASK
• Better ask than lose your way - Дороги не ищут, а спрашивают (Д)• Better ask twice than lose yourself once - Дороги не ищут, а спрашивают (Д)• Better to ask than go astray - Дороги не ищут, а спрашивают (Д)• Don't ask me - Один Бог знает (O)• He that cannot ask, cannot live - Стыдливый из-за стола голодный встает (C)• It costs nothing to ask - За спрос денег не берут (3)• It is better to ask twice than to go wrong once - Дороги не ищут, а спрашивают (Д)• It never hurts to ask - За спрос денег не берут (3)• Lose nothing for asking - За спрос денег не берут (3)• No one can ask for more than your best - На нет и суда нет (H)• Nothing is lost for asking - Запрос в карман не лезет (3), За спрос денег не берут (3), Спрос не беда (C)• There is no harm in asking - Запрос в карман не лезет (3), За спрос денег не берут (3)Д985 (С) -
107 EINN
* * *card. numb. and pron.1) one;einn skal við einn eiga, one shall fight against one;einn ok einn, one by one, one at a time, singly;2) as ord. numb. = inn fyrsti (Urð hétu eina, aðra Verðandi, Skuld ina þriðju);3) the same, one and the same (váru sveinarnir up fœddir báðir í einu þorpi);allt í eina leið, all in one way;einn … ok, the same as (í einu herbergi ok hinn);allr einn, the very same, quite the same (þat er allt eitt ok himinn);allt at einu, nevertheless, for all that (þó at þú þjónaðir illum, þó var hann allt at einu þinn herra);4) indef. one, a certain (einn vetr, einn dag, eitt kveld);einn vinr Þóris, a certain friend of Th.;before numbers, about, some;einar fimm þúsundir, some five thousand;einir … aðrir, some … others (einir tóku dúka ok aðrir rekkjublæjur);einn ok ýmiss, one and another (einar ok ýmissar þjóðir);5) after a negation, any;né eitt, not anything;6) gen. pl. ‘einna’ used in an intensive sense;einna manna bezt, best of all (single) men;einna verst, by far the worst;einna sízt, by far the least, least of all;engi er einna hvatastr, no man is superior to all others;7) alone (Guðrún skyldi ein ráða fyrir fé þeirra);láta konu eina, to desert or divorce one’s wife;with gen., hann varð einn sinna manna, he was separated from his men;if put after the noun ‘einn’ generally denotes only, but;segja þetta prett einn, to call this a mere trick;vín eitt, wine only;var þat (handklæði) raufar einar, all in holes, mere tatters;fáir einir, only a few;einn sér or sér einn, quite by oneself, alone (hann var einn sér);einn saman, einn samt, quite alone;kona eigi ein saman, not alone, with child;at eins, only, but;eigi at eins, not only;því at eins, only in that case;údauðr at eins, merely not dead, all but dead, barely alive;at einu = at eins.* * *adj., pl. einir, acc. sing. einn, but also einan, esp. in the sense al-einan etc.; [Gr. εἱς, εν; Lat. ūnus, and early Lat. oinos; Ulf. ains; A. S. ân; Engl. one, in E. Engl. proncd. like stone, bone; Scot. ane; Swed. en; Dan. een]:—one.A. Cardinal number, one; einn, tveir, þrír …, opp. to báðir, fleiri, etc.; einum eðr fleirum, Grág. i. 108; eina sök eðr fleiri, 78; unnu báðir eins verk, Fas. i. 515; einum ok einum, one by one, ii. 252; tveir menn veðmæltu um einn grip, Grág. i. 412.2. in old poems it is used as an ordinal number; Urð hétu eina, aðra Verðandi, Vsp. 20; segðu þat it eina …, opp. to þat it annat, Vþm. 20; hjálp heitir eitt, help ranks first, Hm. 147, Vkv. 2; but this use is quite obsolete.3. with the notion of sameness, one and the same (unus et idem;) í einu húsi, in the same house, Grág. ii. 42; ein ero lög um, hvárt sem ero naut eðr sauðir, i. 422; allt á eina leið, all one way, Fms. ii. 315; til einnar gistingar báðir, vii. 274; í einu brjósti, Alm. 36; allr einn, the very same, Nj. 213.II. indefinite, a, an, a certain one; einn vetr, a winter, Fms. i. 57; einn dag, x. 11, Fas. i. 514; eitt kveld, Ld. 38; einn hinn versti maðr, Fær. 91; Breiðlingr einn, a man from Broaddale, Sturl. ii. 249; einn vinr Þóris, a certain friend of Thorir, Fms. vi. 277: einn as the indefinite article is hardly found in old writers; and though it is freq. in the Bible, sermons, hymns, etc., since the Reformation, it was no doubt borrowed from the German, and has never been naturalised.β. about, before numbers; ein tvau hundruð vaðmála, about two hundred pieces, Sks. 30; einar fimm þúsudir, about three thousand, Al. 111,—obsolete, in mod. usage hérum-bil or the like.III. alone, Gr. μόνος, Lat. solus, used both in sing. and plur.; Guðrún skyldi ein ráða, Ld. 132; Hallr tók einn upp fang, 38; láta einan, to let alone; láttu mig Drottinn einan ekki, Pass. 34. 11; as a law term, to let one’s wife alone, þá lét hann eina Guðrúnu, Fms. x. 324 (cp. einlát); Gunnarr mundi vera einn heima, Nj. 113; sjá einn hlutr, that one thing only, 112; þau ein tíðendi (plur.), only such news, 242.β. if put after the noun, einn denotes, only, but, sheer, and is almost adverb.; segja þetta prett einn, a mere trick, Sturl. ii. 249; raufar einar, all in holes, Nj. 176; urðu borðin í blóði einu, the tables were bedabbled with blood all over, 270, Ó. H. 116; öll orðin at hvölum einum, all turned into whales, Fas. i. 372; gabb eitt ok háð, sheer mockery, Sks. 247; orð ein, mere words, Nj. 123; ígangs-klæði ein, Eg. 75; vin eitt, wine only, Gm. 19; heiptyrði ein, Fm. 9; hamingjur einar, Vþm. 49; ofsamenn einir, Ld. 158; þá nótt eina, for that one night, N. G. L. i. 240: also after an adj., lítið eina, only a little, Stj. 177; þat eina, er hann ætti sjálfr, Eg. 47, Fms. v. 303; nema góðs eina, naught but good, Eg. 63; fátt eitt, few only, but few; vilt eitt, but what is agreeable, Hm. 125; mikit eitt skala manni gefa, a proverb, ‘small gifts shew great love,’ 51; sá einn, er …, he only, who …, 17; satt eitt, sooth only, Fm. 9; the sense differs according as the adj. is placed before or after the noun, einn Guð, the one God; but, Guð einn, God only, none but God.IV. plur. in a distributive sense, single; ein gjöld, a single weregild, opp. to tvenn, þrenn, fern, double, triple, quadruple, Grág. ii. 232; thus Icel. say, einir sokkar, skór, vetlingar, a pair of socks, shoes, gloves; einar brækr, a pair of breeches; also with nouns which have only plur., e. g. ein, tvenn, þrenn Jól, one, two, three Christmasses ( Yules); einar (tvennar) dyrr, a single … door; eina Páska, one Easter.V. gen. pl. einna is used in an intensive sense; einna manna bezt, best of all single men, Fms. ix. 258; í mesta lagi einna manna, foremost of all single men, Bjarn. 65; fátt er svá einna hluta, at örvænt sé at hitti annat slíkt, Ó. H. 75.β. ellipt., manna, hluta, or the like being omitted, einna becomes almost an adverbial phrase, by far, exceedingly; at engi viti einna miklogi görr (= einna manna), that no one ( no single man) shall know it much better, Grág. i. 2; einna verst, by far the worst, Orkn. 162, Nj. 38; einna sizt, by far the least, least of all, Fms. i. 37; einna mest verðr, Ld. 8; er einna var ríkastr, who was the mightiest of all, Fms. i. 297; engan rétt einna meir kunnan at göra (= einna rétta meir), Sks. 22; engi er einna hvatastr (= e. manna), there is none so mighty but be may find his match, Hm. 63: in mod. usage einna, joined with a superlative, is used adverbially, e. beztr, e. fljótastr, the best, the fleetest, but in a somewhat depreciatory sense.VI. used adverb.:1. gen. sing. eins,α. eins ok, as, as if; eins ok væri hann með öllu óttalauss, Hkr. iii. 275; allt eins ok ( just as) rakkar metja með tungu, Stj. 392.β. likewise, in the same way; mikill þorri var þat er þær sögðu eins báðar, Landn. (Hb.) 320; this use of eins is very rare in old writers, but freq. in mod. use; in the spoken language at least ‘eins’ (= as) has almost replaced the old ‘sem.’γ. only; er ek hefi áðr spurn til eins, Fms. iv. 139 (rare).δ. at eins, only, but, Grág. i. 235; vel at eins, ironically, well enough, Ld. 248; eigi at eins, not only, Fms. i. 266; með sínum at eins kostnaði, vii. 184; því at eins, only in that case, Nj. 228; þar at eins, Ísl. ii. 400; allt eins, not the less for that, 216: in mod. use, just as (vide allr A. V. 5).2. dat. at einu = at eins; údauðr at einu, Ld. 242; því at einu = því at eins, Fms. iv. 195; því at einu er rétt …, Grág. i. 164; svá at einu, id., Nj. 103; sá evkr syndir sínar at einu, he but adds to his sins, Hom. 157; allt at einu, all the same, Ísl. ii. 216, v. l.: af því einu, only because, Mork. 140.B. Joined to another pronominal adj. or adv.:I. einn hverr, adj. pron., in old writers usually in two words and with a double declension (see below), but now and then (and in mod. usage always) in a single word, einn being indecl.; einhverja (acc. f.), Hbl. 30; einhverjum (dat. sing.), Hm. 122, Fms. x. 71; einhverjo héraði, Al. 98, Nj. 2; einhverra (gen.), Fms. iv. 75; einhverir (nom. pl.), viii. 202; einhver, einhverir, etc.: the form eins-hverr is peculiar, keeping the gen. indecl. through all the cases, nom. einshverr, N. G. L. i. 6; acc. einshverja, Stj. 156, 655 xxxii. 18, Gþl. 135; dat. einshverjum, Stj. 22, 442, 448; this form seems to be chiefly Norse, is very rare in old writers, and now quite obsolete; neut. sing. eitthvert, Vm. 73, or eitthvat, Stj. 442, the mod. usage makes a distinction, and uses eitthvert only as adj., eitthvað as subst.:1. each one, each single one; maðr er einn hverr, Edda 108; þær eru svá margar, at ein hver má vel endask, Eg. 414; ór þeirra fjórðungi sem ór einum hverjum öðrum, Íb. ch. 5; skal einn hverr ( each) þeirra nefna sér vátta, Grág. i. 74; jafnmikinn arf sem einn hverr ( each) sona hans, Sturl. ii. 77; fátt er svá herra einhverra hluta, of any single thing, Fms. iv. 175.β. joined to a superl. it strengthens the sense; ágætastr maðr einn hverr, one of the very first men, Nj. 282; vinsælastr höfðingi einhverr, highly popular, Fms. vii. 4; einhver drengilegust vörn, ix. 515.2. in an indefinite sense, some, somebody, a certain one; eitthvert ríki, Sks. 350; eina hverja nótt, some night, 686 B. 4; eitthvert sinn, once, sometime, Sturl. i. 77, Nj. 79; einhverju sinni, id., 2; einhvern dag, some day, Fms. v. 177, Ísl. ii. 212; eina hverja þessa tíð, about this time, N. 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L. i. 355; til einnar hverrar stefnu, to some meeting, Fb. i. 354; eins-hverja hluti, Stj. 156; með eins-hverjum sveini, 442; at ekki sé minna vert, at hlýða prests-messu nývígðs hinni fyrstu, heldr en biskups-messu einhverri, Bs. i. 131.β. used as subst.; einn hverr várr búandanna, Fms. i. 34; einn hvern manna hans, Eg. 258; einhverr í hverjum dal, Ld. 258, Nj. 192.γ. einhver-staðar (eins-hver-staðar, Fms. vii. 84), adv. somewhere, Grett. 130, Fms. iv. 57, Sd. 181.II. einn-saman, adj. ‘one together’ (vide einsamall), i. e. quite alone; maðrinn lifir ekki af einu-saman brauði, Matth. iv. 4; með einni-saman sinni sýn, með einni-saman sinni þefan, Stj. 93; ef útlegðir fara einar-saman, if it be solely a matter of outlay ( fine), Grág. i. 103; ef þat færi eitt-saman, ii. 10: of a woman, vera eigi ein-saman, to be not alone, to be with a child, Fms. iii. 109.III. with other words; einir … ýmissir, ‘one and sundry;’ various, mixed, Stj. 88, 204; eina hluti ok ýmissa, Fb. i. 191.β. hverr ok einn, ‘each and one,’ every one, 677. 1, H. E. i. 393, Rb. 492; fyrir hvern mun ok einn, Fas. i. 396.γ. einn ok sér-hverr, one and all.δ. einn sér, apart, for oneself, alone; Múspells-synir hafa einir sér fylking, Edda 41; einn sér, sole, Fms. ii. 308; sér einir, Sturl. ii. 53: metaph. singular, peculiar, ein var hón sér í lýðsku, Fs. 30.ε. sér-hverr, adj. every one, q. v.: eins-konar, adv. of one kind, Skálda 165; mod. indef. of a certain kind, a kind of: eins-kostar, adv. particularly, Ísl. ii. 322, Mork. 81.ζ. né einn, not one, none; in old writers usually so, but now and then contracted neinn (q. v.), and in mod. usage always so; né eina sekð, Grág. i. 136; né eitt úhreint, Stj. 409; né einu sinni, not once, Fms. xi. 13; né eins, not a single thing, 112; né eina herferð, vii. 28.η. fáir einir, only a few, in mod. usage in one word, nom. fáeinir, dat. fáeinum, gen. fáeinna: ein-stakr, single, q. v.: al-einn, alone, q. v.: ein-mana, q. v. (cp. Gr. μόνος): einum-megin, adv. on one side, Nj. 248 (vide vegr). -
108 EGG
• Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow - Лучше сегодня яичко, чем курица завтра (Л)• Broken egg cannot be put back together (A) - Порванную веревку как ни вяжи, а все узел будет (П), Трещина в горшке скоро скажется (Т)• Don't carry (put) all your eggs in one basket - На одном гвозде всего не повесишь (H), Не ставь все на одну карту (H)• Don't put all your eggs in (into) one basket - На одном гвозде всего не повесишь (H), Не ставь все на одну карту (H)• Eggs can't teach the hen - Яйца курицу не учат (Я)• Egg today is worth a hen tomorrow (An) - Лучше сегодня яичко, чем курица завтра (Л)• Half an egg is better than an empty shell (than the shell) - Лучше мало, чем совсем ничего (Л)• It is very hard to shave an egg - Голой овцы не стригут (Г), Захотел молочка от бычка (3), Как с быком ни биться, а молока от него не добиться (K)• Other people's eggs have two yolks - Хороша рыба на чужом блюде (X)• Rotten egg spoils the pudding (A) - Ложка дегтя испортит бочку меда (Л), Одна паршивая овца все стадо портит (O)• Show him an egg and instantly the whole air is full of feathers - Дурни думкой богатеют (Д)• There's always a bad egg in every crowd - В семье не без урода (B)• 'Tis very hard to shave an egg - Захотел молочка от бычка (3)• You can't unscramble eggs - Сделанного не воротишь (C) -
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• One eye - witness is better than ten hearsays - Лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать (Л)• One eyewitness is better than two hear - so's - Лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать (Л)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > EYE - WITNESS
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110 GIVE
• Better give than receive - Лучше дать, чем взять (Л)• Better to give than to take - Лучше дать, чем взять (Л)• Don't give me that - Рассказывай сказки (P), Свежо предание, да верится с трудом (C)• Give and take - За добро добром и платят (3)• Give and you shall receive - За добро добром и платят (3)• He gives twice who gives in a trice - Дважды дает, кто скоро дает (fl)• He gives twice who gives promptly (quickly) - Дважды дает, кто скоро дает (Д), Не сули с гору, а подай в пору (H)• I give it for what it is worth - За что купил, за то и продаю (3)• I'll give my head for it - Даю голову на отсечение (Д)• It is better to give than to receive - Лучше дать, чем взять (Л)• It is more blessed to give than to receive - Лучше дать, чем взять (Л)• No one can give what he hasn't got - Голой овцы не стригут (Г)• What we gave we have - Какой привет, такой и ответ (K) -
111 SHOE
• Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot - Из двух зол выбирают меньшее (И)• Don't throw away old shoes till you've got new ones - Не выливай помоев, не приготовив чистой воды (H)• Don't throw away your old shoes before you get new ones - Не выливай помоев, не приготовив чистой воды (H)• Every one knows best where his shoe pinches - Только тот, на чьей ноге башмак, знает, где он жмет (T)• Everyone knows where his shoe pinches - Только тот, на чьей ноге башмак, знает, где он жмет (T)• Every shoe fits not every foot - Что можно одному, то нельзя другому (4)• He goes long barefoot that waits for dead men's shoes - На чужую одежду плохая надежда (H)• He that waits for a dead man's shoes may long go barefoot - На чужую одежду плохая надежда (H)• He that waits for dead men's shoes may go a long time barefoot - На чужую одежду плохая надежда (H)• He who makes shoes goes barefoot - Сапожник ходит без сапог (C), У нашей пряхи ни одежды, ни рубахи (У)• If the shoe fits, put it on (wear it) - Знает кошка, чье мясо съела (3), На воре шапка горит b (H)• No one but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches - Только тот, на чьей ноге башмак, знает, где он жмет (T)• Old shoes wear best - Старый друг лучше новых двух (C)• One cannot shoe a running horse - Выше лба уши не растут (B)• One shoe does not fit every foot - Люди разные бывают (Л), Что можно одному, то нельзя другому (4)• One shoe will not fit all feet - Что можно одному, то нельзя другому (H)• Only he who wears the shoe knows where it pinches - Только тот, на чьей ноге башмак, знает, где он жмет (T)• Over shoes, over boots - Где наше не пропадало (Г), Семь бед - один ответ (C)• That's where the shoe pinches - Вот где собака зарыта b (B)• There was never a shoe but had its mate - Без пары не живут и гагары (B), У каждого голубка своя орлица (y)• Wearer best knows where the shoe pinches (The) - Только тот, на чьей ноге башмак, знает, где он жмет (T)• You can't put the same shoe on every foot - Вещь вещи рознь, человек человеку рознь (B), Люди разные бывают (Л), Что можно одному, то нельзя другому (Ч) -
112 MOUSE
• Better a mouse in the pot than no flesh at all - Лучше хоть что-нибудь, чем ничего (Л)• Don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you - Кроткая овца всегда волку по зубам (K), Смирную собаку и кочет побьет (C)• It is a poor mouse that has only one hole - Худа та мышь, которая одну лазейку знает (X)• Mouse never trusts its life to one hole only (A) - Худа та мышь, которая одну лазейку знает (X)• Mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken (soon caught) (The) - Худа та мышь, которая одну лазейку знает (X)• No house without mouse - Каждый дом имеет свой содом (K), Под каждой крышей свои мыши (П), У каждой избушки свои погремушки (У)• Smart mouse has more than one hole (A) - Худа та мышь, которая одну лазейку знает (X)• Today a man, tomorrow a mouse - Сегодня пан, а завтра пропал (C)• What may the mouse do against the cat? - Лбом стены не прошибешь а (Л), Плетью обуха не перешибешь а (П), Против рожна не попрешь а (П) -
113 COWARD
• Better a live coward than a dead hero - Живая собака лучше мертвого льва (Ж)• Coward dies many times (The) - Трус и до смерти часто умирает (T)• Coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one (The) - Трус и до смерти часто умирает (T)• Coward often dies, the brave but once (The) - Трус и до смерти часто умирает (T)• Cowards die many times before their death - Трус и до смерти часто умирает (T)• Greatest braggarts are generally the greatest cowards (The) - Всякий трус о храбрости беседует (B)• Live coward is better than a dead hero (A) - Живая собака лучше мертвого льва (Ж) -
114 SPARROW
• Better a sparrow in the hand than a vulture on the wing - Птица в руках стоит двух в устах (П)• Sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon in the roof (sky) (A) - Лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе (Л), Птица в руках стоит двух в устах (П)• Sparrow in the hand is worth a pheasant that flies by (A) - Лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе (Л), Птица в руках стоит двух в устах (П)• Two sparrows on one ear of corn make an ill agreement - Два медведя в одной берлоге не живут (Д) -
115 получать повышение
better oneself словосочетание:Русско-английский синонимический словарь > получать повышение
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116 POOR
• Better poor with honor than rich with shame - Лучше беднее, да честнее (Л), Лучше бедность да честность, нежели прибыль да стыд (Л), Лучше жить бедняком, чем разбогатеть с грехом (Л), Хотя и гол, да не вор (X)• Children are poor man's riches - Богатому телята, а бедному ребята (B)• He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand, but the hand of diligence makes rich - Где работают, там густо, а в ленивом доме - пусто (Г)• He who works with a slack hand becomes poor - Где работают, там густо, а в ленивом доме - пусто (Г)• If rich, be not elated; if poor, be not dejected - Не радуйся нашедши, не плачь потерявши (H)• It is a hard task (hard) to be poor and honest - Бедность не грех, а до греха доводит (Б), Пустой мешок введет в грешок (П)• It's hell to be poor - Бедность не порок, а большое свинство (Б)• It's no disgrace to be poor, but a terrible inconvenience - Бедность не порок, а большое свинство (Б)• It's no disgrace to be poor, but it may as well be - Бедность не порок, а большое свинство (Б)• No one claims kindred to the poor - Бедному зятю и тесть не рад (Б), Привяжется сума, откажется и родня (П)• No one is akin to the poor - Бедному зятю и тесть не рад (Б), Привяжется сума, откажется и родня (П)• Poor always pay (The) - Паны дерутся, а у холопов лбы трещат (П)• Poor do penance for the sins of the rich (The) - Паны дерутся, а у холопов лбы трещат (П)• Poor folks are glad of porridge - Не до жиру, быть бы живу (H)• Poor is hated even of his own neighbors (neighbour) (The) - Бедному зятю и тесть не рад (Б), Без денег - везде худенек (B)• Poor man always pays for all (The) - Паны дерутся, а у холопов лбы трещат (П)• Poor man has no friends (A) - Бедному зятю и тесть не рад (B), Без денег - везде худенек (Б)Д769 (П)• Poor man pays for all (The) - Паны дерутся, а у холопов лбы трещат (П)• Poor man wants some things, a covetous man all things (A) - Бедному нужно многое, жадному - все (Б)• Poor suffer all the wrong (The) - Паны дерутся, а у холопов лбы трещат (П)• Poor thing, but mine (my own) (A) - Свои сухари лучше чужих пирогов (C)• Rich get richer, and the poor have children (get babies) (The) - Богатому телята, а бедному ребята (Б)• Rich man for dogs and a poor man for babies (A) - Богатому телята, а бедному ребята (Б) -
117 поправиться
better глагол: -
118 kaşık düşmanı
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119 поражать
•One is struck by the similarities between the speculations of 50 years ago and the better-understood concepts of today.
II•Several diseases attack the coconut plant.
•If the tumour invades surrounding tissues, the latter...
Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > поражать
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120 Был конь, да изъездился
One is no longer in the prime of life or is no longer in the swim and is of no account See Укатали Сивку крутые горки (У)Var.: Был конь, да заезжен, был молодец, да подержанCf: The days of our pride are gone (Br.). I have had my day (Br.). An old ass is never good (Br.). The old gray mare ain't what she used to be (Am.). We have known (seen) better days (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Был конь, да изъездился
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