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1 _сила та слабкість; велике та мале
all great minds run in the same channel better to be a big toad in a small puddle than a small toad in a big puddle burn not your house to rid of the mouse conceit is nature's gift to small men to make up for that which they don't have every great man is unique every oak has been an acorn for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost grain by grain, and the hen fills her belly a great ship asks deep waters great men are not always wise the greatest crabs be not all the best heavy burdens kill little people, but they make great ones he that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities an inch is as good as an ell the Iamb who bites a wolf never bites again little boats should stay close to shore little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above it a little body often harbours a great soul little things worry little minds many a little makes a mickle a mouse may help a lion none thinks the great unhappy oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm one man's weakness is another man's chance one swallow does not make a summer a small leak will sink a great ship there are no small steps in great affairs there is safety in numbers trifles lead to serious matters trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle union is strength the weakest goes to the wallEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _сила та слабкість; велике та мале
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2 _дружба і ворожнеча
the best friends must part better lose a jest than a friend better an open enemy than a false friend between friends all is common beware of enemies reconciled and meat twice boiled a broken friendship may be soldered but will never be sound a brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother a courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend a dog with a bone knows no friends don't trade old friends for new even reckoning makes long friends a faithful friend is better than gold a faithful friend is the medicine of life a friend in need is a friend indeed a friend in the market is better than money in the purse a friend married is a friend lost a friend to all is a friend to none a friend's envy is worse than an enemy's hatred friends are thieves of time friends are to be preferred to relatives friends may meet, but mountains never greet friends tie their purses with spider's thread friendship cannot stand always on one side friendship is love without wings friendship is not to be bought at a fair friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship never geese with geese and women with women gifts from enemies are dangerous God defend me from my friends; from my enemies I can defend myself God gives relatives; thank God we can choose our friends a good friend is a great treasure a good friend is my nearest relative have no friends not equal to yourself a hedge between keeps friendship green I cannot be your friend and your flatterer, too it is better to have one friend of great value than many friends of little value let not the grass grow on the path of friendship lend your money and lose your friend long absence changes friends a long spell of illness is apt to point out your best friends many acquaintances but few friends never trust a friend who deserts you in a pinch no matter what else you have, you are poor if you lack friends old friends and old wine are best prosperity makes friends; adversity tries them short acquaintance brings repentance speak well of your friends; of your enemies say nothing there is no better mirror than an old friend there is no little enemy a true friend is one who knows all your faults and loves you still true friendship is a plant of slow growth trust not a new friend nor an old enemy two is company, but three is none union is strength who seeks a faultless friend stays friendless a wise enemy is better than a foolish friend you cannot use your friends and have them tooEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _дружба і ворожнеча
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3 _лихо; біда
adversity flatters no man adversity makes a man wise, but not rich adversity makes strange bedfellows as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb between two evils 'tis not worth choosing burn not your house to rid of the mouse care killed a cat the darkest hour is that before the dawn don't rejoice about your neighbor's misfortunes, for the same may happen to you don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you the drowning man will catch at a straw every heart knows its own bitterness everyone can master a grief but he that has it every path has a puddle the evils we bring on ourselves are the hardest to bear fretting cares make gray hairs great griefs are mute the greatest misfortune of all is not be able to bear misfortune grief makes one hour ten he bears misery best who hides it most he knows best what good is that has endured evil he that mischief hatches, mischief catches he that seeks trouble never misses if there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun it never rains but it pours let sleeping dogs lie light cares speak, great ones are silent mischief comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce misery loves company misfortunes make us wise misfortunes never come singly necessity knows no law needs must when the devil drives never find your delight in another's misfortune nothing dries sooner than tears of two evils choose the least one is too few, three too many the only cure for grief is action pity and need make all flesh kin there is a salve for every sore there is no sorrow on this earth that cannot be cured in heaven an unfortunate man would be drowned in a teacup we all have strength enough to bear the misfortunes of others when things are at their worst they begin to mend -
4 _чоловік і жінка
all women look the same after the sun goes down a woman knows a bit more than Satan a woman's strength is in her tongue any wise man can be fooled by a foolish woman behind every great man there is a great woman deeds are masculine; words are feminine handle with care women and glass he that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man it takes twenty-one years for one woman to make a man of her son; it takes twenty-one seconds for another woman to make a fool of him a man doesn't want a woman smarter than he is a man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks man reigns, but woman rules a man thinks he know, but a woman knows better a man who won't lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings the man who can govern a woman can govern a nation men are always wooing goddesses and marrying mere mortals tell a woman and you tell the world men are born the slaves of women the only secret a woman can keep is her age men build houses; women build homes two women can never live under one roof while there's a world, it's a woman that will govern it a woman can throw out the window more than a man can bring in at the door women are strong when they arm themselves with their weaknesses women will have last word a young woman married to an old man must behave like an old woman women would be more charming if one could fall into their arms without falling into their hands -
5 loss
n1) втратаloss of blood — мед. втрата крові
2) шкода, збиток, втратаto have a loss, to meet with a loss — зазнати втрати
3) pl військ. втратиto inflict losses (on smb.) — завдати втрат (комусь)
4) загибель5) змивання (при ерозії); убуток, витік6) мет. вигар7) текст. відпадок (тж loss in yarn)loss replacement — військ. відшкодування втрат
to be at a loss — розгубитися; збентежитися; бути у скруті; загубити слід
no great loss without some small gain — присл. лихо не без добра
* * *n1) втрата, позбавленняloss of flesh — схуднення; втрата; загибель
2) програш, поразка; втрата3) збиток, втрата4) pl; вiйcьк. втрати5) cпeц. вигар; змив ( при ерозії); витік ( струму)
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