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61 придираться к мелочам и не видеть главного
Makarov: strain at a gnat and swallow a camelУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > придираться к мелочам и не видеть главного
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62 a nu vedea pădurea din cauza / pricina copacilor
aprox. to strain at a gnat and swallow a camelnu vezi pădurea din cauza copacilor you can't see the wood for the trees.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a nu vedea pădurea din cauza / pricina copacilor
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63 дребнавост
petty-/small-mindedness, pettiness. littleness, meanness, finicalnessдребнавостите занимават ограничените умове little things please little minds* * *дребна̀вост,ж., само ед. и дребна̀вости само мн. petty-/small-mindedness, pettiness, littleness, meanness, fussiness; finicality, finicalness; hair-splitting; дребнавостите занимават ограничените умове little things please little minds; проявявам \дребнавост strain at a gnat.* * *cavilling ; finicality ; littleness; little things: дребнавост please little minds. - Дребнавостите занимават ограничените умове.; pettiness* * *1. petty-/small-mindedness, pettiness. littleness, meanness, finicalness 2. ДРЕБНАВОСТите занимават ограничените умове little things please little minds -
64 заяждам
1. (преследвам някого) harrass, harry, hunt down, run down, hound; knock (s.o.) about2. (дразня някого) nag (at), peck (at), carp (at), find fault (with), разг. nibble (at); pester (s.o.); cavil (at, about)3. тех. jam; catch, hitch(за лагер) seize(за брава) stick4. (почвам да ям) begin to eat5. вж. заяждам* * *зая̀ждам,гл.1. ( преследвам някого) harass, harry, hunt down, run down, hound; knock (s.o.) about;3. ( започвам да ям) begin to eat;\заяждам се (c) nag (at), peck (at), carp (at), find fault (with), разг. nibble (at, about); dicker (about s.th.), haggle (over s.th.); be gunning (for s.o.), have it in (for s.o.); \заяждам се за дреболии strain at a gnat.* * *1. (дразня някого) nag (at), peck (at), carp (at), find fault (with), разг. nibble (at);pester (s.o.);cavil (at, about) 2. (за брава) stick 3. (за лагер) seize 4. (почвам да ям) begin to eat 5. (преследвам някого) harrass, harry, hunt down, run down, hound;knock (s.o.) about 6. mex. jam;catch, hitch 7. ЗАЯЖДАМ се (с) nag (at), etc., вж. заяждам -
65 заям
вж. заяждам* * *зая̀м,зая̀ждам гл.1. ( преследвам някого) harass, harry, hunt down, run down, hound; knock (s.o.) about;3. ( започвам да ям) begin to eat;\заям се (c) nag (at), peck (at), carp (at), find fault (with), разг. nibble (at, about); dicker (about s.th.), haggle (over s.th.); be gunning (for s.o.), have it in (for s.o.); \заям се за дреболии strain at a gnat.* * *вж. заяждам -
66 kukacoskodik
(DE) quackeln; (EN) strain at a gnat -
67 szőröz
(EN) cavil; cut a feather; hair; split hairs; stand upon points; strain at a gnat -
68 κάμηλος
κάμηλος, ου, ὁ and ἡ (of Semitic origin, cp. Hebr. גָּמָל; Aeschyl., Hdt.; ins, pap, LXX, TestSol, TestJob, Philo; Jos., Ant. 1, 252; 8, 167 al.; Ath., R. 12 p. 61, 11) camel τρίχες καμήλου camel’s hair Mt 3:4; Mk 1:6; GEb 13, 79 (here there is naturally no thought of the soft τρίχες καμήλου from which the garments of distinguished people are made acc. to Ctesias [IV B.C.]: 688 Fgm. 10 Jac.). Proverbially εὐκοπώτερόν ἐστιν κάμηλον διὰ τρυπήματος [vv.ll. τρήματος, τρυμαλίας] ῥαφίδος διελθεῖν it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye of someth. impossible, w. the contrast emphasized greatly, perh. also with a humorous twist because of the hump involved (for a proverb comparing someth. very small w. someth. very large, cp. Lucian, Ep. Sat. 1, 19 μύρμηξ ἢ κάμηλος): the largest animal and the smallest opening Mt 19:24; w. variations Mk 10:25 and Lk 18:25 (s. κάμιλος; GAicher, Kamel u. Nadelöhr 1908; ERostan, Les Paradoxes de Jésus 1908, 11ff; WBleibtreu [s. μισέω 2] 17f; RLehmann u. KLSchmidt, ThBl 11, ’32, 336–40; EBöklen, Deutsches Pfarrerblatt 37, ’33, 162–65; CLattey, Verb. Dom. 31, ’53, 291f; EBest, ET 82, ’70, 83–89; JDerrett, NTS 32, ’86, 465–70). To strain out a gnat τὴν δὲ κ. καταπίνειν but swallow a camel=be over-zealous in small matters and careless in important ones Mt 23:24 (s. κώνωψ.—The camel is contrasted w. the elephant in Phalaris, Ep. 86; Ps.-Libanius, Ep. 1597, 1 ed. F. XI p. 593, 1.—Artem. 4 p. 199, 9 explains that camel and elephant would have the same mng. in figurative interpretation).—JSauer, in Studies in the History and Archeology of Jordan V ’95, 39–48.—BHHW II 923; Pauly-W. X 2, 1824–32; B. 189f. OEANE I 406–8. EDNT. DELG. M-M. TW. -
69 διϋλίζω
διϋλίζω (in fig. sense in Pseudo-Archytas [c. 360 B.C.; Stob. III/1, p. 58, 7 H.]. In lit. mng., of wine Plut., Mor. 692d; Diosc. 2, 86; 5, 72; Artem. 4, 48; POxy 413, 154; Am 6:6) filter out, strain out fr. a liquid (the KJV ‘strain at’ is widely considered a misprint [so Goodsp., Relig. in Life 12, ’42/43, 205–10 and Probs. ’45, 38f], but for the view that it is an archaic usage s. OED s.v. ‘strain’, verb, 14e and esp. 21, and CHopf, Rev. of Engl. Studies 20, ’44, 155f; ‘strain at’=‘strain [the liquid] at [seeing]’ a gnat) τὸν κώνωπα a gnat fr. a drink Mt 23:24.—DELG s.v. ὕλη. -
70 kılı kırk yarmak
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71 оцеживать комара, а верблюда поглощать
(слова Иисуса, обращённые к книжникам и фарисеям, - людям, в мелочах совестливым, придирчивым, а в важных делах бессовестным и беспринципным; перен. - излишне заботиться о мелочах, забывая о главном) to strain at [out] a gnat and swallow a camelРусско-английский словарь религиозной лексики > оцеживать комара, а верблюда поглощать
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