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1 you can have no more of a cat but her skin
Пословица: с лихой собаки хоть шерсти клок (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him), с паршивой овцы хоть шерсти клок (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him), с паршивой собаки хоть шерсти клок (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > you can have no more of a cat but her skin
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2 you can have no more of a cat than her skin
Пословица: с лихой собаки хоть шерсти клок (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him), с паршивой овцы хоть шерсти клок (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him), с паршивой собаки хоть шерсти клок (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > you can have no more of a cat than her skin
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3 deceive a deceiver is no deceit
Пословица: вор у вора дубинку украл (used sarcastically to mean: one thief is robbed (deceived, outwitted) by another thief)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > deceive a deceiver is no deceit
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4 it's six of one and half a dozen of the other
Пословица: тех же щей, да пожиже влей ( used sarcastically to mean: it is the same thing, only a bit worse), что в лоб, что по лбуУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > it's six of one and half a dozen of the other
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5 there is a deal of difference between go and gow
Пословица: мы пахали! (used sarcastically to mean: those who were merely present at the work done by others, say now they had also 'participated')Универсальный англо-русский словарь > there is a deal of difference between go and gow
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6 no fool like an old fool
1) Общая лексика: седина в бороду бес в ребро2) Пословица: нет такого дурака, как старый дурак, нет хуже дурака, чем старый дурак, седина в бороду, а бес в ребро (used (sarcastically) about elderly men who take a fancy to young ladies, to mean: "shame on you!" or the like), седина в бороду, бес в ребро (used (sarcastically) about elderly men who take a fancy to young ladies, to mean: "shame on you!" or the like)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > no fool like an old fool
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7 no fool to the old fool
Пословица: седина в бороду, а бес в ребро (used (sarcastically) about elderly men who take a fancy to young ladies, to mean: "shame on you!" or the like), седина в бороду, бес в ребро (used (sarcastically) about elderly men who take a fancy to young ladies, to mean: "shame on you!" or the like)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > no fool to the old fool
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8 there is no fool like an old fool
Пословица: седина в бороду, а бес в ребро (used (sarcastically) about elderly men who take a fancy to young ladies, to mean: "shame on you!" or the like), седина в бороду, бес в ребро (used (sarcastically) about elderly men who take a fancy to young ladies, to mean: "shame on you!" or the like)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > there is no fool like an old fool
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9 there is no fool to the old fool
Пословица: седина в бороду, а бес в ребро (used (sarcastically) about elderly men who take a fancy to young ladies, to mean: "shame on you!" or the like), седина в бороду, бес в ребро (used (sarcastically) about elderly men who take a fancy to young ladies, to mean: "shame on you!" or the like)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > there is no fool to the old fool
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10 the cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream
Пословица: воруя сметану, кошка закрывает глаза, людям свойственно закрывать глаза на свои прегрешения, стыд не дым, глаза не выест (used sarcastically or jocularly to mean: shame is something one can easily tolerate)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream
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11 the cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream
Пословица: стыд не дым, глаза не выест (used sarcastically or jocularly to mean: shame is something one can easily tolerate)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream
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