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1 OMELET(TE)
• You cannot make an omelet(te) (pancakes) without breaking eggs - Где дрова, там и щепа (Г), Лес рубят - щепки летят (Л), 2160Ь (У)• You can't have an omelette unless you break the eggs - Лес рубят - щепки летят (Л) -
2 дрова рубят - щепки летят
Set phrase: if you sell the cow you will sell her milk too, one (you) cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs, one (you) cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs, one (you) cannot make omelets without breaking eggs, one (you) cannot make omelettes without breaking eggs, splinters will fly when the axe you ply, you can't chop wood without making the chips flyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > дрова рубят - щепки летят
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3 Л-56
ЛЕС (ДРОВА) РУБЯТ - ЩЕПКИ ЛЕТЯТ (saying) a major undertaking cannot be accomplished without errors, casualties etc (often used to justify the cost paid in lives during political purges etc): - you cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs if you hew trees the chips must fly.Ведь именно люди двадцатых годов разрушили ценности и нашли формулы, без которых не обойтись и сейчас: молодое государство, невиданный опыт, лес рубят - шепки летят... Каждая казнь оправдывалась тем, что строят мир, где больше не будет насилия, и все жертвы хороши ради неслыханного «нового» (Мандельштам 1). It was, after all, these people of the twenties who demolished the old values and invented the formulas which even now come in so handy to justify the unprecedented experiment undertaken by our young State: you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs. Every new killing was excused on the grounds that we were building a remarkable "new" world in which there would be no more violence, and that no sacrifice was too great for it (1a).Одно распоряжение, которое... в этот доклад сделал Кутузов, относилось до мародерства русских войск... «Пускай косят хлеба и жгут дрова на здоровье. Я этого не приказываю и не позволяю, но и взыскивать не могу. Без этого нельзя. Дрова рубят — щепки летят» (Толстой 6). The only instructions he I Kutuzov)... added to the report concerned the looting by Russian troops.."Let them (the soldiers) cut down crops and burn wood to their heart's content! I do not order it, I do not permit it, but neither can I enforce punishment for it. It cannot be helped. If you hew trees the chips must fly" (6a). -
4 дрова рубят - щепки летят
• ЛЕС < ДРОВА> РУБЯТ - ЩЕПКИ ЛЕТЯТ[saying]=====⇒ a major undertaking cannot be accomplished without errors, casualties etc (often used to justify the cost paid in lives during political purges etc):- if you hew trees the chips must fly.♦ Ведь именно люди двадцатых годов разрушили ценности и нашли формулы, без которых не обойтись и сейчас: молодое государство, невиданный опыт, лес рубят - шепки летят... Каждая казнь оправдывалась тем, что строят мир, где больше не будет насилия, и все жертвы хороши ради неслыханного "нового" (Мандельштам 1). It was, after all, these people of the twenties who demolished the old values and invented the formulas which even now come in so handy to justify the unprecedented experiment undertaken by our young State: you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs. Every new killing was excused on the grounds that we were building a remarkable "new" world in which there would be no more violence, and that no sacrifice was too great for it (1a).♦ Одно распоряжение, которое... в этот доклад сделал Кутузов, относилось до мародерства русских войск... "Пускай косят хлеба и жгут дрова на здоровье. Я этого не приказываю и не позволяю, но и взыскивать не могу. Без этого нельзя. Дрова рубят - щепки летят" (Толстой 6). The only instructions he [Kutuzov]... added to the report concerned the looting by Russian troops.."Let them [the soldiers] cut down crops and burn wood to their heart's content! I do not order it, I do not permit it, but neither can I enforce punishment for it. It cannot be helped. If you hew trees the chips must fly" (6a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > дрова рубят - щепки летят
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5 лес рубят - щепки летят
• ЛЕС < ДРОВА> РУБЯТ - ЩЕПКИ ЛЕТЯТ[saying]=====⇒ a major undertaking cannot be accomplished without errors, casualties etc (often used to justify the cost paid in lives during political purges etc):- if you hew trees the chips must fly.♦ Ведь именно люди двадцатых годов разрушили ценности и нашли формулы, без которых не обойтись и сейчас: молодое государство, невиданный опыт, лес рубят - шепки летят... Каждая казнь оправдывалась тем, что строят мир, где больше не будет насилия, и все жертвы хороши ради неслыханного "нового" (Мандельштам 1). It was, after all, these people of the twenties who demolished the old values and invented the formulas which even now come in so handy to justify the unprecedented experiment undertaken by our young State: you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs. Every new killing was excused on the grounds that we were building a remarkable "new" world in which there would be no more violence, and that no sacrifice was too great for it (1a).♦ Одно распоряжение, которое... в этот доклад сделал Кутузов, относилось до мародерства русских войск... "Пускай косят хлеба и жгут дрова на здоровье. Я этого не приказываю и не позволяю, но и взыскивать не могу. Без этого нельзя. Дрова рубят - щепки летят" (Толстой 6). The only instructions he [Kutuzov]... added to the report concerned the looting by Russian troops.."Let them [the soldiers] cut down crops and burn wood to their heart's content! I do not order it, I do not permit it, but neither can I enforce punishment for it. It cannot be helped. If you hew trees the chips must fly" (6a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лес рубят - щепки летят
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6 не разбив яиц, омлет не приготовишь
General subject: you cannot make an omelet without breaking eggsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > не разбив яиц, омлет не приготовишь
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7 лес рубят - щепки летят
1) General subject: you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs, you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs2) Set phrase: if you sell the cow you will sell her milk too, one (you) cannot make an omelet(te) without breaking eggs, one (you) cannot make an omelet(te)s without breaking eggs, splinters will fly when the axe you ply, you can't chop wood without making the chips fly, you can't make omelet without breaking eggs, you can't make omelette without breaking eggs, More rubble, less trouble (употребляется применительно к войне США в Ираке), omelettes are not made without breaking eggsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > лес рубят - щепки летят
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8 Лес рубят - щепки летят
When doing a great job, it is not without sacrificing, hurting someone or damaging something. See Где дрова, там и щепа (Г), У хлеба не без крох b (У)Var.: Дрова рубят - щепки летят Cf: You cannot make an omelet(te) (pancakes) without breaking eggs (Am., Br.). You can't have an omelette unless you break the eggs (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Лес рубят - щепки летят
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9 У хлеба не без крох
а) Не who deals with what is profitable will take a share of it See Где едят, там крошки падают (Г), У огня, да не погреться (У); b) See Лес рубят - щепки летят (Л)Var.: У хлеба и крохиCf:a) Every cook knows to lick her own fingers (Am.). Every honest miller has a thumb of gold (a golden thumb) (Br.). Не is an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers (Am., Br.)b) You cannot make an omelet (pancakes) without breaking eggs (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > У хлеба не без крох
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10 Где дрова, там и щепа
See Лес рубят - щепки летят (Л) Cf: You cannot make an omelet(te) (pancakes) without breaking eggs (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Где дрова, там и щепа
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11 лес
м.хвойный лес — coniferous forest / wood
лиственный лес — deciduous forest / wood
кто в лес, кто по дрова погов. — all at sixes and sevens
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12 щепка
ж.chip, sliver♢
худой как щепка — thin as a rake -
13 щепка
ж.chip, sliver ['slɪ-]••худо́й как ще́пка — thin as a rake
лес ру́бят - ще́пки летя́т посл. — ≈ you cannot make an omelet(te) ['ɒmlɪt] without breaking eggs
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14 щепка
жен.chip, sliver; splinter; lath перен.; мн. ч. flinders••худой как щепка — thin as a rake, skinny as a toothpick
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