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121 old birds are not to be caught with chaff
syn: an old fox in not easily snared≅ старого горобця на полову не зловиш ( або м'якушкою не піймаєш) стріляного горобця на полові не обдуриш старий ворон пусто ( або даром) не кряче старий ворон не кряче мимо старого лиса не виманиш з ліса стара лисиця від собак захиститься старий віл борозни не скривить старий звір ніколи не дрімає за битого двох не битих дають (та й то не беруть) давні пригоди боронять від шкоди не клади старому пальця в рот a word to the wiseEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > old birds are not to be caught with chaff
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122 between two stools you fall to the ground
Пословица: за двумя зайцами погонишься, ни одного не поймаешь (contrast: to kill two birds with one stone)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > between two stools you fall to the ground
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123 a word (is enough) to the wise
syn: old birds are not to be caught with chaffрозумному досить мудрому досить два слова ≅ розумному натяк, дурневі – кийок розумному тільки кивни – він і здогадається розумного пошли – одне слово скажи, дурня пошли – три скажи та й сам за ним підиEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > a word (is enough) to the wise
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124 manners make the man
людину створюють манери fine feathers make fine birdsEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > manners make the man
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125 Melampus (In Greek mythology, a seer who as a child received the understanding of the language of birds after two young snakes, whose lives he had saved, licked his ears when he was asleep)
Религия: МелампУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > Melampus (In Greek mythology, a seer who as a child received the understanding of the language of birds after two young snakes, whose lives he had saved, licked his ears when he was asleep)
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126 Towers of Silence (The small towers on which the Parsees and Zoroastrians place their dead to be consumed by birds of prey)
Религия: Башни тишиныУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > Towers of Silence (The small towers on which the Parsees and Zoroastrians place their dead to be consumed by birds of prey)
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127 these birds live in the shadiness of the forest
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > these birds live in the shadiness of the forest
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128 International Convention for the Protection of Birds
Англо-русский словарь по экологии > International Convention for the Protection of Birds
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