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1 all promises are either broken or kept
Пословица: что обещание, что зарок-не надежны (дословно: Все обещания или нарушаются или исполняются)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > all promises are either broken or kept
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2 All promises are either broken or kept.
<03> Все обещания или нарушаются или исполняются. Ср. Что обещание, что зарок – не надежны.Англо-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом > All promises are either broken or kept.
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3 all promises are either broken or kept
посл.Все обещания или нарушаются или исполняются.ср. Что обещание, что зарок — не надежны.Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > all promises are either broken or kept
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4 promises are like piecrust, made to be broken
посл.(promises are like piecrust, made to be broken (первонач. promises and pie-crust are made to be broken))"обещания что корка от пирога: их на то и пекут, чтобы ломать потом" [пословица создана Дж. Свифтом: см. цитату]; см. тж. piecrust promiseLady Smart: "...all the town has it, that Miss Caper is to be married to Sir Peter Giball; one thing is certain, that she hath promis'd to have him." Lord Sparkish: "Why, Madam, you know promises are either broken or kept." Lady A: "I beg your pardon, my Lords, promises and pie-crust are made to be broken." (J. Swift, ‘Swift's Polite Conversation’, ‘Dialogue I’) — Леди Смарт: "...весь город говорит о том, что мисс Кейпер выходит замуж за сэра Питера Гиболла. Одно несомненно: она обещала выйти за него замуж." Лорд Спаркиш: "Вы же знаете, мадам, что обещания или нарушают, или держат." Леди А: "Прошу извинить меня, милорды, но обещание на то и дают, чтобы потом нарушить."
‘Promises like that are mere piecrusts,’ said Ralph. (A. Trollope, ‘Ralph the Heir’, ch. 23) — Подобные обещания что корка от пирога.
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