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1 выше головы не прыгнешь
1) General subject: Do not bite off more than you can chew, do not overstretch yourself, do not overdo it2) Set phrase: a man can do no more than he (дословно: Больше того, что можешь, не сделаешь), a man can do no more than he can, it's impossible to hoist oneself by one's own boots straps, one is not bound to see more than he can, there is no building a bridge across the ocean, you can't bite off more than you can chew, you can't jump over your own headУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > выше головы не прыгнешь
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2 не зарься на кусок, который не проглотишь
General subject: Do not bite off more than you can chewУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > не зарься на кусок, который не проглотишь
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3 С-11
HE В СВОЙ САНИ HE САДИСЬ (saying other finite forms and infin are also used) do not undertake sth. that is more than you can manage: - don't bite off more than you can chew don't try to do something (things) you're not fit for.(author's usage) «Я вижу, образование у неё небольшое». -«Какое там образование - грамотёшка! С таким образованием только получку считать, а не казённые деньги. Я ей сколько раз говорил: не лезь не в свои сани. Работать как раз некому было, ее и уговорили» (Распутин 1). uShe doesn't seem to have had much of an education." "Education? You're joking. Can't do much more than count her pay, let alone the till. How many times did I tell her: don't try to do something you're not fit for. But there was nobody else to take the job and they talked her into it" (1a). -
4 не в свои сани не садись
[saying; other finite forms and infin are also used]=====⇒ do not undertake sth. that is more than you can manage:- don't try to do something < things> you're not fit for.♦ [author's usage] "Я вижу, образование у неё небольшое". - "Какое там образование - грамотёшка! С таким образованием только получку считать, а не казённые деньги. Я ей сколько раз говорил: не лезь не в свои сани. Работать как раз некому было, ее и уговорили" (Распутин 1). "She doesn't seem to have had much of an education." "Education? You're joking. Can't do much more than count her pay, let alone the till. How many times did I tell her: don't try to do something you're not fit for. But there was nobody else to take the job and they talked her into it" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не в свои сани не садись
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5 Бери ношу по себе, чтоб не падать при ходьбе
Do not undertake more than it is within your power to do. See Руби дерево по себе a (P)Cf: An ass endures his burden, but no more than his burden (Br.). Catch no more fish than you can salt (Am.).Don't bite off more than you can chew (Am., Br.). It is not the burden but the overburden that kills the beast (Br.). Take no more on you than you're able to bear (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Бери ношу по себе, чтоб не падать при ходьбе
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6 Руби дерево по себе
a) Do not take on yourself a task that you are unable to do. See Бери ношу по себе, чтоб не падать при ходьбе (Б); b) Do not marry your superior. See Богатую взять - станет попрекать (Б), Вяжись лычко с лычком, ремешок с ремешком (B)Cf:a) Don't bite off more than you can chew (Am., Br.). A man must not swallow more than he can digest (Am.). Undertake no more than you can perform (Am., Br.)b) Everyone to his equal (Am.). Keep to your own kind (Am.). Marry above your match and you get a master (Am.). Marry a wife of thine own degree (Br.). Marry your equal (your like, your match) (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Руби дерево по себе
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7 сани
мн. ч.sledge, sleigh; toboggan, luge ед.; спортехать на/в санях — to drive in a sledge/sleigh
••не в свои сани не садись — don't bite off more than you can chew, don't try to do smth. yor are not fit for
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