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• Back is shaped to the load (The) - Была бы шея, а хомут найдется (Б)• God fits the back to the burden - Была бы шея, а хомут найдется (Б)• God shapes the back for the bur - den - Была бы шея, а хомут найдется (Б)• You can't back out - Взялся за гуж, не говори, что не дюж (B), Назвался груздем - полезай в кузов (H), Пошел в попы, так служи и панихиды (П) -
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Work is always found for a hard working man to do it Cf: The back is shaped to the load (Am., Br.). God fits the back to the burden (Am.). God shapes the back for the burden (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Была бы шея, а хомут найдется
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Set phrase: God shapes the back for the burden, all lay load on the willing horse (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), all lay loads on the willing horse (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), an ass endures his burden, if the devil finds a man idle, he'll set him to work, if there's a back, there's a burden, the devil finds work for idle hands to doУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > была бы шея, а хомут найдётся
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Set phrase: God shapes the back for the burden, all lay load on the willing horse (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), all lay loads on the willing horse (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), an ass endures his burden, if the devil finds a man idle, he'll set him to work, if there's a back, there's a burden, the devil finds work for idle hands to doУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > была бы шея, хомут найдётся
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была бы шея, <а> хомут (ярмо) найдётсяпосл.lit. so long as you have a neck, you'll always find a yoke for it; cf. God shapes the back for the burden; all lay load (loads) on the willing horse; if the devil finds a man idle, he'll set him to work; the devil finds work for idle hands to do; an ass endures his burden- Думаешь жить с ним, нет ли? - Она, может, и думала б, да он об ней не понимает, - вмешалась хозяйка... - Наплюй на него, бабонька. Была б шея, а ярмо будет, - с нескрываемым сожалением посоветовала она. (М. Шолохов, Тихий Дон) — 'Do you think of living with him or not!' 'She might think of it, but he doesn't,' their hostess intervened... 'Spit on him, woman! So long as you have a neck, you'll always find a yoke for it, one woman advised her with unconcealed pity in her voice.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > была бы шея, хомут найдётся
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God shapes the back for the burden
All day load (loads) on the willing horse
If the devil finds a man idle, he'll set him to work
The devil finds work for idle hands to do
An ass endures his burdenДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > была бы шея, (а) хомут (ярмо) найдется
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7 была бы шея, (а) хомут (ярмо) найдется
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God shapes the back for the burden
All day load (loads) on the willing horse
If the devil finds a man idle, he'll set him to work
The devil finds work for idle hands to do
An ass endures his burdenДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > была бы шея, (а) хомут (ярмо) найдется
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God shapes the back for the burden
All day load (loads) on the willing horse
If the devil finds a man idle, he'll set him to work
The devil finds work for idle hands to do
An ass endures his burdenДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > была бы шея, (а) ярмо найдется
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9 была бы шея, (а) хомут (ярмо) найдется
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God shapes the back for the burden
All day load (loads) on the willing horse
If the devil finds a man idle, he'll set him to work
The devil finds work for idle hands to do
An ass endures his burdenДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > была бы шея, (а) хомут (ярмо) найдется
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10 была бы шея, (а) хомут (ярмо) найдется
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God shapes the back for the burden
All day load (loads) on the willing horse
If the devil finds a man idle, he'll set him to work
The devil finds work for idle hands to do
An ass endures his burdenДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > была бы шея, (а) хомут (ярмо) найдется
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God shapes the back for the burden
All day load (loads) on the willing horse
If the devil finds a man idle, he'll set him to work
The devil finds work for idle hands to do
An ass endures his burdenДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > была бы шея, (а) ярмо найдется
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