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1 put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry
Пословица: на Бога надейся, а сам не плошайУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry
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2 Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry.
<01> Надейся на бога, но порох держи сухим. Cromwell (Кромвель).Англо-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом > Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry.
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3 keep one's powder dry
дepжaть пopox cуxим, быть нaгoтoвe, нaчeку [чacть пpипиcывaeмoй Kpoмвeлю пocлoвицы put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry нa бoгa нaдeйcя, a caм нe плoшaй]Arthur Brown, whatever his hopes of a compromise, believed in keeping his powder dry (C. P. Snow). In the wings lurks Baroness Thatcher who returned to Britain from the United States last week but declined all comment on the European question. Was she keeping her powder dry for this week's party conference? (Newsweek)
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