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1 SCRATCH
• If one cannot bite, he scratches - Не мытьем, так катаньем (H)• Scratch my breech and I'll claw your elbow - Ты - мне, я - тебе (T), Услуга за услугу (У)• You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours - Ты - мне, я - тебе (T), Услуга за услугу (У) -
2 рука руку моет
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3 Рука руку моет
You scratch my back, I'll scratch yoursСловарь переводчика-синхрониста (русско-английский) > Рука руку моет
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4 Рука руку моет
You scratch my back, I'll scratch yoursРусско-английский словарь переводчика-синхрониста > Рука руку моет
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5 Ты - мне, я - тебе
Do me a good turn, and I will do it to you too. See Услуга за услугу (У)Cf: Ca me, ca thee (Br.). Claw me, and I'll claw thee (Br.). Scratch my reech and I'll claw your elbow (Am.). Tickle me, Bobby, and I'll tickle you (Br.). You play my game, and I'll play yours (Br.). You roll my log, and I'll roll yours (Br.). /You/ scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Ты - мне, я - тебе
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6 ты - мне, я - тебе
1) General subject: you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours (АД)2) Set phrase: scratch my back and I'll scratch yoursУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > ты - мне, я - тебе
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7 Услуга за услугу
Any favo(u)r or help you receive should be repaid. See Долг платежом красен (Д), За добро добром и платят (3), Ты - мне, я - тебе (T)Cf: One good deed deserves another (Am.). One good turn deserves another (Am., Br.). Scratch my breech and I'll claw your elbow (Am.). /You/ roll my log, and I'll roll yours (Br.). You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Услуга за услугу
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8 Р-233
РУКА РУКУ МОЕТ (saying) two parties cover for or assist each other in certain matters (which are, or are considered by the speaker to be, dishonest, reprehensible, undesirable etc): — one hand washes the other you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours you (they etc) all look after each other (one another) honor among thieves."...Все они зажиточные. Каждый имеет свой домик, свою бабу со всяким удовольствием... Половина из них баптисты. Сам хозяин (завода) - проповедник у них, ну, и рука руку моет...» (Шолохов 2). "...They're all comfortably off. Every one of them has his own house, his wife, and all they could wish for.... Half of 'em are Baptists. The owner (of the factory) himself is a preacher, so they all look after each other..." (2a).«Ты что, лавочку здесь собрал? Рука руку моет, да? По тюрьме соскучился? Ты мне арапа не заправляй, не таких обламывали!» (Максимов 3). "So you've got a gang of crooks here? Honor among thieves? Can't wait to go to prison, is that it? I'm warning you, don't try to take me for a ride, we've had tougher ones than you to handle" (3a)Loan translation of the Latin manus manum lavat. -
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[saying]=====⇒ two parties cover for or assist each other in certain matters (which are, or are considered by the speaker to be, dishonest, reprehensible, undesirable etc):- you (they etc) all look after each other (one another);- honor among thieves.♦ "...Все они зажиточные. Каждый имеет свой домик, свою бабу со всяким удовольствием... Половина из них баптисты. Сам хозяин [завода] - проповедник у них, ну, и рука руку моет..." (Шолохов 2). "...They're all comfortably off. Every one of them has his own house, his wife, and all they could wish for.... Half of 'em are Baptists. The owner [of the factory] himself is a preacher, so they all look after each other..." (2a).♦ "Ты что, лавочку здесь собрал? Рука руку моет, да? По тюрьме соскучился? Ты мне арапа не заправляй, не таких обламывали!" (Максимов 3). "So you've got a gang of crooks here? Honor among thieves? Can't wait to go to prison, is that it? I'm warning you, don't try to take me for a ride, we've had tougher ones than you to handle" (3a)—————← Loan translation of the Latin manus manum lavat.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > рука руку моет
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10 Д-234
ДОЛГ ПЛАТЕЖОМ КРАСЕН (saying) a kind (or, occas., hostile) act is reciprocated (said when s.o. responds to another's action or attitude in a similar way): - one good (bad) turn deserves another (in limited contexts) you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.«Ах! Я было и забыл благодарить тебя за лошадь и за тулуп. Без тебя я не добрался бы до города и замерз бы на дороге»... Пугачёв развеселился. «Долг платежом красен», -сказал он... (Пушкин 2). "Oh, I almost forgot to thank you for the horse and the coat. Without your help I would've never reached the city and would've frozen on the high way. "...Pugachev cheered up. "One good turn deserves another," he said... (2a). -
11 долг платежом красен
[saying]=====⇒ a kind (or, occas., hostile) act is reciprocated (said when s.o. responds to another's action or attitude in a similar way):- - one good < bad> turn deserves another;- [in limited contexts] you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.♦ " Ах! Я было и забыл благодарить тебя за лошадь и за тулуп. Без тебя я не добрался бы до города и замерз бы на дороге"... Пугачёв развеселился. "Долг платежом красен", - сказал он... (Пушкин 2). "Oh, I almost forgot to thank you for the horse and the coat. Without your help I would've never reached the city and would've frozen on the high way."... Pugachev cheered up. "One good turn deserves another,'' he said... (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > долг платежом красен
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12 Рука руку моет.
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13 мах на мах
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14 помочь друг другу
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15 сделать друг другу одолжение
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > сделать друг другу одолжение
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16 скооперироваться
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17 У-132
УСЛУГА ЗА УСЛУГУ (saying) sth. nice done for s.o. is or will be reciprocated: - one good turn deserves another (in limited contexts) (you) scratch my back and I'll scratch yours one hand washes the other.Мандельштам решил пристроить урбаниста комсомольскому Авербаху. Мальчишку Авербах взял рассыльным, а Мандельштама попросил перевести — услуга за услугу — стишок какого-то революционного венгра (Мандельштам 2). M(andelstam) sent the young urbanist to Averbakh, who took him on as an errand boy. On the principle that one good turn deserves another, Averbakh commissioned M(andelstam) to translate a poem by some Hungarian revolutionary (2a). -
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[saying]=====⇒ sth. nice done for s.o. is or will be reciprocated:- услуга за услугу one good turn deserves another;- [in limited contexts] (you) scratch my back and I'll scratch yours;- one hand washes the other.♦ Мандельштам решил пристроить урбаниста комсомольскому Авербаху. Мальчишку Авербах взял рассыльным, а Мандельштама попросил перевести - услуга за услугу - стишок какого-то революционного венгра (Мандельштам 2). M[andelstam] sent the young urbanist to Averbakh, who took him on as an errand boy. On the principle that one good turn deserves another, Averbakh commissioned M[andelstam] to translate a poem by some Hungarian revolutionary (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > услуга за услугу
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19 рука руку моет, вор вора кроет
one hand washes the other. you scratch my back, I'll scratch yoursРусско-английский словарь Wiktionary > рука руку моет, вор вора кроет
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20 мыть
несов. - мыть, сов. - вы́мыть, помы́ть; (вн.)wash (d)мыть посу́ду — wash up
мыть щёткой (вн.) — scrub (d)
мыть гу́бкой (вн.) — sponge [spʌ-] (d)
мыть кварти́ру — clean the apartment
••рука́ ру́ку мо́ет погов. — ≈ you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
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you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours — (informal) Do me a favour and I ll do you one in return • • • Main Entry: ↑scratch * * * proverb if you do me a favor, I ll return it * * * ˌyou scratch ˈmy back and ˌI ll scratch ˈyours idiom (saying … Useful english dictionary
you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours — ► you scratch my back and I ll scratch yours proverb if you do me a favour, I ll return it. Main Entry: ↑scratch … English terms dictionary
you scratch my back and i'll scratch yours — This idiom means that if you do something for me, I ll return the favour … The small dictionary of idiomes
you scratch my back (and I'll scratch yours) — you scratch my back (and I’ll scratch yours) phrase used for saying that two people each do something to help the other Thesaurus: to ask someone for helpsynonym Main entry: scratch … Useful english dictionary
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You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. — something that you say to tell someone that you will help them if they will help you. I do have some information you might be interested in, but what can you offer me in return? You scratch my back and I ll scratch yours … New idioms dictionary
you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours — one hand washes the other, doing a favor for someone so as to receive a favor back from him … English contemporary dictionary
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours — This idiom means that if you do something for me, I ll return the favour … Dictionary of English idioms
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scratch someone's back — see ↑scratch, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑back scratch someone s back informal : to do something that helps someone else but that is often wrong or difficult to do You scratch my back, and I ll scratch yours. [=if you do something to help me, I ll do… … Useful english dictionary
scratch — ► VERB 1) make a long mark or wound on (a surface) with something sharp or pointed. 2) rub (a part of one s body) with one s fingernails to relieve itching. 3) (of a bird or mammal) rake the ground with the beak or claws in search of food. 4)… … English terms dictionary