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a thief isn't a thief until caught in the act

  • 1 вор

    м.
    thief; ( мелкий) pilferer

    карма́нный вор — pickpocket

    магази́нный вор — shoplifter; hoist разг.

    держи́те вора! — stop thief !

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    вор у вора дуби́нку укра́л погов.one thief robs another

    на воре ша́пка гори́т погов. — ≈ an uneasy conscience betrays itself

    не по́йман - не вор посл.a thief isn't a thief until caught in the act

    Новый большой русско-английский словарь > вор

  • 2 В-265

    HE ПОЙМАН - HE BOP (saying) a person should not be considered guilty of a wrongdoing if he is not caught at the scene of the crime (said when there is no irrefutable evidence of s.o. 's guilt sometimes said with regret when s.o. 's obvious guilt cannot be proven): = innocent until proven guilty a thief isn't a thief unless you catch him in the act
    a thief isn't a thief till he's caught (in the act). "А откуда вам известно про его штуки?» - «Говорили в институте...» - «Чего ж вы ему тогда холку не намылили?» — «Не пойман - не вор» (Семенов 1). "How do you come to know so much about his tricks?" "They were talked about at the Institute...." "Why didn't you settle his hash at that time?" "You're not a thief till you're caught" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > В-265

  • 3 не пойман - не вор

    [saying] a person should not be considered guilty of a wrongdoing if he is not caught at the scene of the crime (said when there is no irrefutable evidence of s.o.'s guilt; sometimes said with regret when s.o.'s obvious guilt cannot be proven): innocent until proven guilty; a thief isn't a thief unless you catch him in the act; a thief isn't a thief till hefc caught (in the act).
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         ♦ "А откуда вам известно про его штуки?" - "Говорили в институте..." - "Чего ж вы ему тогда холку не намылили?" - "Не пойман - не вор" (Семёнов 1). "How do you come to know so much about his tricks?" "They were talked about at the Institute...." "Why didn't you settle his hash at that time?" "You're not a thief till you're caught" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не пойман - не вор

  • 4 не пойман не вор

    [saying] a person should not be considered guilty of a wrongdoing if he is not caught at the scene of the crime (said when there is no irrefutable evidence of s.o.'s guilt; sometimes said with regret when s.o.'s obvious guilt cannot be proven): innocent until proven guilty; a thief isn't a thief unless you catch him in the act; a thief isn't a thief till hefc caught (in the act).
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         ♦ "А откуда вам известно про его штуки?" - "Говорили в институте..." - "Чего ж вы ему тогда холку не намылили?" - " Не пойман - не вор" (Семёнов 1). "How do you come to know so much about his tricks?" "They were talked about at the Institute...." "Why didn't you settle his hash at that time?" "You're not a thief till you're caught" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не пойман не вор

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