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1 BIRD
• As the old bird sings, so the young ones twitter - Щенок лает, от больших слышит (Щ)• Bad bird, bad eggs - Каково дерево, таковы и сучья (K), От худого семени не жди доброго племени (O), От худой курицы худые яйца (O)• Bird has flown /the coop/ (The) - Ищи ветра в поле (И)• Bird in the hand is better than two in the bush (A) - Птица в руках стоит двух в устах (П)• Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (A) - Ближняя копеечка дороже дальнего рубля (Б), Лучше сегодня яичко, чем курица завтра (Л), Лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе (Л), Не сули журавля в небе, дай синицу в руки (H), Птица в руках стоит двух в устах (П)• Bird in the sack is worth two on the wing (A) - Не сули журавля в небе, дай синицу в руки (H)• Bird is known by his note and a man by his talk (A) - Знать птицу по перьям, а молодца по речам (3)• Bird is known by its flight (A) - Видать птицу по полету (B)• Bird is known by its note, and the man by his words (The) - Знать птицу по перьям, а молодца по речам (3)• Bird is known by its song (A) - Знать птицу по перьям, а молодца по речам (3)• Birds of a color flock together - Рыбак рыбака видит издалека (P)• Birds of a feather flock together - Масть к масти подбирается (M), Рыбак рыбака видит издалека (P)• Birds once snared fear all bushes - Пуганая ворона и куста боится (П)• Each bird likes his own nest best - Всякая птица свое гнездо любит (B), Всяк кулик свое болото хвалит (B)• Each bird loves to hear himself sing - Всяк сам себе загляденье (B)• Early bird catches (gets) the worm (The) - Кто рано встает, тому Бог дает (K)• Every bird likes its own nest - Всяк кулик свое болото хвалит (B)• Every bird likes to hear himself sing - Всяк сам себе загляденье (B)• Every bird thinks her /own/ nest beautiful (his nest best) - Всякая птица свое гнездо любит (B), Всяк кулик свое болото хвалит (B)• Faraway birds have fine feathers - Славны бубны за горами (C)• God gives (sends) every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest - Пироги на кустах не растут (П)• It is a foolish bird that defiles (fouls) its own nest - Глупа та птица, которой гнездо свое не мило (Г)• It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest - Глупа та птица, которой гнездо свое не мило (Г)• It is the early bird that catches the worm - Кто рано встает, тому Бог дает (K)• It's a poor bird that will dirty its own nest - Глупа та птица, которой гнездо свое не мило (Г)• Little bird told me (A) - Слухом земля полнится (C), Сорока на хвосте принесла (C)• Little bird whispered to me (A) - Слухом земля полнится (C)• Old bird is not /to be/ caught by (with) chaff (An) - Старого воробья на мякине не проведешь (C)• One bird in the cage is worth two in the bush - Не сули журавля в небе, дай синицу в руки (H)• One bird in the net is better than a hundred flying - Не сули журавля в небе, дай синицу в руки (H)• Old birds are hard to pluck - В могилу глядит, а над копейкой дрожит (B)• Older the bird, the more unwillingly it parts with its feathers (The) - В могилу глядит, а над копейкой дрожит (B)• Such /a/ bird, such /a/ nest - Какова пряха, такова на ней и рубаха (K), Каков Дема, таково у него и дома (K), Каков мастер, такова и работа (M), Каков строитель, таков и дом (K)• Such bird, such egg - Яблочко от яблони недалеко падает (Я)• There are no birds in the last year's nest - Битого, пролитого да прожитого не воротишь (Б)• You cannot catch old birds with chaff - Старого воробья на мякине не проведешь (C) -
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3 Не сули журавля в небе, дай синицу в руки
It is better to have a little at present than to live on hope of getting much in future. See Ближняя копеечка дороже дальнего рубля (Б), Лучше сегодня яичко, чем курица завтра (Л), Не сули собаке пирога, а кинь краюху (Щ Одно нынче лучше двух завтра (O), Птица в руках стоит двух в устах (П)Var.: Не сули бычка, а дай стакан (чашку) молочкаCf: An acre of performance is worth the whole world of promise (Am.). A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (Am., Br.). A bird in the sack is worth two on the wing (Am.). A feather in the hand is better than a bird in the air (Am., Br.). A gift in the hand is better than two promises (Am., Br.). A gift is better than a promise (Am.). One acre of performance is worth twenty of the Land of Promise (Br.). One bird in the cage is worth two in the bush (Am.). One bird in the net is better than a hundred flying (Br.). ne dollar in your hand beats the promise of two in somebody else's (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Не сули журавля в небе, дай синицу в руки
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4 не сули журавля в небе, а дай синицу в руки
Set phrase: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (дословно: Лучше одна птичка в руках, чем две в кустах), a bird in the hand is worth two in the the wood, a feather in the hand is better than a bird in the air, a living dog is better than a dead lion, a pound in the purse is worth two in the book, an ounce of (good) fortune is worth a pound of forecast, better an egg today than a hen tomorrow, better one small fish than an empty dish, never quit certainty for hope, never quit certainty for hope (дословно: Никогда не поступайся уверенностью ради надежды), one today is worth two tomorrowУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > не сули журавля в небе, а дай синицу в руки
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5 С-196
СИНИЦА В РУКАХ coll NP sing only) a less-than-ideal object, opportunity etc that a person already possesses or has available to him (and which therefore is preferable to a better object, opportunity etc that he may never get)the proverbial bird in the handa (real (an actual)) bird in the hand.Итак, он давно бы хотел в таможню, но удерживали текущие разные выгоды по строительной комиссии, и он рассуждал справедливо, что таможня, как бы то ни было, всё ещё не более как журавль в небе, а комиссия уже была синица в руках (Гоголь 3). And so he had long been longing to get into the Customs, but had been held back by sundry current benefits accruing from the Building Commission, and he had reasoned, justly enough, that the Customs was, after all, no more than the proverbial two birds in the bush whereas the Building Commission was an actual bird in the hand (3b).From the proverb «Лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе». See С-195. -
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• СИНИЦА В РУКАХ coll[NP; sing only]=====⇒ a less-than-ideal object, opportunity etc that a person already possesses or has available to him (and which therefore is preferable to a better object, opportunity etc that he may never get):- a (real < an actual>) bird in the hand.♦ Итак, он давно бы хотел в таможню, но удерживали текущие разные выгоды по строительной комиссии, и он рассуждал справедливо, что таможня, как бы то ни было, всё ешё не более как журавль в небе, а комиссия уже была синица в руках (Гоголь 3). And so he had long been longing to get into the Customs, but had been held back by sundry current benefits accruing from the Building Commission, and he had reasoned, justly enough, that the Customs was, after all, no more than the proverbial two birds in the bush whereas the Building Commission was an actual bird in the hand (3b).—————← From the proverb "Лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе". See лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > синица в руках
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7 Птица в руках стоит двух в устах
See Не сули журавля в небе, дай синицу в руки (Н)Cf: Better a sparrow in the hand than a vulture on the wing (Br.). A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush (Am.). A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (Am., Br.). A carrot in the hand is worth two in the midden (Br.). A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon in the roof (in the sky) (Br.). A sparrow in the hand is worth a pheasant that flies by (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Птица в руках стоит двух в устах
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8 лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе
Set phrase: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, A bird in the hand is worth two in the wood, A feather in the hand is better than a bird in the air, A living dog is better than a dead lion, A pound in the purse is worth two in the book, An ounce of (good) fortune is worth a pound of forecast, Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow, Better one small fish than an empty dish, Never quit certainty for hope, One today is worth two tomorrow, half a loaf is better than no bread, one today is worth two tomorrowsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе
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9 лучше синица в руки, чем журавль в небе
Set phrase: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, A bird in the hand is worth two in the wood, A feather in the hand is better than a bird in the air, A living dog is better than a dead lion, A pound in the purse is worth two in the book, An ounce of (good) fortune is worth a pound of forecast, Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow, Better one small fish than an empty dish, Never quit certainty for hope, One today is worth two tomorrowУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > лучше синица в руки, чем журавль в небе
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10 нечто реальное
General subject: a bird in a hand, a bird in the hand (a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - не сули журавля в небе, дай синицу в руки), concrete, positive, real, reality -
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не сули (не нужно) журавля в небе, <а> дай синицу в рукипосл.cf. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; better an egg today than a hen tomorrow; a gift in the hand is better than two promises; a pound in the purse is worth two in the book; one today is worth two tomorrow; never quit certainty for hope- Как же, то есть вас сейчас и сделают профессором после экзамена? - Нет ещё... но большая надежда получить. - Так, стало быть, это пустяки - одни только надежды. Нет, Павел Васильич, на жизнь нельзя так смотреть: жизнь - серьёзное дело; пословица говорится: "Не сули журавля в небе, а дай синицу в руки". (А. Писемский, Тюфяк) — 'How is that? You mean they will make you a professor as soon as you pass your examination?' 'Not immediately... but I have great hopes.' 'Nonsense! Sheer daydreaming! That's not the way to look at life, Pavel Vasilich, life's a serious business; 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush', you know.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не сули журавля в небе, дай синицу в руки
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12 Ж-85
ЖУРАВЛЬ В НЁБЕ coll NP sing only fixed WOsth. desirable yet extremely difficult to obtain, achieve etc: (like) the proverbial two birds in the bush....Он давно бы хотел в таможню, но удерживали текущие разные выгоды по строительной комиссии, и он рассуждал справедливо, что таможня, как бы то ни было, все ещё не более как журавль в небе, а комиссия уже была синица в руках (Гоголь 3)....He had been longing to get into the Customs, but had been held back by sundry current benefits accruing from the Building Commission, and he had reasoned, justly enough, that the Customs was, after all, no more than the proverbial two birds in the bush whereas the Building Commission was an actual bird in the hand (3b).From the proverb «Лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе» (аА bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"). See C-195. -
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• ЖУРАВЛЬ В НЕБЕ coll[NP; sing only; fixed WO]=====⇒ sth. desirable yet extremely difficult to obtain, achieve etc:- (like) the proverbial two birds in the bush.♦...Он давно бы хотел в таможню, но удерживали текущие разные выгоды по строительной комиссии, и он рассуждал справедливо, что таможня, как бы то ни было, всё ешё не более как журавль в небе, а комиссия уже была синица в руках (Гоголь 3)....He had been longing to get into the Customs, but had been held back by sundry current benefits accruing from the Building Commission, and he had reasoned, justly enough, that the Customs was, after all, no more than the proverbial two birds in the bush whereas the Building Commission was an actual bird in the hand (3b).—————← From the proverb "Лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе" (АА bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"). See C-195.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > журавль в небе
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14 ближняя соломка лучше дальнего сенца
посл.cf. never quit certainty for hope; better an egg today than a hen tomorrow; a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; a little is better than noneГлавному инженеру важно было сейчас добить вопрос о ремонте. Как говорится, ближняя соломка лучше дальнего сенца. (Д. Гранин, Искатели) — The chief engineer was concerned at the moment with settling the repair question. A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ближняя соломка лучше дальнего сенца
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жен.; орнит.titmouse, tomtit, blue tit••лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе — a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, one today is worth two tomorrows
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17 Лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе
See Не сули журавля в небе, дай синицу в руки (Н)Var.: Лучше воробей в руке, чем петух на кровле. Лучше голубь в тарелке, чем глухарь на току. Лучше рябчик в руках, чем два на веткеCf: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (Am., Br.). One dollar in your hand beats the promise of two in somebody else's (Am.). A pullet in the pen is worth a hundred in the fen (Br.). A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon in the roof (is worth a pheasant that flies by) (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе
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18 Ближняя копеечка дороже дальнего рубля
See Не сули журавля в небе, дай синицу в руки (Н)Var.: Ближняя соломка лучше дальнего сенцаCf: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (Am., Br.). One dollar in your hand beats the promise of two in somebody else's (Am.). A pound in the purse is worth two in the book (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Ближняя копеечка дороже дальнего рубля
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19 не сули журавля в небе, дай синицу в руки
1) Set phrase: a sparrow in hand is worth a pheasant that flieth by2) Makarov: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bushУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > не сули журавля в небе, дай синицу в руки
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