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41 any port in a storm
the drowning man will catch at a straw among the blind the one-eyed man is king there is small choice in rotten applesEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > any port in a storm
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42 drown
drown [draυn] v1) тону́ть;to be drowned утону́ть
2) топи́ть(ся)3) затопля́ть, залива́ть;drowned in tears весь в слеза́х, залива́ясь слеза́ми
;drowned in sleep погружённый в сон; совсе́м со́нный
4) заглуша́ть (звук, голос; тоску)◊a drowning man will catch at a straw утопа́ющий хвата́ется за соло́минку
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43 кто тонет-нож подай, и за нож ухватится
Set phrase: a drowning man will catch at a straw (дословно: Утопающий за соломинку схватится)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > кто тонет-нож подай, и за нож ухватится
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44 drown
verb1) тонуть; to be drowned утонуть2) топить(ся)3) затоплять, заливать; drowned in tears весь в слезах, заливаясь слезами; drowned in sleep погруженный в сон; совсем сонный4) заглушать (звук, голос; тоску)a drowning man will catch at a straw утопающий хватается за соломинку* * *(v) тонуть; утонуть* * ** * *[ draʊn] v. тонуть, топиться; утопить; заливать, затоплять, заглушать* * *заливатьзатоплятьпогружатьпотонутьпотопатьпотопитьтонутьтопитьутонутьутопатьутопить* * *1) а) тонуть б) топить(ся) в) затоплять, заполонять жидкостью 2) заглушать (звук, голос); подавлять, "топить" (горе, тоску, печаль) -
45 drown
[draun]v1) тону́ти; потопа́ти2) топи́ти3) затопля́ти, залива́ти4) заглу́шувати ( звуки)••a drowning man will catch at a straw — і за соло́минку вхо́питься, хто то́питься
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46 удавник
drowned manстискам като удавник stick like a limpetудавникът се лови за сламка a drowning man will catch/clutch at a straw* * *уда̀вник,м., -ци drowned man; • стискам като \удавникк stick like a limpet; \удавниккът се лови за сламка a drowning man will catch/clutch at a straw.* * *drowned man* * *1. drowned man 2. УДАВНИКът се лови за сламка a drowning man will catch/clutch at a straw 3. стискам като УДАВНИК stick like a limpet -
47 давя
1. drown2. (душа) strangle, throttle, stifle, suffocate, choke3. drown(задушавам се) choke, suffocate (от with)давя се от кашлица choke/suffocate with coughing, my cough is choking/suffocating me4. (за кучета) fightдавещият се и за сламка се хваща a drowning man will catch/clutch/grasp at a straw* * *да̀вя,гл., мин. св. деят. прич. да̀вил 1. drown;2. ( душа) strangle, throttle, stifle, suffocate, choke;\давя се 1. drown; ( задушавам се) choke, suffocate (от with); \давя се от кашлица choke/suffocate with coughing, my cough is choking/suffocating me;2. (за кучета) fight; • който се дави и за сламка се хваща a drowning man will catch/clutch/grasp at a straw.* * *bait (за куче); choke ; drown: Ten people давяed in the river. - Десет души се удавиха в реката.* * *1. (душа) strangle, throttle, stifle, suffocate, choke 2. (за кучета) fight 3. (задушавам се) choke, suffocate (от with) 4. drown 5. ДАВЯ 6. ДАВЯ ce от кашлица choke/suffocate with coughing, my cough is choking/suffocating me 7. давещият се и за сламка се хваща a drowning man will catch/clutch/ grasp at a straw -
48 drown
{drawn}
1. давя (се), удавям (се)
to DROWN oneself удавям се, самоубивам се чрез удавяне
DROWNed man удавник
2. прен. удавям, забравям, наводнявам (местност)
to be DROWNed out оставам без подслон поради наводнение
удавям (глас, звук), заглушавам (и с out)
eyes DROWNed in tears плувнали в сълзи очи
like a DROWNed rat като мокра кокошка
to DROWN the miller кръщавам виното
a DROWNing man will catch at/cling to a straw давещият се и за сламката се хваща* * *{drawn} v 1. давя (се), удавям (се); to drown o.s. удавям се, самоу* * *удавям; удавям; давя; заглушавам; наводнявам;* * *1. a drowning man will catch at/cling to a straw давещият се и за сламката се хваща 2. drowned man удавник 3. eyes drowned in tears плувнали в сълзи очи 4. like a drowned rat като мокра кокошка 5. to be drowned out оставам без подслон поради наводнение 6. to drown oneself удавям се, самоубивам се чрез удавяне 7. to drown the miller кръщавам виното 8. давя (се), удавям (се) 9. прен. удавям, забравям, наводнявам (местност) 10. удавям (глас, звук), заглушавам (и с out)* * *drown [draun] v 1. давя (се), удавям (се); to \drown o.s. удавям се ( съзнателно), хвърлям се във водата (за да се удавя); 2. прен. удавям (в пиене), забравям; 3. наводнявам ( местност); to be \drowned out оставам бездомен след наводнение; 4. удавям, сподавям (глас, звук), заглушавам, карам да се изгуби; eyes \drowned in tears окъпани (плувнали) в сълзи очи. -
49 chwy|cić
pf — chwy|tać impf Ⅰ vt 1. (złapać) to get hold of, to take hold of; (bardziej zdecydowanie) to catch hold of, to grab (hold of) [torbę, talerz, krzesło, dziecko, zwierzę]; to catch [piłkę, jabłko]; to seize, to grasp [nóż, szablę]; [dźwig] to pick up [kontener]- chwytać piłkę obiema rękami a. w obie ręce to catch a ball with a. in both hands- chwytać (za) czapkę/kij to grab one’s cap/a stick- chwycić za klamkę to grab the door handle- chwytać linę to catch a. grab (at) a rope- chwycić rzucony cukierek to catch a sweet- chwycić kogoś za włosy/kark to grab sb by the hair/(the scruff of) the neck- chwycić kogoś za kołnierz/płaszcz to grab (hold of) a. get hold of sb by the collar/ to grab (hold of) sb’s coat- chwycić kogoś za rękę to grip sb’s hand, to grasp sb by the hand- chwycić kogoś za ramię to grip sb’s arm, to seize sb by the arm- chwycić kogoś w objęcia to grasp a. clasp sb in an embrace- pies chwycił go za nogawkę spodni the dog caught his trouser leg in its teeth2. (wędką, pułapką, sidłem) to catch [rybę, zwierzę, motyla]- chwytać ryby siecią/w sieć to catch fish with/in a net- chwytać konia na lasso to lasso a. rope a horse3. (spinać) to pin up [brzegi sukni] 4. przen. (postrzegać) to catch [dźwięki, spojrzenia]- chwytać uchem coś to catch the sound of sth- chwycić coś kątem oka to catch sth out of the corner of one’s eye- chwycić zapach czegoś w nozdrza (o zwierzęciu) to catch the smell of sth5. przen. (pojmować) to grasp; to get pot.- chwycić żart to get a joke- chwytać, o co komuś chodzi to get what sb means- chwytać coś w lot to grasp sth immediately; to catch on (to sth) at once a. immediately pot.- chwytać rytm tańca to pick up the rhythm of a dance6. przen. (zauważać) to catch- chwycić kogoś na czymś to catch sb doing sth7. (przyciągać) [dywan, zasłony] to pick up, to attract [kurz] 8. przen. (ogarniać, opanowywać) chwyta go dolegliwość he is coming down with an illness- chwytały go bóle/konwulsje he was gripped by pain/seized by convulsions- chyba chwyta mnie grypa I think I’m coming down with a. I’m getting the flu- chwycił go kaszel he had a coughing fit- chwyciły ją dreszcze she started shivering- kobietę w ciąży często chwytają mdłości pregnant women often suffer from bouts of sickness- mojego kota chwyciła jakaś choroba my cat has caught a. picked up some disease- chwyta go sen he feels sleepy- położył się do łóżka i od razu chwycił go sen as soon as he got into bed he fell asleep a. he was overcome by sleep książk.- chwyta ją żal/wzruszenie she’s overcome with sorrow/emotion- gdy mróz chwyta, na ulicach robi się ślisko when it’s frosty a. there’s a frost the streets become slippery- w lutym chwyta zwykle kilkunastostopniowy mróz in February the temperature usually falls to 10 or 15 degrees below zeroⅡ vi 1. przen. (przywrzeć) [farba, emulsja, barwnik] to take; [klej] to set, to stick; [taśma klejąca] to stick; [cement] to set- poczekaj, aż klej chwyci wait until the glue sets- ten klej nie chwyta metalu this glue doesn’t stick to a. adhere to metal- farba nie chwyciła the dye didn’t take2. pot., przen. (zyskać uznanie) [idea, pomysł, moda, reklama] to catch on pot.; [towar, film] to take off pot.; [propozycja] to be accepted- idea rządu koalicyjnego nie chwyciła the idea of a coalition government fell through a. didn’t take offⅢ chwycić się — chwytać się 1. (siebie samego) to clutch, to grasp- chwytać się za głowę z bólu to clutch one’s head in pain- chwytać się za bolącą nogę to grasp a. clutch an aching leg- chwytać się pod boki ze śmiechu to clutch one’s sides laughing, to hold one’s sides with laughter2. (jeden drugiego) to grasp one another, to hold one another- chwytać się za ręce to take hold of a. clasp one another’s hands3. (dla utrzymania równowagi) to hold on to, to cling to [mebli, poręczy, płotu, gałęzi]- chwycił się stołu, żeby nie upaść he caught hold of the table so as not to fall4. (dać się złapać) [ryba, zwierzę] to be caught 5. przen. (robić wszystko) to try (out), to resort to- chwytać się różnych pomysłów to try (out) different ideas- chwytać się różnych sposobów to resort to various methods a. means- chwytać się różnych zajęć to take on a. up various activities- chwytać się myśli/nadziei to cling to a. hold on to an idea/a hope- prezydent chwycił się pomocy wojska the president turned to the army for help6. pot. (spostrzegać w sobie) to catch oneself (na czymś doing sth)- chwytać się na myślach o śmierci to catch oneself thinking about death■ chwycić byka za rogi to take the bull by the horns- chwytać oddech a. powietrze to gasp (for breath), to catch one’s breath- ranny z ledwością chwytał powietrze the injured man could hardly catch his breath- chwytać kogoś za słowa a. słówka to pick sb up on every word (they say)- nie chwytaj mnie za słowa, tylko uważnie mnie wysłuchaj just listen to what I’m saying and stop picking me up on every word- dobry reporter powinien chwytać życie na gorąco a good reporter should always be there on the spot- chwytać na gorąco relacje świadków to get eyewitness reports on the spot a. at the scene- chwycić za broń/pióro/pędzel to take up arms/writing/painting- chwytać kogoś za gardło [emocje] to bring a lump to sb’s throat- chwytać kogoś za serce a. duszę [słowa, widok] to pull a. tug at sb’s heartstrings- chwytać kogoś za serce [osoba] to play on sb’s heartstrings- żadne choroby się go nie chwytają he’s totally immune to illness- nie chwytają się go żadne nasze tłumaczenia none of our explanations seem to (be) get(ting) through to himThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > chwy|cić
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50 утопающий
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51 утопающий хватается за соломинку
посл ≈ a drowning man will catch/clutch at a strawРусско-английский учебный словарь > утопающий хватается за соломинку
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52 DROWN
• Drowning man clutches at a thread (А) - Утопающий и за соломинку хватается (У)• Drowning man grabs (will catch, will snatch) at a straw (A) - Утопающий и за соломинку хватается (У)• Drowning man would catch at a razor (A) - Утопающий и за соломинку хватается (У)• Man who was born to drown will drown on a desert (A) - От судьбы не уйдешь (O) -
53 У-149
УТОПАЮЩИЙ ХВАТАЕТСЯ (И) ЗА СОЛОМИНКУ (saying) a person in a hopeless situation will do anything to try to extricate himself from it, including taking measures that obviously will not help: - a drowning man will grasp (clutch, catch) at a straw (at straws).(Лидия:) Ради бога, maman!подите к моему мужу, позовите его сюда, скажите, что я умираю... (Надежда Антоновна:) Я сейчас еду. (Уходит.) (Входит Андрей.) (Андрей:) Господин Глумов. (Лидия (привстав):) Принимать его или нет? Ещё муж придёт или нет, неизвестно. Утопающий хватается за соломинку. (Андрею.) Проси! (Островский 4). (L.:) For heaven's sake, mamma, go to my husband and call him here. Tell him I'm dying.... (N.A.:) I'll go this minute. (She goes out.) (Andrey comes in.) (A.:) Mr. Glumov. (L. (who has risen):) Shall I receive him or not? I still don't know whether my husband will come. A drowning man catches at a straw. (To Andrey.) Show him in! (4a). -
54 утопающий хватается за соломинку
[saying]=====⇒ a person in a hopeless situation will do anything to try to extricate himself from it, including taking measures that obviously will not help:- - a drowning man will grasp (clutch, catch) at a straw (at straws).♦ [Лидия:] Ради бога, maman! подите к моему мужу, позовите его сюда, скажите, что я умираю... [Надежда Антоновна:] Я сейчас еду. (Уходит.) (Входит Андрей.) [Андрей:] Господин Глумов. [Лидия (привстав):] Принимать его или нет? Ещё муж придёт или нет, неизвестно. Утопающий хватается за соломинку. (Андрею.) Проси! (Островский 4). [L.:] For heaven's sake, mamma, go to my husband and call him here. Tell him I'm dying.... [N.A.:] I'll go this minute. (She goes out.) (Andrey comes in.) [A.:] Mr. Glumov. [L. (who has risen):] Shall I receive him or not? I still don't know whether my husband will come. A drowning man catches at a straw. (To Andrey.) Show him in! (4a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > утопающий хватается за соломинку
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55 утопающий хватается и за соломинку
[saying]=====⇒ a person in a hopeless situation will do anything to try to extricate himself from it, including taking measures that obviously will not help:- - a drowning man will grasp (clutch, catch) at a straw (at straws).♦ [Лидия:] Ради бога, maman! подите к моему мужу, позовите его сюда, скажите, что я умираю... [Надежда Антоновна:] Я сейчас еду. (Уходит.) (Входит Андрей.) [Андрей:] Господин Глумов. [Лидия (привстав):] Принимать его или нет? Ещё муж придёт или нет, неизвестно. Утопающий хватается за соломинку. (Андрею.) Проси! (Островский 4). [L.:] For heaven's sake, mamma, go to my husband and call him here. Tell him I'm dying.... [N.A.:] I'll go this minute. (She goes out.) (Andrey comes in.) [A.:] Mr. Glumov. [L. (who has risen):] Shall I receive him or not? I still don't know whether my husband will come. A drowning man catches at a straw. (To Andrey.) Show him in! (4a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > утопающий хватается и за соломинку
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ХВАТАТЬСЯ/СХВАТИТЬСЯ ЗА СОЛОМИНКУ coll VP subj: human more often impfv) to resort to obviously ineffectual measures in a desperate attempt to save o.s. or find a way out of a difficult situationX хватается за соломинку - X grasps (clutches, catches) at a straw (at straws)."...Он спрашивает... почему я до сих пор не в партии. Не знаю, как отвечать, что-то мямлю, а он опять улыбается и сам подсказывает: „Считаете себя недостойным?" - „Да-да, - хватаюсь я за эту соломинку, - именно недостоин"» (Войнович 4). "Then he asked...: why hadn't I joined the Party yet? Not knowing what to answer, I mumbled somethinghe smiled again and supplied the answer himself: 'You consider yourself unworthy?' That's right,' I grasped at the straw. That's right, unworthy'" (4a).O, как ему все это надоело! А между тем он всё-таки спешил к Свидригайлову уж не ожидал ли он чего-нибудь от него нового, указаний, выхода? И за соломинку ведь хватаются! (Достоевский 3). Oh, how tired he was of all that! Yet here he was hurrying to see Svidrigailov, might it not be that he was hoping for something new from him, some hint, some way out? Like a man clutching at straws? (3d).From the saying «Утопающий хватается (и) за соломинку» ("A drowning man will grasp (clutch, catch) at a straw"). See У-149. -
57 схватиться за соломинку
• ХВАТАТЬСЯ/СХВАТИТЬСЯ ЗА СОЛОМИНКУ coll[VP; subj: human; more often impfv]=====⇒ to resort to obviously ineffectual measures in a desperate attempt to save o.s. or find a way out of a difficult situation:- X хватается за соломинку≈ X grasps (clutches, catches) at a straw (at straws).♦ "...Он спрашивает... почему я до сих пор не в партии. Не знаю, как отвечать, что-то мямлю, а он опять улыбается и сам подсказывает: "Считаете себя недостойным?" - "Да-да, - хватаюсь я за эту соломинку, - именно недостоин"" (Войнович 4). "Then he asked...: why hadn't I joined the Party yet? Not knowing what to answer, I mumbled something; he smiled again and supplied the answer himself: 'You consider yourself unworthy?' That's right,' I grasped at the straw. 'That's right, unworthy'" (4a).♦ O, как ему все это надоело! А между тем он всё-таки спешил к Свидригайлову; уж не ожидал ли он чего-нибудь от него нового, указаний, выхода? И за соломинку ведь хватаются! (Достоевский 3). Oh, how tired he was of all that! Yet here he was hurrying to see Svidrigailov; might it not be that he was hoping for something new from him, some hint, some way out? Like a man clutching at straws? (3d).—————← From the saying "Утопающий хватается (и) за соломинку" ("A drowning man will grasp <clutch, catch> at a straw"). See утопающий хватается за соломинку.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > схватиться за соломинку
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58 хвататься за соломинку
• ХВАТАТЬСЯ/СХВАТИТЬСЯ ЗА СОЛОМИНКУ coll[VP; subj: human; more often impfv]=====⇒ to resort to obviously ineffectual measures in a desperate attempt to save o.s. or find a way out of a difficult situation:- X хватается за соломинку≈ X grasps (clutches, catches) at a straw (at straws).♦ "...Он спрашивает... почему я до сих пор не в партии. Не знаю, как отвечать, что-то мямлю, а он опять улыбается и сам подсказывает: "Считаете себя недостойным?" - "Да-да, - хватаюсь я за эту соломинку, - именно недостоин"" (Войнович 4). "Then he asked...: why hadn't I joined the Party yet? Not knowing what to answer, I mumbled something; he smiled again and supplied the answer himself: 'You consider yourself unworthy?' That's right,' I grasped at the straw. 'That's right, unworthy'" (4a).♦ O, как ему все это надоело! А между тем он всё-таки спешил к Свидригайлову; уж не ожидал ли он чего-нибудь от него нового, указаний, выхода? И за соломинку ведь хватаются! (Достоевский 3). Oh, how tired he was of all that! Yet here he was hurrying to see Svidrigailov; might it not be that he was hoping for something new from him, some hint, some way out? Like a man clutching at straws? (3d).—————← From the saying "Утопающий хватается (и) за соломинку" ("A drowning man will grasp <clutch, catch> at a straw"). See утопающий хватается за соломинку.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > хвататься за соломинку
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59 _різне
aim at the stars, but keep your feet on the ground all are not thieves that dogs bark at all cats are grey in the dark all roads lead to Rome always lend a helping hand among the blind the one-eyed man is king as the days grow longer, the storms are stronger at a round table, there is no dispute of place a bad excuse is better than none a bad vessel is seldom broken be just before you're generous be just to all, but trust not all the best things come in small packages the best way to resist temptation is to give in to it better alone than in bad company better an empty house than a bad tenant better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion better ride an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me better to beg than to steal, but better to work than to beg better a tooth out than always aching between two stools one goes to the ground a bird may be known by its flight a bird never flew on one wing a bit in the morning is better than nothing all day a bleating sheep loses a bite a blind man would be glad to see a blind man needs no looking glass bread always falls buttered side down a burden which one chooses is not felt butter to butter is no relish cast no dirt in the well that gives you water the chain is no stronger than its weakest link a change is as good as a rest Christmas comes but once a year circumstances after cases cleanliness is next to godliness the cobbler's wife is the worst shod a cold hand, a warm heart comparisons are odious consistency is a jewel consideration is half of conversation a creaking door hangs long on its hinges desperate diseases must have desperate remedies the devil looks after his own diamond cut diamond dirt shows the quickest on the cleanest cotton discontent is the first step in progress do as you would be done by dog does not eat dog a dog that will fetch a bone will carry a bone a dog will not cry if you beat him with a bone do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar do not throw pearls before swine do your best and leave the rest with God do your duty and be afraid of none don't be a yes-man don't cut off your nose to spite your face don't drown yourself to save a drowning man don't look a gift horse in the mouth don't spur a willing horse don't strike a man when he is down don't swap the witch for the devil eagles don't catch flies eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together the English are a nation of shopkeepers even a stopped clock is right twice a day every cock sings in his own way every fish that escapes seems greater than it is every man is a pilot in a calm sea every medal has its reverse side every thing comes to a man who does not need it every tub smells of the wine it holds evil communications corrupt good manners the exception proves the rule exchange is no robbery extremes meet facts are stubborn things familiarity breeds contempt fast bind, fast find fields have eyes, and woods have ears fight fire with fire figure on the worst but hope for the best fingers were made before forks the fire which lights us at a distance will burn us when near the first shall be last and the last, first follow your own star forbearance is no acquittance the fox knows much, but more he that catches him from the day you were born till you ride in a hearse, there's nothing so bad but it might have been worse from the sweetest wine, the tartest vinegar fruit is golden in the morning, silver at noon, and lead at night gambling is the son of avarice and the father of despair the game is not worth the candles a gentleman never makes any noise the gift bringer always finds an open door the giver makes the gift precious a good horse cannot be of a bad colour a good tale is none the worse for being twice told good riddance to bad rubbish the greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong the half is more than the whole half a loaf is better than no bread half an orange tastes as sweet as a whole one hawk will not pick out hawk's eyes the heart has arguments with which the understanding is unacquainted he may well swim that is held up by the chin he that doesn't respect, isn't respected he that lies down with dogs must rise with fleas he that would live at peace and rest must hear and see and say the best he who is absent is always in the wrong he who follows is always behind the higher the climb, the broader the view history is a fable agreed upon hitch your wagon to a star the ideal we embrace is our better self if a bee didn't have a sting, he couldn't keep his honey if a sheep loops the dyke, all the rest will follow I fear Greeks even when bringing gifts if each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city if the cap fits, wear it if the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain if you cannot bite, never show your teeth if you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have if you cannot speak well of a person, don't speak of him at all if you leave your umbrella at home, it is sure to rain if you wish to see the best in others, show the best of yourself ill news travels fast ill weeds grow apace an inch breaks no square it always pays to be a gentleman it costs nothing to ask it is easier to descend than ascend it is easier to pull down than to build up it is good fishing in troubled waters it is idle to swallow the cow and choke on the tail it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back it is sometimes best to burn your bridges behind you it is well to leave off playing when the game is at the best it is not clever to gamble, but to stop playing it's a small world it takes all sorts to make a world it takes a thief to catch a thief jealousy is a green-eyed monster jealousy is a proof of self-love keep a dress seven years and it will come back into style keep no more cats than will catch mice kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish kissing goes by favor jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today a joy that's shared is a joy made double justice is blind lay not the load on the lame horse learn to creep before you leap let the cock crow or not, the day will come the longest road is sometimes the shortest way home lookers-on see most of the game man does not live by bread alone many are called but few are chosen many go out for wool and come home shorn many stumble at a straw and leap over a block men cease to interest us when we find their limitations a misty morn may have a fine day the mob has many heads but no brains the moon is not seen when the sun shines the more the merrier mountain has brought forth a mouse much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of name not a halter in his house that hanged himself the nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat never be the first by whom the new is tried nor yet the last to lay the old aside never do anything yourself you can get somebody else to do never is a long time never let your left hand know what your right hand is doing never make a bargain with the devil on a dark day never quarrel with your bread and butter never tell tales out of school a nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse no joy without alloy no man is a hero to his valet no mud can soil us but the mud we throw no names, no pack-drill no news good news no one but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches none is so blind as they who will not see none of us is perfect nothing is certain but the unforeseen nothing is easy to the unwilling nothing is so good but it might have been better nothing is stolen without hands nothing new under the sun nothing seems quite as good as new after being broken an old poacher makes the best keeper once is no rule one dog barks at nothing, the rest bark at him one good turn deserves another one half of the world does not know how the other half lives one hand washes the other one man's meat is another man's poison one picture is worth ten thousand words one volunteer is worth two pressed men one whip is good enough for a good horse; for a bad one, not a thousand opposites attract each other the orange that is squeezed too hard yields a bitter juice other people's burdens killed the ass out of the mire into the swamp painted flowers have no scent paper is patient: you can put anything on it people condemn what they do not understand pigs might fly the pitcher goes often to the well please ever; tease never plenty is no plague the porcupine, whom one must handle gloved, may be respected but is never loved the proof of the pudding is in the eating the remedy is worse than the disease reopen not the wounds once healed a rolling stone gathers no moss the rotten apple injures its neighbors scratch my back and I shall scratch yours the sea refuses no river seize what is highest and you will possess what is in between seldom seen, soon forgotten silence scandal by scandal the sharper the storm, the sooner it's over the sheep who talks peace with a wolf will soon be mutton since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get small faults indulged in are little thieves that let in greater solitude is at times the best society some people are too mean for heaven and too good for hell the soul of a man is a garden where, as he sows, so shall he reap sour grapes can never make sweet wine sow a thought and reap an act the sow loves bran better than roses a stick is quickly found to beat a dog with still waters run deep stoop low and it will save you many a bump through life a straw shows which way the wind blows a stream cannot rise above its source the style is the man the sun loses nothing by shining into a puddle the sun shines on all the world the sun will shine down our street too sunday plans never stand suspicion may be no fault, but showing it may be a great one sweetest nuts have the hardest shells the tail cannot shake the dog take things as they are, not as you'd have them tastes differ there are more ways of killing a dog than hanging it there is always room at the top there is life in the old dog yet there is no rose without a thorn there is small choice in rotten apples there is truth in wine there's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it they need much whom nothing will content they that dance must pay the fiddler they walk with speed who walk alone those who hide can find three removals are as bad as a fire to the pure all things are pure to work hard, live hard, die hard, and go to hell after all would be hard indeed too far east is west translation is at best an echo a tree is known by its fruit a tree often transplanted neither grows nor thrives two can play at that game two dogs over one bone seldom agree venture a small fish to catch a great one the voice with a smile always wins wear my shoes and you'll know where they pitch we weep when we are born, not when we die what can you have of a cat but her skin what can't be cured must be endured what matters to a blind man that his father could see what you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail when a dog is drowning, everyone offers him drink when in doubt, do nowt when interest is lost, memory is lost when a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others will build on it when a river does not make a noise, it is either empty or very full when the devil is dead, he never lacks a chief mourner when two ride on one horse one must sit behind where bees are, there is honey where it is weakest, there the thread breaks who seeks what he should not finds what he would not why keep a dog and bark yourself? a wonder lasts but nine days the worth of a thing is best known by its want the world is a ladder for some to go up and some down would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason you buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones you can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink you can tell the day by the morning you cannot lose what you never had you cannot touch pitch and not be defiled you can't put new wine in old bottles you can't walk and look at the stars if you have a stone in your shoe your looking glass will tell you what none of your friends will zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse -
60 утопающий за соломинку хватается
утопающий <и> за соломинку хватаетсяпосл.a drowning man catches (will catch, clutch) at a straw; cf. any port in a stormВы пишете, что Астров в этой сцене обращается к Елене, как самый горячий влюблённый, "хватается за своё чувство, как утопающий за соломинку". Но это неверно, совсем неверно! (А. Чехов, Письмо О. Л. Книппер, 30 сент. 1899) — You write that Astrov addresses Elena in that scene like the most ardent lover, 'clutches at his feeling like a drowning man at a straw.' But that's not right, not right at all!
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