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1 little body often harbours a great soul
посл.В маленьком теле часто таится великая душа.ср. Мал золотник, да дорог. Мала искра, да великий пламень родит. Мал соловей, да голосом велик.Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > little body often harbours a great soul
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2 a little body often harbours a great soul
Пословица: мал золотник, да дорог (said about people or things that are not big, not tall, not large, but are beautiful, have lots of merits, excellent qualities, and are as good as big), мал золотник, да дорог (дословно: в маленьком теле часто таится великая душа), мал соловей, да голосом велик (дословно: в маленьком теле часто таится великая душа), мала искра, да великий пламень родит (дословно: в маленьком теле часто таится великая душа)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > a little body often harbours a great soul
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3 A little body often harbours a great soul.
<03> В маленьком теле часто таится великая душа. Ср. Мал золотник, да дорог. Мала искра, да великий пламень родит. Мал соловей, да голосом велик.Англо-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом > A little body often harbours a great soul.
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4 a little body often harbours a great soul
мале тілом, та велике духомEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > a little body often harbours a great soul
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5 a little body often harbours a great soul
посл."в маленьком теле часто таится великая душа"; ≈ мал золотник, да дорогLarge English-Russian phrasebook > a little body often harbours a great soul
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7 мал золотник, да дорог
Set phrase: a little body often harbours a great soul (said about people or things that are not big, not tall, not large, but are beautiful, have lots of merits, excellent qualities, and are as good as big), a little body often harbours a great soul (дословно: в маленьком теле часто таится великая душа), an inch is as good as an ell, little bodies may have great souls, little is the light will be seen far in a mirk night, little pigeons can carry great messages, small rain lays great dust, small rain lays great dust (дословно: Небольшой дождь густую пыль прибивает), small rain will lay great dustУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > мал золотник, да дорог
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8 _сила та слабкість; велике та мале
all great minds run in the same channel better to be a big toad in a small puddle than a small toad in a big puddle burn not your house to rid of the mouse conceit is nature's gift to small men to make up for that which they don't have every great man is unique every oak has been an acorn for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost grain by grain, and the hen fills her belly a great ship asks deep waters great men are not always wise the greatest crabs be not all the best heavy burdens kill little people, but they make great ones he that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities an inch is as good as an ell the Iamb who bites a wolf never bites again little boats should stay close to shore little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above it a little body often harbours a great soul little things worry little minds many a little makes a mickle a mouse may help a lion none thinks the great unhappy oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm one man's weakness is another man's chance one swallow does not make a summer a small leak will sink a great ship there are no small steps in great affairs there is safety in numbers trifles lead to serious matters trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle union is strength the weakest goes to the wallEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _сила та слабкість; велике та мале
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9 мал золотник, да дорог
погов.cf. little bodies may have great souls; a little body often harbours a great soul; little pigeons can carry great messages; small rain lays great dust; it is not the quantity that matters, but the qualityВот уж воистину мал золотник, да дорог! Иван Малый хоть ростом и не вышел, а работает за троих. (Н. Мординов, Весенняя пора) — Indeed, small rain lays great dust. Take Ivan Maly: small as he is, he does the work of three.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > мал золотник, да дорог
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10 мал, да удал
погов.cf. a little body often harbours a great soul; little pigeons can carry great messages; oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm; small rain lays great dust -
11 мал соловей, да голосом велик
Set phrase: a little body often harbours a great soul (дословно: в маленьком теле часто таится великая душа)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > мал соловей, да голосом велик
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12 мала искра, да великий пламень родит
Set phrase: a little body often harbours a great soul (дословно: в маленьком теле часто таится великая душа)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > мала искра, да великий пламень родит
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