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81 посади свинью за стол, она и ноги на стол
Set phrase: allow a pig at table to sit and it'll put on the table its feet, give him a ring, and he'll want your whole arm, give him an inch and he will take a mile, give him an inch and he will take a yard, give him an inch and he will take an ell, give him an inch and he'll take an ell (дословно: Дай ему вершок, он все три аршина отхватит), it is hard to break a hog of an ill custom (of an impudent person who has bad manners), let him put in his finger, and he will put in his whole hand, set a beggar on a horseback, and he'll ride a gallop, set a beggar on a horseback, and he'll ride to the devil, set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil (дословно: Посади нищего на коня, он и к самому дьяволу отправится)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > посади свинью за стол, она и ноги на стол
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82 фигурально выражаясь
Set phrase: turn of phraseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > фигурально выражаясь
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83 чеканная фраза
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84 была бы шея, а хомут найдётся
Set phrase: God shapes the back for the burden, all lay load on the willing horse (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), all lay loads on the willing horse (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), an ass endures his burden, if the devil finds a man idle, he'll set him to work, if there's a back, there's a burden, the devil finds work for idle hands to doУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > была бы шея, а хомут найдётся
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85 была бы шея, хомут найдётся
Set phrase: God shapes the back for the burden, all lay load on the willing horse (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), all lay loads on the willing horse (used ironically to mean: if there is a worker, very hard work is not to be long in waiting for him), an ass endures his burden, if the devil finds a man idle, he'll set him to work, if there's a back, there's a burden, the devil finds work for idle hands to doУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > была бы шея, хомут найдётся
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86 волк-не пастух, свинья-не огородник
Set phrase: give never the wolf the wether to keep (дословно: Не поручай волку за бараном присматривать), set the wolf to keep the sheep (дословно: Приставить волка стеречь овец)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > волк-не пастух, свинья-не огородник
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87 вор вором губится
Set phrase: set a thief to catch a thief (дословно: Поймать вора поручи вору. (т.е. вор вора скорее поймает)) -
88 дальше в лес - больше дров
Set phrase: as the days grow longer, the storms are stronger, complications begin to set in, the deeper into the wood you go, the more timber seems to grow, the farther in, the deeper (as it goes on, things get more complicated, worse), the farther into the forest, the thicker the trees, the deeper one gets into smth, the more involved it becomesУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > дальше в лес - больше дров
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89 звёзд с нёба не хватает
Set phrase: he won't set the Thames on fireУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > звёзд с нёба не хватает
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90 звёзд с неба не хватает
Set phrase: he won't set the Thames on fireУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > звёзд с неба не хватает
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91 не позволяй лисе сторожить гусей
Set phrase: don't set the fox to keep your geeseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > не позволяй лисе сторожить гусей
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92 ноги моей (где) не будет (only ; sing.)
Set phrase: I'll never set foot (in your house, пр.) againУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > ноги моей (где) не будет (only ; sing.)
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93 он пороху не выдумает
Set phrase: he will never set the thames on fire (дословно: Ему никогда Темзы не поджечь)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > он пороху не выдумает
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94 он с неба звёзд не хватает
Set phrase: he will never set the thames on fire (дословно: Ему никогда Темзы не поджечь)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > он с неба звёзд не хватает
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95 от копеечной свечи Москва сгорела
Set phrase: a little dip, in old days, set Moscow ablaze, a little spark kindles a great fire (little evil may start a great disaster), all Moscow was burnt down by a farthing dip, little chips light great firesУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > от копеечной свечи Москва сгорела
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96 от копеечной свечки Москва сгорела
Set phrase: a little dip, in old days, set moscow ablaze, a little spark kindles a great fire (little evil may start a great disaster), all moscow was burnt down by a farthing dip, little chips light great fires, little chips light great fires (дословно: От маленьких щепок большие пожары бывают)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > от копеечной свечки Москва сгорела
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97 плохо овцам, где волк в пастухах
Set phrase: set the wolf to keep the sheep (дословно: Приставить волка стеречь овец)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > плохо овцам, где волк в пастухах
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98 пороху не выдумает
Set phrase: he will never set the Thames on fireУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > пороху не выдумает
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99 сквозь зубы (говорить , бормотать , пр.) (to speak)
Set phrase: through set teethУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > сквозь зубы (говорить , бормотать , пр.) (to speak)
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100 чем дальше в лес, тем больше дров
Set phrase: as the days grow longer, the storms are stronger, complications begin to set in, the deeper into the wood you go, the more timber seems to grow, the farther in, the deeper (as it goes on, things get more complicated, worse), the farther into the forest, the thicker the trees, the devil is in the detail (проект легко представить, а сложнее совершить)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > чем дальше в лес, тем больше дров
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