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1 ACCIDENT
• Accidents /will/ happen in the best of families – Под каждой крышей свои мыши (n)• Accidents will happen in the best regulated families - Под каждой крышей свои мыши (П) -
2 скандал в благородном семействе
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > скандал в благородном семействе
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3 Под каждой крышей свои мыши
There is no community or fam ily that does not have any troubles or shameful secrets. See Каждый дом имеет свой содом (K), У каждой избушки свои погремушки (У)Cf: Accidents /will/ happen in the best of families (Am.). Accidents will happen in the best regulated families (Am., Br.). No house without mouse (Br.). No larder but has its mice (Br.). There is a skeleton in every house (Am., Br.). There's a skeleton in every family /closet/ (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Под каждой крышей свои мыши
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4 в семье не без урода
1) General subject: accidents will happen in the best regulated families, black sheep occur in all families, every family has a black sheep, accidents will happen2) Set phrase: it is a small flock that has not a black sheep, many a good cow has a bad calf (дословно: Плохие телята и от хороших коров родятся), many a good cow hath an bad calf, many a good cow hath an evil calf, many a good father has but a bad son (дословно: у многих хороших отцов плохие сыновья), many a good father hath but a bad son, no garden is without its weeds, there is a black sheep in every family, there is a black sheep in every flock, there is a black sheep in every foldУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > в семье не без урода
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5 и на старуху бывает проруха
посл.cf. every man has a fool in his sleeve; no man is wise at all times; he is lifeless who is faultless; it could happen < even> to a bishop!; even Homer sometimes nods; a good marksman may miss; the best cart may be upset; the best cloth may have a moth in it; accidents will happen in the best regulated families; to err is human- Куда же мы с вами годимся? Всё забыли?.. У девочки-то скарлатина!.. - М-да, - сказал Баринов. - И на старуху бывает проруха. (Ю. Герман, Дело, которому ты служишь) — 'So we're not much good, are we? Have we forgotten everything we knew? And the baby girl has scarlet fever.' 'Every man has a fool in his sleeve,' Barinov said.
Более добросовестного и исполнительного солдата, чем Обухов, трудно было себе представить. Но, как говорят, и на старушку бывает прорушка. С кем греха не бывает? (М. Алексеев, Дивизионка) — It would be hard to conceive of a more conscientious, more efficient soldier than Obukhov. But, as they say, to err is human. Anyone can make mistakes.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > и на старуху бывает проруха
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6 и на старуху бывает проруха
1) Set phrase: a good marksman may miss, accidents will happen in the best regulated families, even homer sometimes nods, every man has a fool in his sleeve, he is lifeless who is faultless, it could happen (even) to a bishop! (even an experienced person can make mistakes, to err is human), no man is wise at all times, the best cart may be upset, the best cloth may have a moth in it, nobody's perfect, everyone makes mistakes2) Saying: homer sometimes nodsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > и на старуху бывает проруха
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7 и на старушку бывает прорушка
Set phrase: a good marksman may miss, accidents will happen in the best regulated families, even homer sometimes nods, every man has a fool in his sleeve, he is lifeless who is faultless, it could happen (even) to a bishop! (even an experienced person can make mistakes, to err is human), no man is wise at all times, the best cart may be upset, the best cloth may have a moth in itУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > и на старушку бывает прорушка
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8 всякое бывает
1) General subject: you never can tell2) Cliche: things do happen -
9 в семье не без урода
посл.there is a bad one in any family; many a good father has but a bad son; accidents will happen in the best regulated families; cf. there is a black sheep in every flock (fold); it is a small flock that has not a black sheep; no garden is without its weeds- Крючки нынче по деревням. Крючки... Многовато их стало. Чуть ли не в каждой деревне - то урядник, то стражник. Есть, конечно, и тайные, подкупленные из нашего брата крестьян. - Есть такие? - В семье не без урода. (Г. Марков, Сибирь) — 'There's fish-hooks in the villages these days. Fish-hooks... There's a lot, too. Near every village has a policeman or a guard. And then there's the ones as keep under cover, peasants bought over.' 'Some are, then?' 'There's bad' uns in any family.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > в семье не без урода
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10 скандалы случаются и в лучших семьях
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > скандалы случаются и в лучших семьях
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11 скандал в благородном семействе
(Н. Куликов) ирон.lit. a scandal in a respectable family iron.; cf. accidents will happen in the best regulated familiesРусско-английский фразеологический словарь > скандал в благородном семействе
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