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1 ADVERSITY
• Adversity flatters no man - Время красит, безвременье старит (B), Горе не молодит, а голову белит (Г), Горе только одного рака красит (Г), Кручина иссушит в лучину (K), Не время волос белит, а кручина (H), Не годы старят, а горе (H), Не работа крушит, а забота сушит (H)• Adversity has no friends - В радости сыщут, в горе забудут (B)• Adversity is a good discipline (a good teacher, a great schoolmaster - Беды мучат, уму учат (Б), В нужде и кулик соловьем свищет (B), Горе заставит - бык соловьем запоет (Г), От нужды волк лисой запел (O)• Adversity is the test of friendship - Друзья познаются в беде (Д)• Adversity is the touchstone of virtue - Золото не в золото, не побывав под молотом (3)• Adversity makes men wise - Беды мучат, уму учат (Б), Натерпишься горя - научишься жить (H)• Adversity makes strange bedfellows - В нужде с кем ни поведешься (B)• Adversity tries virtue - Золото не в золото, не побывав под молотом (3)• Sweet are the uses of adversity - Не было бы счастья, да несчастье помогло (H)• There is no education like adversity - Беды мучат, уму учат (Б), В нужде и кулик соловьем свищет (B), Горе заставит - бык соловьем запоет (Г) -
2 в нужде с кем ни поведёшься
Set phrase: adversity makes strange bedfellows (дословно: Нужда сведёт человека с кем угодно)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > в нужде с кем ни поведёшься
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3 В нужде с кем ни поведешься
Adversity often compels men to associate with uncongenial peopleCf: Adversity (Misery) makes strange bedfellows (Am., Br.). Misfortunes cause queer bedfellows (Am.). Poverty makes strange bedfellows (Am., Br.). Want makes us acquainted with strange bedfellows (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > В нужде с кем ни поведешься
См. также в других словарях:
adversity makes strange bedfellows — While the underlying idea remains the same, there has always been some variation in the first word of the proverb: see also politics makes strange bedfellows. 1611 SHAKESPEARE Tempest II. ii. 37 My best way is to creep under his gaberdine; there… … Proverbs new dictionary
politics makes strange bedfellows — Politics has long been considered a plural noun; its use with a singular verb is comparatively recent. A well established variant of adversity makes strange bedfellows. 1839 P. HONE Diary 9 July (1927) I. 404 Party politics, like poverty, bring… … Proverbs new dictionary
strange — see adversity makes strange bedfellows politics makes strange bedfellows fact is stranger than fiction truth is stranger than fiction … Proverbs new dictionary
adversity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Ill fortune Nouns 1. (difficulty) adversity, affliction; bad, ill, adverse, or hard luck or fortune, Weltschmerz; evil lot; force majeur, frowns of fortune; evil star or genius; ups and downs of life,… … English dictionary for students
adversity — see adversity makes strange bedfellows … Proverbs new dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
bedfellow — see adversity makes strange bedfellows politics makes strange bedfellows … Proverbs new dictionary
poverty — see when poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window poverty is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience poverty is not a crime adversity makes strange bedfellows … Proverbs new dictionary