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1 Эзоповы басни
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2 басни Эзопа
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ВОЛК В ОВЕЧЬЕЙ ШКУРЕ coll, disapprov NP usu. subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum (subj: human fixed WOa person who has evil intentions but covers them up, appears harmless or friendlywolf in sheep's clothing.Мы «злые», лишь по недоразумению восхитившие наименование «добрых». Мы волки в овечьей шкуре (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). It was we who were "the wicked" who merely appropriated the name of "the good" owing to a misunderstanding. We were the wolves in sheep's clothing (2a).Russian source: the Bible (Matt. 7:15)English source: Aesop's fables and the Bible. -
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ЛЬВИНАЯ ДОЛЯ (чего) NP sing only usu. used as subj or obj fixed WOthe larger or largest (and usu. better) part (of sth.): the lion's sharethe greater part (of sth.) (in limited contexts) the bulk (of sth.).По моим расчётам, «монстр» (ракета) Королёва должен был весить на старте около 400 тонн, и львиная доля этого гигантского веса приходилась на двадцать слабых, но тяжёлых двигателей, которые должны были поднимать самих себя (Владимиров 1). According to my calculations, Ko-rolyov's monster (of a rocket) must have weighed around 400 tons on the ground, and the greater part of this tremendous weight was accounted for by the 20 small-thrust but heavy engines which had to lift themselves into space (1a).Наконец, на допросах мы начали разбирать бумаги, стихи и записки, собранные следователем (Семёновым). Львиная доля шла на уничтожение, в печь, а некоторые возвращались родным (Ивинская 1). Eventually (during my interrogation), we began to go through all the papers with poems and notes which (the investigator) Semionov had collected together. The bulk of them were afterward destroyed, though some were returned to my relatives (1a).Loan translation of the French la part du lion, from one of Aesop's fables. -
5 волк в овечьей шкуре
• ВОЛК В ОВЕЧЬЕЙ ШКУРЕ coll, disapprov[NP; usu. subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum (subj: human); fixed WO]=====⇒ a person who has evil intentions but covers them up, appears harmless or friendly:- wolf in sheep's clothing.♦ Мы " злые", лишь по недоразумению восхитившие наименование " добрых". Мы волки в овечьей шкуре (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). It was we who were "the wicked" who merely appropriated the name of "the good" owing to a misunderstanding. We were the wolves in sheep's clothing (2a).—————← Russian source: the Bible (Matt. 7:15); English source: Aesop's fables and the Bible.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > волк в овечьей шкуре
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6 львиная доля
[NP; sing only; usu. used as subj or obj; fixed WO]=====⇒ the larger or largest (and usu. better) part (of sth.):- the greater part (of sth.);- [in limited contexts] the bulk (of sth.).♦ По моим расчётам, "монстр" [ракета] Королёва должен был весить на старте около 400 тонн, и львиная доля этого гигантского веса приходилась на двадцать слабых, но тяжёлых двигателей, которые должны были поднимать самих себя (Владимиров 1). According to my calculations, Korolyov's monster [of a rocket] must have weighed around 400 tons on the ground, and the greater part of this tremendous weight was accounted for by the 20 small-thrust but heavy engines which had to lift themselves into space (1a).♦ Наконец, на допросах мы начали разбирать бумаги, стихи и записки, собранные следователем [Семёновым]. Львиная доля шла на уничтожение, в печь, а некоторые возвращались родным (Ивинская 1). Eventually [during my interrogation], we began to go through all the papers with poems and notes which [the investigator] Semionov had collected together. The bulk of them were afterward destroyed, though some were returned to my relatives (1a).—————← Loan translation of the French la part du lion, from one of Aesop's fables.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > львиная доля
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