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1 осаждать пыль
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2 прибить пыль
1) General subject: allay dust, lay the dust2) Agriculture: lay dust3) Makarov: lay the dust (о дожде) -
3 RAIN
• Although it rain, throw not away your watering - pot - Береженого Бог бережет (Б)• Into each (every) life some rain must fall - Век изжить - не рукой махнуть (B)• It is raining cats and dogs (chicken coops, darling needles, pitchforks) - Разверзлись хляби небесные (P)• It never rains, but it pours - Пошла Настя по напастям (П), Пришла беда - отворяй ворота (П)• Little rain stills a great wind (A) - Мала метелка, да чисто метет (M), Мала птичка, да ноготок востер a (M), Мал, да удал (M), Муравей невелик, а горы копает (M), Не высок водоспуск, а реку держит (H)• Rain comes down in sheets (in torrents) (The) - Разверзлись хляби небесные (P)• Small rain allays a great wind - Мала метелка, да чисто метет (M), Мала птичка, да ноготок востер a (M)• Small rain lays /a/ great dust (/A/) - Мала метелка, да чисто метет (M), Мала птичка, да ноготок востер a (M)• Small rain may allay a great storm (A) - Мала птичка, да ноготок востер a (M)• Small rain will lay great dust - Мала метелка, да чисто метет (M), Мала птичка, да ноготок востер a (M)• When it is raining gold (soup), I am caught with a leaky teaspoon - Бедному жениться и ночь коротка (B)• When it rains, it pours - Час от часу не легче (4)• When it rains porridge, the beggar has no spoon - Бедному жениться и ночь коротка (Б)• When it rains pottage you must hold up your dish - Держи карман шире! (Д)• Why is it when it rains good things we've left our slickers at the wagon? - Бедному жениться и ночь коротка (B) -
4 Мала птичка, да ноготок востер
Л short or insignificant man a) excites admiration by his abilities, b) fills you with apprehension. See a) Мал, да удал (M), Муравей невелик, а горы копает (M); b) Ящерка маленька, да зубы остреньки (Я)Var.: Мал ноготок, да остёр. Невелика мышка, да зубок остёр. Невелика птичка, да ноготок остёрCf: a) Alittle rain stills a great wind (Am.). The smallest axe may fell the hugest oak (Br.). Small rain allays a great wind (Br.). A small rain lays a great dust (may allay a great storm) (Am.). Small rain lays (will lay) great dust (Br.)b) Alittle wind kindles a big flame (Am.). No viper so little, but has its venom (Br.). A thorn is small, but he who has felt it doesn't forget it (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Мала птичка, да ноготок востер
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