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• Give him an inch and he'll take a mile (an ell, a yard) - Дадут дураку честь, так не знает, где и сесть (Д), Дай волю на ноготок - он возьмет на весь локоток (Д), Дай курице гряду - изроет весь огород (Д), Дай черту волос, а он и за всю голову (Д), Подай палец, а за руку сам возьму (П), Пусти свинью в мякину - она и в зерно заберется (П)• Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard - Дадут дураку честь, так не знает, где и сесть (Д), Дай волю на ноготок - он возьмет на весь локоток (Д), Дай курице гряду - изроет весь огород (Д), Дай черту волос, а он и за всю голову (Д), Подай палец, а за руку сам возьму (П), Пусти свинью в мякину - она и в зерно заберется (П)• Inch breaks no square (An) - Не всякое лыко в строку (H)• Inch in missing is as bad as a mile (An) - Чуть не считается (4)• Inch is as good as an ell (An) - Мал, да удал (M), Не высок водоспуск, а реку держит (H), Рыба мелка, да уха сладка (P)• Man is not measured by inches - Гордись не ростом, а умом (Г)• Men are not /to be/ measured by inches - Гордись не ростом, а умом (Г) -
2 всякое лыко в строку
прост.all is acceptable; cf. an inch breaks no squareВот так и бывает в жизни: путано, длинно, некомпозиционно, со множеством посторонних составных, которые не терпит литература, но терпит жизнь, так как у неё почему-то каждое лыко в строку... (В. Пъецух, Новая московская философия) — This is how life is: muddled, long, composition all wrong, but with a multitude of peripheral components which are anathema to literature but not to life, because in life an inch breaks no square...
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > всякое лыко в строку
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3 Не всякое лыко в строку
One should not be blamed for every inadvertence; negligible slips should be pardonedVar.: Не каждое лыко в строку Cf: An inch breaks no square (Br.). Wink at small faults (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Не всякое лыко в строку
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