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1 BRAIN
• Brains in the head saves blisters on the feet - За дурной головой и ногам непокой (3)• Idle brain is the devil's workshop (An) - Лень до добра не доводит (Л)• Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain - Знание лучше богатства (3)• You haven't got the brains you were born with - Умница, как попова курица (У) -
2 лень - мать всех пороков
1) General subject: an idle brain is the devil's workshopУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > лень - мать всех пороков
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3 Лень до добра не доводит
Lazy men get into trouble or make itVar.: Лень добра не делает. Лень - мать всех пороковCf: Doing nothing is doing ill (Am., Br.). An idle brain is the devil's workshop (Am., Br.). Idleness breeds trouble (Am.). Idleness is the mother of evil (mischief, sin) (Am.). Idleness is the parent of many vices (Am.). Idleness is the parent of vice (Br.). No good comes of idleness (Br.). Of idleness comes no goodness (Am.). Sloth is the mother of vice (Am.). Trouble springs from idleness (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Лень до добра не доводит
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4 праздность-мать всех пороков
1) Set phrase: idleness is the root of all evil2) Makarov: an idle brain is the devil's workshop (букв.: праздный мозг-мастерская дьявола)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > праздность-мать всех пороков
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5 безделье-мать всех пороков
Set phrase: an idle brain is the devil's workshop (дословно: Праздный мозг-мастерская дьявола)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > безделье-мать всех пороков
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6 в праздном мозгу находит себе дело дьявол
Set phrase: an idle brain is the devil's workshopУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > в праздном мозгу находит себе дело дьявол
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7 лень до добра не доводит
General subject: an idle brain is the devil's workshopУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > лень до добра не доводит
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8 на безделье всякая дурь в голову лезет
Set phrase: an idle brain is the devil's workshop (дословно: Праздный мозг-мастерская дьявола), by doing nothing we learn to do ill (дословно: Ничего не делая, мы учимся дурным делам)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > на безделье всякая дурь в голову лезет
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9 праздный мозг-мастерская дьявола букв.
Makarov: an idle brain is the devil's workshop (ср.: праздность-мать всех пороков)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > праздный мозг-мастерская дьявола букв.
См. также в других словарях:
an idle brain is the devil’s workshop — Recent US usage appears to conflate this proverb with the devil finds work for idle hands to do (see quot. 2001). a 1602 W. PERKINS Works (1603) 906 The idle bodie and the idle braine is the shoppe [workshop] of the deuill. 1732 T. FULLER… … Proverbs new dictionary
devil — see the devil can quote Scripture for his own ends the devil finds work for idle hands to do why should the devil have all the best tunes? the devil is in the details the devil is not so black as he is painted the devil lo … Proverbs new dictionary
idle — see an idle brain is the devil’s workshop idle people have the least leisure as good be an addled egg as an idle bird the devil finds work for idle hands to do it is idle to swallow the cow and choke on the tail … Proverbs new dictionary
idle — 01. My son has been [idle] for weeks. He really needs to find himself a summer job. 02. Our city s buses are sitting [idle] today due to a strike by maintenance workers. 03. The city s road crew has been [idled] by poor weather. 04. The factories … Grammatical examples in English
workshop — see an idle brain is the devil’s workshop … Proverbs new dictionary
brain — see an idle brain is the devil’s workshop … 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
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
computer — computerlike, adj. /keuhm pyooh teuhr/, n. 1. Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Cf. analog… … Universalium
Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… … Universalium
