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1 Дай глупому лошадь, он на ней и к черту уедет
Some men given enough freedom of action will eventually overreach themselves, cause their own downfall, or cause trouble. See Заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет (3)Cf: Action without thought is like shooting without aim (Am.). Beggars mounted run their horse to death (Br.). Give a beggar a horse and he'll ride it to death (Am.). Give a calf rope enough and it will hang itself (Am.). Give a fool (a thief, him) enough rope /and he'll hang himself/ (Am., Br.). Give a man rope enough and he'll hang himself (Am., Br.). Set a beggar (a rogue) on horseback, and he'll ride to the devil (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Дай глупому лошадь, он на ней и к черту уедет
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2 Заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет
Inexperienced people, who are too enthusiastic in doing some job, get harmed as the con sequence of their actions. See Дай глупому лошадь, он на ней и к черту уедет (Д), Усердие не по разуму приносит вред (У)Cf: Action without thought is like shooting without aim (Am.). Give a calf rope enough and it will hang itself (Am.). Give a fool rope enough and he'll hang himself (Br.). Give a man rope enough and he'll hang himself (Am., Br.). Zeal without knowledge is a fire without light (Am., Br.). Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse (sister of folly) (Br.). Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет
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3 заставь дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт
заставь дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт (расшибёт)посл.cf. give a fool rope enough, and he will hang himself; he would throw out the child along with the bath; he will make a mess of tying his bootlaces; over-zeal will damage the causeКруглова.
Эти головы меры не знают: либо он молчит,... либо того натворит, что с ним наплачешься. Пословица-то эта про них говорится: заставь дурака богу молиться, так он себе лоб разобьёт. (А. Островский, Не всё коту масленица) — Kruglova: People like him do not know the right measure: he either keeps mum... or makes such a mess that you get plenty of trouble. Give a fool rope enough, and he will hang himself, as the proverb goes.Вдруг она [машина] судорожно дёрнулась, разбила бампером перед собой лёд, ухнула с фарами и затихла, достигнув дна. - Что и требовалось доказать, - сказал Локтев. - Заставь дурака богу молиться... (В. Мурзаков, Мы уже ходим, мама...) — Then it shuddered convulsively, the bumper broke the ice ahead, the headlights disappeared into the water and the engine stalled as the wheels reached the bottom. 'And serves you bloody well right,' said Loktiev. 'Some people will make a mess of tying their bootlaces.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > заставь дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт
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4 ROPE
• Give a fool (a man, a thief, him) rope enough and he'll hang himself - Дай глупому лошадь, он на ней и к черту уедет (Д), Заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет (3)• If you don't touch the rope, you won't ring the bell - Под лежачий камень вода не течет (П)• Name not a rope in his house that hanged himself (that was hanged) - В доме повешенного не говорят о веревке (B), Не говори с косым о кривом (H)• Never talk of a rope in the house of a man who has been hanged - В доме повешенного не говорят о веревке (B), Не говори с косым о кривом (H) -
5 дай дураку волю, он сам себя загубит
Set phrase: give a fool rope enough, and he'll hang himselfУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > дай дураку волю, он сам себя загубит
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6 дайте ему волю и он сам себя погубит
General subject: give one enough rope and he will hang himselfУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > дайте ему волю и он сам себя погубит
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7 научи дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибёт
Set phrase: give one enough rope and he will hang himselfУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > научи дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибёт
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8 научи дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет
Set phrase: give one enough rope and he will hang himselfУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > научи дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет
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9 он и лоб расшибёт
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10 попроси дурака богу молиться, он себе лоб расшибёт
Set phrase: give a fool (дословно: горе enough, and he will hang himself. Дай дураку верёвку, он и повесится)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > попроси дурака богу молиться, он себе лоб расшибёт
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11 lasă-l să-şi sape groapa şi va cădea singur în ea
give him enough rope and he will hang himself.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > lasă-l să-şi sape groapa şi va cădea singur în ea
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12 pasar el tiempo
(v.) = pass + the time, hang around, spend + Posesivo + days, hang about, hang outEx. At other times they may be doing nothing else but relax: passing the time in a pleasant if untaxing recreation.Ex. His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.Ex. He now spends his days drawing, painting and counting himself lucky that he actually gets paid for doing what he loves.Ex. A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.Ex. Bigfoot or Sasquatch is generally depicted as a night creature but at times he will come out at daylight and likes to hang out in the woods.* * *(v.) = pass + the time, hang around, spend + Posesivo + days, hang about, hang outEx: At other times they may be doing nothing else but relax: passing the time in a pleasant if untaxing recreation.
Ex: His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.Ex: He now spends his days drawing, painting and counting himself lucky that he actually gets paid for doing what he loves.Ex: A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.Ex: Bigfoot or Sasquatch is generally depicted as a night creature but at times he will come out at daylight and likes to hang out in the woods. -
13 entretenerse
1 (retrasarse) to be delayed, be held up2 (distraerse) to keep oneself occupied3 (divertirse) to amuse oneself* * ** * *VPR1) (=divertirse) to amuse o.s.se entretenían contando historias — they amused themselves by telling stories, they kept themselves amused by telling stories
2) (=tardar) to hang about¡no te entretengas! — don't hang about!
* * *= tarry, spend + Posesivo + leisure time, spend + Posesivo + leisure, linger.Ex. And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled.Ex. All the glamour, prestige and indeed wealth make the capital of Britain a hugely attractive place to visit, spend leisure time and do business.Ex. By contrast, other quite literate people prefer to spend their leisure watching television, listening to the radio, going to the cinema or any of a hundred other forms of recreation.Ex. He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.* * *= tarry, spend + Posesivo + leisure time, spend + Posesivo + leisure, linger.Ex: And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled.
Ex: All the glamour, prestige and indeed wealth make the capital of Britain a hugely attractive place to visit, spend leisure time and do business.Ex: By contrast, other quite literate people prefer to spend their leisure watching television, listening to the radio, going to the cinema or any of a hundred other forms of recreation.Ex: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.* * *
■entretenerse verbo reflexivo
1 (divertirse, pasar el rato) to amuse oneself
2 (retrasarse) to be delayed, be held up
(remolonear) to linger
' entretenerse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
demorarse
- distracción
- distraer
- divertir
- entretener
- liar
English:
mess about
- mess around
- potter
- amuse
- busy
- dawdle
- putter
* * *vpr1. [despistarse] to get distracted2. [retrasarse] to be held up;no te entretengas y vuelve rápido don't get held up on the way and come back quickly;me entretuve hablando o [m5] en hablar con ella y perdí el tren I got held up talking to her and I missed the train3. [divertirse] to amuse oneself;se entretiene con cualquier cosa he can keep himself amused with almost anything;es mayor y ya se entretiene solo he's older and he can keep himself amused now;me entretenía viendo la tele I passed the time watching TV* * *v/r1 ( divertirse) amuse o.s. ( en hacer algo doing sth;con algo with sth)2 ( distraerse) keep o.s. busy3 ( retrasarse) linger (en over)* * *vr1) : to amuse oneself2) : to dally* * *entretenerse vb1. (divertirse) to amuse yourself -
14 entretener
v.1 to distract.2 to hold up, to keep.3 to entertain.Mark entretiene a María Mark entertains Mary.4 to keep alive, to sustain.5 to be amused by, to enjoy.Me entretuvo el payaso I was amused by the clown.6 to have fun, to enjoy.Nos entretiene jugar cartas We have fun playing cards.7 to delay, to detain, to hold up, to hold off.La tormenta entretuvo el vuelo The storm delayed the flight.* * *1 (detener) to hold up, detain; (retrasar) to delay2 (ocupar) to keep busy3 (distraer) to occupy, keep occupied4 (divertir) to entertain, amuse, distract1 (retrasarse) to be delayed, be held up2 (distraerse) to keep oneself occupied3 (divertirse) to amuse oneself\sólo para entretenerse just for fun* * *verb1) to entertain, amuse2) distract•* * *1. VT1) (=divertir) to entertain, amusenos entretuvo con sus chistes mientras esperábamos — he kept us entertained o amused with his jokes while we were waiting
2) (=retener) to keep, detain más frmpues no le entretengo más — then I won't keep o más frm detain you any longer
3) (=distraer)uno de los ladrones entretuvo a la dependienta — one of the thieves distracted the shop assistant's attention
entretener algo: entretuvieron la espera leyendo — they whiled away the time by reading
4) (=dar largas a)me está entreteniendo con mentiras para no pagarme — he's putting me off with lies so as not to pay me
5) (=mantener) [+ ilusiones] to nourish; [+ fuego] to maintain2.VI3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( divertir) to entertain2) (distraer, apartar de una tarea) to distract; ( hablando) to stall (colloq)3) ( retener) to keep, detainno te entretengo más — I won't keep o detain you any longer
4) <soledad/ocio> to while away5) < esperanza> to entertain2.entretenerse v pron1)a) ( divertirse) to amuse oneselfse entretiene con cualquier cosa — adulto she's easily amused; niño she's happy playing with anything
b) ( pasar el tiempo) to keep (oneself) busy o occupied2) ( demorarse) to hang around, to dally about* * *= entertain.Ex. Libraries are changing into activity centres, where one can keep warm, or leave one's child to be entertained, but where the shelves are half-empty.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( divertir) to entertain2) (distraer, apartar de una tarea) to distract; ( hablando) to stall (colloq)3) ( retener) to keep, detainno te entretengo más — I won't keep o detain you any longer
4) <soledad/ocio> to while away5) < esperanza> to entertain2.entretenerse v pron1)a) ( divertirse) to amuse oneselfse entretiene con cualquier cosa — adulto she's easily amused; niño she's happy playing with anything
b) ( pasar el tiempo) to keep (oneself) busy o occupied2) ( demorarse) to hang around, to dally about* * *= entertain.Ex: Libraries are changing into activity centres, where one can keep warm, or leave one's child to be entertained, but where the shelves are half-empty.
* * *entretener [ E27 ]vtA (divertir) to entertainentretiene a los niños contándoles cuentos she entertains the children o keeps the children happy o amused by telling them storiespintar me entretiene I enjoy paintinges una tontería pero a mí me entretiene it's silly but it keeps me amused o entertainedla película entretuvo a chicos y grandes the movie was enjoyed by both young and oldB (distraer, apartar de una tarea) to distractC (retener) to keep, detainno te entretengo más I won't keep o detain you any longerme encontré con un amigo y me entretuvo I met a friend and he kept me talkingD ‹soledad/ocio› to while awaypara entretener la espera se compró una revista she bought a magazine to while away the time she had to waitE ‹esperanza› to entertainA1 (divertirse) to amuse oneselfme entretengo mucho con su conversación I find her conversation very entertainingse entretiene con cualquier cosa she's easily amusedse entretuvo sacando fotos he amused himself o kept himself amused o kept himself entertained taking pictures2 (distraerse, pasar el tiempo) to keep (oneself) busy o occupiedB(demorarse): lleva esto a casa de la abuela y no te entretengas por el camino take this round to granny's house and make sure you go straight there o ( colloq) and don't hang about on the wayse entretuvo y perdió el tren he hung around o he dallied about and he missed the train* * *
entretener ( conjugate entretener) verbo transitivo
1 [crucigrama/libro] to keep … amused;
[obra/payaso] to entertain;
2
◊ no te entretengo más I won't keep o detain you any longer
entretenerse verbo pronominal
1
[ niño] she's happy playing with anything
2 ( demorarse) to hang around, dally about
entretener verbo transitivo
1 (divertir) to entertain, amuse
2 (retrasar) to hold up
' entretener' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
distraer
English:
amuse
- delay
- divert
- entertain
- hold back
- keep
- stall
- distract
* * *♦ vt1. [despistar] to distract;no me entretengas don't distract me2. [retrasar] to hold up, to keep;no te entretengo más I won't keep you any longer3. [divertir] to entertain;el libro lo entretuvo toda la mañana the book kept him amused all morning;escuchar la radio es lo que más me entretiene listening to the radio is what I most enjoy doing4. [hacer llevadero] to while away;entretuvo la espera leyendo una revista while waiting she whiled away the time reading a magazine5. [mantener] to keep alive, to sustain* * *I v/t1 ( divertir) entertain, amuse2 ( retrasar) keep, detain3 ( distraer) distractII v/i be entertaining* * *entretener {80} vt1) divertir: to entertain, to amuse2) distraer: to distract3) demorar: to delay, to hold up* * *entretener vb2. (enredar) to keep -
15 espabilado
1→ link=espabilar espabilar► adjetivo1→ link=despabilado despabilado,-a* * ** * *I- da adjetivoa) ( despierto) awakeb) (vivo, listo) bright, smartII- da masculino, femenino smart ass (sl)* * *= streetwise [street-wise], savvy [savvier comp., savviest sup.], tout, on the ball.Ex. And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.Ex. The article 'Survival of the savvy: rethinking library public relations' suggests strategies for promoting the corporate libraries image within an organization.Ex. His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.Ex. He believes his success will be determined by 'personal attention, being on the ball, attention to detail and consistency of service'.* * *I- da adjetivoa) ( despierto) awakeb) (vivo, listo) bright, smartII- da masculino, femenino smart ass (sl)* * *= streetwise [street-wise], savvy [savvier comp., savviest sup.], tout, on the ball.Ex: And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.
Ex: The article 'Survival of the savvy: rethinking library public relations' suggests strategies for promoting the corporate libraries image within an organization.Ex: His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.Ex: He believes his success will be determined by 'personal attention, being on the ball, attention to detail and consistency of service'.* * *1 (despierto) awake2 (vivo, listo) bright, smart, on the balles muy espabilado para la edad que tiene he's very bright o smart for his agepara esto necesito alguien más espabilado que Portillo I need someone a bit more on the ball o more with it o a bit smarter than Portillo for this ( colloq)tienes que ser un poco más espabilado y no dejarte engañar you have to keep your wits about you a bit more o you have to keep more on the ball and not let people take you for a ridemasculine, feminine* * *
Del verbo espabilar: ( conjugate espabilar)
espabilado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
espabilado
espabilar
espabilado◊ -da adjetivo
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino:
espabilar ( conjugate espabilar) verbo transitivo
verbo intransitivo
espabilarse verbo pronominal
espabilado,-a adjetivo
1 (despejado) wide awake
2 (listo, despierto) bright
(ingenioso, astuto) shrewd
espabilar
I verbo transitivo (despejar, despertar) to wake up
II verbo intransitivo
1 (avivar el ingenio) to wise up
2 (darse prisa) to hurry up
' espabilado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
despabilada
- despabilado
- despejada
- despejado
- despierta
- despierto
- espabilada
- vivaracho
English:
streetwise
- ball
- wide
* * *espabilado, -a, despabilado, -a♦ adj1. [despierto] awake2. [avispado] sharp, smart, on the ball;para este trabajo hace falta gente espabilada for this job you need people who are on the ball;es muy espabilado para los negocios he has a good eye for business;Yáñez estuvo espabilado y se escapó Yáñez had his wits about him and managed to get away;para la poca edad que tiene está muy espabilado he's very sharp o smart for someone so young;este chico es muy poco espabilado the boy is rather slow♦ nm,fFam Pey [listillo] smart alec;tú lo que eres es un espabilado you're a smart alec, you are* * *adj1 ( listo) bright, smart2 ( vivo) sharp, on the ball fam* * *espabilado, -da adj: bright, smart* * *espabilado adj sharp / quick -
16 хоть волком вой
разг.one could howl like a wolf; one might as well go and hang oneself; you can't do anything about it; it's simply unbearable!Не заладилась... его жизнь, хоть плачь, хоть волком вой, хоть из шкуры лезь. (Ю. Герман, Я отвечаю за всё) — His life turned out a failure. It was unbearable, he was at his wit's end, he might as well go and hang himself.
Затонцы подсмеиваются над незадачливым хозяином, подсмеивается над собою и сам Карпушка, а на сердце бывает порою так-то муторно, что хоть волком вой. (М. Алексеев, Вишнёвый омут) — The Creek folk laughed at the hapless farmer and Karpushka used to laugh at himself; but he sometimes felt so sick at heart that he could have howled like a wolf.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > хоть волком вой
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17 jinyonga
------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -jinyonga[English Word] hang oneself[Part of Speech] verb[Class] reflexive[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -nyonga[Swahili Definition] kujiuwa kwa kutia kitanzi kwa shingo[Swahili Example] akafikiri kwamba labda alikusudia kujinyonga [Ng][English Example] he thought that maybe he would plan to hang himself------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -jinyonga[English Word] strangle oneself[Part of Speech] verb[Class] reflexive[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -nyonga[Swahili Definition] kujiuwa kwa kusokota shingo------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -jinyonga[English Word] commit suicide[Part of Speech] verb[Class] reflexive[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -nyonga[Swahili Definition] kujiua wewe mwenyewe------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -jinyonga[English Word] be twisted[Part of Speech] verb[Class] reflexive[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -nyonga[Swahili Example] kuziona jinsi (nywele zake) zilivyopiga mafundo na kujinyonga [Sul][English Example] she saw how her hair was knotted and twisted------------------------------------------------------------ -
18 Bickford, William
SUBJECT AREA: Mining and extraction technology[br]b. 1774 Devonshire, Englandd. 1834 Tuckingmill, Cornwall, England[br]English leather merchant, inventor of the safety fuse.[br]Having tried in vain to make his living as a currier in Truro, Cornwall, he set up as a leather merchant in Tuckingmill and became aware of the high casualty rates suffered by local tin-miners in shot-firing accidents. He therefore started attempts to discover a safe means of igniting charges, and came up with a form of safety fuse that made the operation of blasting much less hazardous. It was patented in 1831 and consisted of a cable of jute and string containing a thin core of powder; it provided a dependable means for conveying the flame to the charge so that the danger of hang fires was almost eliminated. Its accurate and consistent timing allowed the firing of several holes at a time without the fusing of the last being destroyed by the blast from the first. By 1840, a gutta-percha fuse had been developed which could be used in wet conditions and was an improvement until the use of dynamite for shot-firing.Accounts of the invention, after it had been described in the Report from the Select Committee on Accidents in Mines (1835, London) were widespread in various foreign mining journals, and in the 1840s factories were set up in different mining areas on the European continent, in America and in Australia. Bickford himself founded a firm at Tuckingmill in the year that he came up with his invention which was later controlled by his descendants until it finally merged with Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) after the First World War.[br]Further ReadingF.Heise, 1904, Sprengstoffe und Zündung der Sprengschüsse, Berlin (provides a detailed description of the development).W.J.Reader, 1970, Imperial Chemical Industries. A History, Vol. I, London: Oxford University Press (throws light on the tight international connections of Bickford's firm with Nobel industries).WK -
19 П-127
ЛЕЗТЬ/ПОЛЕЗТЬ В ПЕТЛЮ VP1. (subj: human to expose o.s. knowingly to serious dangerto get o.s. into serious troubleX лезет в петлю = X puts (sticks) his head in a (the) nooseX risks his neck X puts his head on the (chopping) block.(Свадебный ужин в общежитии. Букин и Маша (жених и невеста), гости.) (Букин:) Я уверен, что впоследствии ты его (Гомыру) полюбишь. (Маша:)...Почему я его должна полюбить? (Букин:) Но ведь он мне друг, не просто так... И, видишь ли, сейчас ему кажется, что я лезу в петлю. (Маша:) В петлю? А ты что на это скажешь? (Букин:) Я? Лезу и радуюсь. (Целует её.) (Вампилов 3). (The wedding feast at the dormitory. Bukin and Masha (the bride and groom), guests.) (B.:) I'm sure you'll get to like him (Gomyra) later. (M.:)... Why should I get to like him? (B.:) But he's my friend, he's not just anyone.... And, you see, at the moment he thinks I'm putting my head in a noose. (M.:) A noose? And what do you think? (B.:) Me? I'm happy to put my head in it (Kisses her.) (3a).2. \П-127 кому coll ( impfv infin onlyused as impers predic (may be used with остаётся, впору etc)) used to express despair when faced with a hopeless situation, or extreme frustration when one ends up in a desperate predicament: X-y (остаётся) в петлю лезть = X feels absolutely desperate X might (may) as well go (and) hang himself. -
20 лезть в петлю
• ЛЕЗТЬ/ПОЛЕЗТЬ В ПЕТЛЮ[VP]=====1. [subj: human]⇒ to expose o.s. knowingly to serious danger; to get o.s. into serious trouble:- X puts his head on the (chopping) block.♦ [Свадебный ужин в общежитии. Букин и Маша (жених и невеста), гости.] [Букин:] Я уверен, что впоследствии ты его [Гомыру] полюбишь. [Маша:]...Почему я его должна полюбить? [Букин:] Но ведь он мне друг, не просто так... И, видишь ли, сейчас ему кажется, что я лезу в петлю. [Маша:] В петлю? А ты что на это скажешь? [Букин:] Я? Лезу и радуюсь. (Целует её.) (Вампилов 3). [The wedding feast at the dormitory. Bukin and Masha (the bride and groom), guests.] [B.:] I'm sure you'll get to like him [Gomyra] later. [M.:]... Why should I get to like him? [B.:] But he's my friend, he's not just anyone.... And, you see, at the moment he thinks I'm putting my head in a noose. [M.:] A noose? And what do you think? [B.:] Me? I'm happy to put my head in it (Kisses her.) (3a).2. лезть в петлю кому coll [impfv infin only; used as impers predic (may be used with остаётся, впору etc)]⇒ used to express despair when faced with a hopeless situation, or extreme frustration when one ends up in a desperate predicament:- X might (may) as well go (and) hang himself.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лезть в петлю
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give a man rope enough and he will hang himself — Rope is used both literally, and figuratively ‘licence, freedom’. 1639 T. FULLER Holy War v. vii. They were suffered to have rope enough, till they had haltered themselves. 1670 J. RAY English Proverbs 148 Give a thief rope enough, and he’ll hang … Proverbs new dictionary
give him enough rope and he'll hang himself — allow him enough freedom and he will hurt himself or be caught If he s bad, give him enough rope and he ll hang himself. The police will stop him … English idioms
give one enough rope and he will hang himself — {informal} Give a bad person enough time and freedom to do as he pleases, and he may make a bad mistake or get into trouble and be caught. A proverb. * /Johnny is always stealing and hasn t been caught. But give him enough rope and he ll hang… … Dictionary of American idioms
give one enough rope and he will hang himself — {informal} Give a bad person enough time and freedom to do as he pleases, and he may make a bad mistake or get into trouble and be caught. A proverb. * /Johnny is always stealing and hasn t been caught. But give him enough rope and he ll hang… … Dictionary of American idioms
give\ one\ enough\ rope\ and\ he\ will\ hang\ himself — informal proverb Give a bad person enough time and freedom to do as he pleases, and he may make a bad mistake or get into trouble and be caught. Johnny is always stealing and hasn t been caught. But give him enough rope and he ll hang himself.… … Словарь американских идиом
give a man enough rope and he will hang himself — ► give a man enough rope (or plenty of rope) and he will hang himself proverb given enough freedom of action a person will bring about their own downfall. Main Entry: ↑rope … English terms dictionary
give a man plenty of rope and he will hang himself — ► give a man enough rope (or plenty of rope) and he will hang himself proverb given enough freedom of action a person will bring about their own downfall. Main Entry: ↑rope … English terms dictionary
give a man enough rope and he will hang himself — proverb given enough freedom of action a person will bring about their own downfall … Useful english dictionary
give smb enough rope and they will hang themself — give someone enough time and freedom to do what they want and they will make a mistake or get into trouble and be caught Don t worry about trying to control him. If you give him enough rope he will hang himself … Idioms and examples
hang — see hang a thief when he’s young, and he’ll no’ steal when he’s old a creaking door hangs longest give a dog a bad name and hang him every herring must hang by its own gill give a man rope enough and he will hang himself … Proverbs new dictionary
hang — See: GO HANG, GIVE A HANG or CARE A HANG, GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE, AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF, LEAVE HANGING or LEAVE HANGING IN THE AIR … Dictionary of American idioms