and+a+man+by+the+tongue

(gen. eyrar, dat. and acc. eyri; pl. eyrar), f. sand or gravelbank, either of the banks of rivers (áreyrar, dalseyrar) or of a small point of land running into the sea, a spit.

* * *

f., mod. eyri, gen. eyrar, dat. and acc. eyri, pl. eyrar, [aurr; Dan. öre; Swed. ör: it remains also in Scandin. local names, as Eyrar-sund, the Sound; Helsing-ör, Elsinore, qs. Helsingja-eyrr]:—a gravelly bank, either of the banks of a river (ár-eyrar, dals-cyrar) or of small tongues of land running into the sea, Fms. v. 19, Eg. 196, Nj. 85, Grág. ii. 355, N. G. L. i. 242, and passim in local names, esp. in Icel., vide Landn.: eyrar-oddi and eyrar-tangi, a, m. the point or tongue of an eyrr, Gísl. 93, Grág. ii. 354, Jb. 314, Háv. 47; Eyrar-maðr, m. a man from the place E., Sturl. iii. 11, Band. 9; Eyr-byggjar, m. pl. id., hence Eyrbyggja Saga, the history of that name, Landn., Eb., Bs. i. 409. A great meeting used to be held at Haleyr, now Copenhagen (P. A. Munch), Fær. ch. 2, hence Eyrar-floti, a, m. the fleet at Eyrar, Eg. 78. Another meeting was held in Drondheim (Niðarós) on the gravel banks of the river Nid, hence Eyrar-þing, n., Fms. vi. 24, viii. 49, ix. 91, 449, etc.

II. duels usually took place on a gravel bank or on an island, hence the phrase, ganga út á eyri, to go to fight, Ísl. ii. 256 (in a verse); mér hefir stillir stökt til eyrar, the king has challenged me to fight a duel, Hkv. Hjörv. 33.

β. in poetry used in circumlocutions of a woman, Lex. Poët.

",-ğzı 1. mouth. 2. rim, brim (of a cup or an opening). 3. muzzle (of a gun). 4. intersection, corner (of roads). 5. cutting edge, blade (of a knife). 6. dialect; regional accent. 7. persuasive talk, forceful way of speaking. 8. mus. regional form. 9. time: iki ağız twice. üç ağız three times. 10. brink. -dan 1. orally, verbally. 2. by mouth. -ından 1. as heard directly from. 2. in the name of. -ıyla (to tell) personally. -ını açacağına gözünü aç. Don´t stand gaping, open your eyes. -ını açıp gözünü yummak to swear a blue streak, rant and rave. -ı açık 1. open, uncovered (receptacle). 2. idiotic, moronic. -ı açık ayran delisi halfwit, simpleton. -ı (bir karış) açık kalmak to gape with astonishment. -ını açmak 1. to open one´s mouth. 2. to speak up. 3. to give vent to one´s feelings. 4. to gape with astonishment. -/-ını açmamak not to open one´s mouth; to be silent, hold one´s tongue. - açtırmamak /a/ to give (someone) no opportunity to talk. - ağıza to the brim. - ağıza dolu brimful, brimming. - ağıza vermek to whisper privately to each other. -dan ağıza by word of mouth, by rumor. -dan ağıza yayılmak (for a rumor) to be spread by word of mouth. -a alınmaz/alınmayacak obscene, very vulgar, unmentionable. - alışkanlığı the habit of using a certain expression. -ına almamak /ı/ not to mention, not to let pass one´s lips. -/-ını aramak /ın/ to sound out (a person). - armonikası harmonica, mouth organ. -ına atmak /ı/ to put (something) in one´s mouth. -ı aya, gözü çaya bakmak to be absentminded, be inclined not to pay attention to one´s work. -ına bakakalmak /ın/ to be spellbound by (one´s) words. -ından baklayı çıkarmak to put aside considerations and speak out, let the cat out of the bag. -ında bakla ıslanmamak not to be able to keep a secret. -ına bakmak /ın/ 1. to wait for (someone´s) words. 2. to obey blindly. -ına/-ının içine baktırmak to have great charm in talking. -ından bal akmak to talk sweetly. -ını bıçak açmamak to be too distressed to talk, have one´s mouth sealed with grief. -ı bir in agreement on what to say. -ına bir kemik atmak /ın/ to throw (someone) a bone, give (someone) money to keep him quiet. -ına bir parmak bal çalmak /ın/ to try to put (someone) off by promises or petty gains. -ına bir şey/çöp koymamak not to eat a thing. -ına bir zeytin verip altına/ardına bir tulum tutmak to do a small favor and expect a big return. -ını bozmak to swear, use bad language. -ı bozuk foulmouthed, scurrilous. - bozukluğu abusiveness. - burun birbirine karışmak 1. (for one´s anger, sadness, or fatigue) to show in one´s face. 2. (for one´s face) to be battered and bruised. -ına burnuna bulaştırmak /ı/ to mess up (a job). -ını burnunu dağıtmak /ın/ to pound (one´s) face, beat (someone) up. -ı burnu yerinde good-looking, attractive, handsome. -ı büyük boastful. -ında büyümek (for food) to be hard to swallow. -ından çıkanı/çıkan sözü kulağı duymamak/işitmemek not to realize what one is saying, to (get angry and) explode. -ından çıkmak to slip out without being intended. -ından çıt çıkmamak not to divulge a word, (for someone´s mouth) to be sealed. -ı çiriş çanağına dönmek to have one´s mouth get dry and bitter. -da dağılmak (for pastry) to be delicious, be delectable. -ını dağıtmak /ın/ colloq. to hit (someone) in the mouth, sock (someone) in the kisser. - dalaşı/dalaşması quarrel, row. -ına değin up to the brim. - değişikliği variety in food. -ı değişmek to change one´s tune. - değiştirmek to change one´s tune. -ı dili bağlanmak not to open one´s mouth, be silent. - dil vermemek to be too sick to talk. -ı dili yok. He submits meekly./He doesn´t protest. -ından dirhemle laf/söz/lakırdı çıkmak to be someone of few words, be tight-lipped: Şadan´ın ağzından dirhemle laf çıkar. Şadan is a man of few words. -dan dolma muzzle-loading. - dolusu küfür unrestrained swearing. -ından dökülmek 1. to be said unconvincingly or halfheartedly. 2. to be evident from one´s wor

1. (укого) \У-147 obs

sth. is about to be said, mentioned, s.o. is ready to say, mention sth.: X был у Y-a на устах - X was on (rose to) Y's lips

2. укого \У-147- ( subj-compl with бытье ( subj: usu. abstr)) sth. is continually mentioned, discussed, repeated

X у Y-ов на устах - X is on Ys's lips

X у всех на устах = X is on everybody' lips (on every lip, on every tongue)

• НА УСТАХ

[PrepP; Invar]

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1. (у кого) на устах ofo [subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. abstr) or adv]

⇒ sth. is about to be said, mentioned, s.o. is ready to say, mention sth.:

- X был у Y-а на устах≈ X was on (rose to) Y's lips;

- Y was ready (about) to say (ask, mention etc) X.

     ♦ "Эпоха умрёт с моим именем на устах" (Олеша 2). "Our epoch will die with my name on its lips" (2a).

     ♦ По связи воспоминаний, Пьер мгновенно перенёсся воображением к тому времени, когда он, утешая её, сказал ей, что ежели бы он был не он, а лучший человек в мире и свободен, то он на коленях просил бы её руки, и то же чувство жалости, нежности, любви охватило его, и те же слова были у него на устах. Но она не дала ему времени сказать их (Толстой 6). By an association of ideas Pierre was instantly carried back to the time when, trying to comfort her, he had said that if he were not himself but the best man in the world and free, he would be on his knees begging for her hand, and the same feeling of pity, tenderness, and love took posession of him and the same words rose to his lips. But she did not give him time to utter them (6a).

2. у кого на устах [subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. abstr)]

⇒ sth. is continually mentioned, discussed, repeated:

- X у Y-ов на устах≈ X is on Ys' lips;

- X keeps popping (cropping) up (in conversation);

|| X у всех на устах≈ X is on everybody's lips (on every lip, on every tongue);

- everyone is talking about X.

     ♦...Широкому кругу читателей он [Бунин] был мало заметен среди шумной толпы - как он с горечью выразился - "литературного базара". Его затмевали звёзды первой величины, чьи имена были на устах у всех: Короленко, Куприн, Горький, Леонид Андреев, Мережковский, Фёдор Сологуб... (Катаев 3)....For the wider public he [Bunin] did not stand out from among the noisy crowd of what he bitterly called the "literary bazaar." He was overshadowed by stars of the first magnitude, whose names were on every lip: Korolenko, Kuprin, Gorky, Leonid Andreyev, Merezhkovsky, Fyodor Sologub... (3a).

• He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue - В добрый час молвить, в худой промолчать (B), Кто много болтает, тот много врет (K), Язычок введет в грешок (Я)

• He is a wise man (wise) who speaks little - Говори меньше, умнее будешь (T), Кто молчит, тот двух научит (K)

• He knows most who speaks least - Говори меньше, умнее будешь (Г), Кто молчит, тот двух научит (K)

• He who knows does not speak; he who speaks does not know - Дурак кричит, умный молчит (Д), Кто молчит, тот двух научит (K)

• Many speak much who cannot speak well - Возьмется болтун болтать - ничем не унять (B)

• Speak fitly or be silent wisely - Нужно молчать, коли нечего сказать (H)

• Speak kind words and you will hear kind answers - На добрый привет и добрый ответ (H)

• Speak not rather than speak ill - Лучше молчать, чем пустое врать (Л)

• Speak of angels and you'll hear the rustling of their wings - О волке толк, а тут и волк (O)

• Speak of Satan and you'll see his horns - О волке толк, а тут и волк (O)

• Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear - Серого помянешь, а серый здесь (C)

• Speak of the devil /, and he'll appear/ - О волке толк, а тут и волк (O), Серого помянешь, а серый здесь (C)

• Speak of the devil and in he walks - Серого помянешь, а серый здесь (C)

• There is a time to speak and a time to be silent - В добрый час молвить, в худой промолчать (B)

διαφέρω, [tense] fut.

A

διοίσω S.OT 321

,

διοίσομαι h.Merc. 255

, etc.: [tense] aor. 1 διήνεγκα, [dialect] Ion. διήνεικα: [tense] aor. 2 διήνεγκον:— carry over or across,

δ. ναῦς τὸν Ἰσθμόν Th.8.8

; carry from one to another,

διαφέρεις κηρύγματα E.Supp. 382

; [

τὸ ἤλεκτρον] διαφέρεται εἰς τοὺς Ἕλληνας Arist. Mir. 836b6

: metaph., γλῶσσαν διοίσει will put the tongue in motion, will speak, S.Tr. 323 codd.

2 of Time, δ. τὸν αἰῶνα, τὸν βίον, go through life, Hdt.3.40, E.Hel.[10];

νύκτα Id.Rh. 600

: abs., ἄπαις διοίσει ib. 982:—[voice] Med., live, continue,

ὑγιηροὶ τἄλλα διαφέρονται Hp. Art.56

; σοῦ διοίσεται μόνος will pass his life apart from thee, S.Aj. 511;

σκοπούμενος διοίσει X.Mem.2.1.24

(cj. Dind. for διέσῃ).

3 bear through, bear to the end,

σκῆπτρα E.IA 1195

; γαστρὸς ὄγκον δ., of a woman, Id. Ion15, cf. X.Mem.2.2.5: hence,

4 bear to the end, go through with,

πόλεμον Hdt.1.25

, Th.1.11; but also, bear the burden of war, Id.6.54; endure, support, with an Adv.,

ῥᾷστα γὰρ τὸ σόν τε σὺ κἀγὼ διοίσω τοὐμόν S.OT 321

;

δ. πότμον δάκρυσι E.Hipp. 1143

(lyr.): abs., of patients in disease,

δ. ἕως τῶν εἰκοσιτεσσάρων ἡμερέων Hp.Int.40

; δ. φθειρόμενος ib.12 (also ἡ νοῦσος δ. ἐννέα ἔτεα ibid.).

II carry different ways, Ar.Lys. 570, etc.;

δ. ἕκαστα εἰς τὰς χώρας τὰς προσηκούσας X.Oec.9.8

; toss about,

ὅπλισμα.. διαφέρων ἐσφενδόνα E.Supp. 715

; δ. τὰς κόρας to turn the eyes about, Id.Ba. 1087. Or. 1261 (lyr.):—[voice] Pass., to be drawn apart, disrupted, opp. συμφέρεσθαι, Heraclit.10, Pl.Sph. 242e, Epicur.Nat.908.2; to be tossed about, dub. in Str.3.2.5;

δ. ἐν τῷ Ἀδρίᾳ Act.Ap.27.27

, cf. Plu.Galb.26.

2 δ. τινά spread his fame abroad, Pi.P.11.60;

εἰς ἅπαντας τὴν ἐκείνου μνήμην δ. D.61.46

:—[voice] Pass.,

φήμη διηνέχθη Plu.2.163c

.

3 tear asunder, E.Ba. 754; disjoin, Arist.Po. 1451a34 ([voice] Pass.): metaph., distract,

τὰς ψυχὰς φροντίσιν Plu.2.133d

, cf. 97f ([voice] Pass.), D.Chr.32.46 ([voice] Pass.).

4 δ. τὴν ψῆφον give one's vote a different way, i.e. against another, Hdt.4.138, etc.; but also, give each man his vote, E.Or.49, Th.4.74, X.Smp.5.8.

5 ἐράνους δ., = διαλύεσθαι, pay them up, discharge them, Lycurg.22.

6 defer, reserve for judgement,

τὸν αἴτιον A.Ch.68

(lyr., διασπαράσσει Sch.).

7 plunder, Herod.7.90:—[voice] Pass.,

τῶν ἀπὸ [τῆς οἰκίας] φορτίων διενηνεγμένων PLond.1.45.9

(ii B.C.).

8 excel,

ἀρετῇ τοὺς ἄλλους D.S.11.67

, cf. 2.5;

καλλιτεκνίᾳ πάσας γυναῖκας Stud.Pont.3.123

([place name] Amasia).

III intr., differ,

φυᾷ δ. Pi.N.7.54

; ἆρ' οἱ τεκόντες διαφέρουσιν ἢ τροφαί; is it one's parents or nurture that make the difference? E.Hec. 599: c. gen., to be different from, Id.Or. 251, Th.5.86, etc.;

οὐδὲν διοίσεις Χαιρεφῶντος τὴν φύσιν Ar.Nu. 503

, cf. Pl.Prt. 329d;

τὸ δ'.. ἀφανίζειν ἱερὰ ἔσθ' ὅτι τοῦ κόπτειν διαφέρει; D.21.147

;

δ. τὰς μορφάς Arist.HA 497b15

; δ. εἴς τι, ἔν τινι, X.Hier.1.2,7;

παρὰ τὴν Βεβρυκίαν App.Mith. 1

;

καθ' ὑπεροχὴν καὶ ἕλλειψιν Arist.HA 486a22

;

κατὰ τὴν θέσιν Id.Mete. 341b24

;

πρός τι Id.HA 505a21

;

τίνι δ. τὰ ἄρρενα τῶν θηλειῶν.. θεωρείσθω Id.PA 684b3

: c. inf.,

μόνῃ τῇ μορφῇ μὴ οὑχὶ πρόβατα εἶναι δ. Luc.Alex.15

: with Art., τρεῖς μόναι ψῆφοι διήνεγκαν τὸ μὴ θανάτου τιμῆσαι three votes made the difference (i.e. majority) against capital punishment, D.23.167; also διαφέρει τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ ἔργου makes a difference equal to half the effort expended, X.Oec.20.17.

2 impers., διαφέρει it makes a difference,

πλεῖστον δ. Hp.Aph.5.22

;

βραχὺ δ. τοῖς θανοῦσιν εἰ.. E.Tr. 1248

, etc.; οὐδὲν δ. it makes no odds, Pl.Phd. 89c, cf. Men.Epit. 193;

σμικρὸν οἴει διαφέρειν; Pl.R. 467c

: c. dat. pers., δ. μοι it makes a difference to me, Antipho 5.13, Pl.Prt. 316b, etc.; ἰδίᾳ τι αὐτῷ δ. he has some private interest at stake, Th.3.42; εἰ ὑμῖν μή τι δ. if you see no objection, Pl.La. 187d;

τί δέ σοι τοῦτο δ. εἴτε.. εἴτε μή; Id.R. 349a

, cf. Grg. 497b, etc.: c. inf.,

οὐδέ τί οἱ διέφερεν ἀποθανεῖν Hdt.1.85

: with personal constr.,

πράγματά τινι διαφέροντα Plu.Caes.65

; to be of importance, πρός or εἴς τι, Gal.15.420,428;

τῷ ζῴῳ Id.UP9.5

.

3

τὸ δ.

the difference, the odds,

Pl.Phlb. 45d

; = τὸ συμφέρον Antiph.31;

περὶ μεγίστων δὴ τῶν -όντων βουλεύεσθαι Th.6.92

, cf. Lys.31.5, Is.4.12; τὰ ἀναγκαιότερα τῷ ταμιείῳ δ. vital interests, PThead.15.17 (iii A.D.); τὸ δ. μέρος τῶν ἀποφάσεων the essential part, POxy.1204.11 (iii A.D.); τὰ δ. vital matters, Ep.Rom.2.18;

ἐπιστάμενος τὰ δ. παραβαίνειν τολμᾷ And. 3.19

(but τὰ δ. also simply, points of difference, in character and the like , Th.1.70, etc.).

4 to be different from a person: generally, in point of excess, surpass, excel him (cf. supr. 11.8), τινός v.l. for -όντως in Th.3.39; τινί in a thing, Id.2.39, Alex.36.6;

ἔν τινι Isoc.3.39

;

εἴς τι Pl.Ap. 35b

;

κατὰ μέγεθος X.Lac.1.10

;

πρός τι Aeschin.1.181

: c. inf.,

δ. τινὸς μεταβιβάζειν τινά Pl.Grg. 517b

: sts. folld. by ἤ, πολὺ διέφερεν ἀλέξασθαι ἤ.. it was far better.. than.., X.An.3.4.33, cf. Mem.3.11.14, Vect.4.25 (where it means to differ in point of diminution); also

δ. μέγα τι παρὰ τὰς ἄλλας πόλεις Plb.10.27.5

: abs., excel,

ἐπί τινι Isoc.10.12

;

τάχει Jul.Or.2.53c

;

οἱ τόποι διαφέρουσι Thphr.CP5.14.9

;

διαφέρον τι πεπραχέναι

a remarkable achievement,

Plb.6.39.2

.

5 prevail,

ἐπὶ πολὺ διήνεγκε Th.3.83

.

6 quarrel, struggle, Telecl.20;

οἱ διαφέροντες

the parties, litigants,

PPar.69

B10 (iii A.D.).

7 come between, intervene,

ὁ διαφέρων χρόνος Antipho 5.94

.

8 belong to, τινί, as property, Ph.1.207, PLond. 3.940.23 (iii A.D.); of persons, belong to a household, PStrassb.26.5 (iv A.D.);

οἱ -φέροντες

kinsfolk,

Annuario 4

/5.476 ([place name] Bargylia); appertain to,

τῇ ὠνῇ BGU1062.21

(iii A.D.); τὰ εἰς τοῦτο -φέροντα πράγματα Mitteis Chr. 372v3 (ii A.D.).

IV [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., be at variance, quarrel,

τινί Heraclit.72

, cf. Amphis32, etc.;

περί τινος Hdt.1.173

, Pl.Euthphr.7b; δ. ἀλλήλοις differ with, ibid., cf. Antipho 5.42;

τινὶ περί τινος Th.5.31

, cf. X.Oec.17.4;

πρὸς ἀλλήλους Lys.18.17

, cf. Hyp.Oxy. 1607 Fr. 1 iii 60, etc.;

τὰ πρὸς ἀλλήλους Supp.Epigr. 1.363.5

(Samos, iii B.C.);

ἀμφί τινος X.An.4.5.17

;

διενεχθέντας γνώμῃ Hdt.7.220

; δ. ὡς.. maintain on the contrary that.., D.56.46; οὐ διαφέρομαι, = οὔ μοι διαφέρει, Id.9.8; μηδὲν διὰ τοῦτο διαφέρου let there be no dispute on this ground, Lys.10.17; οἱ -φερόμενοι the litigants, SIG685.29 (Crete, ii B.C.).—Not in [dialect] Ep.

starting long ago and continuing up until the present (or the moment indicated)

from (since) time immemorial

• ИСПОКОН (СПОКОН substand) ВЕКА <-ов, -у obs>; ОТ ВЕКА (ВЕКОВ)

[AdvP; these forms only; adv; usu. used with impfv verbs; fixed WO]

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⇒ starting long ago and continuing up until the present (or the moment indicated):

- from (since) time immemorial;

- from (since) the (very) beginning of time;

- from the dawn of time;

- for centuries.

     ♦...Какой-то человек вошел на пустырь с косой в руках и начал сечь травяные рощи, росшие здесь испокон века (Платонов 1)...Some man came into the field with a scythe and began to hack away at the grass thickets that had grown there from time immemorial (1a).

     ♦ "Бог дал простолюдину язык вовсе не для разглагольствований, а для лизания сапог своего господина, каковой господин положен простолюдину от века..." (Стругацкие 4). "God didn't give them [simple >] a tongue for talking, but for licking the boots of their master, the noble lord, who has been placed above them from the very beginning of time.. " (4a).

     ♦ "По умершим молятся люди испокон веков" (Айтматов 2). "People have been praying over the dead for centuries" (2a).

• ИСПОКОН (СПОКОН substand) ВЕКА <-ов, -у obs>; ОТ ВЕКА (ВЕКОВ)

[AdvP; these forms only; adv; usu. used with impfv verbs; fixed WO]

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⇒ starting long ago and continuing up until the present (or the moment indicated):

- from (since) time immemorial;

- from (since) the (very) beginning of time;

- from the dawn of time;

- for centuries.

     ♦...Какой-то человек вошел на пустырь с косой в руках и начал сечь травяные рощи, росшие здесь испокон века (Платонов 1)...Some man came into the field with a scythe and began to hack away at the grass thickets that had grown there from time immemorial (1a).

     ♦ "Бог дал простолюдину язык вовсе не для разглагольствований, а для лизания сапог своего господина, каковой господин положен простолюдину от века..." (Стругацкие 4). "God didn't give them [simple >] a tongue for talking, but for licking the boots of their master, the noble lord, who has been placed above them from the very beginning of time.. " (4a).

     ♦ "По умершим молятся люди испокон веков" (Айтматов 2). "People have been praying over the dead for centuries" (2a).

• ИСПОКОН (СПОКОН substand) ВЕКА <-ов, -у obs>; ОТ ВЕКА (ВЕКОВ)

[AdvP; these forms only; adv; usu. used with impfv verbs; fixed WO]

=====

⇒ starting long ago and continuing up until the present (or the moment indicated):

- from (since) time immemorial;

- from (since) the (very) beginning of time;

- from the dawn of time;

- for centuries.

     ♦...Какой-то человек вошел на пустырь с косой в руках и начал сечь травяные рощи, росшие здесь испокон века (Платонов 1)...Some man came into the field with a scythe and began to hack away at the grass thickets that had grown there from time immemorial (1a).

     ♦ "Бог дал простолюдину язык вовсе не для разглагольствований, а для лизания сапог своего господина, каковой господин положен простолюдину от века..." (Стругацкие 4). "God didn't give them [simple >] a tongue for talking, but for licking the boots of their master, the noble lord, who has been placed above them from the very beginning of time.. " (4a).

     ♦ "По умершим молятся люди испокон веков" (Айтматов 2). "People have been praying over the dead for centuries" (2a).

• ИСПОКОН (СПОКОН substand) ВЕКА <-ов, -у obs>; ОТ ВЕКА (ВЕКОВ)

[AdvP; these forms only; adv; usu. used with impfv verbs; fixed WO]

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⇒ starting long ago and continuing up until the present (or the moment indicated):

- from (since) time immemorial;

- from (since) the (very) beginning of time;

- from the dawn of time;

- for centuries.

     ♦...Какой-то человек вошел на пустырь с косой в руках и начал сечь травяные рощи, росшие здесь испокон века (Платонов 1)...Some man came into the field with a scythe and began to hack away at the grass thickets that had grown there from time immemorial (1a).

     ♦ "Бог дал простолюдину язык вовсе не для разглагольствований, а для лизания сапог своего господина, каковой господин положен простолюдину от века..." (Стругацкие 4). "God didn't give them [simple >] a tongue for talking, but for licking the boots of their master, the noble lord, who has been placed above them from the very beginning of time.. " (4a).

     ♦ "По умершим молятся люди испокон веков" (Айтматов 2). "People have been praying over the dead for centuries" (2a).

• ИСПОКОН (СПОКОН substand) ВЕКА <-ов, -у obs>; ОТ ВЕКА (ВЕКОВ)

[AdvP; these forms only; adv; usu. used with impfv verbs; fixed WO]

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⇒ starting long ago and continuing up until the present (or the moment indicated):

- from (since) time immemorial;

- from (since) the (very) beginning of time;

- from the dawn of time;

- for centuries.

     ♦...Какой-то человек вошел на пустырь с косой в руках и начал сечь травяные рощи, росшие здесь испокон века (Платонов 1)...Some man came into the field with a scythe and began to hack away at the grass thickets that had grown there from time immemorial (1a).

     ♦ "Бог дал простолюдину язык вовсе не для разглагольствований, а для лизания сапог своего господина, каковой господин положен простолюдину от века..." (Стругацкие 4). "God didn't give them [simple >] a tongue for talking, but for licking the boots of their master, the noble lord, who has been placed above them from the very beginning of time.. " (4a).

     ♦ "По умершим молятся люди испокон веков" (Айтматов 2). "People have been praying over the dead for centuries" (2a).

• ИСПОКОН (СПОКОН substand) ВЕКА <-ов, -у obs>; ОТ ВЕКА (ВЕКОВ)

[AdvP; these forms only; adv; usu. used with impfv verbs; fixed WO]

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⇒ starting long ago and continuing up until the present (or the moment indicated):

- from (since) time immemorial;

- from (since) the (very) beginning of time;

- from the dawn of time;

- for centuries.

     ♦...Какой-то человек вошел на пустырь с косой в руках и начал сечь травяные рощи, росшие здесь испокон века (Платонов 1)...Some man came into the field with a scythe and began to hack away at the grass thickets that had grown there from time immemorial (1a).

     ♦ "Бог дал простолюдину язык вовсе не для разглагольствований, а для лизания сапог своего господина, каковой господин положен простолюдину от века..." (Стругацкие 4). "God didn't give them [simple >] a tongue for talking, but for licking the boots of their master, the noble lord, who has been placed above them from the very beginning of time.. " (4a).

     ♦ "По умершим молятся люди испокон веков" (Айтматов 2). "People have been praying over the dead for centuries" (2a).

• ИСПОКОН (СПОКОН substand) ВЕКА <-ов, -у obs>; ОТ ВЕКА (ВЕКОВ)

[AdvP; these forms only; adv; usu. used with impfv verbs; fixed WO]

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⇒ starting long ago and continuing up until the present (or the moment indicated):

- from (since) time immemorial;

- from (since) the (very) beginning of time;

- from the dawn of time;

- for centuries.

     ♦...Какой-то человек вошел на пустырь с косой в руках и начал сечь травяные рощи, росшие здесь испокон века (Платонов 1)...Some man came into the field with a scythe and began to hack away at the grass thickets that had grown there from time immemorial (1a).

     ♦ "Бог дал простолюдину язык вовсе не для разглагольствований, а для лизания сапог своего господина, каковой господин положен простолюдину от века..." (Стругацкие 4). "God didn't give them [simple >] a tongue for talking, but for licking the boots of their master, the noble lord, who has been placed above them from the very beginning of time.. " (4a).

     ♦ "По умершим молятся люди испокон веков" (Айтматов 2). "People have been praying over the dead for centuries" (2a).

Cf: An ass laden with gold climbs to the top of the castle (Br.). The golden key opens every door (Am.). A gold key opens every door (Br.). Gold rules the world (Am.). If money go before, all ways do lie open (Br.). Money is a universal language speaking any tongue (Am.). Money is power (Am., Br.). Money makes the wheels (the world) go round (Am.). Money masters all things (Am., Br.). Money runs the world (speaks) (Am.). Money talks (Am., Br.). No lock will hold against the power of gold (Br.). A rich man has the world by the tail (Am.). A silver key can open an iron lock (Am., Br.)

Var.: Руки согрешат, а голова в ответе