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101 Москва слёзам не верит
Set phrase: moscow is not swayed by tears, muscovites say tears do not pay, who would trust crocodile tears? (tears cannot justify anything (e.g., one's fault, misdeed, crime) or be of any use, tears are no gooud)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Москва слёзам не верит
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102 Москва слезам не верит
Set phrase: moscow is not swayed by tears, muscovites say tears do not pay, who would trust crocodile tears? (tears cannot justify anything (e.g., one's fault, misdeed, crime) or be of any use, tears are no gooud)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Москва слезам не верит
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103 Не режь сук, на котором сидишь.
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Не режь сук, на котором сидишь.
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104 Нет людей более глухих, чем те, кто и не собирается слушать (дословно)
Set phrase: There are none so deaf as those who won't hear.Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Нет людей более глухих, чем те, кто и не собирается слушать (дословно)
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105 Федот, да не тот
Set phrase: he's Fedot all right, but not that bright!, it's wrong Fedot - not whom I want, same thing only different (used to mean: he (or something) is not the (right) person (or thing) I want; he is (they are) not as decent (kind, honest, etc) as could be, as might have been expected) -
106 баба с возу - кобыле легче
Set phrase: One trouble less (АБ), good riddance to bad rubbish!, good riddance!, if I (we) never see you again, it'll be too soon (said angrily or ironically to a person who refuses to keep company and leaves the place), so much the better it is for us (me), we are better of without you (them, etc.) it's easier for the horse to start when the woman gets off the cartУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > баба с возу - кобыле легче
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107 без меня меня женили
Set phrase: gave me away without my O.K., it's been arranged over my head, it's like you wake up and find your goose is cooked, the absent are always in the wrong (the decision concerning me was taken in my absence, without my consent), the absent party's fate is great, I was roped in without being consulted, I wasn't asked about thatУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > без меня меня женили
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108 безмозглой голове и зоркие глаза ни к чему
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > безмозглой голове и зоркие глаза ни к чему
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109 ближе локоть, да не укусишь
Set phrase: if what you want is out of reach, there's nobody to impeach, sour grapes, the grapes are sour, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip a how near, and yet, so far!, you cannot touch your eye with your elbow (it is( was) so near and yet out of reach), your elbow is near, but you cannot bite it, dearУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > ближе локоть, да не укусишь
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110 близок локоть, да не укусишь
Set phrase: between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip, if what you want is out of reach, there's nobody to impeach, sour grapes, the grapes are sour, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip a how near, and yet, so far!, you cannot touch your eye with your elbow (it is( was) so near and yet out of reach), your elbow is near, but you cannot bite it, dear, so near and yet so farУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > близок локоть, да не укусишь
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111 больше те люди шутят, у которых сердце ноет
Set phrase: all are not merry that dance lightly (дословно: Не всяк весел, кто резво пляшет)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > больше те люди шутят, у которых сердце ноет
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112 большой говорун-плохой работун
Set phrase: great talkers are little doers (дословно: Кто много говорит, тот мало делает)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > большой говорун-плохой работун
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113 был конь, да изъездился
Set phrase: an old ass is never good, an old horse is never good, he was a spirited steed, but he's run his last race indeed, the feet are slow when the head wears snow (said of a person who lost his good abilities, gifts, influence)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > был конь, да изъездился
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114 в постылом всё немило
Set phrase: faults are thick where love is thinУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > в постылом всё немило
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115 в темноте все кошки серы
Set phrase: all cats are grey in the darkУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > в темноте все кошки серы
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116 в тесноте, да не в обиде
Set phrase: it's a bit tight, but all right if we don't fight, more sacks to the mill!, plenty is no plague, the more the merrier (used when a place (e.g., a room, a car, etc.) is more than crowded, but nobody minds that), the more the merrier (дословно: Чем больше, тем веселее), there's always room at the bottom, there's always room at the top, there's always room for one more, where there's two there is room for three, it never troubles a wolf how many sheep there are (contrast: the fewer, the better)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > в тесноте, да не в обиде
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117 валится из рук
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118 вещь хороша, пока новая, а друг-когда старый
Set phrase: old friends and old wine are best (дословно: Нет ничего лучше старых друзей и старого вина)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > вещь хороша, пока новая, а друг-когда старый
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119 видит око, да зуб неймёт
Set phrase: it catches your eye, but you can't catch it, sour grapes!, the girl looks fine, but she isn't mine, the grapes are sour (someone cannot have (get) the desired thing though it is near at hand or may seem so)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > видит око, да зуб неймёт
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120 видит око, да зуб неймет
Set phrase: it catches your eye, but you can't catch it, sour grapes!, the girl looks fine, but she isn't mine, the grapes are sour (someone cannot have (get) the desired thing though it is near at hand or may seem so)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > видит око, да зуб неймет
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