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1 BELIEVE
• Believe it or not - Хочешь - верь, хочешь - нет (X)• Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear - Людским речам вполовину верь (Л), Не все то правда, что люди говорят (H), Не всякому слуху верь (H)• Believe only half of what you hear - Не все то правда, что люди говорят (H)• Believe only half of what you see and nothing you hear - Людским речам вполовину верь (Л), Не все то правда, что люди говорят (H), Не всякому слуху верь (H)• He who believes easily is easily deceived - Кто легко верит, тот легко и погибает (K)• It is easy to believe what you want to - Чего хочется, тому и верится (4)• Men believe what they will to believe - Чего хочется, тому и верится (4)• We soon believe what we desire - Чего хочется, тому и верится (4) -
2 Не все то правда, что люди говорят
You cannot rely on the trust worthiness of all that is told. See Людским речам вполовину верь (Л), Не всякому слуху верь (H)Cf: Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear (Br.). Believe only half of what you hear (Br.). Believe only half of what you see and nothing you hear (Am.). Put no faith in tale bearers (Am.). Season all you hear with salt (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Не все то правда, что люди говорят
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3 слух
м.1. ear, hearingтонкий, острый слух — keen ear
хороший слух — good* ear
иметь хороший музыкальный слух — have a good* ear for music
играть, петь по слуху, на слух — play, sing* by ear
2. ( молва) rumour, hearsayпо слухам — it is said / rumoured, they / people say, from hearsay
пустить слух — set* a rumour abroad / afloat, float a rumour
есть слух, что — there is some talk that
ходят слухи — it is rumoured, rumours are afloat / abroad, there are rumours going round
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он весь обратился в слух — he is all earsслухом земля полнится посл. — news quickly
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4 слух
м.1) ( способность слышать) ear, hearingо́рган слуха — organ of hearing
то́нкий / о́стрый слух — keen ear
плохо́й слух — dull hearing
хоро́ший слух — good ear
потеря́ть слух — lose one's hearing (ability)
2) ( музыкальный) ear (for music)име́ть хоро́ший слух — have a good ear for music
абсолю́тный слух — absolute pitch
у него́ нет слуха — he is tone-deaf [-'def]
3) ( молва) rumour, hearsayпо слухам — it is said / rumoured, they / people say, from hearsay
пусти́ть слух — set a rumour abroad / afloat, float a rumour
есть слух, хо́дят слухи — there are rumours, it is rumoured
до него́ дошли́ слухи — rumours reached him
••слухом земля́ по́лнится посл. — news spreads quickly; bad news travels fast
быть (у всех) на слуху́ — be familiar / known to everybody; (о слове, имени) be a household name / word
игра́ть [петь] на слух — play [sing ] by ear
он весь обрати́лся в слух книжн. — he was all ears
ни слуху ни ду́ху (о пр.) — nothing is heard (of)
не вся́кому слуху верь посл. — ≈ believe only half of what you hear
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5 Людским речам вполовину верь
See Не все то правда, что люди говорят (Н)Cf: Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear (Br.). Believe only half of what you see and nothing you hear (Am.). Half is false of what you hear (Am.). Season all you hear with salt (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Людским речам вполовину верь
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6 Не всякому слуху верь
See Не все то правда, что люди говорят (H)Cf: Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear (Br.). Believe only half of what you see and nothing you hear (Am.). Season all you hear with salt (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Не всякому слуху верь
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