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ДЕНЬГИ HE ПАХНУТ often disapprov (sent pres only fixed WOit does not matter that the money in question has been obtained by unseemly means or from unsavory sourcesmoney has no smell.Loan translation of the Latin pecunia поп olet. According to the Roman biographer Suetonius (Vespasian, XXIII, 3), the emperor Vespasian (1 st cent. A. D.) introduced a tax on public lavatories. When his son Titus objected to this tax, he held a coin to Titus' nose and asked whether it s me lied. Hearing that it did not, the emperor replied, "Yet it's made from urine." -
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• ДЕНЬГИ НЕ ПАХНУТ often disapprov[sent; pres only; fixed WO]=====⇒ it does not matter that the money in question has been obtained by unseemly means or from unsavory sources:- money has no smell.—————← Loan translation of the Latin pecunia non olet. According to the Roman biographer Suetonius (Vespasian, XXIII, 3), the emperor Vespasian (1st cent. A. D.) introduced a tax on public lavatories. When his son Titus objected to this tax, he held a coin to Titus' nose and asked whether it smelled. Hearing that it did not, the emperor replied, "Yet it's made from urine."Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > деньги не пахнут
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مذکر biographer(n.) شرح حال نویس، تذکره نویس، زندگینامه نگار -
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книжн.А надо мной, как меч Дамоклов, / Мой смертный час, и я спешу. / Ведь я свой собственный биограф, - / Я биографию пишу! (Е. Винокуров, Автобиография) — Death's sword of Damocles hangs over / My head. Time's running out for me. / My own biographer am I, / I'm writing my biography!
См. также в других словарях:
Biographer — Bi*og ra*pher, n. One who writes an account or history of the life of a particular person; a writer of lives, as Plutarch. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
biographer — 1715; see BIOGRAPHY (Cf. biography) + ER (Cf. er) (1). Earlier was biographist (1660s) … Etymology dictionary
biographer — [bī äg′rə fər; ] also [ bēä′grə fər] n. a writer of a biography or biographies … English World dictionary
biographer — UK [baɪˈɒɡrəfə(r)] / US [baɪˈɑɡrəfər] noun [countable] Word forms biographer : singular biographer plural biographers someone who writes a book describing someone else s life … English dictionary
biographer — [[t]baɪɒ̱grəfə(r)[/t]] biographers N COUNT: oft with poss Someone s biographer is a person who writes an account of their life … English dictionary
biographer — biography ► NOUN (pl. biographies) ▪ an account of a person s life written by someone else. DERIVATIVES biographer noun biographic adjective biographical adjective … English terms dictionary
biographer — noun Date: 1715 a writer of a biography … New Collegiate Dictionary
biographer — /buy og reuh feuhr, bee /, n. a writer of someone s biography. [1705 15; BIOGRAPH(Y) + ER1] * * * … Universalium
biographer — noun The writer of a biography … Wiktionary
biographer — bi|og|ra|pher [baıˈɔgrəfə US ˈa:grəfər] n someone who writes a biography of someone else … Dictionary of contemporary English
biographer — bi|o|graph|er [ baı agrəfər ] noun count someone who writes a book describing someone else s life … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English