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1 HAND
• Busy hands are happy hands - Рукам работа - душе праздник (P)• By the hands of many a great work is made light - Миром и горы сдвинем (M), Один и камень не поднимешь, а миром и город передвинешь (O)• Clean hand needs (wants) no washing (A) - Правда сама себя очистит (П)• Cold hand, a warm heart (A) - Холодные руки, горячее сердце (X)• Don't bite the hand that feeds you - Не руби сук, на котором си дишь (H)• Don't bite the hand that butters your bread - Не руби сук, на котором си дишь (H)• Empty hand is no lure for the hawk (An) - Карман сух, так и судья глух (K), Не подмажешь - не поедешь (H), Сухая ложка рот дерет (C)• Empty hands allure no hawks - Карман сух, так и судья глух (K), Не подмажешь - не поедешь (H), Сухая ложка рот дерет (C)• Hand that gives gathers (The) - Добро добро покрывает (Д), Живи для людей, поживут и люди для тебя (Ж), За добро добром и платят (3)• It's the new hand who always gets the short - handed rake - Первый блин комом (П)• Left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing (The) - Правая рука не знает, что делает левая (П)• Man lays his hand where he feels the pain (A) - От больного места рука не отходит (O), У кого что болит, тот о том и говорит (У)• Many hands make light (quick) work - Артельный котел гуще кипит (A), Берись дружно, не будет грузно (Б), Когда рук много, работа спорится (K), Миром и горы сдвинем (M), Один и камень не поднимешь, а миром и город передвинешь (O)• Many hands make work light - Один и камень не поднимешь, а миром и город передвинешь (O)• Nothing enters into a closed (close) hand - Не подмажешь - не поедешь (H)• One hand claws another - Рука руку моет, вор вора кроет (P)• One hand washes another (the other) - Рука руку моет, вор вора кроет (P)• One hand will not clasp - Один палец не кулак (O)• Put not your hand between the bark and the tree - Муж с женой бранятся, чужой не вяжись (M), Свои собаки грызутся, чужая не суйся (C)• Put your hand no farther than your sleeve will reach - По одежке протягивай ножки (П)• Scatter with one hand, gather with two - За добро добром и платят (3), Кинь в окошко крошки, в дверь придет лепешка (K)• Too many hands in the pot make poor soup - У семи нянек дитя без глазу (У)• Too many hands spoil the pie - У семи нянек дитя без глазу (У)• Two hands are better than one - Дружно - не грузно, а врозь - хоть брось (Д) -
2 Не руби сук, на котором сидишь
Make sure you can do without the man or position you depend on before you harm or break up with them. See Не плюй в колодезь, пригодится напиться (H)Cf: Don't bite the hand that feeds you (Am., Br.). Don't bite the hand that butters your bread (Am.). Don't cut the bow you are standing on (Br.). Don't cut the limb which bears your weight (Am.). Don't saw off the branch you are sitting on (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Не руби сук, на котором сидишь
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3 не кусай руку, кормящую тебя
General subject: don't bite the hand that feeds youУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > не кусай руку, кормящую тебя
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4 не плюй в колодец,-пригодится воды напиться
Set phrase: don't bite the hand that feeds youУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > не плюй в колодец,-пригодится воды напиться
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5 пилить сук, на котором сидишь
General subject: quarrel with one's bread and butter, bite the hand that feeds youУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > пилить сук, на котором сидишь
См. также в других словарях:
bite the hand that feeds you — phrase to do something bad to someone who has been good to you and whose help you need Thesaurus: to treat someone unfairlysynonym Main entry: bite * * * bite the hand that feeds you informal : to harm someone who has helped or supported you He… … Useful english dictionary
bite the hand that feeds you — bite the hand that feeds (you) to severely criticize the person or organization that helps you or pays you. It is unwise to bite the hand that feeds you, but TV journalists need to tell the truth about the news business … New idioms dictionary
bite the hand that feeds you — If you bite the hand that feeds you, you are unfriendly or do harm to someone who is kind to you. If you say bad things about the person who gives you a job, you bite the hand that feeds you … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
bite the hand that feeds you — be unkind to the one who cares for you or pays you If you criticize your employer, you bite the hand that feeds you … English idioms
bite the hand that feeds you — turn against a friend or supporter, repay kindness with wrong He is biting the hand that feeds him if he continues to criticize and fight against his boss … Idioms and examples
bite the hand that feeds one — {v. phr.} To turn against or hurt a helper or supporter; repay kindness with wrong. * /He bit the hand that fed him when he complained against his employer./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bite the hand that feeds one — {v. phr.} To turn against or hurt a helper or supporter; repay kindness with wrong. * /He bit the hand that fed him when he complained against his employer./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bite the hand that feeds — (you) to severely criticize the person or organization that helps you or pays you. It is unwise to bite the hand that feeds you, but TV journalists need to tell the truth about the news business … New idioms dictionary
bite the hand that feeds you — to do something bad to someone who has been good to you and whose help you need … English dictionary
don't bite the hand that feeds — When someone says this to you, they are trying to tell you not to act against those on whom you depend … The small dictionary of idiomes
don't bite the hand that feeds you — don t break off ties with the people who help you … English contemporary dictionary