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1 BLACK
• Black will take no other hue - Черного кобеля не отмоешь добела (4)• Every black has its white - Нет худа без добра (H)• Every white has its black - Без худа добра не бывает (Б), И на жемчуге бывает царапина (И)• I am black, but I am not the devil - Не все, что серо, волк (H)• Two blacks do not make a white - Злом зла не поправишь (3), Чужой грех своего не искупит (4)• You can't rub on a black pot without getting black - Не трись возле сажи - сам замараешься (H) -
2 Черного кобеля не отмоешь добела
See Горбатого могила исправит (Г)Var.: Чёрного ворона не вымоешь добелаCf: Bad is the wool that cannot be dyed (Am.). Black will take no other hue (Am., Br.). A crow is never /the/ whiter for washing herself oft (often) (Br.). A crow is no whiter for being washed (Am.). Wash a dog, comb a dog: still a dog (Am.). You cannot wash a blackamoor (charcoal) white (Br.). You can't paint the devil white (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Черного кобеля не отмоешь добела
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