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1 своя рубаха ближе к телу
Set phrase: I will not pull the thorn out of your foot and put it into my own, all men row galley way (towards themselves), charity begins at home, every man for himself and God for us all, every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost, every miller draws water to his own mill, every tub must stand on its own bottom, every tub should stand on its own bottom, he cares not whose child cry, so his laugh, he is not wise who is not wise for himself, let every tub stand on its own bottom, look after number one, near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin (a selfish person always thinks first of one's own comfort, prosperity, well-being, problems, troubles), pray for yourself, I am not sick (contrast: we are not born for ourselves) a every man's shirt is nearest to his own skin, self comes first, unselfishness is the business of the foolish, your own comfort comes first and let others get lost!, your own shirt is closer to the bodyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > своя рубаха ближе к телу
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2 кожа рубашки дороже
Set phrase: near is my shirt, but nearer is my skinУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > кожа рубашки дороже
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3 Своя рубашка ближе к телу
In the first place one takes care of himself and his own family. See Всякая сосна своему бору шумит (B), К своему рту ложка ближе (K)Cf: Charity begins at home (Am., Br.). Close sits my shirt, but closer my skin (Am., В г.). Every one rakes the fire under his own pot (Br.). The laundress washes her own smock first (Am.). Mind other men, but most yourself (Br.). Near is my coat, but nearer is my shirt (Br.). Number one is the first house in the row (Br.). Self comes first (Br.). Self loves itself best (Am., Br.). The shirt is nearer than the coat (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Своя рубашка ближе к телу
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4 SHIRT
• Close sits my shirt, but closer my skin - Всякая сосна своему бору шумит (B), Своя рубашка ближе к телу (C)• Near is my coat, but nearer is my shirt - Своя рубашка ближе к телу (C)• Shirt is nearer than the coat (The) - Своя рубашка ближе к телу (C)• You can't take the shirt off a naked man - Голой овцы не стригут (Г)
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near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin — See also the preceding proverb (near is my kirtle, but nearer is my smock). Cf. early 14th cent. Fr. plus pres m’est char que n’est chemise, my skin is nearer to me than my shirt. c 1570 in J. P. Collier Old Ballads (1840) 99 Neerer is my skin… … Proverbs new dictionary
near is my kirtle, but nearer is my smock — A justification for looking after one’s own closest interests; see also the next proverb (near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin). A kirtle is a woman’s skirt or gown; a smock is an undergarment. Cf. PLAUTUS Trinummus 1. 1154 tunica propior… … Proverbs new dictionary
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