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41 рябь на воде
lipper имя существительное: -
42 на чужом горбу в рай ехать
прост., неодобр.lit. ride to Paradise on smb.'s back; cf. make a cat's paw of smb.; make a convenience of smb.; sponge on smb.; make his way (in life) at smb.'s expense- А другой человек живёт себе припеваючи. Ни забот, ни хлопот. На чужом горбу в рай едет. (Э. Шим, Богатый Гусев) — 'Some folks do live in clover. No problems. They're making their way to Paradise on somebody else's back.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на чужом горбу в рай ехать
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43 таскать каштаны из огня
(кому, для кого)(Лафонтен; фр. tirer les marrons du feu)pull smb.'s chestnuts out of the fire; cf. be smb.'s cat's pawРусско-английский фразеологический словарь > таскать каштаны из огня
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44 чужими руками жар загребать
[chuzhimi rukami zhar zagr'ebat'] To bank up the fire with someone else's hands. To benefit by the results of someone else's work; to use the results of someone else's work to achieve one's selfish ends. Cf. To make a cat's-paw of someone; to pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire.Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > чужими руками жар загребать
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45 делать крюк
крюк, объезд — a long way about
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46 завязывать узлом
Антонимический ряд:Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > завязывать узлом
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47 разрубит гордиев узел
1. cutting the Gordian knot2. cut the Gordian knotРусско-английский большой базовый словарь > разрубит гордиев узел
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48 каболочный узел
Русско-английский военно-политический словарь > каболочный узел
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49 кошачья лапка
1) General subject: velvet paw2) Botanical term: cat's foot (Antennaria gen.), cat's-foot (Antennaria), everlasting (Antennaria), pussy's toe (Antennaria), pussy's toes (Antennaria), pussytoe (Antennaria) -
50 кошка протянула лапу к клубку шерсти
General subject: the cat flicked out its paw towards the ball of woolУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > кошка протянула лапу к клубку шерсти
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51 Хорошо чужими руками жар загребать
It is good to profit when other people do the hard or dirty work for you. See Медведь пляшет, а поводырь деньги берет (M)Cf: It's good to take the chestnuts out of the fire with the cat's (the og's) paw (Br.). One man works, and another reaps the benefits (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Хорошо чужими руками жар загребать
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cat's paw — cats|paw [ˈkætspo: US po:] n old fashioned someone who is used by someone else to achieve something bad … Dictionary of contemporary English
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cat's paw — ► NOUN ▪ a person used by another to carry out an unpleasant task … English terms dictionary
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Cat's paw (nail puller) — A cat s paw is a standard carpenter s tool, consisting of a round or hexagonal bar that curves at one end to form a pointed, cup shaped tip with a V shaped cleft for gripping nailheads. To use the tool the user holds the tool s shank with one… … Wikipedia