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1 chickens
n pl AmE infmlA man is placed in a position of authority primarily because he has chickens — Человека назначают на высокую должность в основном потому, что у него на плечах полковничьи погоны
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2 chickens
ЦыплятаБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > chickens
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3 chickens
1) Сельское хозяйство: куры2) Сленг: двоевластие -
4 chickens
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5 chickens
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6 chickens
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7 chickens come home to roost
Идиоматическое выражение: пожинать плоды (неправильных действий)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > chickens come home to roost
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8 chickens coming home to roost
1) Общая лексика: как аукнется, так и откликнется, месть, (some contexts) так ему и надо2) Фразеологизм: неизбежные последствия (Consequences visited upon someone who originally had appeared to escape them.)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > chickens coming home to roost
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9 chickens coming home to roost (some contexts)
Общая лексика: так ему и надоУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > chickens coming home to roost (some contexts)
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10 chickens in the shell
Общая лексика: невылупившиеся птенцы -
11 Chickens are counted in autumn.
фраз. Цыплят по осени считают.Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > Chickens are counted in autumn.
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12 chickens cluck
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13 chickens come home to roost
разг отолью́тся ко́шке мы́шкины слёзыThe Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > chickens come home to roost
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14 count one's chickens before they are hatched
(count one's chickens before they are hatched (сокр. count one's chickens))радоваться раньше времени, делать преждевременные выводы; ≈ делить шкуру неубитого медведя [часть пословицы don't count your chickens before they are hatched; см. don't count your chickens before they are hatched]Wickham: "I'm afraid it's a great disappointment to you, Miss Marsh." Norah (lightly): "I never count my chickens before they're hatched." (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Land of Promise’, act I) — Викем: "Боюсь, что это большой удар для вас, мисс Марш." Нора (спокойно): "Я никогда не радуюсь раньше времени."
...he had his superstitions, and one of them was that counting your chickens in advance brought bad luck. (P. G. Wodehouse, ‘Summer Lightning’, ch. 3) —...достопочтенный Галахед верил в дурные приметы; он считал, например, что нельзя делить шкуру неубитого медведя - обязательно не повезет.
‘When our ship comes home,’ she would say, and at once sternly warn me about ‘counting our chickens before they were hatched’. With an air of harsh realism, she told me that we mustn't expect the first prize every week. (C. P. Snow, ‘The Affair’, ch. 31) — "Когда мы разбогатеем", - говорила мама и тут же строго учила меня, что цыплят по осени считают. Прикидываясь суровой реалисткой, она говорила, что нельзя рассчитывать на первый приз каждую неделю.
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15 count one's chickens before they are hatched
(coкp. count one's chickens)paдoвaтьcя paньшe вpeмeни, дeлaть пpeждeвpeмeнныe вывoды; дeлить шкуpу нeубитoгo мeдвeдя [чacть пocлoвицы don't count your chickens before they are hatched цыплят пo oceни cчитaют]Wickham. I'm afraid it's a great disappointment to you, Miss Marsh. Norah (lightly). I never count my chickens before they're hatched (W.S. Maugham)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > count one's chickens before they are hatched
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16 curses like chickens come home to roost
посл.curses, like chickens, come home to roostПроклятия, подобно цыплятам, возвращаются на свой насест.ср. Не рой другому яму, сам в нее попадешь. Отольются кошке мышкины слезки.for the overextended borrowers, the chickens have come home to roost
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > curses like chickens come home to roost
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17 curses, like chickens, come home to roost
посл.curses, like chickens, come home to roostПроклятия, подобно цыплятам, возвращаются на свой насест.ср. Не рой другому яму, сам в нее попадешь. Отольются кошке мышкины слезки.for the overextended borrowers, the chickens have come home to roost
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > curses, like chickens, come home to roost
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18 curses like chickens come home to roost
посл.≈ проклятия обрушиваются на голову проклинающего (ср. не рой другому яму, сам в неё попадёшь; как аукнется, так и откликнется; отольются волку овечьи слёзы); см. тж. come home to roostTheir injustice will return upon them. ‘Curses like chickens come home to roost.’ (P. Selver, ‘English Phraseology’) — Они сами пострадают от собственной несправедливости. Как говорится, не рой другому яму, сам в нее попадешь.
When the woman raged against her one time friend, we reminded her that curses, like chickens, come home to roost. (DEI) — Когда эта женщина стала поносить своего бывшего друга, мы ей напомнили, что проклятия часто обрушиваются на голову проклинающего.
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19 don't count your chickens before they are hatched
посл.≈ цыплят по осени считают; см. тж. count one's chickens before they are hatched‘Don't count your chickens before they're hatched!’ Anna laughingly warned them. Dave had about getting the job. (D. Carter, ‘Fatherless Sons’, part III, ch. 23) — - Полно делить шкуру неубитого медведя, - рассмеялась Анна. Дейв же не сомневался в том, что получит работу.
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20 Mother Carey's chickens
Название, данное моряками stormy petrels буревестникам, качуркам малым — Hydrobates pelagicus. Оно может происходить от Mater cara или Madre cara (Дорогая Мама, обращение к Святой Деве Марии). Моряки также называют и падающий снег Mother Carey's chickens.English-Russian dictionary of expressions > Mother Carey's chickens
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