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1 беден как церковная крыса
беден (нищ, гол) как церковная крыса (мышь)разг.<as> poor as a church mouse (as a rat, as charity)- Если Артуру суждено пасть, то надо хоть себя обеспечить в материальном отношении. Служишь ты почти сорок лет, а всё гол, как сокол; нищ, как церковная крыса. (А. Степанов, Порт-Артур) — 'If Port Arthur is doomed to fall then you ought to do something to provide for your future. You've been in the service for nearly forty years and you've got nothing. We're as poor as church mice.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > беден как церковная крыса
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2 бедняки
1) General subject: church mice, poor, the poor, poor folk3) Diplomatic term: disadvantaged -
3 церковные мыши
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4 казанская сирота
разг., неодобр., ирон.poor soul (thing) (iron., of a person pretending to be poorer (humbler) that he (she) is); whimperer; whiner; moaner- Будет толковать-то! Знаем мы вас, казанских сирот! Девку отдал, малого женил; деньги есть... Чего тебе ещё от господа Бога желать? (И. Бунин, Деревня) — 'Oh, come off it! We know you church mice! You made a match for your wench, you got your lad married, so you must have money... What more can you ask of the Almighty?'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > казанская сирота
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5 мышь
ж.1) ( животное) mouseполева́я мышь — meadow mouse, common field vole
2) информ. mouse (pl mouses, mice)щелчо́к мышью — mouseclick
••бе́ден как церко́вная мышь — poor as a church mouse
лету́чая мышь — bat
мо́крый как мышь — soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat
наду́ться, как мышь на крупу́ — go into a huff
притаи́ться [сиде́ть ти́хо] как мышь — be quiet as a mouse
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