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1 calf
I [kɑːf] n (pl calves)1) теля́cow in [cow with] calf — ті́льна коро́ва
golden calf — золоти́й теле́ць
2) маля́ (оленя, слона, кита, тюленя тощо)3) теля́ча шкі́ра, опо́йок4) придуркува́тий хло́пець, "теля́" (вжив. тж. пестливо)5) невели́ка плаву́ча крижи́наII [kɑːf] n (pl calves) анат.ли́тка -
2 cow
1. n1) корова2) самиця слона (кита, тюленя, моржа тощо)3) pl молочна худоба4) розм. незграбна, дурна, надокучлива людина5) гірн. автоматичне гальмо6) амер., розм. молоко; вершки7) амер., розм. масло8) амер., розм. яловичина9) тех. ковпак, зонт, дефлектор (димаря)10) опудалоcow college — амер., розм. а) сільськогосподарський коледж; б) невеликий маловідомий коледж
2. vзалякувати; тероризувати; приборкувати* * *I [kau] n; (pl іст., поіт. тж. kine)1) зooл. корова2) самка слона, кита, тюленя, моржа, носорога3) незграбна, дурна, докучлива людина; "корова", некрасива, товста е неохайна жінка; надмірно плідна жінка4) aвcтpaл.; cл. скрутний стан, випробування (тж. fair cow)5) aмep.; cл. молоко; вершки; масло; яловичина; м'ясна страва6) гipн. автоматичне гальмоII [kau] n; діал. III [kau] vлякати, залякувати; погрожувати -
3 as well for the cow calf as for the bull
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > as well for the cow calf as for the bull
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4 if you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow
syn: give him a ring, and he'll want your whole arm≅ хто везе, того й поганяють хто робить, на того ще більше роботи звалюють all lay load on the willing horseEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > if you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow
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5 many a good cow has an bad calf
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > many a good cow has an bad calf
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6 many a good cow has an evil calf
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > many a good cow has an evil calf
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7 elephant
n1) зоол. слон3) друк. формат друкарського паперу4) слонова кісткаelephant's ear — бот. бегонія
to see the elephant, to get a look at the elephant — побачити світ, узнати життя
white elephant — непотрібна річ; подарунок, якого важко здихатися
* * *n1) зooл. слон2) aмep. ( the Elephant) Слон ( емблема республіканської партії)3) cпeц. формат креслярського або писального паперу; пoлiгp. формат друкованого паперу4) icт. слонова кістка -
8 _праця; справа та відпочинок
all lay load on the willing horse all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy all work is noble at the workingman's house, hunger looks in but dares not enter a bad shearer never had a good sickle the best fish are near the bottom the best way to get rid of work is to do it better to be idle than badly employed the busiest men have the most leisure business before pleasure business is to grown men what blocks are to children the cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet the cobbler should stick to his last every man to his trade everybody's business is nobody's business fools and bairns should never see half-done work a good horse should be seldom spurred grasp all, lose all he that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities he who does not work, neither shall he eat he that would eat the fruit must climb the tree a hired horse never tires if you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow if you want a thing well done do it yourself if you would have your business done, go; if not, send in doing we learn it is working that makes a workman Jack of all trades is master in none the labourer is worthy of his hire a man can do no more than he can a man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds many hands make work light the more boys that help, the less work they do never do things by halves never send a boy to do a man's job practice makes perfect Rome was not built in a day a short horse is soon curried there are tricks in every trade they must hunger in winter that will not work in summer two of a trade never agree what is a workman without his tools? what is worth doing at all is worth doing well what may be done at any time will be done at no time when pleasure is the business of life, it ceases to be pleasure a wise man without work is a bee without honey a woman's work is never done work is not the curse, but drudgery is work is the only capital that never misses dividends work is work if you're paid to do it, and it's pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it the workman is known by his work you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs you never know what you can do till you tryEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _праця; справа та відпочинок
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9 accidents will happen in the best regulated families
syn: every family has a black sheepmany a good cow has an evil ( або bad) calfв сім'ї не без виродка (а в болоті не без чорта) скандал у благородному сімействі буває і від гарного отця родиться дурна вівця в болоті не без чорта, в сім'ї не без п'яниці в лісі не без пенька, а в селі не без дурняEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > accidents will happen in the best regulated families
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10 all lay load on the willing horse
syn: if you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cowхто робить, на того ще більше роботи звалюють ≅ коли дався запрягти, то дайся й поганяти на охочого робочого все знайдеться діло хто везе, того й підганяють котрий віл тягне, того ще й б'ютьEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > all lay load on the willing horse
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11 every family has a black sheep
syn: many a good father has a bad sonmany a good cow has an evil ( або bad) calfбуває і від гарного отця дурна вівця ≅ в сім'ї не без виродка (а в болоті не без чорта) в болоті не без чорта, в сім'ї не без п'яниці в лісі не без пенька, а в селі не без дурня accidents will happen in the best regulated familiesEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > every family has a black sheep
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12 give him a ring, and he'll want your whole arm
give him an inch and he'll take an ell who lets another sit on his shoulder will soon have him on his head if you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cowEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > give him a ring, and he'll want your whole arm
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13 give him an inch and he'll take an ell
syn: let him put in his finger, and he will put in his whole handgive him a ring, and he'll want your whole armдай йому палець – він і руку відкусить ≅ посади свиню за стіл, вона й ноги на стіл пусти пса під стіл, а він дереться на стіл пусти чорта в хату, то він і на піч залізе укажи палець, а він руку просить коли мед, то й ложкою дозволь собаці лапу на стіл покласти, то він і цілий втеребицця коли б свині крила, вона б і небо зрила if you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cowEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > give him an inch and he'll take an ell
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14 what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
syn: as well for the cow calf as for the bullмірка, з якою ми підходимо до одного, повинна застосовуватися й до інших ≅ як гукнеш, так і відгукнетьсяEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
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15 elephant
['elɪfənt]n1) слонelephant bull — слон ( самець)
elephant calf — слоненя́
elephant cow — слони́ха
elephant trumpet — реві́ння слона́
2) (Elephant) амер. ембле́ма америка́нської республіка́нської па́ртії••to see the elephant, to get a look at the elephant — узна́ти життя́, поба́чити світ
white elephant перен. — обтя́жливе майно́; подару́нок, яки́й не зна́ють куди́ поді́ти
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