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1 COWARD
• Better a live coward than a dead hero - Живая собака лучше мертвого льва (Ж)• Coward dies many times (The) - Трус и до смерти часто умирает (T)• Coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one (The) - Трус и до смерти часто умирает (T)• Coward often dies, the brave but once (The) - Трус и до смерти часто умирает (T)• Cowards die many times before their death - Трус и до смерти часто умирает (T)• Greatest braggarts are generally the greatest cowards (The) - Всякий трус о храбрости беседует (B)• Live coward is better than a dead hero (A) - Живая собака лучше мертвого льва (Ж) -
2 прежде смерти не умрёшь
Set phrase: a man can die but once (do not be a coward: you won't die before your death), a man can die only once, a man cannot die more than once, cowards die many times before their death, he that fears death lives not, he that forecasts all perils, will never sail the seaУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > прежде смерти не умрёшь
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3 раньше смерти не умрёшь
Set phrase: a man can die but once (do not be a coward: you won't die before your death), a man can die only once, a man cannot die more than once, cowards die many times before their death, he that fears death lives not, he that forecasts all perils, will never sail the seaУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > раньше смерти не умрёшь
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4 раньше смерти не умрёшь
раньше смерти не умрёшь (не помрёшь, не помрём)посл.we shan't die before we're dead; cf. a man can die but (only) once; a man cannot die more than once; he that fears death lives not; cowards die many times before their death- Чем нам таперича робеть? Всё одно раньше смерти не помрём. Подымем казаков, а тогда и станица будет наша, - предложил Чумаков. (М. Шолохов, Тихий Дон) — 'It's no good getting scared now! In any case we shan't die before we're dead. We'll raise the Cossacks, and then the district centre will be ours,' Chumakov proposed.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > раньше смерти не умрёшь
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5 Трус и до смерти часто умирает
Cravens are obsessed by the dread of passing awayCf: The coward dies many times (Am.). The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one (Am.). The coward often dies, the brave but once (Br.). Cowards die many times before their death (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Трус и до смерти часто умирает
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6 у страха глаза велики
1) Set phrase: cowards die many times before their death (said about a person who sees danger where there is none, gives way to fear without reason), fear has big eyesУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > у страха глаза велики
См. также в других словарях:
cowards die many times before their death — The popular form is a misquotation of Shakespeare (see quot. 1599) Cf. 1596 DRAYTON Mortimeriados S1 Every houre he dyes, which ever feares. 1599 SHAKESPEARE Julius Caesar II. ii. 32 Cowards die many times before their deaths: The valiant never… … Proverbs new dictionary
die — see you can only die once good Americans when they die go to Paris better to die on your feet than live on your knees cowards die many times before their death we must eat a peck of dirt before we die eat, drink … Proverbs new dictionary
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coward — see a bully is always a coward conscience makes cowards of us all cowards die many times before their death … Proverbs new dictionary
coward — 01. The other kid called him a [coward] for refusing to fight. 02. He would never complain to the boss about anything; he s too much of a [coward]. 03. Bullies are often actually [cowards] because they usually pick on someone smaller and weaker… … Grammatical examples in English
killing no murder — Quot. 1657 is the title of a pamphlet asserting that the assassination of Cromwell, the Protector, would be lawful and laudable. 1657 SEXBY & TITUS (title) Killing noe murder. 1800 M. EDGEWORTH Castle Rackrent p. xliv. In Ireland, not only… … Proverbs new dictionary
val´iant|ness — val|iant «VAL yuhnt», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having courage; brave; courageous: »a valiant soldier. 2. showing courage; heroic: »a valiant deed. –n. a brave or courageous person: »Wealth…is the possession of the valuable by the valiant (John … Useful english dictionary
val´iant|ly — val|iant «VAL yuhnt», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having courage; brave; courageous: »a valiant soldier. 2. showing courage; heroic: »a valiant deed. –n. a brave or courageous person: »Wealth…is the possession of the valuable by the valiant (John … Useful english dictionary