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  • 21 много будешь знать-скоро состаришься

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > много будешь знать-скоро состаришься

  • 22 Не суй свой нос в чужой вопрос

    Carry on your own affairs and do not become concerned with those of other people. See Любопытной Варваре нос оторвали (Л)
    Var.: Не суй (тычь) носа в чужое просо
    Cf: Curiosity killed the cat (Am., Br.). Don't thrust your sickle into another's corn (Am.). Enquire not what boils in another's pot (Br.). Every person should row his own boat (Am.). Go home and say your prayers (Br.). Hoe your own row (Am.). It that lies not in your gate breaks not your shin (Br.). Keep your nose out of other people's business (Am.). A man should not stick his nose in his neighbor's pot (Am.). Meddle not with another man's matter (Br.). Mind your own business (Am., Br.). Never be breaking your shin on a stool that is not in your way (Am.). Paddle your own canoe (Am., Br.). Skeer your own fire (Br.). The stone that lies not in your gate breaks not your toe (Br.)

    Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Не суй свой нос в чужой вопрос

  • 23 знать

    I гл.
    1) (вн., о пр.; иметь сведения, быть в курсе) know (d; about), be aware (of)

    дать знать кому́-л — let smb know

    дать кому́-л знать о себе́ — let smb hear from one

    не знать (о пр.) — be ignorant (of), be unaware (of)

    наско́лько я зна́ю — as far as I know

    отку́да мне знать? — how would I know?

    он знать не хо́чет об э́том — he doesn't want to know anything about it, he won't hear of it

    2) (вн.; обладать понятием, познаниями в чём-л) know (d)

    знать своё де́ло — know one's job / business

    она́ зна́ет, о чём говори́т — she knows what she is talking about

    не знать, что де́лать — not to know what to do, be at a loss; be at a loose end идиом.

    3) (вн.; быть знакомым с кем-чем-л) know (d), be acquainted (with)

    знать в лицо́ — know (d) by sight

    знать понаслы́шке — know (d) by hearsay

    4) (вн.; испытывать, переживать) know (d)

    не знать поко́я — know no peace

    знать и го́ре, и ра́дость — have known both bad and good times

    не знать пораже́ний — have never suffered a defeat

    не знать у́стали — be tireless

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    знать не зна́ю (и ве́дать не ве́даю) (вн.; при отрицании осведомлённости о чём-л) — I haven't got the faintest idea (about); ( при отрицании знакомства с кем-л) I don't know (d) and I have nothing to do (with)

    знать толк в чём-л — be a good judge of smth, be an expert in smth

    знать ме́ру — know when to stop

    знать себе́ це́ну — know one's own worth / value

    знать, что к чему́ — know the how and why of things; know a thing or two

    как знать, почём знать, кто зна́ет — who knows

    дава́ть себя́ знать — make itself felt

    живи́ / поступа́й как зна́ешь — get on as best you can

    зна́ете ли вводн. сл.you know

    знай (себе́) — см. знай

    зна́ем мы вас! — we know your lot!, we know the likes of you!

    ну, зна́ете! — well, I never!; that's going too far!

    мно́го бу́дешь знать - соста́ришься — ≈ curiosity killed the cat

    II ж. собир. ист.
    aristocracy, nobility; the élite [eɪ'liːt] (фр.)
    III вводн. сл. прост.
    evidently, it seems

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