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1 COAT
• Cut the coat according to the cloth - Живи не так, как хочется, а так, как можется (Ж), Не можешь, как хочешь, де лай, как можешь (H), По одежке протягивай ножки (П), По приходу и расход держи (П)• Cut your coat according to your cloth - Не можешь, как хочешь, де лай, как можешь (H), По одежке протягивай ножки (П), По приходу и расход держи (П)• He who has but one coat cannot lend it - Чего немножко, того не мечи в окошко (4)• It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman - Не одежда красит человека (H), По одежке встречают, по уму провожают (П)• No man can make a good coat with bad cloth - Из рогожи не сделаешь кожи (И)• Ragged coat may cover an honest man (A) - Нищета не отнимает ни чести, ни ума (H)• Smart coat is a good letter of introduction (A) - По одежде встречают (П)• You can't always tell what is under a worn coat - И под дырявой шапкой живет голова (И)• You can't get warm on another's fur coat - На чужую одежду плохая надежда (H) -
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1) General subject: you must cut your coat according to your cloth2) Set phrase: cut the coat according to the (or your) cloth (one has to keep within one's means and use what is available (I.e., adapt oneself to circumstances)), cut your coat according to the (or your) cloth (one has to keep within one's means and use what is available (I.e., adapt oneself to circumstances)), lay your game to your winning, put your hand no further than your sleeve will reach, stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach, stretch your legs according to your coverletУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > по одёжке протягивай ножки
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3 по одежке протягивай ножки
1) General subject: you must cut your coat according to your cloth2) Set phrase: cut the coat according to the (or your) cloth (one has to keep within one's means and use what is available (I.e., adapt oneself to circumstances)), cut your coat according to the (or your) cloth (one has to keep within one's means and use what is available (I.e., adapt oneself to circumstances)), lay your game to your winning, put your hand no further than your sleeve will reach, stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach, stretch your legs according to your coverletУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > по одежке протягивай ножки
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4 по одежке протягивай ножки
Новый русско-английский словарь > по одежке протягивай ножки
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ПО ОДЁЖКЕ ПРОТЯГИВАЙ НОЖКИ (saying) live according to your means, in keeping with your income: - cut your coat according to your cloth cut your coat to fit your cloth put your hand no further than your sleeve will reach.«Где же я денег возьму? Ты знаешь, я в законный брак вступаю: две семьи содержать не могу, а вы с барином-то по одежке протягивайте ножки» (Гончаров 1). "Where am I to get the money from? You know I am going to be married. I can't provide for two families, and you and your gentleman had better cut your coat according to your cloth" (1a). "Where do you think I can get the money? You know I'm getting married: I can't keep two families, so you and your fine gentleman must cut your coat to fit your cloth" (1b). -
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[saying]=====⇒ live according to your means, in keeping with your income:- put your hand no further than your sleeve will reach.♦ "Где же я денег возьму? Ты знаешь, я в законный брак вступаю: две семьи содержать не могу, а вы с барином-то по одежке протягивайте ножки" (Гончаров 1). "Where am I to get the money from? You know I am going to be married. I can't provide for two families, and you and your gentleman had better cut your coat according to your cloth" (1a). "Where do you think I can get the money? You know I'm getting married: I can't keep two families, so you and your fine gentleman must cut your coat to fit your cloth" (1b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > по одежке протягивай ножки
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7 По одежке протягивай ножки
Spend no more than your budget allows you. See Живи не так, как хочется, а так, как можется (Ж), Не можешь, как хочешь, де лай, как можешь (H), По приходу и расход держи (П)Cf: Ask your purse what you should buy (Am.). Cut the coat according to the cloth (Am.). Cut your coat according to your cloth (Br.). Limit your wants by your wealth (Br.). Make your pudding according to your plums (Am.). Put your hand no farther than your sleeve will reach (Am., Br.). Stretch your arm no farther than your sleeve will reach (Am., Br.). Stretch your legs according to the length of your blanket (Am.). Stretch your legs according to your coverlet (Br.). You must cut your garment according to the cloth (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > По одежке протягивай ножки
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8 по одёжке протягивай ножки
посл.cut the (your) coat according to the (your) cloth; stretch your legs according to the (your) coverlet; cf. put your hand (stretch your arm) no further than your sleeve will reach- А они-то обе, невеста и мать, мужичка подряжают, в телеге, рогожею крытой (я ведь так езжал)! Ничего! Только ведь девяносто вёрст "а там преблагополучно прокатимся в третьем классе", вёрст тысячу. И благоразумно: по одёжке протягивай ножки... (Ф. Достоевский, Преступление и наказание) — 'But his bride and her mother are to drive in a peasant's cart covered with sacking (I know, I have been driven in it). No matter! It is only ninety versts and then can 'travel very comfortably, third class', for a thousand versts! Quite right, too. One must cut one's coat according to one's cloth...'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > по одёжке протягивай ножки
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9 По приходу и расход держи
See По одежке протягивай ножки (П)Cf: Ask your purse what you should buy (Am.). Cut the coat according to the cloth (Am.). Cut your coat according to your cloth (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > По приходу и расход держи
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10 Не можешь, как хочешь, де лай, как можешь
See По одежке протягивай ножки(77)Cf: Cut the coat according to the cloth (Am.). Cut your coat according to your cloth (Br.). Do as you may if you cannot as you would (Br.). Не who can't do what he wants must want what he can do (Am.). If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have (Br.). Man must plough with such oxen as he has (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Не можешь, как хочешь, де лай, как можешь
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11 руби дерево по себе
Set phrase: be equally yoked!, choose a bride that fits your pride, cut the coat according to the cloth, go down the ladder when you marriest a wife, marry a wife of thine own degree, marry thy like, marry with your match, the best or worst thing to man, for this life, is good or ill choosing his good or ill wifeУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > руби дерево по себе
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