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1 START
• Don't start anything /what/ you can't finish - Когда не можешь кончить, не начинай (K)• Getting started is half of the fight - Зачин дело красит (3)• Good start is half the race (A) - Доброе начало полдела откачало (Д)• If you start telling something, you have to finish - Говорить, так договаривать (Г)• Nobody starts at the top - Залезают на дерево не с вершины (3) -
2 взялся за гуж, не говори, что не дюж
1) Set phrase: better never begin than never make an end, in for a lamb, in for a sheep, in for a penny, in for a pound, in for a penny, in for a pound (дословно: Сделано на пенни, нужно сделать и на фунт. (т.е. если взялся за дело и потратил на него пенни, то потратишь и фунт, если понадобится)), once the reins are in hand, don't bend!, once you pledge, don't hedge (once you started the work, go on with it and do not say it is too hard a job for you), once you've put your hand to the plough, don't look back, those who play bowls must expect to meet with rubbers2) American English: don't start what you can't finish, if you pledge, don't hedgeУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > взялся за гуж, не говори, что не дюж
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3 Когда не можешь кончить, не начинай
Never undertake a job if you are not sure that you will be able to accomplish itCf: Better never begin than never make an end (Am.). Better never to begin than never to make an end (Br.). Don't start anything /what/ you can't finish (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Когда не можешь кончить, не начинай
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