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1 BOW
• Better bow than break - Кряхти, да гнись, а упрешься - переломишься (K), Лучше гнуться, чем переломиться (Л)• Bow long bent at last waxes weak (A) - Всякому терпению приходит конец (B)• Bow too much bent will break (A) - Всякому терпению приходит конец (B)• Don't cut the bow you are standing on - Не руби сук, на котором си дишь (H)• Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed - Не спеши, куманек, не вздут огонек (H), Прежде соберись, потом дерись (П)• Fiddle cannot play without the bow (The) - Без крыльев не улетишь (B) -
2 рассказывать небылицы
1) General subject: fudge, pull the long bow, pull the longbow, spin a yarn, tell stories, draw the long-bow, pitch it strong, pull the long-bow2) Graphic expression: tell tall tales3) Makarov: draw a long bow, draw a the long bow, draw the long bow, draw the longbowУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > рассказывать небылицы
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3 небивалица
fable, cock-and-bull storyразправям небивалици draw the long bow, tell tall stories, talk tall, spin a yam* * *небѝвалица,ж., -и fable, cock-and-bull story; figment (of o.’s imagination); разправям \небивалицаи draw the long bow, tell tall stories, talk tall, spin a yarn; sl. feed the bull.* * *1. fable, cock-and-bull story 2. разправям небивалици draw the long bow, tell tall stories, talk tall, spin a yam -
4 сильно преувеличивать
1) Colloquial: lay on the colours too thickly2) Mathematics: to grossly overestimateУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > сильно преувеличивать
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5 лъготя
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6 преувеличивать
1) General subject: aggrandize, amplify, dramatize, exaggerate, exceed, heighten, hyperbolize, lay it on thick, make a mountain out of a molehill, over - hype, overcharge, overcolour, overdo, overdraw, overdraw (в описании, изображении и т.п.), overpaint, overpitch, overstate, overstate case, overwork, pile it on, pitch it strong, play for the back row, pull the longbow, put it on (свои чувства, боль и т. п.), romance, sound off, speak in superlatives, stretch, stretch the truth, throw the hatchet, go too far, lay it on with a trowel, magnify, stick it on, put it on (чувства, страдания и т. п.), forcer la note, (что-л.) play up, (с ответной реакцией) overreact, talk a big game, over-estimate2) Colloquial: hamed up, lay it on, (значение чего-л.) make a big deal out of it (Oh, you're making a big deal out of it!)3) Mathematics: overestimate, understate4) Psychology: overrate5) Jargon: jazz, pitch, sling it, spread it on thick, woozle, stick on to stick it on, phony up6) Invective: shit7) Makarov: overcharge (в описании, изображении и т.п.), put on, draw a long bow, draw it strong, draw the long bow, draw the longbow8) Taboo: shoot the crap, shovel the shit9) Phraseological unit: come the acid (To exaggerate.), blow out of proportion10) Idiomatic expression: turn geese into swans -
7 привирать
1) General subject: adorn, embellish, fib, pitch a tale to pitch a fork, pitch a yarn, pitch the fork, pull the long bow, romanticize, tell fibs, to broider (on, one's) stories, (быть склонным) draw on imagination, draw the long bow2) Jargon: fudge3) Makarov: draw on imagination, embroider on stories, embroider stories -
8 liioitella
yks.nom. liioitella; yks.gen. liioittelen; yks.part. liioitteli; yks.ill. liioittelisi; mon.gen. liioitelkoon; mon.part. liioitellut; mon.ill. liioiteltiinexaggerate (verb)magnify (verb)overact (verb)overdo (verb)overstate (verb)* * *• overstate• spread it on thick• make distorted• make much of• on the strength of• overdo• pile it on• put it on• emphasise• magnify• overact• enlarge• embroider• embellish• draw the long-bow• draw the long bow• blow up• amplify• aggrandize• exaggerate• go it rather strong -
9 mund
sg - munden, pl - mundeрот м, уста́ мн; мо́рда ж ( у животных)brúge mund — крича́ть, руга́ть(ся)
stóppe munden på én — зажа́ть кому́-л. рот
* * ** * *(en -e) mouth;[ bruge mund] shout ( over for at),( skælde ud) scold;[ holde mund]( holde op med at tale) shut one's mouth,( forholde sig tavs også) keep one's mouth shut;[ hold mund!]T shut up! dry up! belt up!( børnesprog) shut your face![ holde ren mund] keep a secret;F silence somebody,( med magt) gag somebody, muzzle somebody ( fx critics,newspapers);( overdrive) exaggerate, draw the long bow,( love for meget) bite off more than one can chew;[ det er at tage munden for fuld] that is saying too much;(se også II. løbe, segl);[ med præp:][ af hans egen mund] from his own mouth;(se også tygge);[ snakke ham efter munden] echo him, play up to him,( om en der er urimelig) humour him;[ beholde noget for sin egen mund] keep something for oneself;[ sætte glasset for munden] put the glass to one's lips;(se også holde (sig for));[ tage bladet fra munden] speak one's mind;[ han har det mest i munden] his bark is worse than his bite;(fig) watch one's step; tread carefully;[ lægge én ordene i munden] put the words into somebody's mouth;[ tage det ord i sin mund] use that word;[ tale med mad i munden] speak with one's mouth full;[ snakke i munden på hinanden] speak all at once;[ med én mund] with one voice;(se også åben);[ pas på din mund!] mind what you are saying!(fig) contradict oneself;(se også I. brød, næse). -
10 πλεθρίζω
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > πλεθρίζω
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11 túllõ a célon
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12 натягивать большой лук букв.
Makarov: draw the long bow (т. е. преувеличивать)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > натягивать большой лук букв.
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13 отливать пули
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14 рассказывать сказки про белого бычка
1) General subject: spin a line, draw the long bow2) American English: spin or tell a cock-and-bull story or tall tales.Универсальный русско-английский словарь > рассказывать сказки про белого бычка
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15 aufschneiden
(unreg., trennb., hat -ge-)I v/t1. (öffnen) cut open; MED. open; (Geschwür) auch lance; (operieren) cut open; (sezieren) dissect; sich (Dat) die Pulsadern aufschneiden slit one’s wrists* * *(in Scheiben schneiden) to slice;(prahlen) to talk big; to boast* * *auf|schnei|den sep1. vtSee:→ Pulsader2) (= in Scheiben schneiden) to slice2. viinf = prahlen) to brag, to boast* * *auf|schnei·denI. vt1. (in Scheiben schneiden)▪ [jdm] etw \aufschneiden to slice sth [for sb]▪ etw \aufschneiden to carve sth3. (auseinanderschneiden)einen Knoten/eine Kordel \aufschneiden to cut [through] a knot/cord4. MEDmaßlos \aufschneiden to lay it on thick [or with a trowel] fam* * *1.unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) cut open; cut < knot>; lance <abscess, boil>2) (zerteilen) cut; slice2.* * *aufschneiden (irr, trennb, hat -ge-)A. v/tsich (dat)die Pulsadern aufschneiden slit one’s wrists* * *1.unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) cut open; cut < knot>; lance <abscess, boil>2) (zerteilen) cut; slice2.* * *v.to draw the long bow expr.to fib v. -
16 перебільшувати
= перебільшитиto exaggerate, to overstate, to overdraw, to heighten, to hyperbolize; to draw the long bow, to pile it on, to talk tall -
17 підбріхувати
= підбрехнути, підбрехати1) to brag, to boast, to lie a little; to fudge, to fib2) to exaggerate, to romance; to draw the long bow -
18 прибріхувати
= прибрехатиto fib; to exaggerate, to romance, to draw the long bow -
19 a povesti lucruri trase de păr
to draw the long-bow.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a povesti lucruri trase de păr
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20 a spune poveşti
şi fig. to tell stories / talesfig. to spin a yarn / a twistto draw the long bow
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pull the long bow — see draw the long bow … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
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Bow window — Bow Bow (b[=o]), n. [OE. bowe, boge, AS. boga, fr. AS. b[=u]gan to bend; akin to D. boog, G. bogen, Icel. bogi. See {Bow}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow. [1913 Webster] I do set my bow in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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