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1 know a hawk from a handsaw
понимать что к чему; ≈ уметь отличить кукушку от ястреба [handsaw искажённое диал. heronshaw или hiernsew цапля; шекспировское выражение; см. цитату]Hamlet: "I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw." (W. Shakespeare, ‘Hamlet’, act II, sc. 2) — Гамлет: "я помешан только в норд-норд-вест. При южном ветре я еще отличу сокола от цапли." (перевод Б. Пастернака)
The clever Eliott who knew a hawk from a hernshaw, never floundered into that platitude. (Th. Carlyle, ‘The History of Friedrich Called the Great’, ch. X) — Умница Элиотт понимал что к чему и никогда не изрек бы подобной банальности.
George Bernard Shaw the incomparable, who is humorist, satirist, and master of comedy... One thing remember: beneath his levity he is exasperatingly profound and in earnest. He too knows a hawk from a handsaw. (W. S. Hoole, ‘Humor and Satire’, Kenk) — Несравненный Джордж Бернард Шоу - юморист, сатирик, мастер комедийного жанра... И заметьте, за кажущейся его несерьезностью скрывается чрезвычайно глубокая трактовка вопроса. К тому же Шоу - человек проницательный.
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