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2 на брюхе шёлк, а в брюхе щёлк
погов., прост.great boast, small roast; fine feathers don't make fine birds; cf. rob your belly to cover your backМаякин с крестником направился к этой группе, нашёптывая Фоме: - Не робей... Хотя у них на брюхе-то шёлк, а в брюхе-то - щёлк. (М. Горький, Фома Гордеев) — Mayakin and his godson made for this group. 'Don't be shy,' whispered Mayakin to Foma. 'Fine feathers don't make fine birds.'
- У нас для коней кормов не хватает, а мы тока да фермы будем отстраивать, - продолжал Матвеевич. - Оно и получится как раз по пословице: "На брюхе-то шёлк, а в брюхе-то щёлк!" (Г. Николаева, Жатва) — 'We haven't got enough fodder for the horses, and are planning to build threshing barns and cattle houses,' Matveyevich went on. 'It works out according to the proverb - rob your belly to cover your back!'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на брюхе шёлк, а в брюхе щёлк
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3 aceptable
• acceptable• adequate• admissible• allowable• fairish• fine feathers don't make fine birds• fine-drawer• good education• good evening• goodheartedly• goodly• not bad• not so bad• permeation• permissible according to conscience• satisfactory• unobjectionable -
4 atenciones
• attentions• fine feathers don't make fine birds• fine gold -
5 gentilezas
• attentions• fine feathers don't make fine birds• fine gold -
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Set phrase: fine feathers don't make fine birds, great boast, small roast (used (mockingly) about a person who takes pains to look prosperous (and is dressed well) though is poor (and hungry) in fact), his clothes are plenty, but his belly is emptyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > на брюхе шёлк, а в брюхе щёлк
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7 на брюхе-то шёлк, а в брюхе-то щёлк
Set phrase: fine feathers don't make fine birds, great boast, small roast (used (mockingly) about a person who takes pains to look prosperous (and is dressed well) though is poor (and hungry) in fact), his clothes are plenty, but his belly is emptyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > на брюхе-то шёлк, а в брюхе-то щёлк
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8 jak
I 1. pron( w pytaniach) howjak dużo? — how much/many?
jak się masz? — how are you? (BRIT), how are you doing? (US)
jak wyglądam? — świetnie! — how do I look? — great!
jak się robi omlet? — how do you lub how does one make an omelette?
jak mu tam? — what-d'you-call-him?, what's-his-name? ( w zdaniach względnych)
zrobiłem, jak chciałeś — I did as you wanted
nie wiem, jak to zrobić — I don't know how to do it
2. conjnie wiem, jak ona wygląda — I don't know what she looks like ( w jakim stopniu)
( w porównaniach) astak jak... — (just) like...
jak go zobaczysz, pozdrów go — when you see him, say hello from me
widziałem (ją), jak wychodziła z biura — I saw her leave lub leaving the office
minęły już dwa lata, jak wyjechał — two years have passed since he left, ( jeśli) if, when
jak nie chcesz jechać, możesz zostać z nami — you can stay with us if you don't want to go
3. partjak nie dziś, to jutro — if not today then tomorrow
jak najlepiej/najszybciej — as well/soon as possible
II - ka; -ki; instr sg - kiem; m; ZOOLjak gdyby — as if, as though
* * *I.jak1adv. i conj.1. ( w pytaniach) how; jak dawno? how long ago?; jak daleko? how far?; jak długo? how long?; jak mu tam? what was his name?, what's his name?; jak ona wygląda? what does she look like?; jak się czujesz? how are you feeling; jak to? how so?, how do you mean?2. ( w pytaniach o instrukcje) how do I..., how does one...; jak dojść do dworca? how do I get to the station?; jak po niemiecku powiedzieć „dziękuję”? how do you say “thank you” in German?; jak się robi bigos? how do you make bigos?; jak to włączyć? how do you turn this thing on?; jak jej o czymś takim powiedzieć? how does/should one tell her about something like this?3. ( w zdaniach podrzędnych) how, as; wiem, jak to działa I know how this works; jest (akurat) takie, jak lubisz it's just the way you like it; nie wiem, jak wam podziękować I don't know how I can (ever) thank you.4. ( w wykrzyknieniach) how; jak tu cicho! how quiet (this place is)!; jak pięknie śpiewasz! how beautifully you sing!, what a great singer you are!5. (= kiedy, w chwili gdy) when; dam ci znać, jak przyjdzie/zadzwoni I'll let you know when she comes/calls; jak tylko... as soon as..., directly...6. (= jeśli) if; jak nie if not, unless; jak nie przestaniesz, (to)... if you don't stop..., unless you stop...; kto, jak nie ja/ty/my/on/ona who, if not me/you/ |us/him/her; jak nie teraz, to kiedy? if not now, when?7. (= dopóki) as long as; jak świat światem as long as the world keeps turning; jak żyję, nie widziałem czegoś takiego I've never seen brzydki jak noc (as) ugly as sin, butt ugly; (niezłe) jak na niego (not bad) for him; zimny jak lód (as) cold as ice; serce jak kamień heart of stone.9. (= dokąd) as far as; jak okiem sięgnąć as far as the eye can see.10. (z przymiotnikiem l. przysłówkiem w stopniu najwyższym) as... as possible; jak najprędzej/najszybciej/najlepiej as soon/fast/well as possible; jak najwięcej ( z rzeczownikiem w liczbie pojedynczej) as much as possible; ( z rzeczownikiem w liczbie mnogiej) as many as possible.11. jak gdyby as if, as though, like; patrzył tylko, jak gdyby nie rozumiał he just stared as if he didn't understand.13. byle jak (= niestarannie) crudely, anything like it.8. ( przy porównaniach) as, for; any old way, any which way; (= słabo, źle) badly, poorly.14. ( w innych zwrotach) czuć się jak u siebie w domu feel at home; jak amen w pacierzu sure as death; jak Boga kocham! I swear to God!, honest to God!; jak cię widzą, tak cię piszą fine feathers make fine birds; jak jeden mąż as one (man); with one accord; (wszystko) idzie jak z płatka everything is coming up roses; jak po maśle smoothly; nie ma jak w domu (there's) no place like home; home sweet home; tak jak zawsze same as usual.II.jak2mazool. yak ( Bos grunniens).The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > jak
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9 Не одежда красит человека
It is not a man's appearance that makes him attractive but his inmost self See Не всякий умен, кто богато наряжен (H), По одежке встречают, по уму провожают (П)Var.: Человека красит голова, а не шляпаCf: Clothes do not make the man (Am., Br.). Fine feathers do not make fine birds (Am.). It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman (Am., Br.). Looks are not enough (Br.). Looks are not everything (Am.). Pants don't make the man (Am.). What counts most is what you've got under your hat (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Не одежда красит человека
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