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61 гречневая каша сама себя хвалит
посл.1) (о чём-либо явно хорошем, не нуждающемся в похвале) cf. good wine needs no bush; good ware will sell itself; true coral needs no painter's brush- Когда я там был осенью, в новом районе родилась уже первая тысяча коренных горожан; одну девчушку в нашу честь хотели даже назвать Электра, да я отсоветовал, говорю: назовите Машей или Катей - чудесные имена, а электричество, как и гречневая каша, само себя хвалит! (В. Кетлинская, Дни нашей жизни) — 'When I was there last autumn, the first thousand new citizens had already been born in the town; one little girl's parents actually wanted to call her Electra in our honour, but I advised them against it. Call her Masha or Katya, I said, those are splendid names, and electricity, like good wine, needs no bush.'
2) ирон. ( о нескромном самовосхвалении) cf. each bird loves to hear himself sing; self-praise is no recommendation; pat one's own back; blow one's own trumpet (horn)- Пшённая каша сама себя хвалит! - сказал Ксан Ксаныч и покачал головой, удивляясь молодой Тосиной нескромности. (Б. Бедный, Девчата) — 'Patting your own back, eh?' Xan Xanich said, shaking his head at such immodesty in a girl so young.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > гречневая каша сама себя хвалит
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62 ни на йоту
книжн.not a jot; not an (one) iota; not an inch; not a whit; not the least bit; not one little bitГоворю Вам по совести, искренно, эти люди родились в моей голове не из морской пены, не из предвзятых идей, не из "умственности", не случайно. Они результат наблюдения и изучения жизни. Они стоят в моём мозгу, и я чувствую, что я не солгал ни на один сантиметр и не перемудрил ни на одну йоту. (А. Чехов, Письмо А. С. Суворину, 30 дек. 1888) — I tell you honestly, in all conscience, these men were born in my head, not by accident, not out of sea foam, or preconceived 'intellectual' ideas. They are the result of observing and studying life. They stand in my brain, and I feel that I have not falsified the truth nor exaggerated it a jot.
- Я не сомневаюсь ни на йоту, что сумасшедшее человечество утратило высший смысл своего существования и заблудилось... (Ю. Бондарев, Выбор) — 'I don't doubt one iota that demented mankind has lost the higher meaning of its existence and gone astray...'
Она совсем не рассудительна, ни на йоту. Сначала она совершает поступки, а потом начинает их обдумывать. (В. Аксёнов, Коллеги) — She was not really rational, not the least bit. First she committed herself, then considered the advisability of the step she had taken.
Женившись, он ни на йоту не изменил образа своей жизни. (Ю. Сбитнев, Костёр в белой ночи) — After his marriage he did not change his way of life one little bit.
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63 дочь Евы
дочери Евы, женщины — daughters of Eve
рождённый Евой — borne by Eve, born of Eve
дочь Евы, женщина — child of our grandmother Eve
наши прародители, Адам и Ева — our first parents
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64 tahuri
of a new-born baby, to move from side to side: ku-tahuri-á te poki. This is one of the five words anciently used to describe a child's progress during the first months of its life. See also: mahaga, kaukau, puepue, tororo.
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