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41 foolish act
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42 foolish cow
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43 Foolish enthusiasm
Телячий восторгDifficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > Foolish enthusiasm
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44 foolish act
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45 foolish grin
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46 foolish conceit
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47 foolish policy
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48 foolish cow
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49 foolish failure
The English-Russian dictionary on reliability and quality control > foolish failure
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50 penny wise and pound foolish
(penny wise and pound foolish (тж. penny-wise and pound-foolish))≈ рискующий большим ради малого, обращающий внимание на мелочи, а не на основное; экономный в мелочах и расточительный в крупном‘Drink!’ repeated the engineer with amiable scorn... ‘Not from you, captain. You're far too mean b' gosh. You would let a good man die sooner than give him a drop of shnaps. That's what you Germans call economy. Penny wise, pound foolish.’ (J. Conrad, ‘Lord Jim’, ch. 3) — - Напился! - презрительно повторил механик... - Да уж не вы меня напоили, капитан. Очень вы скаредны, ей-богу. Скорее уморите парня, чем предложите капельку шнапса. Это у вас, немцев, называется экономией. На грош сэкономите, а тысячу потеряете.
I said, ‘Bertha is unduly economical at times. She's penny-wise and pound-foolish.’ (E. S. Gardner, ‘Gold Comes in Bricks’, ch. 3) — Я сказал: "Берта иногда чрезмерно экономит. А что получается? В мелочах экономия, зато в крупном летит в трубу".
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51 pound foolish penny wise and pound foolish -
Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > pound foolish penny wise and pound foolish -
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52 penny wise and pound foolish
pиcкующий бoльшим paди мaлoгo, oбpaщaющий внимaниe нa мeлoчи, a нe нa ocнoвнoe; кpoxoбop в мeлoчax и pacтoчитeльный в кpупнoмI said, 'Bertha is unduly economical at times. She's penny wise and pound foolish' (E. S. Gardner). 'Drink!' repeated the engineer with amiable scorn... 'Not from you, captain. You're far too mean b' gosh. You would let a good man die sooner than give him a drop of schnaps. That's.what you Germans call economy. Penny wise, pound foolish' (J. Conrad)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > penny wise and pound foolish
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53 pound foolish
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > pound foolish
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54 pound foolish
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55 pound-foolish
[͵paʋndʹfu:lıʃ] aбросающий на ветер большие деньги♢
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56 penny-wise and pound-foolish
old-fash экономить на спичкахJohn drives thirty miles to buy gas for three cents a gallon less than it costs here. He's really penny-wise and pound-foolish.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > penny-wise and pound-foolish
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57 (a) foolish donkey
a (an) foolish (strong, stubborn/obstinate) donkey глупый (сильный, упрямый) осёл -
58 (a) foolish habit
a foolish (harmful, healthy, unusual) habit глупая (вредная, здоровая, необычная) привычка -
59 (a) foolish idea
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60 (a) foolish man
a foolish man (question, answer) глупый мужчина (вопрос, ответ)
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