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1 חמור קופץ בראש
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3 коляно
1. анат. kneeна колене on o.'s knees, kneelingпадам на колене fall/drop on o.'s kneesпадам на колене пред някого bend the knee to s.o.накарвам някого да падне на колене bring/force s.o. to his kneesморето му е до коляно вж. морена глупците морето им е до коляно fools rush in where angels fear to tread2. (род, произход) stock, family, line; tribeгоня до девето коляно persecute fiercely/implacably3. тех. knee, leg, elbow, toggle4. бот. joint, node* * *коля̀но,ср., колена̀, коленѐ и колѐне 1. knee; анат. genu, pl. genua; до \коляно knee-deep/-high; морето му е до \коляно he thinks the moon is made of green cheese, he makes nothing/light of difficulties; на глупците морето им е до \коляно fools rush in where angels fear to tread; на колене on o.’s knees, kneeling; накарвам някого да падне на колене bring/force s.o. to his knees; падам на колене fall/drop on o.’s knees; падам на колене пред някого bend the knee to s.o.; genuflect to s.o.;2. ( род, произход) stock, family, line; tribe; гоня до девето \коляно persecute fiercely/implacably; Давидовото \коляно библ. the race of David; от добро \коляно of good stock; от същото \коляно of the same stock;3. техн. knee, leg, elbow, toggle;4. бот. joint, node.* * *knee (и тех.): drop on o.'s коляноs - падам на колене; elbow (тех.); leg (тех.); toggle (тех.)* * *1. (род, произход) stock, family, line;tribe 2. mex. knee, leg, elbow, toggle 3. анат. knee 4. бот. joint, node 5. гоня до девето КОЛЯНО persecute fiercely/implacably 6. до КОЛЯНО knee-deep/-high 7. морето му е до КОЛЯНО вж. море 8. на глупците морето им е до КОЛЯНО fools rush in where angels fear to tread 9. на колене on o.'s knees, kneeling 10. накарвам някого да падне на колене bring/force s.o. to his knees 11. от добро КОЛЯНО of good stock 12. от същото КОЛЯНО of the same stock 13. падам на колене fall/drop on o.'s knees 14. падам на колене пред някого bend the knee to s.o. -
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Set phrase: as the fool thinks, so the bell clinks, as the fool thinks, so the bell clinks (дословно: Дурак думает, что стоит ему захотеть, и колокол зазвонит), experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other, fools are fools - they observe no rules, fools rush in where angels fear to tread (a stupid or reckless person observes no rules of behaviour, shows no common sense), fools rush in where angels fear to tread (дословно: Дураки лезут туда, куда боятся ступить даже ангелы), some are wise, and some are otherwise, there is no law for foolsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > дуракам закон не писан
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• Arguing with a fool shows there are two - Дурак, кто с дураком свяжется (Д)• As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks - Дурни думкой богатеют (Д)• Children and fools cannot lie - Глупый да малый всегда правду говорят (Г)• Children and fools have merry lives - Дураком на свете жить - ни о чем не тужить (Д)• Children and fools speak (tell) the truth - Глупый да малый всегда правду говорят (Г)• Dreams give wings to fools - Дурни думкой богатеют (Д)• Drunken man will get sober, but a fool will never get wise (A) - Пьяница проспится, а дурак - никогда (П)• Drunks sober up, fools remain fools - Пьяница проспится, а дурак - никогда (П)• Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise - Молчи - за умного сойдешь (M)• Every fool wants to give advice - Умный любит учиться, а дурак учить (У)• Every man has a fool in (up) his sleeve - Безумье и на мудрого бывает (Б), И на Машку бывает промашка (И), И на старуху бывает проруха (И), На всякого мудреца довольно простоты (H)• Fool always finds a bigger fool to praise him (A) - Дурак дурака хвалит (Д)• Fool always finds another fool (А) - Дураку всегда компания найдется (Д)• Fool always rushes to the fore (А) - Глупый ищет большого места (Г), Дурак времени не знает (Д)• Fool and his gold are soon parted (A) - У дурака в горсти дыра (У)• Fool and his money are soon parted (A) - Нет в голове, нет и в мошне (H), Счастье без ума - дырявая сума (C), У дурака в горсти дыра (У)• Fool can ask more questions in a minute than a wise man can answer in an hour (A) - На всякого дурака ума не напасешься (H)• Fool can ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years (A) - На всякого дурака ума не напасешься (H)• Fool can ask questions that wise men cannot answer (A) - На всякого дурака ума не напасешься (H)• Fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool (The) - Умный любит учиться, а дурак учить (У)• Fool is born every minute (A) - Дуракам счету нет (Д), На наш век дураков хватит (H)• Fool is he who deals with a fool - Дурак, кто с дураком свяжется (Д)• Fool is he who deals with other fools (A) - Дурак, кто с дураком свяжется (Д)• Fool is known by his conversation (speech) (A) - Дурак сам скажется (Д), Осла знать по ушам, медведя - по когтям, а дурака - по речам (O)• Fool is known by his laughing (A) - Дурак сам скажется (Д), Смех без причины - признак дурачины (C)• Fool is wise in his own conceit (A) - Умный любит учиться, а дурак учить (У), Я не дурак - сказал дурак (Я)• Fool may ask more questions /in an hour/ than a wise man can answer /in seven years/ (A) - На всякого дурака ума не напасешься (H)• Fool may give a wise man counsel (А) - Дурак врет, врет, да и правду скажет (Д), Иной раз и дурак молвит слово в лад (H)• Fool may sometimes speak to the purpose (A) - Дурак врет, врет, да и правду скажет (Д), Иной раз и дурак молвит слово в лад (И)• Fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out (A) - Глупый поп свенчает, умному не развенчать (Г), Дурак кинет в воду камень, а десять умных не вынут (Д)• Fools and bairns should not see half - done work (things half - done) - Дуракам полработы не показывают (Д)• Fools and children cannot lie - У дурака что на уме, то и на языке (У)• Fools and children speak (tell) the truth - У дурака что на уме, то и на языке (У)• Fools and madmen speak the truth - У дурака что на уме, то и на языке (У)• Fools are born not made - Дурак не дурак, а от роду так (Д), Дураков не сеют, не жнут - сами родятся (Д)• Fools are fain of nothing - Дурни думкой богатеют (Д)• Fools are lucky - Дуракам везет (Д)• Fool's bolt is soon shot (A) - Дурак сам скажется (Д)• Fool's bolt may sometimes hit the mark (A) - Дурак врет, врет, да и правду скажет (Д), Иной раз и дурак молвит слово в лад (И)• Fools build houses and wise men buy them - Дурак дом построил, а умный купил (Д)• Fools build houses for wise men to live in - Дурак дом построил, а умный купил (Д)• Fools cannot hold their tongues - У дурака язык впереди ног бежит (У)• Fools do more hurt in this world than rascals (The) - Простота хуже воровства (П)• Fools for luck - Дуракам везет (Д)• Fools go in crowds - Дуракам счету нет (Д), Дураку всегда компания найдется (Д)• Fools grow of themselves without sowing or planting - Дураков не сеют, не жнут - сами родятся (Д)• Fools grow without watering - Дураков не сеют, не жнут - сами родятся (Д)• Fools have fortune - Дурак спит, а счастье в головах лежит (Д)• Fool's head never grows white (A) - Дураком на свете жить - ни о чем не тужить (Д)• Fools lade the water, and wise men catch the fish - Дурак дом построил, а умный купил (Д)• Fools live poor to die rich - Шуба висит, а тело дрожит (Ш)• Fools make feasts and wise men eat them - Дурак дом построил, а умный купил (Д), Медведь пляшет, а поводырь деньги берет (M)• Fools multiply folly - Глупость заразительна (Г)• Fool's name appears everywhere (is seen in many places) (A) - Глупый ищет большого места (Г)• Fools' names and fools' faces are always seen in public places - Глупый ищет большого места (Г)• Fools need no passport - Дурак сам скажется (Д)• Fools never prosper - Нет в голове, нет и в мошне (H), Счастье без ума - дырявая сума (C), У дурака в горсти дыра (У)• Fools rush in where angels fear to tread - Дуракам закон не писан (Д)• Fools set stools for wise folks to stumble - Глупый поп свенчает, умному не развенчать (Г), Дурак кинет в воду камень, а десять умных не вынут (Д)• Fools set stools for wise men to fall over (to stumble) - Глупый поп свенчает, умному не развенчать (Г), Дурак кинет в воду камень, а десять умных не вынут (Д)• Fools tie knots, and wise men loosen (loose) them - Глупый поп свенчает, умному не развенчать (Г), Дурак кинет в воду камень, а десять умных не вынут (Д)• Fool's tongue runs before his wit (A) - У дурака язык впереди ног бежит (У)• Fool talks when he should be listening (A) - Дурак времени не знает (Д)• Fool talks while a wise man thinks (A) - Глупый болтает, а умный думает (Г)• Fools will be fools /still/ - Дурака учить, что мертвого лечить (Д), Дурак дураком останется (Д), Дураком родился - дураком и помрешь (Д), Пьяница проспится, а дурак - никогда (П)• Fool when he is silent is counted wise (A) - Молчи - за умного сойдешь (M)• Fortune favo(u)rs fools - Дуракам везет (Д), Дурак спит, а счастье в головах лежит (Д)• God sends fortune to fools - Дуракам везет (Д)• Half a fool, half a knave - Дурак-дурак, а себе на уме (K)• He is not the fool that the fool is but he that with the fool deals - Дурак, кто с дураком свяжется (Д)• He who is born a fool is never cured - Дураком родился - дураком и помрешь (Д)• If all fools wore feathers, we should seem a flock of geese - Дуракам счету нет (Д)• If all fools wore white caps, we'd all look like (we should seem a flock of) geese - Дуракам счету нет (Д), На наш век дураков хватит (H)• If every fool held a bauble, fuel would be dear - Дуракам счету нет (Д)• If you argue with a fool, that makes two fools arguing - Дурак, кто с дураком свяжется (Д)• If you want the truth, go to a child or a fool - Глупый да малый всегда правду говорят (Г)• It's a trifle that makes fools laugh - Дураку все смех на уме (Д), Смех без причины - признак дурачины (C)• It takes a fool to know a fool - Рыбак рыбака видит издалека (P)• Let a fool hold his tongue, and he can pass for a sage - Молчи - за умного сойдешь (M)• Live a fool, die a fool - Дураком родился - дураком и помрешь (Д)• Never joke with a fool - С дураками не шутят (C)• Never show a fool half - done job - Дуракам полработы не показывают (Д)• No man is always a fool, but every man is sometimes - И на старуху бывает проруха (И)• Older the fool, the worse he is (The) - Старые дураки глупее молодых (C)• Old fool is worse than a young fool (An) - Старые дураки глупее молодых (C)• Once a fool, always a fool - Дурак не дурак, а от роду так (Д), Дураком родился - дураком и помрешь (Д)• One fool makes a hundred (many) - Глупость заразительна (Г)• One fool praises another - Дурак дурака хвалит (Д)• Only fools and horses work - От работы кони дохнут (O), Работа дураков любит (P)• Send a fool to France and he'll come a fool back - Ворона за море летала, а умнее не стала (B)• Send a fool to the market, and a fool he'll return - Ворона за море летала, а умнее не стала (B), Каков поехал, таков и приехал (K), Осла хоть в Париж, а он все будет рыж (O)• There is no fool like an (to the) old fool - Седина в голову, а бес в ребро (C), Старые дураки глупее молодых (C)• When a fool has bethought himself, the market's over - После поры не точат топоры (П), После свадьбы в барабаны не бьют (П), Спустя лето в лес по малину не ходят (C)• When a fool has made up his mind, the market has gone by - После поры не точат топоры (П), После свадьбы в барабаны не бьют (П), Спустя лето в лес по малину не ходят (C)• When a fool made up his mind, the market's over - После поры не точат топоры (П), После свадьбы в барабаны не бьют (П), Спустя лето в лес по малину не ходят (C)• Wise men have their mouth in their heart, fools their heart in their mouth - Глупый болтает, а умный думает (Г), Дурак кричит, умный молчит (Д)• Wise men silent, fools talk - Глупый болтает, а умный думает (Г), Дурак кричит, умный молчит (Д)• Wise seek wisdom; the fool has found it (The) - Умный любит учиться, а дурак учить (У)• World is full of fools (The) - Дуракам счету нет (Д), На наш век дураков хватит (H)• You can fool an old horse once, but you can't fool him twice - 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Set phrase: as the fool thinks, so the bell clinks, experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other, fools are fools - they observe no rules, fools rush in where angels fear to tread (a stupid or reckless person observes no rules of behaviour, shows no common sense), some are wise, and some are otherwiseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > дураку закон не писан
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муж.••валять/ломать дурака — to idle
нашел дурака! — not likely!, no fear!, no thanks!
- дурак дуракомноситься с чем-л. как дурак с писаной торбой — to fuss over something like a child with new toy
- изрядный дурак
- круглый дурак
- набитый дурак
- он не дурак поесть
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посл.what can one expect of a fool?; fools will be fools; cf. a fool always rushes to the fore; fools rush in where angels fear to tread; as the fool thinks, so the bell clinks- Завтра выступать... с рассветом. - И думал: "Не выполнят, сволочи!.." Все нехотя замолчали, и за этим молчанием стояло: "Дураку закон не писан". (А. Серафимович, Железный поток) — 'We march tomorrow... at dawn,' he said. But behind his decision was the thought: they won't obey, the devils! They became silent and their silence said: 'What can one expect of a fool?'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > дуракам закон не писан
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9 necio
adj.silly, ignorant, stupid, foolish.* * *► adjetivo1 stupid► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 imbecile, idiot* * *necio, -a1. ADJ1) (=tonto) foolish, stupid2) Méx (=terco) stubborn, pig-headed3) And (=displicente) peevish5) CAm [enfermedad] hard to shake off2.SM / F fool* * *- cia adjetivo1) ( tonto) stupid2) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) ( travieso) naughty* * *= moron, cretin, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.----* como un necio = stupidly.* * *- cia adjetivo1) ( tonto) stupid2) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) ( travieso) naughty* * *= moron, cretin, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* como un necio = stupidly.* * *B ( RPl) (susceptible) touchymasculine, feminineA (persona tonta) foolel necio es atrevido y el sabio comedido fools rush in where angels fear to treadB ( RPl) (persona susceptible) touchy person* * *
necio◊ - cia adjetivo
necio,-a
I adjetivo stupid, fatuous
II sustantivo masculino y femenino stupid fool: su hermano es un necio, his brother's an idiot
♦ Locuciones: a palabras necias, oídos sordos, turn a deaf ear to foolish comments
' necio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
animal
- burra
- burro
- necia
- subnormal
* * *necio, -a♦ adj1. [tonto] stupid, foolish2. Am [terco] stubborn, pigheaded♦ nm,f1. [tonto] idiot, fool2. Am [terco] stubborn o pigheaded person;es un necio he's really stubborn o pigheadedes un necio he's really touchy* * *I adj brainlessII m, necia f fool, idiot* * *1) : foolish, silly, dumbestúpido: fool, idiot -
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м.1. fool; бран. тж. idiot2. (с отриц.):он не дурак поесть — he is a hearty eater, he is a good trencherman*
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набитый дурак, дурак дураком разг. — perfect / utter / complete foolоставлять в дураках кого-л. — make* a fool of smb., dupe smb.
оставаться в дураках — be made a fool of, be duped
нашёл дурака! — not likely!, no fear!
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11 дурака учить-что мёртвого лечить
Set phrase: fools rush in where angels fear to treadУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > дурака учить-что мёртвого лечить
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12 дуракам закон не писан, если писан-то не читан, если читан-то не понят, если понят-то не так
Set phrase: as the fool thinks, so the bell clinks (дословно: Дурак думает, что стоит ему захотеть, и колокол зазвонит), fools rush in where angels fear to tread (дословно: Дураки лезут туда, куда боятся ступить даже ангелы)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > дуракам закон не писан, если писан-то не читан, если читан-то не понят, если понят-то не так
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13 куда мудрец боится и ступить, туда безумец мчится без оглядки
General subject: fools rush in where angels fear to treadУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > куда мудрец боится и ступить, туда безумец мчится без оглядки
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ДУРАКАМ (ДУРАКУ) ЗАКОН HE ПИСАН (saying) stupid, foolhardy people do not observe the rules (said of a person who, in the speaker's opinion, acts or behaves strangely, not according to common sense and the accepted standards of behavior): = therefc no knowing (telling) with a fool therefc no knowing (telling) what a fool will do (in limited contexts) fools rush in where angels fear to tread.(Катенька:) А как же Иван Андреевич... без вас? (Везен чук:) А уж это как желает. Дуракам закон не писан (Арбузов 1). (К.:) But what will Ivan do without you? (B.:) That's his business. There's no knowing with a fool! (1a). -
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• ДУРАКАМ < ДУРАКУ> ЗАКОН НЕ ПИСАН[saying]=====⇒ stupid, foolhardy people do not observe the rules (said of a person who, in the speaker's opinion, acts or behaves strangely, not according to common sense and the accepted standards of behavior):- [in limited contexts] fools rush in where angels fear to tread.♦ [Катенька:] А как же Иван Андреевич... без вас? [Безенчук:] А уж это как желает. Дуракам закон не писан (Арбузов 1). [К.:] But what will Ivan do without you? [B.:] That's his business. There's no knowing with a fool! (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > дуракам закон не писан
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• ДУРАКАМ < ДУРАКУ> ЗАКОН НЕ ПИСАН[saying]=====⇒ stupid, foolhardy people do not observe the rules (said of a person who, in the speaker's opinion, acts or behaves strangely, not according to common sense and the accepted standards of behavior):- [in limited contexts] fools rush in where angels fear to tread.♦ [Катенька:] А как же Иван Андреевич... без вас? [Безенчук:] А уж это как желает. Дуракам закон не писан (Арбузов 1). [К.:] But what will Ivan do without you? [B.:] That's his business. There's no knowing with a fool! (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > дураку закон не писан
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Foolish or reckless men act contrary to common senseCf: Fools rush in where angels fear to tread (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Дуракам закон не писан
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prov. fools rush in where angels fear to tread.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > nebunul dă cu barda-n Dumnezeu / lună
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вж. глупак* * *глупѐц,м., -цѝ fool, foolish/stupid fellow; • за \глупецците морето е до коляно fools rush in where angels fear to tread.* * *fool* * *вж. глупак -
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A fool always rushes to the fore
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
As the foot thinks, so the bell clinksДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > дуракам закон не писан
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fools rush in (where angels fear to tread) — spoken phrase used for saying that people who are not sensible do things without thinking carefully about what may happen as a result Thesaurus: not showing careful thought or good judgmentsynonym Main entry: fool * * * fools rush ˈin (where… … Useful english dictionary
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fools rush in where angels fear to tread — 1711 POPE Essay on Criticism 1. 625 No Place so Sacred from such Fops is barr’d, Nor is Paul’s Church more safe than Paul’s Church yard: Nay, fly to Altars; there they’ll talk you dead; For Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread. 1858 G. J.… … Proverbs new dictionary
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) — Fools Rush In (1940) is a popular song. The lyrics were written by Johnny Mercer with music by Rube Bloom. [cite book first= Phillip.Glenn MIller also did a version of this song last= Furia authorlink= coauthors= year= 1990 title= The Poets of… … Wikipedia
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fools rush in where angels fear to tread — unwise people are often reckless and imprudent … English contemporary dictionary
fools rush in where angels fear to tread — proverb people without good sense or judgment will have no hesitation in tackling a situation that even the wisest would avoid … Useful english dictionary
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