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1 гадить в собственном доме
Makarov: foul own nestУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > гадить в собственном доме
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2 выносить сор из избы
1) General subject: foul one's own nest, tell tales out of school, wash dirty linen in public, wash one's dirty linen in public, tell tale out of school, bring out, air( or wash) one's dirty linen in public2) Set phrase: it is an ill bird that fouls its own nest (дословно: Плоха та птица, которая собственное гнездо пачкает), tell tales out of school (дословно: Разбалтывать за стенами школы), wash one's dirty linen in public (дословно: Стирать свое грязное белье на людях)3) Makarov: cry stinking fish4) Taboo: shit (one's) own nestУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > выносить сор из избы
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3 наложить в собственные штаны
Ecology: foul (one's) own nest (от безысходности, равнодушия, тупости)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > наложить в собственные штаны
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4 плевать в свой собственный колодец
General subject: foul one's own nestУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > плевать в свой собственный колодец
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5 выносить сор из избы
разг., неодобр.wash one's (the) dirty linen in public; tell (carry) tales out of school; foul one's own nest; cry stinking fishВпрочем, мистер Астлей до того застенчив, стыдлив и молчалив, что на него почти можно понадеяться, - из избы сора не вынесет. (Ф. Достоевский, Игрок) — But Mr. Astley is so shy, so bashful and taciturn, that he can be absolutely relied upon - he is not one to drag private matters into the light of day.
В комнату вошла соседка. Василий с облегчением вздохнул... Всё приняло мирный вид: в семье был неписанный и нерушимый закон - сора из избы не выносить. (Г. Николаева, Жатва) — A woman from next door came in. Vasili felt relieved. Everything wore an air of peace. It was an unwritten and inviolable law in the family never to wash the dirty linen in public.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > выносить сор из избы
См. также в других словарях:
foul one's own nest — If you act in a way that harms your own interests, your position or your reputation, you foul your own nest. He fouled his own nest by wrongly accusing his boss … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
foul one's own nest — make a mess of one s life … English contemporary dictionary
foul one's nest — foul one s (own) nest do something damaging or harmful to oneself or one s own interests … Useful english dictionary
foul — /faʊl / (say fowl) adjective 1. grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell. 2. charged with or characterised by offensive or noisome matter: foul air. 3. filthy or dirty, as places, vessels, or clothes. 4.… …
foul — see it’s an ill bird that fouls its own nest … Proverbs new dictionary
foul — foully, adv. /fowl/, adj., fouler, foulest, adv., n., v. adj. 1. grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell. 2. containing or characterized by offensive or noisome matter: foul air; foul stagnant water. 3.… … Universalium
be|foul´ment — be|foul «bih FOWL», transitive verb. 1. to make dirty; cover with filth: »Figurative. By association with the gangsters he befouled his own nest. SYNONYM(S): soil, pollute, defile, sully. 2. to entangle: »The rope was befouled by weeds and sticks … Useful english dictionary
be|foul — «bih FOWL», transitive verb. 1. to make dirty; cover with filth: »Figurative. By association with the gangsters he befouled his own nest. SYNONYM(S): soil, pollute, defile, sully. 2. to entangle: »The rope was befouled by weeds and sticks.… … Useful english dictionary
shit on one's own doorstep — vb British to do something damaging or unpardon able which will rebound upon oneself or one s friends; to ruin one s own environ ment. This expression, like the politer foul the nest , has equivalents in most European languages (normally… … Contemporary slang
Bird nest — For animal nests in general, see Nest. For other uses, see Bird s nest. Deep cup nest of the Great Reed warbler A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young. Although the term popularly refers to a… … Wikipedia
soil — soil, dirty, sully, tarnish, foul, befoul, smirch, besmirch, grime, begrime can all mean to make or become unclean. Soil basically implies fundamental defilement or pollution (as of the mind or spirit) {why war soils and disarranges whatever it… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
