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1 _сила та слабкість; велике та мале
all great minds run in the same channel better to be a big toad in a small puddle than a small toad in a big puddle burn not your house to rid of the mouse conceit is nature's gift to small men to make up for that which they don't have every great man is unique every oak has been an acorn for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost grain by grain, and the hen fills her belly a great ship asks deep waters great men are not always wise the greatest crabs be not all the best heavy burdens kill little people, but they make great ones he that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities an inch is as good as an ell the Iamb who bites a wolf never bites again little boats should stay close to shore little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above it a little body often harbours a great soul little things worry little minds many a little makes a mickle a mouse may help a lion none thinks the great unhappy oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm one man's weakness is another man's chance one swallow does not make a summer a small leak will sink a great ship there are no small steps in great affairs there is safety in numbers trifles lead to serious matters trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle union is strength the weakest goes to the wallEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _сила та слабкість; велике та мале
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2 thrash
1. nудар ногами (плавання)2. v1) бити, шмагати, хльостати, хльоскати2) побити, перемогти (у боротьбі, у змаганні); взяти гору3) молотити4) стукати, калатати, грюкати; тупотати5) метатися, кидатися (тж thrash about)6) мор. іти проти вітру (проти течії)thrash about — кидатися, метатися (про хворого)
thrash out — ґрунтовно обговорювати (з'ясовувати, розробляти) (питання тощо)
* * *I n II v1) пороти, стібати, хльостати; наносити удариto thrash smb with one's stick — пройтись по комусь ціпком
to thrash smb within an inch of his life — побити когось до півсмерті
2) побити, перемогти (у боротьбі, у змаганні); узяти верх; порвати ( у боях)3) молотити4) ударяти, стукати ( по чомусь); бити ( ногами по воді)to thrash at smth with one's cane — бити по чомусь тростиною
to thrash at /against/ the door — тарабанити у двері
to thrash the air with one's fists — молотити повітря /по повітрю/ куркулями
to thrash one's arms against one's body to keep warm — бити руками по тілу, щоб зігрітися; бити, ударити, хльостати
the rain thrashed the tops of the trees [against the windows] — дощ хльостав по верхівках дерев [по вікнах]; битися
5) метатися••to thrash (over) (old) straw — попусту витрачати час; = товкти воду в ступі thrash about phr v робити різкі рухи
the children thrashed about in the water — діти плескалися у воді; метатися
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3 vitreous
adj1) скляний2) перен. осклянілий (про погляд)3) склоподібний, склуватийvitreous grain — с.г. склоподібне зерно
vitreous silver — мін. аргентит
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4 thrash
I n II v1) пороти, стібати, хльостати; наносити удариto thrash smb with one's stick — пройтись по комусь ціпком
to thrash smb within an inch of his life — побити когось до півсмерті
2) побити, перемогти (у боротьбі, у змаганні); узяти верх; порвати ( у боях)3) молотити4) ударяти, стукати ( по чомусь); бити ( ногами по воді)to thrash at smth with one's cane — бити по чомусь тростиною
to thrash at /against/ the door — тарабанити у двері
to thrash the air with one's fists — молотити повітря /по повітрю/ куркулями
to thrash one's arms against one's body to keep warm — бити руками по тілу, щоб зігрітися; бити, ударити, хльостати
the rain thrashed the tops of the trees [against the windows] — дощ хльостав по верхівках дерев [по вікнах]; битися
5) метатися••to thrash (over) (old) straw — попусту витрачати час; = товкти воду в ступі thrash about phr v робити різкі рухи
the children thrashed about in the water — діти плескалися у воді; метатися
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