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1 hawks will not pick hawk's eyes out
посл.≈ ворон ворону глаз не выклюетI wadna [= wouldn't]... rest my main dependence on the Hielandmen - hawks winna [= will not] pike out hawks' een [= eyes]. They may quarrel amang themsells [= among themselves]... but they are sure to join... against a civilized folk. (W. Scott, ‘Rob Roy’, ch. XXX) — На вашем месте я не стал бы в своих расчетах полагаться на горцев: ворон ворону глаз не выклюет. Они могут ссориться между собой... но рано или поздно они непременно объединятся... против всех цивилизованных людей.
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Ворон ворону глаз не выклюет.English-Russian Idioms illustrated collection > Hawk will not pick out hawks' eyes
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I1. [hɔ:k] n1) хищная птица, сокол, ястреб и т. п.2) зоол. сокол ( Falco)3) хищник4) обманщик, мошенник5) полит. «ястреб»; сторонник жёсткой политикиdoves and hawks - «голуби» и «ястребы»
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hawk will not pick hawk's eyes out - ≅ ворон ворону глаз не выклюетto have eyes like a hawk - иметь острое зрение /зоркий глаз/
to know a hawk from a handsaw /hernsew/ - ≅ уметь отличить кукушку от ястреба
2. [hɔ:k] v1) охотиться с ястребом или соколом2) хватать добычу на лету ( о хищных птицах); ловить насекомых ( о птицах)3) налетать коршуном, стремительно нападать, налетать (на кого-л.)II [hɔ:k] n IIto hawk at smb. - гоняться за кем-л., нападать на кого-л.
1. [hɔ:k] nоткашливание, отхаркивание2. [hɔ:k] v1) откашливать, отхаркивать2) откашливаться, отхаркиватьсяIV [hɔ:k] v1) торговать вразнос; торговать на улицах ( обычно шумно предлагая товар)to hawk fruit [vegetables] - торговать фруктами [овощами] вразнос
2) распространять, разносить (слухи и т. п.)to hawk news [gossip] about - распространять новости [сплетни]
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