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1 he knows which side his bread is buttered
English-Russian combinatory dictionary > he knows which side his bread is buttered
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2 bread
[bred]n1) хлеб, перен. кусок хлеба- fresh bead
- stale bread
- rye bread
- home-baked bread
- raisin bread
- toast bread
- ships bread
- corn bread
- leavened bread
- sliced bread
- brown bread
- broken bread
- buttered bread - loaf of bread
- roll of bread
- slice of bread
- piece of bread
- bake bread
- butter one's bread
- knead bread
- munch bread
- offer bread
- raise bread
- share one's bread with smb
- take the bread out of smb's mouth
- break bread with smb2) средства к существованию; (one's) daily bread хлеб насущный- beg one's bread- be out of bread
- deprive smb of bread
- eat very hard bread
- make one's bread
- half a loaf is better than no bread
- man shall not live by bread alone
- know on which side one's bread is buttered
- he knows which side his bread is buttered
- have one's bread buttered on both sides•USAGE:(1.) Существительное bread, как и другие названия веществ и материалов, таких как butter, sugar, cheese, cotton, wool, sand, wood, grass, copper, brass не употребляются с неопределенным артиклем. (2.) Существительные этой группы обычно сочетаются с some, any, much, little, no: I take no bread with soup я с супом не ем хлеба; could you buy some bread on your way home? не купишь ли ты хлеба, когда пойдешь домой?; there is not any bread left хлеба не осталось. (3.) See piece, n -
3 ум
муж. mind;
brains мн.;
разг.;
(разум) wit, intellect человек большого ума ≈ man of great intellect;
very clever man, person of keen intellect человек выдающегося ума ≈ master-spirit от большого ума ≈ in one's infinite wisdom спятить, свихнуться, своротить, сбрендить с ума ≈ разг. to go out of one's mind/head вы с ума сошли! ≈ are you out of your senses? держать в уме ≈ to keep smth. in one's head перебирать в уме ≈ to turn smth. over in one's mind доходить до чего-л. своим умом ≈ to work smth. by oneself, to come to smth. on one's own раскидывать умом ≈ разг. to think smth. over жить своим умом ≈ to think for oneself, to live his own way жить чужим умом ≈ to live as others tell one to счет в уме ≈ mental arithmetic считать в уме ≈ to count in one's head;
to do mental arithmetic у него что на уме, то и на языке разг. ≈ he wears his heart on his sleep у него другое на уме разг. ≈ he has something at/in the back of his mind, he's thinking of something else у него что-то на уме ≈ he has smth. on his mind у него только развлечения на уме ≈ he thinks of nothing but pleasure у него свое на уме ≈ he has smth. up his sleeve ум хорошо, а два лучше ≈ two heads are better than one;
four eyes see more than two сколько голов - столько умов ≈ many men, many minds выживший из ума ≈ cracked выживший из ума ≈ шотланд. doited гибкий ум, живой ум ≈ nimble mind, quick mind с умом ≈ sensibly, intelligently сходить с ума ≈ to go mad, to go off one's head сводить с ума ≈ to drive smb. mad браться за ум ≈ to come to one's senses, to become/grow reasonable наставлять на ум ≈ to teach smb. some sense лишаться ума ≈ to go mad/crazy, to lose one's mind набираться ума ≈ to get some sense into one's head выживать из ума ≈ to lose one's mind, to have one's mind gone себе на уме ≈ canny в своем уме ≈ in one's senses, in one's right mind не в своем уме ≈ not right in the head, out of one's sense научиться уму-разуму ≈ to learn sense, to grow wise научить уму-разуму ≈ to teach smb. some good sense задним умом крепок ≈ be wise after the event ум за разум заходит разг. ≈ be crazy ум короток разг. ≈ be dull or dense ему пришло на ум ≈ it occured to him;
it crossed his mind это не его ума дело разг. ≈ it is none of his business это у него из ума нейдет разг. ≈ he cannot get it out of his head/mind быть себе на уме разг. ≈ to know on which side one's bread is buttered быть без ума от кого-л. ≈ to be crazy/wild about smb. ума не приложу разг. ≈ I am at a loss, I am at my wit's end, I have no idea уму непостижимо ≈ it's beyond all understanding у него ума палата ≈ разг. he is big/long on brains в здравом уме, в полном уме ≈ in one's right mind, of sound mind доводить до ума ≈ to shape smth. up, to get smth. into shapeм. mind, intellect;
(сообразительность) intelligence;
brains pl., sense разг. ;
он человек большого ума he has a splendid mind/intellect;
быть без ума от кого-л., чего-л. be* crazy/mad about smb., smth. ;
(быть влюблённым) be* wildly in love with smb. ;
браться за ум come* to one`s senses;
в уме mentally;
считать в уме reckon in one`s head;
решать задачи в уме do* sums in one`s head, do* mental arithmetic;
один в уме carry one;
в своём уме in one`s right mind;
быть не в своём уме be* out of one`s mind/senses;
в своём ли ты уме? are you in your right mind/senses?;
у меня и в уме не было... it never entered my head...;
из ума вон! I quite forgot!;
у меня это из ума нейдёт I can`t forget it!;
у него на уме ничего, кроме... he thinks of nothing but...;
он себе на уме he is very shrewd/canny;
he knows how many beans make five;
сколько голов - столько умов so many men so many minds;
there are as many different opinions as there are people in this world;
ум хорошо, а два лучше two heads are better than one;
учить кого-л. уму-разуму teach* smb. in the way he, she should go;
не вашего ума дело! that`s beyond you!;
довести до ума get* smth. into shape;
утечка ~ов за границу brain drain. -
4 know
[nəʊ]v(knew, known) знатьAs far as I know. — Насколько мне известно.
Let me know. — Дайте мне знать.
For all I know! — Откуда мне знать! / Кто его знает!
To know all the answers. — ◊ На все иметь готовый ответ.
To know which side one's bread is buttered on. — ◊ Быть себе на уме. /Своего не упустить.
We know not what is good until we have lost it. — ◊ Что имеем - не храним, потерявши плачем.
He knows most who speaks least. — ◊ Меньше говори, больше слушай.
A man is known by his friends. — ◊ Скажи мне, кто твой друг, и я скажу, кто ты.
Necessity knows no law. — ◊ Нужда свой закон пишет.
Not to know chalk from cheese. — ◊ Не знать, что к чему.
To know chalk from cheese. — ◊ Знать, что к чему.
To know a thing or two. — ◊ Кое в чем разбираться.
You never know what you can do till you try. — ◊ Дело делу учит. /Не прыгнув в воду, не узнаешь броду.
- know smb, smth- know smb's habits
- know beforehand
- know smth by heart
- know better than that
- know whyUSAGE:(1.) Глагол to know относится к группе глаголов умственного восприятия, которые не употребляются в форме Continuous всех временных групп. К этой группе глаголов, кроме глагола to know, относятся глаголы to believe, to depend, to forget, to imagine, to mean, to realize, to remain, to remember, to think, to suppose, to understand. (2.) Русское выражение "узнать кого-либо поближе" передается сочетанием to get to know smb better. В остальных случаях русское "узнать что-либо" передается глаголами to learn, to find out, оборотом to get to know (а не глаголом to know) (3.) Русское "узнать" в значении "восстановить в памяти" передается английским to recognize ( smb, smth): you have changed a lot. I could hardly recognize you вы сильно изменились, я Вас с трудом узнал. (4.) See learn, v
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