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1 Can't Make a Good Investment
Jocular: CMGIУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Can't Make a Good Investment
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2 We Can Make It
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3 Не гоняй лошадь к воде, если ей пить не хочется
You cannot make a man follow your advice if he is un willingCf: A man can be led but he can't be driven (Am.). One man can lead a horse to water, but ten men can't make him drink (Am.). One man may lead a horse to the river (the water), but twenty cannot make him drink (Br.). You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink (Am.). You can take (may lead) a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink (Br.). You may lead a mule to water, but you can't make him drink (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Не гоняй лошадь к воде, если ей пить не хочется
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4 HORSE
• All lay /the/ load (loads) on a (the) willing horse - Кто везет, на того и накладывают (K), На дураках воду возят (H), Работа дураков любит (P)• Boisterous horse must have a rough bridle (A) - На послушного коня кнута не надо (H)• Common horse is worst shod (The) - Где много пастухов, там овцы дохнут (Г)• Do not look a gift (given) horse in the mouth - Дареному коню в зубы не смотрят (Д), Дают - бери, а бьют - беги (Д)• Don't change horses in the middle of the stream - Лошадей на переправе не меняют (Л)• Don't spur a willing horse - Когда лошадь бежит, не надобно шпор (K), На послушного коня кнута не надо (H)• Don't swap horses crossing a stream (in midstream, in the middle of the road, in the middle of the stream, while crossing the stream) - ' Лошадей на переправе не меняют (Л)• Don't whip the horse that is pulling - Когда лошадь бежит, не надобно шпор (K)• Either lose the horse or win the saddle - Или грудь в крестах, или голова в кустах (И)• Every horse thinks his (its own) pack heaviest - Каждому своя ноша тяжела (K)• Everyone lays a burden on the willing horse - Кто везет, на того и накладывают (K), На дураках воду возят (H)• Flies go to (hunt) the lean horse - К мокрому теленку все мухи льнут (K), На бедного Макара все шишки валятся (H), На убогого всюду каплет (H)• Good horse should be seldom spurred (A) - Когда лошадь бежит, не надобно шпор (K), На послушного коня кнута не надо (H)• He is a gentle horse that never cast his rider - Без худа добра не бывает (B)• He that cannot beat the horse, beats the saddle - Кошку бьют, а невестке наветки дают (K), Не по коню, так по оглобле (H)• Horse can't pull while kicking (A) - На двух свадьбах сразу не танцуют (H)• Horse never goes straight up (A) - Умный в гору не пойдет, умный гору обойдет (У)• Horse stumbles that has four legs (A) - Конь о четырех ногах, да и тот спотыкается (K)• Horse that draws best is most whipped (The) - Кто везет, того и погоняют (K)• Horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats (A) - Кто не работает, тот не ест (K)• If you are on a strange horse, get off in the middle of the road - С чужого коня среди грязи долой (C)• It is a good horse that (who) never stumbles - Конь о четырех ногах, да и тот спотыкается (K)• Losing horse blames the saddle (The) - Мастер глуп - нож туп (M), Плохому танцору одежда мешает (П), Топор виноват, что изба нехороша (T)• Never change horses in midstream - Лошадей на переправе не меняют (Л)• One horse scrubs another - Свой своему поневоле брат (C)• One man can lead a horse to water, but ten men can't make him drink - Не гоняй лошадь к воде, если ей пить не хочется (H)• One man may lead a horse to the river (the water), but twenty cannot make him drink - Не гоняй лошадь к воде, если ей пить не хочется (H)• Only fools and horses work - От работы кони дохнут (O), Работа дураков любит (P)• Rub a galled horse and he will kick - Всякому терпению приходит конец (B), Человек не камень: терпит да и треснет (4)• Running horse needs no spur (A) - Когда лошадь бежит, не надобно шпор (K)• That horse will not jump (run) - Этот номер не пройдет (3)• That's a horse of a different (another) colo(u)r - Это совсем другое дело (Э)• When the horse is starved, you bring him oats - Дали орехи белке, когда зубов не стало (Д)• Willing horse carries the load (The) - Кто везет, на того и накладывают (K), На дураках воду возят (H)• Willing horse gets the whip (The) - Кто везет, того и погоняют (K)• You can fool an old horse once, but you can't fool him twice - Старую лису дважды не проведешь (C)• You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink - Не гоняй лошадь к воде, если ей пить не хочется (H)• You can take (may lead) a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink - Не гоняй лошадь к воде, если ей пить не хочется (H)• You cannot judge the horse by its harness - Внешность обманчива (B)• You can't judge a horse by its harness, nor people by their clothing - Не суди об арбузе по корке, а о человеке - по платью (H)• You can't ride two horses at the same time - На двух свадьбах сразу не танцуют (H)• You can't teach an old horse new tricks - Старого пономаря не перепономаришь (C), Старого учить, что мертвого лечить (C) -
5 лес рубят - щепки летят
1) General subject: you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs, you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs2) Set phrase: if you sell the cow you will sell her milk too, one (you) cannot make an omelet(te) without breaking eggs, one (you) cannot make an omelet(te)s without breaking eggs, splinters will fly when the axe you ply, you can't chop wood without making the chips fly, you can't make omelet without breaking eggs, you can't make omelette without breaking eggs, More rubble, less trouble (употребляется применительно к войне США в Ираке), omelettes are not made without breaking eggsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > лес рубят - щепки летят
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6 Из рогожи не сделаешь кожи
You cannot make anything fine or refined out of material that is of poor quality. See Из худого не сделаешь хорошее (И), Каково волокно, таково и полотно (K)Var.: Из ежовой кожи шубы не сошьёшьCf: No man can make a good coat with bad cloth (Br.). One cannot make a horn of a pig's tail (Br.). Sour grapes can never make sweet wine (Am.). There never was a good knife made of bad steel (Am.). You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (Am., Br.). You can't make a silk purse out a pig's ear (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Из рогожи не сделаешь кожи
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7 разбирать
разобрать (вн.)все книги разобрали — all the books are taken, the books have all been taken
2. ( на части — о механизме и т. п.) strip (d.), disassemble (d.), dismantle (d.), take* to pieces (d.); (о доме, стене и т. п.) pull down (d.), demolish (d.)3. ( рассортировывать) sort out (d.)4. (расследовать дело, вопрос и т. п.) look (into), investigate (d.); ( рассматривать) discuss (d.); sort out (d.) разг.он хорошо разбирает почерки — he is good / clever at deciphering people's handwriting
он разбирал, но не мог разобрать почерк — he tried to make out the handwriting but couldn't / failed
разобрать сигнал мор. — make* out the signal / flags
ничего не могу разобрать — I can't make anything out; I can't make head or tail of it идиом.
7. разг. ( охватывать — о чувствах) seize / fill withбрать не разбирая — take* indiscriminately
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8 не понять
1) General subject: make nothing2) Economy: can't make head or tail3) Jargon: miss the boat4) Makarov: make nothing of (после can), make nothing of -
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HE РАЗБЕРИ-ПОЙМЁШЬ (-ПОЙМИ, -БЕРИ) substand VP these forms only) it is impossible to understand, make sense of (a situation)who (the hell) knows?you don't know what to make of it you can't make head(s) or tail(s) of it you can't figure it out.Наутро разъехались все, кроме Руслана, который уже с неделю торчал на даче: то ли в отпуске, то ли взял работу домой, то ли заведение такое... что посещать не нужно, а денежки платят. Не разбери-поймешь... (Трифонов 6). The next morning they all departed except Ruslan, who had been hanging around the dacha for a week. Hard to tell whether he was on vacation, whether he had brought work home or whether...he could collect his pay without having to go in. Who knows? (6a). -
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• НЕ РАЗБЕРИ-ПОЙМЕШЬ( - ПОЙМИ, - БЕРИ) substand[VP; these forms only]=====⇒ it is impossible to understand, make sense of (a situation):- who (the hell) knows?;- you can't figure it out.♦ Наутро разъехались все, кроме Руслана, который уже с неделю торчал на даче: то ли в отпуске, то ли взял работу домой, то ли заведение такое... что посещать не нужно, а денежки платят. Не разбери-поймешь... (Трифонов 6). The next morning they all departed except Ruslan, who had been hanging around the dacha for a week. Hard to tell whether he was on vacation, whether he had brought work home or whether...he could collect his pay without having to go in. Who knows? (6a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не разбери-бери
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11 не разбери-поймешь
• НЕ РАЗБЕРИ-ПОЙМЕШЬ (-ПОЙМИ, - БЕРИ) substand[VP; these forms only]=====⇒ it is impossible to understand, make sense of (a situation):- who (the hell) knows?;- you can't figure it out.♦ Наутро разъехались все, кроме Руслана, который уже с неделю торчал на даче: то ли в отпуске, то ли взял работу домой, то ли заведение такое... что посещать не нужно, а денежки платят. Не разбери-поймешь... (Трифонов 6). The next morning they all departed except Ruslan, who had been hanging around the dacha for a week. Hard to tell whether he was on vacation, whether he had brought work home or whether...he could collect his pay without having to go in. Who knows? (6a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не разбери-поймешь
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12 не разбери-пойми
• НЕ РАЗБЕРИ-ПОЙМЕШЬ( - ПОЙМИ, - БЕРИ) substand[VP; these forms only]=====⇒ it is impossible to understand, make sense of (a situation):- who (the hell) knows?;- you can't figure it out.♦ Наутро разъехались все, кроме Руслана, который уже с неделю торчал на даче: то ли в отпуске, то ли взял работу домой, то ли заведение такое... что посещать не нужно, а денежки платят. Не разбери-поймешь... (Трифонов 6). The next morning they all departed except Ruslan, who had been hanging around the dacha for a week. Hard to tell whether he was on vacation, whether he had brought work home or whether...he could collect his pay without having to go in. Who knows? (6a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не разбери-пойми
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13 PURSE
• Ask your purse what you should buy - По одежке протягивай ножки (П), По приходу и расход держи (П)• Better an empty purse than an empty head - Знание лучше богатства (3)• Empty purse fills the face with wrinkles (An) - В хорошем житье кудри вьются, а в плохом секутся (B)• Full purse has many friends (A) - Кому счастье служит, тому и люди (K)• Full purse makes a mouth speak (A) - Есть чем звякнуть, так можно и крякнуть (E)• Full purse never lacks friends (A) - Кому счастье служит, тому и люди (K)• Heavy purse makes a light heart (A) - О чем тому тужить, кому есть чем жить (0)• He that has a full purse never wanted a friend - Кому счастье служит, тому и люди (K)• If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him - Знание лучше богатства (3)• Light purse, a heavy heart (A) - Беднее всех бед, как денег нет (B)• Light purse is a heavy curse (A) - Беднее всех бед, как денег нет (Б)• Light purse makes a heavy heart (A) - Беднее всех бед, как денег нет (Б)• Wrinkled purses make wrinkled faces - В хорошем житье кудри вьются, а в плохом секутся (B)• You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear - Из рогожи не сделаешь кожи (И), Из хама не сделаешь пана (И), Из худого не сделаешь хорошее (И)• You can't make a silk purse out of a pig's ear - Из рогожи не сделаешь кожи (И) -
14 можно пригнать коня на водопой, но пить его не заставишь
2) American English: you can bring the horse to water, but you can't make him drink.Универсальный русско-английский словарь > можно пригнать коня на водопой, но пить его не заставишь
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15 допроситься
сов.(рд. у) get* (d. from); (рд. + инф.) make* (d. + inf.)у него ничего не допросишься — you / one can't get anything out of him
его не допросишься закрыть дверь — you can't get him to shut the door, you can't make him shut the door
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16 допроситься
сов. (чего-л у кого-л) разг.у него́ ничего́ не допро́сишься — you / one can't get anything out of him
его́ не допро́сишься закры́ть дверь — you can't get him to shut the door, you can't make him shut the door
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17 вносить изменения
•Use of scraper units has brought about a change in the stripping procedures.
•To make (or introduce) alterations (or changes) in...
•The stratification produces a change in the source strength.
* * *Вносить изменения -- to make modifications, to make alterations, to make changes; to introduce alterations, to incorparate changes, to initiate changesРусско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > вносить изменения
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18 Б-221
НАСИЛЬНО МИЛ HE БУДЕШЬ (saying) a person cannot be forced to extend his affections to another, nor can he be forced to accept another's affections: = love cannot be compelled (forced) you can't force someone (him, her etc) to love (like) you (in limited contexts) you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him (it) drink....Я подал заявление об увольнении ввиду возвращения в родной город, моя фабрика прислала запрос с просьбой вернуть меня обратно. Бойцов не хотел меня отпускать. «Чем мы вас обидели?» - «Ничем, - отвечаю, - но так сложились семейные обстоятельства, надо возвращаться домой». -«Ну что ж, - говорит, - насильно мил не будешь» (Рыбаков 1)...1 put in a request for a transfer to my home townmy own factory had written to ask whether I could be sent back. Boitsov didn't want me to go. uHow did we offend you9" "You didn't," I replied. "Family circumstances, I have to go home." "Oh well, love can't be forced," he said (1a).(Пепел:) Ну... говори... (Василиса:) Что же говорить? Насильно мил не будешь... и не в моем это характере милости просить... (Горький 3). (Р:) Well, if you have anything to say - (V.:) What is there to say? You can't force one to like you - and it's not in my character to beg for alms (3b). -
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HE ИДЁТ (НЕЙДЁТ)/НЕ ПОЙДЁТ В ГОЛОВУ (НА УМ) (кому) coll VP if pfv, fut only)1. ( subj: abstr, concr, or, rare, human) the thought of sth. (or of doing sth.) does not occupy s.o. 's minds.o. does not feel like doing sth. (often because of his preoccupation with something else)X не шёл в голову Y-y - Y couldn't (even) think of X(in limited contexts) X never (hadn't) entered Yb head (mind)Y-y ничего не идёт в голову - Y can't keep his mind on anything(in limited contexts) Y can't think of anything(Y-y) ничего больше не идёт в голову - Y can think of nothing elsethat's all Y can think about.«Ответа из дома нет, и я, признаться, затосковал. Еда и на ум не идёт, сон от меня бежит, всякие дурные мыслишки в голову лезут...» (Шолохов 1). "There had been no answer from home and I must say I began to feel very uneasy. I couldn't even think of eating and couldn't sleep, and all sorts of black thoughts kept creeping into my head" (1b).«Я пьян? Батюшка Владимир Андреевич, бог свидетель, ни единой капли во рту не было... да и пойдет ли вино на ум...» (Пушкин 1). uMe drunk? Vladimir Andreyevitch, master, as God is my witness, I haven't touched a drop all evening, nor has it entered my head to do so" (1b).Я изнывал в отсутствие Зинаиды: ничего мне на ум не шло, все из рук валилось, я по целым дням напряжённо думал о ней... (Тургенев 3). Away from Zinaida, I languished: I could not think of anything, I had not the heart to do anything, and for days on end all my thoughts revolved round her (3a).2. ( subj: a noun denoting some material, a subject matter etc that can be learned or memorized (often ничего)) sth. is not remembered or comprehended by s.o.s.o. cannot retain sth. in his memoryX не идёт (Y-y) в голову » X doesn't stick (in Y's mind)Y can't make X stick (in Y's mind) X doesn't sink in. -
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[saying]=====⇒ a person cannot be forced to extend his affections to another, nor can he be forced to accept another's affections:- ≈ love cannot be compelled < forced>;- you can't force someone <him, her etc> to love < like> you;- [in limited contexts] you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him <it> drink.♦...Я подал заявление об увольнении ввиду возвращения в родной город, моя фабрика прислала запрос с просьбой вернуть меня обратно. Бойцов не хотел меня отпускать. "Чем мы вас обидели?" - "Ничем, - отвечаю, - но так сложились семейные обстоятельства, надо возвращаться домой". - "Ну что ж, - говорит, - насильно мил не будешь" (Рыбаков 1)....I put in a request for a transfer to my home town; my own factory had written to ask whether I could be sent back. Boitsov didn't want me to go. "How did we offend you?" "You didn't," I replied. "Family circumstances, I have to go home." "Oh well, love can't be forced," he said (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > насильно мил не будешь
См. также в других словарях:
Can't Make Up My Mind — may refer to:* Can t Make Up My Mind (Sonique song) * Can t Make Up My Mind (Seekers song), a song by The Seekers * Can t Make Up My Mind , a song by John Gorka from Between Five and Seven … Wikipedia
can't make head nor tail of something — can t make head nor/or tail of (something) to not be able to understand something at all. We couldn t make head or tail of the film. What does his message say? I don t know I can t make head or tail of it … New idioms dictionary
can't make head or tail of something — can t make head nor/or tail of (something) to not be able to understand something at all. We couldn t make head or tail of the film. What does his message say? I don t know I can t make head or tail of it … New idioms dictionary
can't make head nor tail of — can t make head nor/or tail of (something) to not be able to understand something at all. We couldn t make head or tail of the film. What does his message say? I don t know I can t make head or tail of it … New idioms dictionary
can't make head or tail of — can t make head nor/or tail of (something) to not be able to understand something at all. We couldn t make head or tail of the film. What does his message say? I don t know I can t make head or tail of it … New idioms dictionary
can't make head nor tail of something — can t make head nor ˈtail of sth idiom to be unable to understand sth • I couldn t make head nor tail of what he was saying. Main entry: ↑headidiom … Useful english dictionary
Can't Make Up My Mind (Sonique song) — Infobox Single Name = Can t Make Up My Mind Artist = Sonique from Album = Born To Be Free Released = 30 June 2003 (UK) Format = CD Single Recorded = 2003 Genre = Pop Length = Label = Universal/Mercury Records Writer = Producer = Chart position =… … Wikipedia
can't make head or tail of — If you can t make head or tail of something, you can t understand it at all. Amy s message was so confusing. I couldn t make head or tail of it! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
can't make an omelette without breaking (some) eggs — To achieve a certain goal one must sometimes incur damage, experience difficulties, or make sacrifices. A proverb. * /When we drove across the country, we put a lot of mileage on our car and had a flat tire, but it was a pleasant trip. Well, you… … Dictionary of American idioms
can't make an omelette without breaking (some) eggs — To achieve a certain goal one must sometimes incur damage, experience difficulties, or make sacrifices. A proverb. * /When we drove across the country, we put a lot of mileage on our car and had a flat tire, but it was a pleasant trip. Well, you… … Dictionary of American idioms
can't\ make\ an\ omelet\ without\ breaking\ eggs — proverb To achieve a certain goal one must sometimes incur damage, experience difficulties, or make sacrifices. When we drove across the country, we put a lot of mileage on our car and had a flat tire, but it was a pleasant trip. Well, you can t… … Словарь американских идиом