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1 if ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > if ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers
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2 if ifs and ans were pots and pans
≈ если бы да кабы [выражение из детского стихотворения:If wishes were horses, beggar wouldIf turnips were watches, I would wear one by my sideAnd if "ifs" and "ands"there'd be no work for tinkers!]Dunois: "...I tell you that your little hour of miracles is over, and that from this time on he who plays the war game best will win - if the luck is on his side." Joan: "Ah! if, if, if, if! If ifs and ans were pots and pans there'd be no need of tinkers." (B. Shaw, ‘Saint Joan’, sc. 5) — Дюнуа: "...я говорю вам, что время чудес прошло и что с настоящей минуты победитель тот, кто будет лучше вести военную игру, если удача окажется на его стороне." Жанна: "Ах, если, если, если! Если бы обиняки и отговорки были бы горшками и кастрюлями, нам не понадобился бы ни медник, ни горшечник."
Large English-Russian phrasebook > if ifs and ans were pots and pans
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3 если бы да кабы
1) General subject: pigs could fly if they had wings, pigs might fly if they had wings, (one's) "could haves and should haves" (I could have done smth, but I didn't. Or: I should have done smth, but I didn't. It's a pity! Could/should + Perfect Infinitive (have+Past Participle) испол)2) Jocular: if the sky falls we shall catch larks (...) -
4 досл.если бы если и и были горшками и кастрюлями, не было бы работы для лудильщиков
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > досл.если бы если и и были горшками и кастрюлями, не было бы работы для лудильщиков
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5 ciocia
pot aunt, auntie (pot)* * *f.Voc. -u aunt, auntie; gdyby ciocia miała wąsy, toby był wujek if ifs and ands were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands; przyszywana ciocia distant aunt (a close friend of the family often referred to as `auntie').The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > ciocia
См. также в других словарях:
if ifs and ands were pots and pans, there’d be no work for tinkers’ hands — Used as a humorous retort to an over optimistic conditional expression. ands: the conjunction and ‘if’, of which an is a weakened form, is employed irregularly here as a noun to denote ‘an expression of condition or doubt’. 1850 C. KINGSLEY Alton … Proverbs new dictionary
work — noun see all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy work expands so as to fill the time available it is not work that kills, but worry the devil finds work for idle hands to do the end crowns the work … Proverbs new dictionary
and — see if ifs and ands were pots and pans, there’d be no work for tinkers’ hands … Proverbs new dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
hand — see one hand for yourself and one for the ship the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world one hand washes the other a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush cold hands, warm heart the devil finds work for idle hands to do … Proverbs new dictionary
if — see if ifs and ands were pots and pans, there’d be no work for tinkers’ hands … Proverbs new dictionary
pan — see if ifs and ands were pots and pans, there’d be no work for tinkers’ hands … Proverbs new dictionary
pot — see if ifs and ands were pots and pans, there’d be no work for tinkers’ hands a little pot is soon hot you cannot get a quart into a pint pot a watched pot never boils … Proverbs new dictionary
tinker — see if ifs and ands were pots and pans, there’d be no work for tinkers’ hands … Proverbs new dictionary