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1 ONE-EYED
• Among the blind the one - eyed man is king - В темноте и гнилушка светит (B), Кривой среди слепых - король (K), На безрыбье и рак рыба (H)• Better one - eyed than stone - blind - Из двух зол выбирают меньшее (И)• Blessed are the one - eyed among those who are blind - Кривой среди слепых - король (K)• In the country (kingdom) of the blind the one - eyed man is king - Кривой среди слепых - король (K)• In the land of the blind the one - eyed are kings - Кривой среди слепых - король (K) -
2 на безрыбье и рак рыба
посл.cf. half a loaf is better than no bread; a bit in the morning is better than nothing all day; there's a small choice in rotten apples; any port in a storm; in the land (country, realm) of the blind (among the blind) the one-eyed is kingСаша - девица новейшей формации. Она образованна, умна, честна и проч. На безрыбье и рак рыба, и поэтому она отличает 35-летнего Иванова. (А. Чехов, Письмо А. С. Суворину, 30 дек. 1888) — Sasha is a young woman of the newest type. She is well-educated, intelligent, honest, and so on. In the realm of the blind a one-eyed man is king, and so she favours Ivanov in spite of his being thirty-five.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на безрыбье и рак рыба
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3 на безлюдье и Фома дворянин
посл., уст.lit. in the wilds even Foma may pass for a nobleman; cf. in the land (country, realm) of the blind (among the blind) the one-eyed is kingФома догадался, какой перед ним человек, и тотчас же почувствовал, что прошла его роль шута и что на безлюдье и Фома может быть дворянином. (Ф. Достоевский, Село Степанчиково и его обитатели) — Foma perceived the kind of man he had to deal with, and felt at once that his days of playing the buffoon were over, and that in the wilds even Foma might pass for a nobleman.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на безлюдье и Фома дворянин
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4 на безлюдье и Фома дворянин
Set phrase: in the land of the blind the one-eyed is kingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > на безлюдье и Фома дворянин
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5 Кривой среди слепых - король
Even a limited ability makes one be hono(u)red by those who have none at all See 1174(H)Var.: В царстве слепых и кривому честь. Меж слепых и кривой в чести (зрячий). Среди слепых и одноглазый корольCf: Among the blind the one-eyed man is king (Br.). Blessed are the one-eyed among those who are blind (Br.). In the country (kingdom) of the blind the one-eyed man is king (Am., Br.). In the land of the blind the one-eyed are kings (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Кривой среди слепых - король
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6 BLEND
• Among the blind the one - eyed man is king - На безлюдье и сидни в чести (H), На бесптичье и ворона соловей (H)• Blind man can judge no colors (A) - Слепой курице все пшеница (C)• Blind man is no judge of colors (A) - Не зная дела, не суди (H), Слепой курице все пшеница (C)• Blind man should not judge colo(u)rs (A) - Не зная дела, не суди (H)• Blind man would be glad to see (A) - Слепой сказал: "Посмотрим" (C)• Blind men can judge no colours - Слепой курице все пшеница (C)• He is very blind who does not see the sun - Слепому и свет темнота (C)• If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch - Слепой слепого водит, а оба ни зги не видят (C)• In the land of the blind the one - eyed are kings - На безлюдье и сидни в чести (H), На бесптичье и ворона соловей (H)• Nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse (A) - Хуже всякого слепого, кто не хочет видеть (X)• Pebble and a diamond are alike to a blind man (A) - Слепой курице все пшеница (C), Слепому и свет темнота (C),• There are none so blind as those who will not see - Хуже всякого слепого, кто не хочет видеть (X)• То the color - blind, all colors are alike - Слепой курице все пшеница (C)• When the blind lead the blind, they all go head over heels into the ditch - Слепой слепого водит, а оба ни зги не видят (C) -
7 На безлюдье и сидни в чести
See На безрыбье и рак рыба (Н)Var.: На безлюдье и Фома дворянинCf: All is good in a famine (Am., Br.). Among the blind the one-eyed man is king (Br.). In the land of the blind the one-eyed are kings (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > На безлюдье и сидни в чести
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8 На бесптичье и ворона соловей
See На безрыбье и рак рыба (Н)Cf: All is good in a famine (Am., Br.). Among the blind the one-eyed man is king (Br.). In the land of the blind the one-eyed are kings (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > На бесптичье и ворона соловей
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9 в темноте и гнилушка светит
посл.lit. a rotten log glows in the dark; cf. among (amongst, in the land of) the blind the one-eyed man is kingРусско-английский фразеологический словарь > в темноте и гнилушка светит
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