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1 POWDER
• Keep your powder dry - Держи порох сухим (Д) -
2 KEEP
• Don't let us keep you - Скатертью дорога (C)• It will keep - Дело не медведь - в лес не уйдет (Д)• Keep a thing for seven years and it will come in handy - Всякая тряпица в три года пригодится (B)• Keep a thing long enough - Всякая тряпица в три года пригодится (B)• Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it - Всякая тряпица в три года пригодится (B)• Keep the rake near the scythe, and the cart near the rake - Держи порох сухим (Д)• Keep your powder dry - Держи порох сухим (Д)• Keep your sails trimmed - Держи порох сухим (Д) -
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Keep pre pared for actionCf: Keep the rake near the scythe, and the cart near the rake (Am.). Keep your powder dry (Am., Br.). Keep your sails trimmed (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Держи порох сухим
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4 быть наготове
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5 На Бога надейся, а сам не плошай
People that want to get some thing done must rely on themselves and do it. See Бог-то Бог, да и сам не будь плох (Б)Var.: На Бога уповай, а сам не плошайCf: Fortune helps them that help themselves (Am., Br.). God helps those who help themselves (Am., Br.). God reaches us good things by our own hands (Br.). Help yourself and heaven will help you (Am.). Lie not in the mire and say "God help" (Br.). Lord helps those who help themselves (Br.). The Lord helps those who help themselves (Am.). Pray to God, but keep hammering (Am.). Pray to God, but keep the hammer going (Br.). Pray to God, sailor, but pull for the shore (Br.). Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry (Am., Br.). Self-help is the best help (Am.). Self is the best servant (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > На Бога надейся, а сам не плошай
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НА БОГА НАДЕЙСЯ, A CAM HE ПЛОШАЙ (saying) act decisively, intelligently, enterprisingly, not counting on favorable circumstances to help you
- God helps those who help themselves, (put your) trust in the Lord (in God), but keep your powder dry. Cf. praise the Lord and pass the ammunition. -
7 на бога надейся, а сам не плошай
• НА БОГА НАДЕЙСЯ, A CAM НЕ ПЛОШАЙ[saying]=====⇒ act decisively, intelligently, enterprisingly, not counting on favorable circumstances to help you:- (put your) trust in the Lord (in God), but keep your powder dry. Cf. praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на бога надейся, а сам не плошай
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8 TRUST
• First try and then trust - Доверяй, да проверяй (Д), Сперва проверь, потом поверь (C)• If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die - Доверяй, да проверяй (Д), Сперва проверь, потом поверь (C)• Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry - На Бога надейся, а сам не плошай (H)• Sudden trust brings sudden repentance - Кто легко верит, тот легко и погибает (K)• Test before trusting - Доверяй, да проверяй (Д), Сперва проверь, потом поверь (C)• Trust, but not too much - Доверяй, да проверяй (Д), Сперва проверь, потом поверь (C)• Trust is the mother of deceit - Кто легко верит, тот легко и погибает (K)• Try before you trust - Доверяй, да проверяй (Д), Сперва проверь, потом поверь (C) -
9 будь начеку
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10 держи порох сухим
General subject: keep your powder dry
См. также в других словарях:
keep your powder dry — see ↑powder, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑dry keep your powder dry old fashioned : to be calm and ready for a possible problem in the future They don t know how the election will turn out, so for now they re just keeping their powder dry. • • • Main… … Useful english dictionary
keep your powder dry — If you keep your powder dry, you act cautiously so as not to damage your chances … The small dictionary of idiomes
keep your powder dry — keep (your) powder dry to be ready to do something if necessary. We re not ready to start buying yet. We ll keep our powder dry until we think prices are as low as they ll go. Etymology: from the idea that gunpowder (= an explosive substance in… … New idioms dictionary
keep your powder dry — If you keep your powder dry, you act cautiously so as not to damage your chances. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry — Advice attributed to Oliver Cromwell (see quot. 1834), combining spiritual exhortation with the practical measure of making sure that one’s gunpowder is kept serviceable. The second half of the saying is often used allusively in the phrase to… … Proverbs new dictionary
keep your powder dry — Meaning Be prepared. Origin The allusion is to gunpowder which soldiers had to keep dry in order to be ready to fight when required … Meaning and origin of phrases
keep your powder dry — be prepared for battle; be ready to take care of the enemy … English contemporary dictionary
keep powder dry — keep (your) powder dry to be ready to do something if necessary. We re not ready to start buying yet. We ll keep our powder dry until we think prices are as low as they ll go. Etymology: from the idea that gunpowder (= an explosive substance in… … New idioms dictionary
powder — pow|der1 [ˈpaudə US ər] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: poudre, from Latin pulvis dust ] 1.) [U and C] a dry substance in the form of very small grains ▪ curry powder ▪ talcum powder ▪ Grind the sugar into a powder . ▪ The paint … Dictionary of contemporary English
keep — see why keep a dog and bark yourself? keep a thing seven years and you’ll always find a use for it keep no more cats than will catch mice keep your own fish guts for your own sea maws keep your shop and your shop will keep you … Proverbs new dictionary
dry — see you never miss the water till the well runs dry sow dry and set wet put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry … Proverbs new dictionary
