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1 MOUTH
• Closed (close) mouth catches no flies (A) - В закрытый рот муха не залетит (B)• Cool mouth and warm feet live long (A) - Держи голову в холоде, живот в голоде, а ноги в тепле (Д)• Fish who keeps his mouth shut will never get caught (A) - В закрытый рот муха не залетит (B)• Fish wouldn't get caught if it kept its mouth shut (A) - Язык мой - враг мой (Я)• He that will stop every man's mouth must have a great deal of meal - На чужой роток не накинешь платок (H)• Into a mouth shut (a shut mouth) flies fly not - В закрытый рот муха не залетит (B)• Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open - Держи рот на замке, а гляди в оба (Д)• Loud mouth and a shallow brain go well together (A) - У дурака язык впереди ног бежит (У)• Out of the mouth of babes speaks the truth - Устами младенца глаголет истина (У)• Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings come great truths - Устами младенца глаголет истина (У)• Out of thy mouth into God's ears - Вашими бы устами да мед пить. (B), Из твоих уст да Богу в уши (И)• Roasted ducks don't fly into your mouth - Без труда не вытащишь и рыбку из пруда (Б)• Still mouth makes a wise head (А) - Говори меньше, умнее будешь (Г)• Truth comes out of the mouths of babes and sucklings - Устами младенца глаголет истина (У)• Wise head makes a close mouth (A) - Дурак кричит, умный молчит (Д) -
2 EAR
• Even the corn has ears - У стен есть уши (У)• Full ear of corn will bend its head; an empty ear will stand upright (A) - Пустой колос голову кверху носит (П)• Give every man thine (your) ear, but few thy (your) voice - Больше слушай, меньше говори (Б)• Have a long (a wide) ear and a short tongue - Больше слушай, меньше говори (Б)• He who has ears let him hear - Глухому поп по две обедни не служит (Г)• In at one ear and out of the other - В одно ухо входит, а в другое выходит (B)• It is better to play with the ears than with the tongue - Больше слушай, меньше говори (Б)• Keep your mouth shut and your ears open - Больше слушай, меньше говори (Б)• Must I tell you a tale and find your ears too? - Глухому поп по две обедни не служит (Г)• Nothing between the ears - Умница, как попова курица (У)• Open your ears - Слушай ухом, а не брюхом (C)• There is not much between the ears - Умница, как попова курица (У)• Unplug your ears - Слушай ухом, а не брюхом (C)• Wall has ears and the plain has eyes (The) - У стен есть уши (У) -
3 EYE
• Bad eyes never see any good - В кривом глазу все криво (B), У злой Натальи все люди канальи (У)• Better eye out than always ache - Не можно исцелить, так лучше отрубить (H)• Better eye sore than all blind - Из двух зол выбирают меньшее (И)• Eye for an eye /, a tooth for a tooth/ (An) - Око за око, зуб за зуб (0)• Eye is bigger than the belly (the mouth) (The) - Брюхо сыто, да глаза голодны (Б)• Eye is not satisfied with seeing (The) - С погляденья сыт не будешь (C)• Eye is the mirror of the soul (the window of the heart, the window of the mind) (The) - Глаза - зеркало души (Г)• Eye of the master fattens the herd (The) - От хозяйского глаза скотина жиреет (O)• Eye of the master will do more work than both his hands (The) - От хозяйского глаза скотина жиреет (O)• Eyes are bigger than the stomach (The) - Брюхо сыто, да глаза голодны (B)• Eyes are larger than the belly (The) - Брюхо сыто, да глаза голодны (Б)• Eyes are the mirror of the mind (The) - Глаза - зеркало души (Г)• Eyes are the mirrors (the windows) of the soul (The) - Глаза - зеркало души (Г)• Far from eye, far from heart - Разлука - враг любви (P), С глаз долой - из сердца вон (C)• Four eyes are better (see more) than one - Одна голова хорошо, а две лучше (O)• Heart's letter is read in the eye (The) - Глаза - зеркало души (Г)• If the owner keeps his eye on the horse, it will fatten - От хозяйского глаза скотина жиреет (O)• In the forehead and the eye the lecture of the mind doth lie - Глаза - зеркало души (Г)• It is better to trust the eye than the еаг - Лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать (Л), Не верь чужим речам, верь своим очам (H)• It is sure to be dark if you shut your eyes - Хуже всякого слепого, кто не хочет видеть (X)• Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open - Держи рот на замке, а гляди в оба (Д)• Master's eye makes the horse fat (The) - От хозяйского глаза скотина жиреет (O)• Men's ears are less reliable than their eyes - Не верь чужим речам, верь своим очам (H)• One eye has more faith than two ears - Лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать (Л)• No eye like the eye of the master (the master's eye) - Где хозяин ходит, там земля родит (Г), От хозяйского глаза скотина жиреет (O), Свой глаз - алмаз (C)• One eye of the master sees more than ten of the servants - От хозяйского глаза скотина жиреет (O)• What the eye does not see, the heart cannot grieve (does not grieve over) - Глаза не видят - сердце не болит (T)• What the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't crave for - С глаз долой - из сердца вон (C)• What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve for (doesn't feel) - Глаза не видят - сердце не болит (Г)• What the eye sees not the heart rues not - Глаза не видят - сердце не болит (Г) -
4 Больше слушай, меньше говори
It is wiser to keep silent and let other people speakCf: Be swift to hear, slow to speak (Br.). Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice (Br.). Give every man your ear but few your voice (Am.). Have a long (a wide) ear and a short tongue (Am.). Hear all and say nothing (Am.). Hear all, say nothing (Br.). Hear much, speak little (Am., Br.). Itisbetter to play with the ears than with the tongue (Br.). Keep your mouth shut and your ears open (Br.). Listen much and speak little (Am.). Talk less; listen more (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Больше слушай, меньше говори
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5 поменьше говори, побольше слушай
Set phrase: keep your mouth shut and your ears open (дословно: Держи рот на замке, а уши открытыми)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > поменьше говори, побольше слушай
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