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1 keep your powder dry
1) Общая лексика: держи порох сухим, быть наготове2) Пословица: будь начеку -
2 put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry
Пословица: на бога надейся, а сам не плошайУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry
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3 put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry
Пословица: на Бога надейся, а сам не плошайУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry
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4 Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry.
<01> Надейся на бога, но порох держи сухим. Cromwell (Кромвель).Англо-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом > Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry.
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5 trust the God and keep your powder dry
Фразеологизм: на Бога надейся, а сам не плошайУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > trust the God and keep your powder dry
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6 keep one's powder dry
дepжaть пopox cуxим, быть нaгoтoвe, нaчeку [чacть пpипиcывaeмoй Kpoмвeлю пocлoвицы put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry нa бoгa нaдeйcя, a caм нe плoшaй]Arthur Brown, whatever his hopes of a compromise, believed in keeping his powder dry (C. P. Snow). In the wings lurks Baroness Thatcher who returned to Britain from the United States last week but declined all comment on the European question. Was she keeping her powder dry for this week's party conference? (Newsweek) -
7 keep one's powder dry
держать порох сухим, быть наготове, начеку [часть пословицы put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry ≈ на бога надейся, а сам не плошай]...Arthur Brown, whatever his hopes of a compromise, believed in keeping his powder dry. (C. P. Snow, ‘The Light and the Dark’, ch. 28) —...надеясь на компромисс, Артур Браун все же считал, что порох надо держать сухим.
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8 keep one's powder dry
держать порох сухим; быть наготовеAll you have to do is keep your powder dry and await orders.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > keep one's powder dry
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9 Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
ист"Молитесь господу и начинайте раздавать боеприпасы"Расхожая фраза периода нападения японцев на Перл-Харбор [ Pearl Harbor] в 1941. Принадлежит капеллану Хауэллу М. Форджи [Forgy, Chaplain Howell M.], который таким образом отреагировал на японское нападение. Эти слова стали потом первой строчкой популярной военной песни 1942. (Возможно, перифраза исторической фразы Кромвеля "Доверься Господу и держи порох сухим" ["Trust in God and keep your powder dry"])English-Russian dictionary of regional studies > Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
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