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1 kill the goose that laid the golden eggs
уничтожить источник собственного благосостояния ≈ убить курицу, несущую золотые яйца [выражение из басни Эзопа]; см. тж. the goose that laid the golden eggsA person who is blackmailing doesn't want to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs... (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito’, ch. 23) — Шантажист никогда не убьет свою жертву, эту курицу, которая несет ему золотые яйца.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > kill the goose that laid the golden eggs
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2 kill the goose who lays the golden eggs
English-spanish dictionary > kill the goose who lays the golden eggs
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3 kill the goose that laid (or lays) the golden eggs
уничтoжить иcтoчник coбcтвeннoгo блaгococтoяния; убить куpицу, нecущую зoлoтыe яйцa [выpaжeниe из бacни Эзoпa] A person who is blackmailing doesn't want to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs (E. S. Gardner). As London's Daily Telegraph put it in an editorial, 'Unless tourism is brought under firmer discipline, it will destroy itself. We think we are within measurable distance of killing the goose which lays the golden eggs' (Time)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > kill the goose that laid (or lays) the golden eggs
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4 gallina
adj.chicken-hearted.f.1 hen.cría gallinas he keeps chickens (gallinas, pollos y gallos)matar la gallina de los huevos de oro (informal figurative) to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs2 coward, wimp, quitter, yellow-belly.f. & m.chicken, coward (informal) (person).* * *1 hen1 familiar chicken, coward\acostarse con las gallinas to go to bed very earlycomo gallina en corral ajeno familiar like a fish out of waterjugar a la gallina ciega to play blind man's buffmatar la gallina de los huevos de oro familiar to kill the goose that lays the golden eggsgallina clueca broody hengallina de agua cootgallina de Guinea guinea fowlgallina de mar stargazerpiel de gallina gooseflesh, goose pimples plural* * *noun f.* * *1. SF1) (=ave) hengallina ciega — CAm, Caribe (=gusano) white worm
gallina clueca — broody o (EEUU) brooding hen
2) (Culin) chickengallina en pepitoria — chicken in a sauce made with wine, bread, egg, almonds and pine nuts
2.SMF * (=cobarde) chicken *, coward* * *Iadjetivo (fam) chicken (colloq)II1) (Zool) hen; (Coc) chickenacostarse/levantarse con las gallinas — (fam) to go to bed early/to get up at the crack of dawn
estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno — (fam) to be/feel like a fish out of water
matar la gallina de los huevos de oro — to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
* * *= hen, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.Ex. Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.Ex. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.----* dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina = chicken and egg situation.* gallina de campo = free-range hen.* gallina de corral = free-range hen.* gallina de granja = free-range hen.* gallina ponedora = egg-laying hen.* * *Iadjetivo (fam) chicken (colloq)II1) (Zool) hen; (Coc) chickenacostarse/levantarse con las gallinas — (fam) to go to bed early/to get up at the crack of dawn
estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno — (fam) to be/feel like a fish out of water
matar la gallina de los huevos de oro — to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
* * *= hen, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
Ex: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.Ex: Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.Ex: And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.* dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina = chicken and egg situation.* gallina de campo = free-range hen.* gallina de corral = free-range hen.* gallina de granja = free-range hen.* gallina ponedora = egg-laying hen.* * *¡qué gallina eres! chicken! o don't be so chicken!caldo de gallina chicken brothacostarse con or (Bol, RPl) como las gallinas to go to bed earlyestar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno ( fam); to be/feel like a fish out of waterla gallina de los huevos de oro the goose that lays/laid the golden eggslevantarse con or (Bol, RPl) como las gallinas ( fam); to get up at the crack of dawn, be up with the larkCompuestos:(empollando) broody hen; (cuidando la pollada) mother henme tocó sentarme al lado de un grupo de gallinas cluecas ( fam); I had to sit next to a group of squawking women ( colloq)estar como or parecer una gallina clueca ( fam); to be like a mother henguinea fowl● gallina or gallinita ciegablind man's bufflaying henB* * *
gallina sustantivo femenino
1 (Zool) hen;
(Coc) chicken;
( cuidando la pollada) mother hen;
2
gallina
I sustantivo femenino
1 Zool hen
2 (juego) la gallina/gallinita ciega, blind man's buff
II mf fam coward, chicken
III adjetivo coward: no seas tan gallina y pídeselo de una vez, stop being such a chicken - just go ahead and ask him
♦ Locuciones: familiar ¡cuando las gallinas meen!, and pigs might fly!
estar como gallina en corral ajeno, to feel like a fish out of water
la gallina de los huevos de oro, the goose that lays the golden eggs;
' gallina' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cacarear
- cacareo
- carne
- carné
- empollar
- piel
- aletear
English:
chicken
- egg
- goosebumps
- gooseflesh
- goosepimples
- hen
- goose
- speckle
* * *♦ adjFam [persona] chicken, wimp;es muy gallina he's such a chicken o wimp♦ nfhen;cría gallinas [gallinas, pollos y gallos] he keeps chickens;Famacostarse con las gallinas to go to bed early;Famlevantarse con las gallinas to get up at cock-crow, to be up with the lark;Famcomo gallina en corral ajeno like a fish out of watergallina de agua coot; Fam la gallina ciega blind man's buff;gallina clueca broody hen;gallina de Guinea guinea fowl;la gallina de los huevos de oro the golden goose, the goose that lays the golden eggs;Fammatar la gallina de los huevos de oro to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs;gallina pintada guinea fowl♦ nmfFam [persona] chicken, coward* * *I f hen;matar la gallina de los huevos de oro kill the goose that lays the golden eggsII m/f famchicken* * *gallina nf1) : hen2)gallina de Guinea : guinea fowl* * *gallina n1. (ave) hen2. (cobarde) chicken / coward -
5 poule
poule [pul]1. feminine nouna. ( = animal) hen ; ( = viande) fowl2. compounds► poule mouillée ( = lâche) coward* * *pul1) Zoologie hen2) Culinaire boiling fowl3) (colloq) ( terme d'affection)4) Sport ( groupe d'adversaires) group; ( tournoi) tournament5) Jeux pool, kitty•Phrasal Verbs:••quand les poules auront des dents — (colloq) when pigs fly
tuer la poule pour avoir l'œuf, tuer la poule aux œufs d'or — to kill the goose that lays the golden egg
* * *pul nf1) ZOOLOGIE hen2) CUISINE chicken4) * (= fille) chick5) * (= prostituée) tart* * *poule nf2 Culin boiling fowl;5 ◑( prostituée) hooker◑, whore; une poule de luxe a high-class hooker◑;7 Jeux pool, kitty.poule de bruyère greyhen GB, grayhen US; poule d'eau moorhen; poule d'essai Turf race for three-year olds; poule faisane hen pheasant; poule mouillée○ pej wimp○ péj; poule naine bantam; poule pondeuse laying hen; poule au pot Culin chicken casserole.quand les poules auront des dents when pigs fly; se coucher avec les poules to go to bed early; se lever avec les poules to get up with the lark; être comme une poule qui a trouvé un couteau to be completely nonplussed; tuer la poule pour avoir l'œuf, tuer la poule aux œufs d'or to kill the goose that lays the golden egg.[pul] nom fémininquand les poules auront des dents: ton argent, tu le reverras quand les poules auront des dents you can kiss your money good-byetu crois qu'on va avoir une augmentation? — c'est ça, quand les poules auront des dents! do you think we're going to have a pay rise? — and pigs might fly!3. (familier) [maîtresse] mistress4. (familier) [terme d'affection]ma poule (my) pet, (my) loveen poule A, Metz bat Béziers in group ou pool A Metz beat Bézierspoule d'essai 1,600 m maiden race
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