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1 HAIR
• Bush natural; more hair than wit - На голове густо, да в голове пусто (H)• Grey hairs are nourished with green thoughts - Седина в голову, а бес в ребро (C)• Hair by hair you pull out the horse's tail - По волоску всю бороду выщиплешь (П)• Hair long, wisdom little - Волос долог, да ум короток (B)• Hair of the dog is good for the bite (The) - Клин клином вышибают (K), Чем ушибся, тем и лечись (4)• Hair of the dog is the cure of his bite (The) - Клин клином вышибают (K)• It's no hair off my head - Моя хата с краю (M)• Long hair and short sense - Волос долог, да ум короток (B)• Long hair, short wit - Волос долог, да ум короток (B)• Take the hair of the dog that bit you - Клин клином вышибают (K)• Take the hair of the same dog that bit you, and it will heal the wound - Клин клином вышибают (K), Чем ушибся, тем и лечись (4)• Women have long hair and short brains - Волос долог, да ум короток (B)• Y)u can't grow hair and brains in the same head - Волос долог, да ум короток (B) -
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У БАБЫ ВОЛОС ДОЛОГ, ДА (А) УМ КОРОТОК (saying) (used to express the condescending opinion held by some men that women lack worldly wisdom) although a woman may be attractive, she lacks sound judgment: - long of hair and short of brains.Строже всего Семён хранил тайну от жены. Баба и есть баба - волос долог, да ум короток. Поведай, не утерпит -разнесет по селу (Тендряков 1). Simon kept his secret carefully from his wife. A woman was a woman-long of hair and short of brains, as the saying is. In all likelihood she wouldn't be able to keep her mouth shut, and would go round telling everybody in the village (1a). -
3 у бабы волос долог, а ум короток
• У БАБЫ ВОЛОС ДОЛОГ, ДА <А> УМ КОРОТОК[saying]=====⇒ (used to express the condescending opinion held by some men that women lack worldly wisdom) although a woman may be attractive, she lacks sound judgment:- ≈ long of hair and short of brains.♦ Строже всего Семён хранил тайну от жены. Баба и есть баба - волос долог, да ум короток. Поведай, не утерпит - разнесёт по селу (Тендряков 1). Simon kept his secret carefully from his wife. A woman was a woman-long of hair and short of brains, as the saying is. In all likelihood she wouldn't be able to keep her mouth shut, and would go round telling everybody in the village (la).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > у бабы волос долог, а ум короток
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4 у бабы волос долог, да ум короток
• У БАБЫ ВОЛОС ДОЛОГ, ДА <А> УМ КОРОТОК[saying]=====⇒ (used to express the condescending opinion held by some men that women lack worldly wisdom) although a woman may be attractive, she lacks sound judgment:- ≈ long of hair and short of brains.♦ Строже всего Семён хранил тайну от жены. Баба и есть баба - волос долог, да ум короток. Поведай, не утерпит - разнесёт по селу (Тендряков 1). Simon kept his secret carefully from his wife. A woman was a woman-long of hair and short of brains, as the saying is. In all likelihood she wouldn't be able to keep her mouth shut, and would go round telling everybody in the village (la).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > у бабы волос долог, да ум короток
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5 у бабы волос долог, а ум короток
Set phrase: a woman's advice is best at a dead lift, long hair and short wit, tell a woman she is fair, and she will soon turn a fool (contrast: a woman's advice is no great thing, but he who won't take it is a fool. women in mischief are wiser than men. the wit of a woman is a great matter), women have more hair than with long of hair and short of brainsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > у бабы волос долог, а ум короток
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6 у бабы волос долог, да ум короток
1) Jocular: tell a woman she is fair, and she will soon turn a fool (contrast: a woman's advice is no great thing, but he who won't take it is a fool. women in mischief are wiser than men. the wit of a woman is a great matter)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > у бабы волос долог, да ум короток
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7 волос
м.hair; мн. hair sgсве́тлые [седы́е] во́лосы — fair [grey] hair sg
ко́нский во́лос — horsehair
••во́лосы стано́вятся ды́бом — one's hair stands on end
э́то притя́нуто за́ во́лосы — it is extremely far-fetched
красне́ть до корне́й воло́с — blush to the roots of one's hair
ни на́ во́лос — not a grain
рвать на себе́ во́лосы — tear one's hair
вы́тащить себя́ за́ волосы — ≈ pull oneself up by the bootstraps
во́лос до́лог, да ум ко́роток погов. — long of hair and short of brains
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8 Волос долог, да ум короток
The person wears the hair long but is stupidVar.: У бабы волос долог, а (да) ум коротокCf: Hair long, wisdom little (Am.). Long hair and short sense (Am.). Long hair, little brains (Am.). Long hair, short wit (Br.). Women have long hair and short brains (Br.). You can't grow hair and brains in the same head (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Волос долог, да ум короток
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