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1 looker-on sees most of the game
no malas skatoties, redz labākEnglish-Latvian dictionary > looker-on sees most of the game
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2 looker-on
noun (a person who is watching something happening; an onlooker.) gledalec* * *[lúkərɔn]noungledalec -
3 LOOKER-ON
• Looker - on sees more (most) of the game (The) - Со стороны всегда виднее (C)• Lookers - on see more than the players - Со стороны всегда виднее (C) -
4 Со стороны всегда виднее
А person who is not involved in an activity can better observe and judge what is going onCf: The looker-on (onlooker, outsider, spectator) sees more (most) of the game (Br.). Lookers-on see more than the players (Am., Br.). Outsiders see most of the game (Am.). Standers-by see more than the gamesters (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Со стороны всегда виднее
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