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1) General subject: blow own horn, blow own trumpet, boast, display, gasconade, hotdog, make boast, make boast of (чем-либо), ostentate, quack, quacksalver, shout the odds, sound off, swagger, talk large, talk tall, to be (one's) own trumpeter, vapor, vaunt, bluster, brag, gas away, shoot the bull, talk big, make great display of (чем-л.), blow one's own trumpet, show off3) Dialect: crake4) American: toot own horn5) Australian slang: big note yourself, skite6) Jargon: beat the drum, blow one's horn, crack ( one's) jaw, raise the roof, show out, sell a wolf ticket, signify, by wolf ticket, woof, throw the crap, blow, gam, pitch7) Makarov: shoot a line, cut it fat -
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1) General subject: blow, boast, bounce, brag, display (ся, чем-л.), fanfaronade, flourish, gab, hector, hotdog, make boast, make boast of (чем-либо), shout the odds, show off, splurge, swagger, swagger (about) (чем-л.; ся), swank, talk horse, talk through one's hat, vapor, vapour, beat the drum, talk big, talk through hat, blow one's own horn, blow one's own trumpet2) Colloquial: talk large, talk tall3) American: ostentate4) Australian slang: skite5) Jargon: shoot off (one's) mouth6) American English: toot one's own horn8) Taboo: shovel the shit -
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1) General subject: boast, cock, hotdog, make a vaunt, make boast of (чем-л.), show off, sound off (about), talk large, to be (one's) own trumpeter, vaunt (чем-л.), shoot the bull, blow one's own horn, blow one's own trumpet3) Makarov: crack jaw -
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1) General subject: be one's own trumpeter, blow one's own trumpet, praise oneself, to be( one's) own trumpeter, blow own trumpet, make boast of (чем-л.), blow one's own horn2) Colloquial: sing3) Religion: boast4) Australian slang: shoot a line5) Jargon: bullskate, three-sheet6) American English: toot one's own horn -
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1) General subject: flaunt, gallant, hotdog, make a parade of (чем-либо), parade, ponce, spark, sport, swank, trot (чем-либо), make a parade of (чем-л.), cut a dash, make a splash, boast of, dress foppishly, make a display, make a show (of smth.), show off2) Colloquial: sport (чем-л.)3) Jargon: around ponce about, (тж. ponce around, ponce about) ponce, muumuu-flaunt4) Makarov: come out strong, cut a feather, cut a wide swath, cut a dash (нарядно одеваться), dress foppishly (нарядно одеваться), dress ultra-fashionably (нарядно одеваться) -
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1) General subject: be puffed up, be vain of (чем-л.), boast, brag, make a parade of (чем-либо), plume oneself, presume on, presume upon, puff, put on airs, quack, quacksalver, to be puffed up, to be vain of (smth.) (чем-л.), plume oneself, plume oneself upon (чем-л.), swagger, (чем-л.) glories in (smth), make undue parade (of sth)2) Obsolete: magnify3) Deprecatingly: pride oneself (on)4) Jargon: puffed up5) Makarov: display -
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1) General subject: hotdog, sport, boast of, dress foppishly, make a display, make a show( of smth.), show off2) Makarov: cut a dash (нарядно одеваться), dress foppishly (нарядно одеваться), dress ultra-fashionably (нарядно одеваться) -
9 Цыплят по осени считают
You should never be prematurely sure of being successful till you know the result See Медведя не убив, шкуры не продавай (M), Не говори "гон", пока не перескочишь (H), Не поймав, не щиплют (H), Не считай утят, пока не вылупились (H), Не то зерно, что в поле, а то, что в амбаре (H)Cf: Catch the fish before you fry it (Br.). Count not four, except you have them in the wallet (till they be in the bag) (Br.). Do not boast of a thing until it is done (Br.). Do not fish in front of a net (Am.). Don't clean your fish before you catch it (Am.). Don't count your chickens before they are hatched (Am., Br.). Don't eat the calf in the ow's belly (Br.). Draw your salary before spending it (Am.). First catch your hare (Am., Br.). First catch your hare, then cook him (Br.). First catch your hare, then cook it (Am.). First catch your rabbit and then make the stew (Am.). It is ill fishing before the net (Br.). It is ill prizing of green barley (Br.). Make not your sauce till you have caught your fish (Am.). Never spend your money before you have it (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Цыплят по осени считают
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10 на брюхе шёлк, а в брюхе щёлк
погов., прост.great boast, small roast; fine feathers don't make fine birds; cf. rob your belly to cover your backМаякин с крестником направился к этой группе, нашёптывая Фоме: - Не робей... Хотя у них на брюхе-то шёлк, а в брюхе-то - щёлк. (М. Горький, Фома Гордеев) — Mayakin and his godson made for this group. 'Don't be shy,' whispered Mayakin to Foma. 'Fine feathers don't make fine birds.'
- У нас для коней кормов не хватает, а мы тока да фермы будем отстраивать, - продолжал Матвеевич. - Оно и получится как раз по пословице: "На брюхе-то шёлк, а в брюхе-то щёлк!" (Г. Николаева, Жатва) — 'We haven't got enough fodder for the horses, and are planning to build threshing barns and cattle houses,' Matveyevich went on. 'It works out according to the proverb - rob your belly to cover your back!'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на брюхе шёлк, а в брюхе щёлк
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11 Прокрустово ложе
Mythology: Procrustes' bed (according to a Greek legend, Procrustes was a robber who claimed that he had a bed which fitted anyone; to make good his boast he stretched or cut his victim's legs) -
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Set phrase: fine feathers don't make fine birds, great boast, small roast (used (mockingly) about a person who takes pains to look prosperous (and is dressed well) though is poor (and hungry) in fact), his clothes are plenty, but his belly is emptyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > на брюхе шёлк, а в брюхе щёлк
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13 на брюхе-то шёлк, а в брюхе-то щёлк
Set phrase: fine feathers don't make fine birds, great boast, small roast (used (mockingly) about a person who takes pains to look prosperous (and is dressed well) though is poor (and hungry) in fact), his clothes are plenty, but his belly is emptyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > на брюхе-то шёлк, а в брюхе-то щёлк
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14 прокрустово ложе
Mythology: Procrustes' bed (according to a Greek legend, Procrustes was a robber who claimed that he had a bed which fitted anyone; to make good his boast he stretched or cut his victim's legs) -
15 много дыму, да мало пылу
погов., ирон., неодобр.cf. great boast, small roast; great (much) cry and little wool; great talkers are little doers; empty vessels make the greatest soundРусско-английский фразеологический словарь > много дыму, да мало пылу
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make a song about — boast, brag, act proud … English contemporary dictionary
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make good — {v. phr.} 1. To do what one promised to do; make something come true. * /Mr. Smith borrowed some money. He promised to pay it back on payday. He made good his promise./ * /Joe made good his boast to swim across the lake./ * /John s mother… … Dictionary of American idioms
make good — {v. phr.} 1. To do what one promised to do; make something come true. * /Mr. Smith borrowed some money. He promised to pay it back on payday. He made good his promise./ * /Joe made good his boast to swim across the lake./ * /John s mother… … Dictionary of American idioms
make\ good — v. phr. 1. To do what one promised to do; make something come true. Mr. Smith borrowed some money. He promised to pay it back on payday. He made good his promise. Joe made good his boast to swim across the lake. John s mother promised to take him … Словарь американских идиом
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