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21 make good cheer
пировать, веселиться, угощаться [этим. фр. faire bonne chére]...they went and made good cheer with drink and feasting, as long as the guineas lasted which had come from the proud purse of the mourning old father. (W. Thackeray, ‘Vanity Fair’, ch. XXXV) —...они отправились кутить всей компанией и изрядно повеселились, налегая на выпивку и закуску, пока не растранжирили все деньги, доставшиеся им от удрученного горем старика отца.
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22 make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
Общая лексика: сделать из кого-то человекаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
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23 make up a purse
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24 make up a purse
לאסוף תרומות לנצרך* * *◙ ךרצנל תומורת ףוסאל◄ -
25 make up a purse for
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26 make up a purse for
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31 one cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
посл."из свиного уха шёлковый кошелёк не сошьёшь", т. е. такого человека не перевоспитаешь; см. тж. make a silk purse out of a sow's ear‘y' see, after all I want to be a reputable citizen, like y' said.’ ‘To look like one at least.’ ‘That's right,’ Paddy agreed. ‘Maybe, y' can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. I'm not wantin' to be a silk purse. But I'm after learnin' to behave so as Frisco and the mob he gets round with, won't sling off at me.’ (K. S. Prichard, ‘Golden Miles’, ch. 4) — - Ну вот, я таки решил заделаться добропорядочным человеком, как вы мне когда-то советовали. - Хотя бы с виду? - Может, и так. Да я и не лезу куда не след. Мне бы только пообтереться малость, чтобы Фриско и вся его бражка, все это дерьмо, не слишком заносились передо мной.
Norah (beside herself): "I said I could teach you manners. I made a mistake. I couldn't teach you manners. One can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear." (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Land of Promise’, act 4) — Нора (вне себя): "Я сказала, что могла бы обучить тебя хорошим манерам. Нет, я ошиблась, не смогла бы! Горбатого только могила исправит."
Large English-Russian phrasebook > one cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
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32 wrinkled purses make wrinkled faces
var: an empty purse fill the face with wrinklesзморщені гаманці роблять зморщеними обличчяvar: an empty purse fills the face with wrinklesзморщені гаманці роблять зморщеними обличчя a light purse is a heavy purseEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > wrinkled purses make wrinkled faces
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33 you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
no se puede pedir peras al olmoaunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se quedaEnglish-spanish dictionary > you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
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34 a light purse is a heavy purse
var: a light purse is a heavy cursesyn: wrinkled purses make wrinkled facesлегкий гаманець – це важкий гаманець ≅ немає гіршої біди, ніж відсутність грошей бідному всюди біда багатство дме, а нещастя гне на голого всюди капає тяжко сіяти, коли нема чого орати на бідного Макара й шишки падають біда бідного шукає на бідняка і камінь вгору котиться бідному куди не кинь, то все латкою наверх як вели ведмедя до меду, то вуха урвали, а як тягнули од меду, то урвали і хвіст ≅ гірше всіх бід, коли немає грошейEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > a light purse is a heavy purse
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35 an empty purse fill the face with wrinkles
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > an empty purse fill the face with wrinkles
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36 an empty purse fills the face with wrinkles
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > an empty purse fills the face with wrinkles
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37 You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
Общая лексика: из говна конфетку не сделаешьУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
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38 can the leopard change his spots? you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
Пословица: горбатого могила исправит (one cannot correct someone else's bad habits or stupid convictions, a bad man will die a bad man), горбатого одна могила исправит (one cannot correct someone else's bad habits or stupid convictions, a bad man will die a bad man)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > can the leopard change his spots? you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
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39 does anyone make a claim to this purse?
Разговорное выражение: чей это кошелёк?Универсальный англо-русский словарь > does anyone make a claim to this purse?
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40 you can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear
1) Общая лексика: нельзя сделать шёлковый кошель из свиного уха2) Пословица: из дерьма конфетку не сделаешьУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > you can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear
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