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1 паршивая овца
Русско-английский сельскохозяйственный словарь > паршивая овца
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2 О-47
С ПАРШИВОЙ ОВЦЫ ХОТЬ ШЕРСТИ КЛОК (saying) you might as well take whatever you can get from s.o., even though it is unsatisfactory etc, because you will not get anything better and you will be the one to lose out by refusing it (said with disdain about s.o. who produces sth. inferior, is inferior in some way etc): - even a mangy sheep is good for a little wool something is better than nothing half a loaf is better than none.«Чего надо-то?» - Богдашкин меня уже узнал, голос у него недовольный. «Ничего особенного. Бочку олифы». -«Олифы? - Богдашкин воспринимает это как личное оскорбление. - Вы ее с хлебом, что ли, едите? Я тебе на прошлой неделе отправил две бочки. Больше нет... Алебастру немного могу дать, если хочешь». - «Черт с тобой, — соглашаюсь я, - давай алебастр. С паршивой овцы хоть шерсти клок» (Войнович 5). "What do you want?" said Bogdashkin, displeased, having recognized me. "Nothing special. A barrel of linseed oil." "Linseed oil?" Bogdashkin took this as a personal affront. "What do you do, put it on your bread or something? I sent you two barrels last week. There's no more....1 can give you a little alabaster if you want." "The hell with you then," I agreed. "I'll take the alabaster. Even a mangy sheep's good for a little wool" (5a). -
3 с паршивой овцы хоть шерсти клок
[saying]=====⇒ you might as well take whatever you can get from s.o., even though it is unsatisfactory etc, because you will not get anything better and you will be the one to lose out by refusing it (said with disdain about s.o. who produces sth. inferior, is inferior in some way etc):- half a loaf is better than none.♦ "Чего надо-то?" - Богдашкин меня уже узнал, голос у него недовольный. "Ничего особенного. Бочку олифы". - "Олифы? - Богдашкин воспринимает это как личное оскороление. - Вы её с хлебом, что ли, едите? Я тебе на прошлой неделе отправил две бочки. Больше нет... Алебастру немного могу дать, если хочешь". - "Чёрт с тобой, - соглашаюсь я, - давай алебастр. С паршивой овцы хоть шерсти клок" (Войнович 5). "What do you want?" said Bogdashkin, displeased, having recognized me. "Nothing special. A barrel of linseed oil." "Linseed oil?" Bogdashkin took this as a personal affront. "What do you do, put it on your bread or something? I sent you two barrels last week. There's no more....I can give you a little alabaster if you want." "The hell with you then," I agreed. "I'll take the alabaster. Even a mangy sheep's good for a little wool" (5a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > с паршивой овцы хоть шерсти клок
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4 с паршивой овцы хоть шерсти клок
посл.lit. getting a tuft of wool from a mangy sheep is better than nothing; cf. blood out of a stone; half a loaf is better than no bread- Патронов надо? Дадим! По тридцать штук на всадника, на всю бригаду. Хватит?.. - С паршивой овцы хучь шерсти клок! - улыбнулся обрадованный Богатырёв и, попрощавшись, вышел. (М. Шолохов, Тихий Дон) — 'You need cartridges, you say? You shall have them! Thirty per rider, for the whole brigade. That enough?..' 'Blood out of a stone!' Bogatiryov grinned delightedly and with a brief good-bye left the room.
"Трусит явно. Накормил, сунул десятку - и чтобы никаких следов. Что ж, и на этом спасибо. С паршивой овцы, как говорится, хоть шерсти клок". (С. Мстиславский, Грач - птица весенняя) — 'He's jittery, that's clear,' thought Bauman. 'Fed me, shoved ten rubles into my hand, and wants me to leave no trace. Well, I can thank him for that much. Half a loaf is better than no bread, as the saying goes.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > с паршивой овцы хоть шерсти клок
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5 с лихой собаки хоть шерсти клок
Set phrase: a tuft of hair from a mangy mare!, even a bad sheep gives a bit of wool, half a loaf is better than no bread, you can have no more of a cat but her skin (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him), you can have no more of a cat than her skin (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > с лихой собаки хоть шерсти клок
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6 с паршивой овцы хоть шерсти клок
Set phrase: a tuft of hair from a mangy mare!, even a bad sheep gives a bit of wool, half a loaf is better than no bread, you can have no more of a cat but her skin (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him), you can have no more of a cat than her skin (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him), everything is good for somethingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > с паршивой овцы хоть шерсти клок
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7 с паршивой собаки хоть шерсти клок
Set phrase: a tuft of hair from a mangy mare!, even a bad sheep gives a bit of wool, half a loaf is better than no bread, you can have no more of a cat but her skin (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him), you can have no more of a cat than her skin (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > с паршивой собаки хоть шерсти клок
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8 паршивый
1. ( покрытый паршой) scabby, mangy2. разг. (дрянной, плохой) nasty, rotten, lousy -
9 паршивый
1) ( покрытый паршой) scabby, mangy ['meɪnʤɪ]2) разг. (дрянной, плохой) nasty, rotten, lousy••парши́вая овца́ всё ста́до по́ртит посл. — one black sheep will mar a whole flock
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