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1 MEASURE
• Better twice measured than once wrong - Семь раз отмерь, один раз отрежь (C)• Bread at pleasure, drink by measure - Ешь вволю, пей в меру (E)• Don't measure another man's foot by your own last - Не мерь всех на свой аршин (H)• Don't measure other men by your own yardstick - Не мерь всех на свой аршин (H)• Don't measure other people's corn by your own bushel - Не мерь всех на свой аршин (H)• Eat at pleasure; drink by (in, with) measure - Ешь вволю, пей в меру (E)• Man is not measured by inches (A) - Гордись не ростом, а умом (T)• Measure for measure - Око за око, зуб за зуб (O)• Measure is a treasure - Все хорошо в меру (B)• Measure three times before you cut once - Семь раз отмерь, один раз отрежь (C)• Measure thrice and cut once - Семь раз отмерь, один раз отрежь (C)• Measure twice before you cut once - Семь раз отмерь, один раз отрежь (C)• Measure your cloth ten times; you can cut it but once - Семь раз отмерь, один раз отрежь (C)• Men are not /to be/ measured by inches - Гордись не ростом, а умом (Г)• There is a measure in all things - Все хорошо в меру (B), Хорошего понемножку (X)• Weight and measure take away strife - Счет дружбе не помеха (C)• Without measure medicine will become poison - Все хорошо в меру (B), Хорошего понемножку (X) -
2 семь раз отмерь, один отрежь
1) General subject: measure thrice and cut once2) Set phrase: caution is the parent of safety, discretion is the better part of valour, draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed, look before you leap, measure thrice and cut once (think well before you make a decision), measure thy cloth ten times, no safe wading in an unknown water, score twice before you cut once, thou canst cut it but once, you must measure seven times before you start cuttingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > семь раз отмерь, один отрежь
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3 Семь раз отмерь, один раз отрежь
Think well before you take a decision, do not act rashly. See Поспешность нужна только при ловле блох (П), Сперва подумай, потом говори (C)Var.: Семь раз примерь, один раз отрежьCf: Better twice measured than once wrong (Am.). Measure three times before you cut once (Br.). Measure thrice and cut once (Br.). Measure twice before you cut once (Am.). Measure your cloth ten times; you can cut it but once (Am., Br.). Score twice before you cut once (Br.). Second thoughts are best (Am., Br.). Think - then act (Am.). Think twice before you act (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Семь раз отмерь, один раз отрежь
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4 семь раз отмерь, а один отрежь
Set phrase: caution is the parent of safety, discretion is the better part of valour, draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed, look before you leap, measure thrice and cut once (think well before you make a decision), measure thy cloth ten times, no safe wading in an unknown water, score twice before you cut once, second thoughts are best (Верещагин), thou canst cut it but once, you must measure seven times before you start cuttingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > семь раз отмерь, а один отрежь
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5 семь раз отмерь, а один раз отрежь
Set phrase: caution is the parent of safety, discretion is the better part of valour, draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed, look before you leap, measure thrice and cut once (think well before you make a decision), measure thy cloth ten times, no safe wading in an unknown water, score twice before you cut once, thou canst cut it but once, you must measure seven times before you start cuttingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > семь раз отмерь, а один раз отрежь
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6 семь раз примерь, а один отрежь
Set phrase: caution is the parent of safety, discretion is the better part of valour, draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed, look before you leap, measure thrice and cut once (think well before you make a decision), measure thy cloth ten times, no safe wading in an unknown water, score twice before you cut once, thou canst cut it but once, you must measure seven times before you start cuttingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > семь раз примерь, а один отрежь
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7 семь раз примерь, а один раз отрежь
Set phrase: caution is the parent of safety, discretion is the better part of valour, draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed, look before you leap, measure thrice and cut once (think well before you make a decision), measure thy cloth ten times, no safe wading in an unknown water, score twice before you cut once, thou canst cut it but once, you must measure seven times before you start cuttingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > семь раз примерь, а один раз отрежь
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8 семь раз примерь, один отрежь
Set phrase: caution is the parent of safety, discretion is the better part of valour, draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed, look before you leap, measure thrice and cut once (think well before you make a decision), measure thy cloth ten times, no safe wading in an unknown water, score twice before you cut once, thou canst cut it but once, you must measure seven times before you start cuttingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > семь раз примерь, один отрежь
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