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1 No great things!
• No great shakes [things]! Ничего особенного! Не ахти как хорош!Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > No great things!
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2 no great things
Общая лексика: не Бог весть что, ничего особенного, так себе -
3 we expect great things of you
Общая лексика: мы многого от вас ждёмУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > we expect great things of you
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4 wish to do great things
Общая лексика: мечтать о больших делахУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > wish to do great things
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5 no great scratch
(no great scratch (или things разг.; амер., жарг. no great shucks))не ахти как, ничего особенного no great scratch первонач. амер.A: "This letter'll have to be type-written and I haven't got a machine; can any of you fellows lend me one?" B: "You can borrow mine if you like. It's no great scratch, I warn you, but it may be good enough for your purpose." (SPI) — А: "Мне надо напечатать письмо, а машинки нет. У вас не найдется, ребята?" Б: "Можешь взять мою, если хочешь. Предупреждаю, машинка неважная, но для твоей цели годится."
His scholarship, I take it, was no great things. — Насколько я понимаю, особой ученостью он не отличался.
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6 twice as great
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7 time cures all things
посл.(time cures all things (тж. time is the great healer))The three bereaved people live together and the link between them is the loss they have all sustained. But time, as my dear mother used to say, is a great healer. (A. Christie, ‘The Body in the Library’, ch. 8) — Три осиротевших человека живут вместе; единственное, что их связывает, - это их общая утрата. Но, как говорила моя дорогая мама, время - лучший исцелитель.
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8 ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’
«Всё ярко и красиво», назв. и первая строка религиозного гимна, часто исполняемого детьми:All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small.
All things wise and wonderful,
США. Лингвострановедческий англо-русский словарь > ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’
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9 set great store by smb.
(set great (much или a lot of) store by (или on) smb. (или smth.; тж. set much by smb. или smth.))высоко ценить кого-л. (или что-л.; придавать большое значение чему-л.;) см. тж. set little by smb.I never set much store by rumour. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Country House’, part II, ch. XII) — Я никогда не придавал большого значения слухам.
All of the lovely things by which he had set great store... went for a song. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Financier’, ch. LIV) — Очаровательные вещицы, которыми он так дорожил... все пошло с молотка за бесценок.
My family sets a lot of store by their boy getting married. (A. Saxton, ‘The Great Midland’, part I, ‘The New Year, 1939’) — Для моих стариков женитьба их мальчика - огромное событие.
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10 lay great store by smth.
выcoкo цeнить чтo-л., пpидaвaть бoльшoe знaчeниe чeму-л.All of the lovely things by which he had set great store... went for a song (Th. Dreiser). I never set much store by rumour (J. Galsworthy)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > lay great store by smth.
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11 No great shakes!
• No great shakes [things]! Ничего особенного! Не ахти как хорош!Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > No great shakes!
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12 a great many
очень многие; очень много, масса, громадное количество, множествоWe have a great many things to do before we leave. — У нас масса дел перед отъездом.
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13 many things
многое Syn: much, a great dealБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > many things
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14 a little body often harbours a great soul
Пословица: мал золотник, да дорог (said about people or things that are not big, not tall, not large, but are beautiful, have lots of merits, excellent qualities, and are as good as big), мал золотник, да дорог (дословно: в маленьком теле часто таится великая душа), мал соловей, да голосом велик (дословно: в маленьком теле часто таится великая душа), мала искра, да великий пламень родит (дословно: в маленьком теле часто таится великая душа)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > a little body often harbours a great soul
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15 Five Great Vows
Религия: (In Jainism, renunciation of killing, of speaking untruths, of greed, of sexual pleasure, and of all attachments to living beings and nonliving things, as attributed to Mahavira) Пять великих обетов -
16 many things
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17 Five Great Vows (In Jainism, renunciation of killing, of speaking untruths, of greed, of sexual pleasure, and of all attachments to living beings and nonliving things, as attributed to Mahavira)
Религия: Пять великих обетовУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > Five Great Vows (In Jainism, renunciation of killing, of speaking untruths, of greed, of sexual pleasure, and of all attachments to living beings and nonliving things, as attributed to Mahavira)
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18 in the great scheme of things
Общая лексика: по большому счёту, в масштабах вселенной, в великом плане бытияУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > in the great scheme of things
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19 little children are great pointers until they learn the names for things
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > little children are great pointers until they learn the names for things
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20 A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones.
<01> Слабый ум подобен микроскопу, в котором увеличиваются мелочи и который не способен воспринять что-либо крупное. Chesterfield (Честерфилд).Англо-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом > A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones.
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