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1 CRY
• Crying does not pay - Москва слезам не верит (M)• Crying will not mend matters - Москва слезам не верит (M), От слез ничего не прибудет (O), Слезами горю не поможешь b (C)• Don't cry before (till) you are hurt - Не реви раньше смерти (H)• Don't cry over spilled milk - Слезами горю не поможешь a (C), Что о том тужить, чего нельзя воротить (4)• Great cry and (but) little wool - Много слов, а мало дела (M)• It is no good crying over spilt milk - Что о том тужить, чего нельзя воротить (4)• It's the crying baby that gets the milk - Дитя не плачет - мать не разумеет (Д)• Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and you cry alone - В радости сыщут, в горе забудут (B)• Much cry and little wool - Много слов, а мало дела (M)• There is no use crying over spilt milk - Слезами горю не поможешь a (C)• When we laugh, everyone sees; when we cry, no one sees - В радости сыщут, в горе забудут (B), В слезах никто не видит, а в песне всяк слышит (B) -
2 не продолжать думать о вещах, которые уже произошли и то, что ничего больше не изменишь
Idiomatic expression: not to cry over spilt milkУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > не продолжать думать о вещах, которые уже произошли и то, что ничего больше не изменишь
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3 перестать горевать о непоправимом
American: not to cry over spilt milkУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > перестать горевать о непоправимом
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4 Слезами горю не поможешь
a) It is по use indulging in sorrow that cannot be helped. See Что о том тужить, чего нельзя воротить (4); b) Tears and complaints are of no help, to find a way out you must act, not cry. See Москва слезам не верит (M)Var.: В слезах горя не утопишь. Плачем горю не поможешьCf:a) Don't cry over spilled milk (Am.). Don't grieve over spilt milk (Am.). Never grieve for what you cannot help (Br.). No weeping for shed milk (Am., Br.). Tears bring nobody back from the grave (Am.). There is no use crying over spilt milk (Br.). What's gone and what's past help should be past grief (Am.)b) Action is worry's worst enemy (Am.). Crying will not mend matters (Br.). A good relief for grief is action (Am.). The only cure for grief is action (Am.). Sorrow will pay no debts (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Слезами горю не поможешь
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5 С-261
СЛЕЗАМИ ГОРЮ HE ПОМОЖЕШЬ (saying) crying and getting upset will not remedy the situation, so cheer up (said in an attempt to raise the spirits of a hurt, disappointed etc person): = crying won't help (get you anywhere, solve anything)(in limited contexts) itfs (therels) no use crying over spilt (spilled) milk. (authors usage) «Не кричи, Натальюшка. Слезой тут не поможешь. Бог даст, живых-здоровых увидим» (Шолохов 5). "Don't cry, Natalya, dearie. Tears won't help God grant we'll see them all again safe and sound" (5a).(author's usage) «Ну что ж! -сказал Чичиков... - Плачем горю не пособить...» И вот решился он сызнова начать карьер (obs = карьеру) (Гоголь 3). "Oh, well!" said Chichikov. *.No use crying over spilt milk...." And so he resolved to begin his career anew. (3b). -
6 слезами горю не поможешь
[saying]=====⇒ crying and getting upset will not remedy the situation, so cheer up (said in an attempt to raise the spirits of a hurt, disappointed etc person):- - crying won't help (get you anywhere, solve anything);- [in limited contexts] iti (therels) no use crying over spilt (spilled) milk.♦ [authors usage] "Не кричи, Натальюшка. Слезой тут не поможешь. Бог даст, живых-здоровых увидим" (Шолохов 5). "Don't cry, Natalya, dearie. Tears won't help God grant we'll see them ail again safe and sound" (5a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > слезами горю не поможешь
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7 снявши голову, по волосам не плачут
Set phrase: care is no cure, if you sell the cow, you sell her milk, if you sell the cow, you sell her milk too (дословно: Продаёшь корову-значит продаёшь и её молоко), if you take off your head you don't weep for your hair, it's no use crying over spilled milk (it is too late (and useless) to worry (express regrets, sympathy) when the whole thing is lost or irrevocable steps towards disaster have already been taken), it's no use crying over spilt milk (it is too late (and useless) to worry (express regrets, sympathy) when the whole thing is lost or irrevocable steps towards disaster have already been taken), why cry over hair at all when the head will roll?, big things count, not little onesУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > снявши голову, по волосам не плачут
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8 Что о том тужить, чего нельзя воротить
See Слезами горю не поможешь а (С), Что было, то прошло и быльем поросло а (Ч)Var.: Что про то говорить, чего не можно воротитьCf: Don’t cry over spilled milk (Am.). For a lost thing care not (Br.). t is no good crying over spilt milk (Br.). Let the dead bury the dead (Am., Br.). Never grieve for what you cannot help (Br.). No weeping for shed milk (Am., Br.). Past cure, past care (Br.). Things without remedy should be without regard (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Что о том тужить, чего нельзя воротить
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