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41 not to be a person of many words
Общая лексика: быть молчаливым, немногословнымУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > not to be a person of many words
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42 Many words will not fill a bushel.
<03> Многими словами бушеля не наполнишь. Ср. Из спасиба шубы не сошьешь. Спасибо в карман не положишь. Разговорами сыт не будешь.Англо-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом > Many words will not fill a bushel.
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43 many words will not fill a bushel
посл.Многими словами бушеля не наполнишь.ср. Из спасиба шубы не сошьешь. Спасибо в карман не положишь. Разговорами сыт не будешь.Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > many words will not fill a bushel
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44 not many
немногие, немного, малоАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > not many
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45 It was not until ...
фраз. Лишь много лет спустя …; только после того, как …It was not until Th.H. Morgan made his studies on the vinegar fly Drosophila that the theory of genes was outlined. — Генная теория обрела свои общие черты только после того, как Т. Х. Морган провел свои исследования плодовых мушек дрозофил.
It was not until many years later that the cell was investigated with reference to the problem of heredity. — Лишь много лет спустя клетка была исследована по отношению к проблеме наследственности.Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > It was not until ...
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46 have as many lives as a cat
(have as many lives as a cat (тж. have nine lives like a cat или have more lives than a cat))быть живучим как кошка, отличаться поразительной живучестью; см. тж. care killed a cat, a cat has nine lives и a cat with nine lives‘Bless the little dog!’ exclaimed my aunt. ‘If he had as many lives as a cat, and was on the point of losing 'em all, he'd bark at me with his last breath, I believe!’ (Ch. Dickens, ‘David Copperfield’, ch. XLVIII) — - Вот негодная собачонка! - воскликнула моя тетушка. - Если бы у нее было столько жизней, сколько у кошки, и ей грозила опасность потерять их все, я думаю, она лаяла бы на меня при последнем издыхании.
She knew it was an absurd hope - and yet would not let it go... The silence of Dr. Raste had nearly killed it, but it could not be killed; it had more lives than a cat. (A. Bennett, ‘Riceyman Steps’ part IV, ch. V) — Она знала, что надеяться глупо, и все же надеялась... Молчание доктора Рейста нанесло удар этой надежде, но совсем ее не убило: надежду нельзя убить - она живучей кошки.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > have as many lives as a cat
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47 Too many chiefs and not enough indians
Идиоматическое выражение: It means there are too many executives and not enough 'hands on' employees.Универсальный англо-русский словарь > Too many chiefs and not enough indians
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48 too many chiefs and not enough indians
Идиоматическое выражение: It means there are too many executives and not enough 'hands on' employees.Универсальный англо-русский словарь > too many chiefs and not enough indians
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49 if not particularly
Общая лексика: если не..., то (= хоть и не. e.g. It was a fun and enjoyable -- if not particularly delicious -- lunch.), (+ adj/adv) хоть и не (+прил./нареч.) (позволяет избежать двусмысленности конструкции if not + adj/adv в подобных предложениях: Many find Ya Bao smoky flavor intriguing, if not particularly delicious. без particularly присутствова) -
50 be not much to look at
разг.не отличаться привлекательной внешностью; ≈ не на что смотреть‘He's nothing much to look at,’ he said. (A. Christie, ‘So Many Steps to Death’, ch. 16) — - Директор не отличается привлекательной наружностью, - сказал Том Беттертон.
Don't get the idea that she's not much to look at. She's not bad. (S. Chaplin, ‘The Day of the Sardine’, ch. 4) — Не подумайте, что на Джоун глянешь и больше смотреть не захочется. Она очень недурна собой.
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51 he is not about to take any chances
Общая лексика: он не собирается рисковать (напр, history's verdict may not be determined by how many votes you win in the short term, but in the meantime, Rove is not about to take any chances)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > he is not about to take any chances
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52 if not particularly (+ adj/adv)
Общая лексика: хоть и не (+прил./нареч.) (позволяет избежать двусмысленности конструкции if not + adj/adv в подобных предложениях: Many find Ya Bao smoky flavor intriguing, if not particularly delicious. без particularly присутствова)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > if not particularly (+ adj/adv)
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53 there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
посл."на старой скрипке можно сыграть не одну хорошую мелодию" (особ. о любвеобильной, но уже немолодой женщине)‘Ma Buggins was the only woman on Hannans for a while... not above doing a line with the boys, now and then.’ ‘Oh!’ Sally was horrified. ‘Frisco says there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle, and I dare say he knows what he's talking about.’ (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 16) — - Матушка Баггинс долго была единственной женщиной в Хэннане... Говорят, она не гнушалась обществом здешних кавалеров. - Да что ты! - негодующе воскликнула Салли. - Фриско говорит, что чем старше вино, тем крепче, а уж он в этих делах знает толк.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
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54 one man does not make a team
Пословица: один в поле не воин (contrast: many hands make light work. one man is worth a hundred and a hundred is not worth one)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > one man does not make a team
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55 including but not limited (to)
фраз.а) включая, но не ограничиваясь...б) в том числе включая...в) в частностиDerived from the fact that many Mexicans do yard work, including but not limited to using a leaf blower.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > including but not limited (to)
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56 including but not limited (to)
фраз.а) включая, но не ограничиваясь...б) в том числе включая...в) в частностиDerived from the fact that many Mexicans do yard work, including but not limited to using a leaf blower.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > including but not limited (to)
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57 reap where one has not sown
≈ пожинать плоды чужого труда [этим. библ. Matthew XXV, 24; см. тж. reap as one has sown]We admire aesthetically the marvellous masonry and architecture of the Great Pyramid... fruits of the hard labour unjustly imposed on the many to produce the fine flowers of civilization for the exclusive enjoyment of a few who reap where they have not sown. (A. J. Toynbee, ‘Civilization on Trial’, ‘The Present Point in History’, Kenk) — Мы получаем эстетическое удовольствие от архитектурных достоинств великой пирамиды... которая была создана принудительным трудом согнанных на строительство тысяч людей. Именно этот каторжный труд создал блестящие образцы искусства, которыми наслаждалось привилегированное меньшинство, любящее пожинать плоды чужого труда.
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58 the tongue is not steel but it cuts
посл.≈ злой язык убивает; не ножа бойся, а языкаIn a discourse warning against sins of the tongue, we might produce many words... less likely to be remembered than... the tongue is nor steel, but it cuts. (R. C. Trench, ‘On the Lessons in Proverbs’, DEP) — Многое можно сказать о том, какое зло язык. Но лучше всего предостережет пословица "язык острее кинжала".
Large English-Russian phrasebook > the tongue is not steel but it cuts
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59 one's left hand does not know what one's right hand does
лeвaя pукa нe вeдaeт, чтo твopит пpaвaя [у oбopoтa c гл. let этим. библ. твopить дoбpo тaйнo, нe paccчитывaя нa блaгoдapнocть, пoxвaлу]'She's the type who's been in many a tight fix before,' Ethel West said. "There's a woman who doesn't let her left hand know what her right hand does' (E. S. Gardner). 'Allow me to introduce: Herr Schmidt - Mr Bradshow. Herr Schmidt is my secretary and my right hand. Only in this case,' Mr Morris tittered nervously, 'I can assure you that the right hand knows perfectly well what the left hand doeth' (C. Isherwood)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > one's left hand does not know what one's right hand does
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60 reap where one has not sown
пoжинaть плoды чужoгo тpудa [этим. библ.]We admire aesthetically the marvellous masonry and architecture of the Great Pyramid... fruits of the hard labour unjustly imposed on the many to produce the fine flowers of civilization for the exclusive enjoyment of a few who reap what they have not sown (A. J. Toynbee)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > reap where one has not sown
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