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2 spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
испортить или потерять что-л. ценное из-за мелочи (особ. из-за грошовой экономии) [ship искажённое sheep]It cost nearly four shillings, but, as I said at the time, it was not a moment to spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar. Don't you agree?.. (E. Waugh, ‘Vile Bodies’, ch. V) — Телеграмма обошлась почти в четыре шиллинга, но я сказала тогда, что на этом нельзя экономить. Сокращение только испортило бы телеграмму.
‘Too bad!’ said Evvy. ‘I wanted his opinion on the sherry. Spanish, you know!..’ ‘No point in spoiling the ship for a ha'porth of tar, is there?’ (I. Murdoch, ‘The Sandcastle’, ch. XVIII) — - Очень жаль, что Хенсман не может прийти, - сказал Иви. - Мне хотелось знать его мнение об испанском хересе. - Но все же нет смысла откладывать обед из-за этого. Ведь повод незначительный, не так ли?
‘This would mean another two months' wasting time’, Skeffington burst out. ‘I'm sure we all regret that,’ said Brown, steady but not cordial. ‘But I hope we should all agree that it would be a mistake to spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.’ (C. P. Show, ‘The Affair’, ch. 23) — - Но это значит, что еще два месяца пройдут зря, - запальчиво сказал Скеффингтон. - Об этом, безусловно, все мы сожалеем, - ответил Браун спокойно, но не слишком приветливо. - Надеюсь, однако, мы все согласимся, что сейчас было бы совсем ни к чему портить бочку меда ложкой дегтя.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
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3 spoil the ship for a ha' porth of tar
иcпopтить или пoтepять чтo-л. цeннoe из-зa мeлoчи (ocoб. из-зa гpoшoвoй экoнoмии) [ ship иcкaжённoe sheep]It cost nearly four shillings, but, as I said at the time, it was not a moment to spoil the ship for a ha' porth of tar. Don't you agree? (E. Waugh). 'This would mean another two months' wasting time,' Skeffington burst out. 'I'm sure we all regret that,' said Brown, steady but not cordial. 'But I hope we should all agree that it would be a mistake to spoil the ship for a ha' porth of tar' (C. P. Snow)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > spoil the ship for a ha' porth of tar
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var: don't spoil the ship for half a penny's worth of tarне втрачай цінного заради грошової економіїEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
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1) General subject: gunsel, palooka, paluka, stupid man, zombie, daft ha-porth (a daft ha-porth (Yorkshire expression for a silly person))4) Jargon: ( old) duffer, Ike, apple-head, balloon-head, bird-brain, bohunk, dumbjohn, gerbil, jerk, knothead, dip wad, schlep, shlep, lughead, megadork, prune, hoser (Canadian slang), boloney baloney, bucked-head, dumbo, monkey, noddle noodle5) Invective: dead ass6) Makarov: pumpkin7) Taboo: dick, dingleberry, dipstick, four-nine-three-eleven ( 4-9-3-11, по номерам букв в алфавите), knob-end, rumpkin, twat -
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