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• All promises are either broken or kept - Что обещание, что зарок - ненадежны (4)• Bad promise is better broken than kept (A) - Не держи посулом, одолжи отказом (H)• Be slow to make a promise, but swift to keep it - Дал слово, держись, а не дал - крепись (Д), Языком не спеши, а делом не ленись (Я)• Be slow to promise and quick to perform - Дал слово, держись, а не дал - крепись (Д)• Better deny at once than promise long - Не держи посулом, одолжи отказом (H)• Between promising and performing a man may marry his daughter - Обещанного три года ждут (0), Улита едет, когда-то будет (У)• Expect nothing from him who promises a great deal - Кто много обещает, тот ничего не сделает (K), Кто много сулит, тот мало делает (K)• Great promises and small performances - Кто много обещает, тот ничего не сделает (K), Кто много сулит, тот мало делает (K)• He that promises much means nothing - Кто много сулит, тот мало делает (K)• It's one thing to promise, another to perform - Обещанного три года ждут (O), Что обещание, что зарок - ненадежны (4)• Long on promises, short on performance - Кто много обещает, тот ничего не сделает (K), Кто много сулит, тот мало делает (K)• Perform whatever you promise - Дал слово, держись, а не дал - крепись (Д)• Promise is a debt (A) - Дал слово, держись, а не дал - крепись (Д)• Promise is a promise (A) - Дал слово, держись, а не дал - крепись (Д), Уговор дороже денег (У)• Promise little but do much - Нужны дела, а не слова (H)• Promise made is a debt unpaid (A) - Дал слово, держись, а не дал - крепись (Д)• Promises are like good piecrust: easily broken - Что обещание, что зарок - ненадежны (4)• Promises are like pie-crust, /they are/ made to be broken - Что обещание, что зарок - ненадежны (4)• Promises don't fill the belly - Завтраками сыт не будешь (3), Из одних слов шубы не сошьешь (И), На посуле, как на стуле: посидишь и встанешь (H), Не корми завтраками, а сделай сегодня (H), Обещанная шапка на уши не лезет (O), Посуленный мерин не везет (П), Соловья баснями не кормят a (C)• Promises fill no sack - Обещанная шапка на уши не лезет (O), Соловья баснями не кормят a (C)• You can't live on promises - Обещанная шапка на уши не лезет (O) -
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დაპირება, შეპირება; დაჰპირდება, შეჰპირდებაto carry out / to break one's promise დაპირების შესრულება / არშესრუელბაto give promise შეპირება (შეჰპირდება) / დაპირება (დაჰპირდება)he promised to come დამპირდა, მოვალო●●hold him to his promise დაპირება შეასრულებინეonce he has promised he'll do it რაკი დაგპირდა, გააკეთებსremind him of / about his promise დაპირებული შეახსენეI give you a sacred promise პატიოსან სიტყვას გაძლევ // ყველაფერს გეფიცებიyou promised, and yet you've done nothing დამპირდი, მაგრამ მაინც არაფერი გაგიკეთებიაhe promised to return at the farthest in a week ყველაზე გვიან / დიდი-დიდი ერთ კვირაში დავბრუნდებიო -
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عَهْد \ day: time: in the days of your grandfather space travel was unknown. period: a particular time in history (or in sb.’s life, etc.): the Victorian period (the time when Queen Victoria ruled). pledge: a solemn promise. promise: a solemn declaration that one will do sth.: An honest man never breaks a promise. regime: government; way of governing: An army regime took control of the country. reign: the period during which a king or queen holds office. vow: a solemn promise. word: a promise: I give you my word that it is true. \ See Also وعد (وَعْد) -
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I[΄prɔmis] n խոստում. give /make a promise խոստանալ. keep/ break one’s promise խոստումը կա տարել/չկատարել, կոտրել. of great promise խոս տումնալից. a young man of promise խոստումնալից երիտասարդ. show promise հույսեր ներշնչելII[΄prɔmis] v խոստանալ, հույսեր ներշնչել, ապագա խոստանալ. He promised to be in time Նա խոստացավ ժամանակին գալ. It promises to be a good harvest Լավ բերքի հույսեր կան -
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وَعْد \ pledge: a solemn promise. promise: a solemn declaration that one will do sth.: An honest man never breaks a promise. word: a promise: I give you my word that it is true. -
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وَعَدَ \ promise: to declare that one will certainly to (sth.): You promised (to give) me your support. undertake: to promise: He undertook to sell my car for me. -
48 one cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
посл."из свиного уха шёлковый кошелёк не сошьёшь", т. е. такого человека не перевоспитаешь; см. тж. make a silk purse out of a sow's ear‘y' see, after all I want to be a reputable citizen, like y' said.’ ‘To look like one at least.’ ‘That's right,’ Paddy agreed. ‘Maybe, y' can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. I'm not wantin' to be a silk purse. But I'm after learnin' to behave so as Frisco and the mob he gets round with, won't sling off at me.’ (K. S. Prichard, ‘Golden Miles’, ch. 4) — - Ну вот, я таки решил заделаться добропорядочным человеком, как вы мне когда-то советовали. - Хотя бы с виду? - Может, и так. Да я и не лезу куда не след. Мне бы только пообтереться малость, чтобы Фриско и вся его бражка, все это дерьмо, не слишком заносились передо мной.
Norah (beside herself): "I said I could teach you manners. I made a mistake. I couldn't teach you manners. One can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear." (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Land of Promise’, act 4) — Нора (вне себя): "Я сказала, что могла бы обучить тебя хорошим манерам. Нет, я ошиблась, не смогла бы! Горбатого только могила исправит."
Large English-Russian phrasebook > one cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
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49 promise more than one can do
Общая лексика: наобещать с три коробаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > promise more than one can do
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50 promise more than one means to do
Общая лексика: наобещать с три коробаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > promise more than one means to do
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51 keep one's promise
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52 acquit oneself of a promise
Англо-русский синонимический словарь > acquit oneself of a promise
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53 stand by one's promise
Англо-русский синонимический словарь > stand by one's promise
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54 to fulfil one's promise
to fulfil one's promise (one's task/assignment, one's duty) выполнить обещание (задание, долг)English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to fulfil one's promise
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55 break one's word
(to keep or fail to keep one's promise.) holde sit ord; ikke holde sit ord* * *(to keep or fail to keep one's promise.) holde sit ord; ikke holde sit ord -
56 to break one's promise
to break one's promise (one's word) нарушить/не сдержать обещание (данное слово)English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to break one's promise
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57 a lick arid a promise
разг.≈ никудышная работа (стирка, уборка и т. п.)And further dust was everywhere... Sophia's lip curled, and instinctively she lifted her peignoir. One of her mother's phrases came into her head: "a lick and a promise". (A. Behnett, ‘The Old Wives' Tale’, book III, ch. V) — Пыль была повсюду... София скривила губы и инстинктивно приподняла пеньюар. Она вспомнила одну из любимых поговорок матери: "Мыла - не устала, вымыла - не узнала"
You didn't wash your hands. You just gave them a lick and a promise. (DAI) — Ты ведь не вымыл руки, а только ополоснул их.
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58 dishonour one's promise
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