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1 ROSE
• Always a thorn among roses - Нет розы без шипов (H)• Every rose has its thorn - Нет розы без шипов (H)• If you lie upon roses when young, you'll lie upon thorns when old - Щеголял смолоду, а под старость умирает с голоду (Щ)• Lie on roses when young, lie on thorns when old - Щеголял смолоду, а под старость умирает с голоду (Щ)• No rose without prickles (thorns) - Нет розы без шипов (H)• Rose by any other name would smell as sweet (A) - Не смотри на кличку - смотри на птичку (H)• Rose has its thorn, the peach its worm (The) - Нет розы без шипов (H) -
2 NAME
• Bad wound is cured, /but/ not a bad name (A) - Легко очернить, нелегко обелить (Л)• Evil wound is cured, not an evil name (An) - Легко очернить, нелегко обелить (Л)• Give a dog a bad name and hang him (and his work is done) - Дурная слава накрепко пристает (Д), Дурное слово, что смола: пристанет - не отлепится (Д), Легко очернить, нелегко обелить (Л)• Give a dog a bad name, and it will stay with him - Дурная слава накрепко пристает (Д)• Give a dog an ill name, and hang him - Легко очернить, нелегко обелить (Л)• Good name is a golden girdle (A) - Денег ни гроша, да слава хороша (Д), Добрая слава дороже богатства (Д)• Good name is a rich heritage (A) - Добрая слава дороже богатства (Д)• Good name is better than riches (gold) (A) - Денег ни гроша, да слава хороша (Д), Добрая слава дороже богатства (Д)• Good name is sooner lost than won (A) - Легко очернить, нелегко обелить (Л)• Good name keeps its lustre in the dark (A) - Алмаз и в грязи виден (A), Золото и в грязи блестит (3)• Good name will shine forever (A) - Доброму добрая память (Д)• He that has an ill name is half hanged - Дурная слава накрепко пристает (Д), Раз украл, а навек вором стал (P)• He who has a bad name is half hanged - Дурная слава накрепко пристает (Д), Раз украл, а навек вором стал (P)• Бумага все терпит wound, but not an ill name, may be healed (An) - Легко очернить, нелегко обелить (Л)• Бумага все терпит wound is cured, /but/ not an ill name (An) - Легко очернить, нелегко обелить (Л)• Names break no bones - Брань на вороту не виснет (Б)• Rose by any other name would smell as sweet (A) - Не смотри на кличку - смотри на птичку (H)• Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me - Брань на вороту не виснет (Б), Словом человека не убьешь (C), Слово не обух - в лоб не бьет (C), Хоть горшком назови, только в печку не ставь (X)• What's in a name? - Не смотри на кличку - смотри на птичку (H) -
3 Не смотри на кличку - смотри на птичку
What really counts is if peo ple and things are worthy and good or not, but not what they are calledCf:A polecat is a polecat, no matter what you call it (Am.). A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Алп., Br.). What good can it do to an ass to be called a lion? (Br.). What's in a name? (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Не смотри на кличку - смотри на птичку
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what's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s Romeo and Juliet … Meaning and origin of phrases
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