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1 услуга за услугу
1) General subject: claw me and I will claw thee, one good turn deserves another, scratch my back and I shall scratch yours, scratch my back and I will scratch yours, give tit for tat, a favour for a favour2) Latin: quid pro quo3) Jocular: tit for tat4) Patents: qui pro quo5) Set phrase: claw me, and I will claw thee (дословно: Похвали меня, и я похвалю тебя), claw me, and I'll claw thee, one good turn asks another, one good turn deserves another (do good to me and I'll do good to you), one good turn deserves another (дословно: Одна хорошая услуга заслуживает другой), roll my log and I will roll yours, roll my log and I will roll yours (дословно: Покати мое бревно, тогда я покачу твое), scratch my back and I'll scratch yours, scratch my back and i'll scratch yours (дословно: Почеши мне спину, тогда и я твою почешу), ka me ka thee -
2 долг платежом красен
посл.one good turn deserves another; cf. one hand washes the other; roll my log and I will roll yours; scratch my back and I shall scratch yours- При случае моряки также придут нам на помощь, - ответил Звонарёв. - Само собой разумеется, - долг платежом красен, - произнёс Макаров. (А. Степанов, Порт-Артур) — 'I'm sure the sailors will give us a hand when we need it,' answered Zvonarev. 'That goes without saying. One good turn deserves another.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > долг платежом красен
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3 долг платежом красен
посл.
One hand washes the other
Roll my log and I will roll yours
Scratch my back and I shall scratch yoursДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > долг платежом красен
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4 Рука руку моет.
фраз. Scratch my back and I will scratch yours.Дополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > Рука руку моет.
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5 услуга за услугу
quid pro quo имя существительное:quid pro quo (услуга за услугу, квипрокво, компенсация, недоразумение, основанное на принятии одной вещи за другую)словосочетание: -
6 Ты - мне, я - тебе
Do me a good turn, and I will do it to you too. See Услуга за услугу (У)Cf: Ca me, ca thee (Br.). Claw me, and I'll claw thee (Br.). Scratch my reech and I'll claw your elbow (Am.). Tickle me, Bobby, and I'll tickle you (Br.). You play my game, and I'll play yours (Br.). You roll my log, and I'll roll yours (Br.). /You/ scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Ты - мне, я - тебе
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7 рука руку моет и обе белы бывают
Set phrase: claw me and I will claw thee, ka me, ka thee, one hand washes another, one hand washes another and both the face, one hand washes the other, roll my log and I'll roll yours, scratch my back and I'll scratch yours, you play my game and I'll play yours (contrast: one hand will not wash the other for nothing)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > рука руку моет и обе белы бывают
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8 рука руку моет
посл. (лат. manus manum lavat)lit. one hand washes the other; cf. claw me and I will claw thee; scratch my back and I'll scratch yours; < you> roll my log and I'll roll yours; < you> play my game and I'll play yours; ka me, ka thee; cf. also: be hand in glove with smb.- Дедушка, не дай пропасть казачьей душе, не выдавай! - Лапшинов с нарочитым негодованием успокаивал: - Что ты, Никита! Христос с тобой!.. Только и ты уж подсоби, ежели что... Рука руку моет. (М. Шолохов, Поднятая целина) — 'Grandad, don't ruin a poor Cossack, don't give me away!' Pretending to be very indignant, Lapshinov would reassure him, 'How can you, Nikita! Christ be with you!.. Only you lend me a hand, too, if anything... One hand helps the other, you know.'
- Демагогия! - закричал Раздутый. - Всем известно, она за него диссертацию написала. Рука руку моет! (И. Грекова, Без улыбок) — 'Demagogy!' shouted Pompous. 'Everyone knows she wrote his dissertation for him. Hand in glove!'
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УСЛУГА ЗА УСЛУГУ (saying) sth. nice done for s.o. is or will be reciprocated: - one good turn deserves another (in limited contexts) (you) scratch my back and I'll scratch yours one hand washes the other.Мандельштам решил пристроить урбаниста комсомольскому Авербаху. Мальчишку Авербах взял рассыльным, а Мандельштама попросил перевести — услуга за услугу — стишок какого-то революционного венгра (Мандельштам 2). M(andelstam) sent the young urbanist to Averbakh, who took him on as an errand boy. On the principle that one good turn deserves another, Averbakh commissioned M(andelstam) to translate a poem by some Hungarian revolutionary (2a). -
10 услуга за услугу
[saying]=====⇒ sth. nice done for s.o. is or will be reciprocated:- услуга за услугу one good turn deserves another;- [in limited contexts] (you) scratch my back and I'll scratch yours;- one hand washes the other.♦ Мандельштам решил пристроить урбаниста комсомольскому Авербаху. Мальчишку Авербах взял рассыльным, а Мандельштама попросил перевести - услуга за услугу - стишок какого-то революционного венгра (Мандельштам 2). M[andelstam] sent the young urbanist to Averbakh, who took him on as an errand boy. On the principle that one good turn deserves another, Averbakh commissioned M[andelstam] to translate a poem by some Hungarian revolutionary (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > услуга за услугу
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