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121 горбатого могила исправит
only the grave will/can straighten the hunchbackрискованно в переводе!: The leopard cannot change its spots./ You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.Словарь переводчика-синхрониста (русско-английский) > горбатого могила исправит
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122 горбатого могила исправит
only the grave will/can straighten the hunchbackрискованно в переводе!: The leopard cannot change its spots./ You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.Русско-английский словарь переводчика-синхрониста > горбатого могила исправит
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123 конфетка
ж.2) разг. (о чём-л очень хорошем, привлекательном) (real) work of art; (real) knockout; (real) beaut [bjuːt] амер. sl••сде́лать из дерьма́ конфе́тку прост. — ≈ make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
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124 горбатого могила исправит
горбатого < одна> могила исправит (выпрямит)посл., неодобр.lit. only the grave can straighten the hunchback; cf. he who is born a fool is never cured; the leopard cannot change its spots; what is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh; you cannot wash charcoal white; the fox may grow grey, but never good; he will die as he lived; you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's earПрохор улыбнулся, сказал: - Вот уж истинно, что горбатого могила выпрямит. Он и из Красной армии пришёл с грабленым добром. (М. Шолохов, Тихий Дон) — Prokhor smiled and said: 'It's a true saying that only the grave can straighten the hunchback. He's come back with loot even from the Red Army.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > горбатого могила исправит
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125 дурака учить, что мёртвого лечить
посл.cf. bray a fool in a mortar; you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear; fools will be foolsРусско-английский фразеологический словарь > дурака учить, что мёртвого лечить
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126 sow
I.II.1 semer [seeds, corn] ;2 ensemencer [field, garden] (with de) ;3 fig ( stir up) semer [discontent, discord] ; to sow the seeds of doubt faire germer le doute (in sb dans l'esprit de qn). -
127 Aus einem Ackergaul kann man kein Rennpferd machen.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch > Aus einem Ackergaul kann man kein Rennpferd machen.
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128 Aus einem Kieselstein kann man keinen Diamanten schleifen.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch > Aus einem Kieselstein kann man keinen Diamanten schleifen.
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make a silk purse... — See you can t make a silk purse out of a sow s ear … English idioms
you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear — you cannot improve the quality of junk; cannot make gold from iron When Hal put a Mercedes star on his Ford, I said, You can t make a silk purse out of a sow s ear … English idioms
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you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear — If something isn t very good to start with, you can t do much to improve it … The small dictionary of idiomes
you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear — ► you can t make a silk purse out of a sow s ear proverb you can t create a fine product from inferior materials. Main Entry: ↑sow … English terms dictionary
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