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1 малоспособный человек
General subject: a man of small abilitiesУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > малоспособный человек
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2 Мала птичка, да ноготок востер
Л short or insignificant man a) excites admiration by his abilities, b) fills you with apprehension. See a) Мал, да удал (M), Муравей невелик, а горы копает (M); b) Ящерка маленька, да зубы остреньки (Я)Var.: Мал ноготок, да остёр. Невелика мышка, да зубок остёр. Невелика птичка, да ноготок остёрCf: a) Alittle rain stills a great wind (Am.). The smallest axe may fell the hugest oak (Br.). Small rain allays a great wind (Br.). A small rain lays a great dust (may allay a great storm) (Am.). Small rain lays (will lay) great dust (Br.)b) Alittle wind kindles a big flame (Am.). No viper so little, but has its venom (Br.). A thorn is small, but he who has felt it doesn't forget it (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Мала птичка, да ноготок востер
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3 мелко плавать
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4 без пяти минут
( кто)разг.on the verge of becoming smth.; within a stone's throw of being smth.; the next thing to smth.; almost a full-fledged specialist- Ну, а ты как прыгаешь? - Женя лениво сообщил, что он без пяти минут врач. (Ю. Герман, Дело, которому ты служишь) — 'Well, and how are tricks with you?' Indolently, Yevgeny replied that he was almost a full-fledged doctor.
Семнадцатилетние пареньки, без пяти минут техники, мы всё же мало что умели делать полезного и практического для того, чтобы завод обрадовался нам и принял нас как нужных и равных. (В. Солоухин, Мошенники) — At that time, although we were within a stone's throw of being graduate technicians and had already reached the ripe age of seventeen, our skills and abilities were such that the plant had little cause to receive us with open arms.
- Люба, тебя к телефону! И скажи матери, что её зять без пяти минут лауреат! (В. Белов, Всё впереди) — 'Liuba, it's for you! And tell your mother that her son-in-law is practically a State Prize winner.'
Валерия - дама учёная, без пяти минут профессор, а у него, кроме собственных рук, никаких научно-технических аргументов. (С. Абрамов, Требуется чудо) — Valeria was a learned lady, on the verge of becoming a professor, whereas he, except for his own hands, had no scientific or technical arguments to put forward.
Если не считать, что он аферист, а она ограниченная девчонка с наклонностями хищницы, то они без пяти минут Ромео и Джульетта. (В. Черняк, Час пробил) — If it weren't for the fact that he was a shady dealer and she a small-minded girl with the tendencies of a bird of prey, they would be the next thing to Romeo and Juliet.
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5 и то хлеб
разг.it's better than nothing; it's something at least; let's be thankful for small mercies; one should make the best of what there isЛичность способна научиться читать - прекрасно, пусть учится; она проявляет наклонности к спорту - тоже неплохо; она никаких наклонностей не проявляет, и то хлеб для педагога. (А. Макаренко, Статьи и выступления) — A certain pupil is capable to master reading easily - all right, let him go ahead; another pupil has an inclination for sports - it is not bad either; even if a pupil has no abilities at all, the teacher should make the best of what there is.
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