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1 высеивать
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2 с кувшинным рылом в калашный ряд
с кувшинным (суконным, свиным) рылом в калашный ряд (сунуться, переться и т. п.)груб.-прост.cf. a silk purse out of a sow's ear; a pig in a bun shopЛопахин.
Отец мой, правда, мужик был, а я вот в белой жилетке, жёлтых башмаках. Со свиным рылом в калашный ряд. (А. Чехов, Вишнёвый сад) — Lopakhin. My father was a muzhik, sure enough, but here am I in a white waistcoat and brown boots, a silk purse out of a sow's ear...Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > с кувшинным рылом в калашный ряд
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3 горбатого одна могила исправит
Set phrase: can the leopard change his spots? you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (one cannot correct someone else's bad habits or stupid convictions, a bad man will die a bad man), he who is born a fool is never cured (contrast: true blue will never stain), only the grave can straighten the hunchback, the thief is sorry he is to be hanged, but not that he is a thief, the wolf may change his coat, but not his disposition, the wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature, what is bred in the bone will not come out of the flesh, what is bred in the bone will not go out of the fleshУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > горбатого одна могила исправит
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4 Из рогожи не сделаешь кожи
You cannot make anything fine or refined out of material that is of poor quality. See Из худого не сделаешь хорошее (И), Каково волокно, таково и полотно (K)Var.: Из ежовой кожи шубы не сошьёшьCf: No man can make a good coat with bad cloth (Br.). One cannot make a horn of a pig's tail (Br.). Sour grapes can never make sweet wine (Am.). There never was a good knife made of bad steel (Am.). You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (Am., Br.). You can't make a silk purse out a pig's ear (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Из рогожи не сделаешь кожи
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5 Из хама не сделаешь пана
It is impossible to turn a boor into a refined man. See Осла хоть в Париж, а он все будет рыж (O)Cf: You can get the man out of the country, but you can't get the country out of the man (Am.). You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Из хама не сделаешь пана
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6 волк каждый год линяет, а всё сер бывает
посл.
bone will not go out of the flesh
he who is born a fool is never cured
the leopard cannot change his/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 eatДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > волк каждый год линяет, а всё сер бывает
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7 волк каждый год линяет, да обычай не меняет
посл.
bone will not go out of the flesh
he who is born a fool is never cured
the leopard cannot change his/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 eatДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > волк каждый год линяет, да обычай не меняет
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8 горбатого (одна) могила выпрямит
посл.
bone will not go out of the flesh
he who is born a fool is never cured
the leopard cannot change his/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 eatДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > горбатого (одна) могила выпрямит
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9 горбатого (одна) могила исправит
посл.
bone will not go out of the flesh
he who is born a fool is never cured
the leopard cannot change his/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 eatДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > горбатого (одна) могила исправит
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10 горбатого (одна) могила выпрямит
посл.
bone will not go out of the flesh
he who is born a fool is never cured
the leopard cannot change his/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 eatДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > горбатого (одна) могила выпрямит
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11 горбатого (одна) могила исправит
посл.
bone will not go out of the flesh
he who is born a fool is never cured
the leopard cannot change his/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 eatДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > горбатого (одна) могила исправит
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12 сколько волка ни корми, он всё в лес смотрит
посл.
bone will not go out of the flesh
he who is born a fool is never cured
the leopard cannot change his/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 eatДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > сколько волка ни корми, он всё в лес смотрит
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13 высеивать
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14 PURSE
• Ask your purse what you should buy - По одежке протягивай ножки (П), По приходу и расход держи (П)• Better an empty purse than an empty head - Знание лучше богатства (3)• Empty purse fills the face with wrinkles (An) - В хорошем житье кудри вьются, а в плохом секутся (B)• Full purse has many friends (A) - Кому счастье служит, тому и люди (K)• Full purse makes a mouth speak (A) - Есть чем звякнуть, так можно и крякнуть (E)• Full purse never lacks friends (A) - Кому счастье служит, тому и люди (K)• Heavy purse makes a light heart (A) - О чем тому тужить, кому есть чем жить (0)• He that has a full purse never wanted a friend - Кому счастье служит, тому и люди (K)• If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him - Знание лучше богатства (3)• Light purse, a heavy heart (A) - Беднее всех бед, как денег нет (B)• Light purse is a heavy curse (A) - Беднее всех бед, как денег нет (Б)• Light purse makes a heavy heart (A) - Беднее всех бед, как денег нет (Б)• Wrinkled purses make wrinkled faces - В хорошем житье кудри вьются, а в плохом секутся (B)• You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear - Из рогожи не сделаешь кожи (И), Из хама не сделаешь пана (И), Из худого не сделаешь хорошее (И)• You can't make a silk purse out of a pig's ear - Из рогожи не сделаешь кожи (И) -
15 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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16 What You Get Is What You Deserve
Abbreviation: WYSIWYD (A maxim for life and personal responsibility: you get out what you put in-you reap what you sow.)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > What You Get Is What You Deserve
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17 из говна конфетку не сделаешь
1) General subject: You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear2) Colloquial: you can't polish a turd3) Jargon: can't polish a turdУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > из говна конфетку не сделаешь
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18 из дерьма конфета
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19 из дерьма пуля
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20 из свиного уха шёлковый кошелёк не сошьешь
General subject: you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's earУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > из свиного уха шёлковый кошелёк не сошьешь
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