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strain at a gnat and swallow a camel

  • 1 брашно

    flour
    (едро, не пшеничено) meal, оризово брашно ground rice
    на триците скъп, на брашното евтин penny wise and pound foolish strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
    два остри камъка брашно не мелят agree like cat and dog/like harp and harrow
    * * *
    брашно̀,
    ср., само ед. flour; ( едро, не пшенично) meal; костно \брашно bone meal; овесено \брашно oatmeal; оризово \брашно ground rice; синапено \брашно mustard powder; царевично \брашно maize meal амер. corn meal; • два остри камъка \брашно не мелят agree like cat and dog/like harp and harrow; на триците скъп, на \брашното евтин penny wise and pound foolish; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
    * * *
    бва ни малко брашно, за да направим кекса.
    * * *
    1. (едро, не пшеничено) meal, оризово БРАШНО ground rice 2. flour 3. два остри камъка БРАШНО не мелят agree like cat and dog/like harp and harrow 4. на триците скъп, на БРАШНОто евтин penny wise and pound foolish strain at a gnat and swallow a camel

    Български-английски речник > брашно

  • 2 евтин

    1. cheap, inexpensive, unexpensive
    много евтин dirt/dog cheap, cheap as dirt
    излиза много по- евтино, ако купиш цяла бутилка it comes cheaper if you buy a whole bottle
    разг. catchpenny. twopenny
    penny-a-line. a dime. a dozen ( показен) trumpery, tinsel (attr.), meretricious, showy
    3. прен. cheap
    евтина шега a cheap joke/witticism
    евтин на обещания his promises are worth nothing
    евтина слава cheap fame
    на брашното евтин, на триците скъп penny wise and pound foolish; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
    * * *
    ѐвтин,
    прил.
    1. cheap, inexpensive, unexpensive; ( който си струва парите) worth the money; ( почти без пари) giveaway; много \евтин dirt/dog cheap, cheap as dirt;
    2. ( долнокачествен) cheap, poor; разг. catchpenny, twopenny, tacky; penny-a-line, ( показен) trumpery, tinsel (attr.), meretricious, flashy, gimcracky, gimcrack, gimmicky, showy; \евтини номера gimmickry;
    3. прен. cheap; \евтин на обещания his promises are worth nothing; • на брашното \евтин, на триците скъп penny wise and pound foolish; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
    * * *
    1. (долнокачествен) cheap, poor 2. (който си струва парите) worth the money 3. cheap, inexpensive, unexpensive 4. penny-a-line. a dime. a dozen (показен) trumpery, tinsel (attr.), meretricious, showy 5. ЕВТИН на обещания his promises are worth nothing 6. ЕВТИНa слава cheap fame 7. ЕВТИНa шега a cheap joke/witticism 8. излиза много пo-ЕВТИНo, ако купиш цяла бутилка it comes cheaper if you buy a whole bottle 9. много ЕВТИН dirt/dog cheap, cheap as dirt 10. на брашното ЕВТИН, на триците скъп penny wise and pound foolish; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel 11. прен. cheap 12. разг. catchpenny. twopenny

    Български-английски речник > евтин

  • 3 трици

    bran
    на триците скъп, на брашното евтин penny wise and pound foolish; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
    трици! nonsense!
    * * *
    трѝци,
    само мн. bran; дървени \трици sawdust; брашно с \триците wholemeal; • на \триците скъп, на брашното евтин penny wise and pound foolish; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
    * * *
    bran ; dockage ; sawdust (дървени); wholemeal - брашно с триците
    * * *
    1. bran 2. ТРИЦИ! nonsense! 3. брашно сТРИЦИте wholemeal 4. дървени ТРИЦИ sawdust 5. на ТРИЦИте скъп, на брашното евтин penny wise and pound foolish;strain at a gnat and swallow a camel

    Български-английски речник > трици

  • 4 за деревьями не видеть леса

    1) General subject: be unable to see the wood for the trees, be unable to see the woods for the trees, to be unable to see the wood for the trees, * see the forest through the trees, see the wood for the trees
    2) Set phrase: strain at a gnat and swallow a camel (дословно: Отцеживать комара, а проглотить верблюда. Смысл: при невнимании к важному обращать внимание на ничтожные вещи)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > за деревьями не видеть леса

  • 5 застревать в мелочах

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > застревать в мелочах

  • 6 придираться к мелочам и не видеть главного

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > придираться к мелочам и не видеть главного

  • 7 a nu vedea pădurea din cauza / pricina copacilor

    aprox. to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
    nu vezi pădurea din cauza copacilor you can't see the wood for the trees.

    Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a nu vedea pădurea din cauza / pricina copacilor

  • 8 оцеживать комара, а верблюда поглощать

    (слова Иисуса, обращённые к книжникам и фарисеям, - людям, в мелочах совестливым, придирчивым, а в важных делах бессовестным и беспринципным; перен. - излишне заботиться о мелочах, забывая о главном) to strain at [out] a gnat and swallow a camel

    Русско-английский словарь религиозной лексики > оцеживать комара, а верблюда поглощать

  • 9 κάμηλος

    κάμηλος, ου, ὁ and ἡ (of Semitic origin, cp. Hebr. גָּמָל; Aeschyl., Hdt.; ins, pap, LXX, TestSol, TestJob, Philo; Jos., Ant. 1, 252; 8, 167 al.; Ath., R. 12 p. 61, 11) camel τρίχες καμήλου camel’s hair Mt 3:4; Mk 1:6; GEb 13, 79 (here there is naturally no thought of the soft τρίχες καμήλου from which the garments of distinguished people are made acc. to Ctesias [IV B.C.]: 688 Fgm. 10 Jac.). Proverbially εὐκοπώτερόν ἐστιν κάμηλον διὰ τρυπήματος [vv.ll. τρήματος, τρυμαλίας] ῥαφίδος διελθεῖν it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye of someth. impossible, w. the contrast emphasized greatly, perh. also with a humorous twist because of the hump involved (for a proverb comparing someth. very small w. someth. very large, cp. Lucian, Ep. Sat. 1, 19 μύρμηξ ἢ κάμηλος): the largest animal and the smallest opening Mt 19:24; w. variations Mk 10:25 and Lk 18:25 (s. κάμιλος; GAicher, Kamel u. Nadelöhr 1908; ERostan, Les Paradoxes de Jésus 1908, 11ff; WBleibtreu [s. μισέω 2] 17f; RLehmann u. KLSchmidt, ThBl 11, ’32, 336–40; EBöklen, Deutsches Pfarrerblatt 37, ’33, 162–65; CLattey, Verb. Dom. 31, ’53, 291f; EBest, ET 82, ’70, 83–89; JDerrett, NTS 32, ’86, 465–70). To strain out a gnat τὴν δὲ κ. καταπίνειν but swallow a camel=be over-zealous in small matters and careless in important ones Mt 23:24 (s. κώνωψ.—The camel is contrasted w. the elephant in Phalaris, Ep. 86; Ps.-Libanius, Ep. 1597, 1 ed. F. XI p. 593, 1.—Artem. 4 p. 199, 9 explains that camel and elephant would have the same mng. in figurative interpretation).—JSauer, in Studies in the History and Archeology of Jordan V ’95, 39–48.—BHHW II 923; Pauly-W. X 2, 1824–32; B. 189f. OEANE I 406–8. EDNT. DELG. M-M. TW.

    Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία > κάμηλος

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  • Hypocrisy — • The pretension to qualities which one does not possess, or, more cognately to the scope of this article, the putting forward of a false appearance of virtue or religion Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hypocrisy     Hypocrisy …   Catholic encyclopedia

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