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1 глуп как бревно
прост.<as> stupid as a goose (as an owl, as a pig); as dense (stupid) as a donkeyИхарев.
...Чёрт возьми! Такая уж надувательская земля! Только и лезет тому счастье, кто глуп, как бревно, ничего не смыслит, ни о чём не думает, ничего не делает! (Н. Гоголь, Игроки) — Ikharev....Dammit! What a land of deceit this is! Happiness comes only to him who's as dense as a donkey, who has no ideas in his head, who thinks of nothing, who does nothing!Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > глуп как бревно
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2 глуп как баран
неодобр., пренебр.as stupid as a sheep; cf. <as> stupid as an owl (a goose, a donkey, a pig)- Нет при мне никого, кроме старухи Белоконской, да и та улетела, да вдобавок глупа, как баран, стала от старости... (Ф. Достоевский, Идиот) — 'I have no one else, except the old Belokonsky lady, but she's gone away; and besides, she's as stupid as a sheep in her old age...'
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3 глуп как гусь
разг., пренебр.as stupid as a goose (a donkey, an owl, a pig)- Через год-то он, разумеется, пойдёт по миру. Глуп, как гусь, - и по первым ресторанам, и в подвалах и кабаках, и по актрисам, и в гусары просился, - просьбу недавно подавал. (Ф. Достоевский, Униженные и оскорблённые) — 'In another year he'll be sending the hat round. He's as stupid as a goose. He goes about in the best restaurants and in cellars and taverns, and with actresses, and he's trying to get into the hussars - he's just applied for a commission.'
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4 Ворона за море летала, а умнее не стала
A stupid person never becomes any wiser wherever he may go. See Каков поехал, таков и приехал (K), Осла хоть в Париж, а он все будет рыж (O), Полетели гуси за море, а прилетели тоже не лебеди (П)Var.: Ворона за море летала, да вороной и вернуласьCf: If an ass goes a-traveling, he'll not come back a horse (Am.). If an ass goes a-travelling, he'll not come home a horse (Br.). Lead a pig to Rhine, it remains a pig (Br.). An ox remains an ox, even if driven to Vienna (Br.). Send a donkey to Paris, he'll return no wiser than he went (Br.). Send a fool to France and he'll come a fool back (Br.). Send a fool to the market, and a fool he'll return (Am., Br). Who goes a beast to Rome, a beast returns (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Ворона за море летала, а умнее не стала
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5 Осла хоть в Париж, а он все будет рыж
A stupid, unmannerly or rude man cannot become clever and refine. See Из хама не сделаешь пана (И)Cf: Send a donkey to Paris, he'll return no wiser than he went (Br.). Send a fool to the market, and a fool he'll return (Am., Br.). You can get the man out of the country, but you can't get the country out of the man (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Осла хоть в Париж, а он все будет рыж
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6 дурак
fool имя существительное:woodenhead (дурак, болван)словосочетание:man of Gotham (дурак, простак)wise man of Gotham (дурак, простак) -
7 глуп как сивый мерин
прост.cf. <as> stupid as a goose (as a donkey, as an owl, as a pig); as thick as two planksПочтмейстер (читает).
"Все мне дают взаймы сколько угодно. Оригиналы страшные. От смеху ты бы умер. Ты, я знаю, пишешь статейки: помести их в свою литературу. Во-первых, городничий - глуп как сивый мерин..." (Н. Гоголь, Ревизор) — Postmaster (reads). They all lend me as much money as I want. You'd kill yourself laughing - they're such a bunch of cretins. You write those literary titbits, you should stick this lot in a story. Take the mayor for instance, as thick as two planks...Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > глуп как сивый мерин
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