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1 the chain is no stronger than its weakest link
var: the strength of a chain is in its weakest linksyn: the thread breaks where it is weakestone link broken, the whole chain is broken≅ де тонко – там і рветься, де благе – там і деретьсяEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > the chain is no stronger than its weakest link
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2 the dog slipped the chain
Общая лексика: собака сорвалась с цепиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > the dog slipped the chain
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3 the main link in the chain of events
Politics english-russian dictionary > the main link in the chain of events
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4 the only exception was the chain of ...
• единственным исключением была цепь...English-Russian dictionary of phrases and cliches for a specialist researcher > the only exception was the chain of ...
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5 the chain is as strong as its weakest link
Пословица: где тонко, там и рвётсяУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > the chain is as strong as its weakest link
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6 the chain is no stronger than its weakest link
Пословица: где тонко, там и рвётся, цепь не крепче своего слабейшего звена, где тонко, там и рвётся (дословно: Цепь не крепче своего самого слабого звена. (т.е. крепость цепи определяется крепостью её слабейшего звена))Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the chain is no stronger than its weakest link
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7 the chain is only as strong as its weakest link
Пословица: где тонко, там и рвётсяУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > the chain is only as strong as its weakest link
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8 the chain snapped
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9 The chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
• <01> Цепь не крепче своего слабейшего звена (Где тонко, там и рвется). Proverb (Пословица).• <03> Цепь не крепче своего самого слабого звена. (Т. е. крепость цепи определяется крепостью ее слабейшего звена.) Ср. Где тонко, там и рвется.Англо-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом > The chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
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10 the chain is no stronger than its weakest link
посл.Цепь не крепче своего самого слабого звена. (Т. е. крепость цепи определяется крепостью ее слабейшего звена.) ср. Где тонко, там и рвется.Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > the chain is no stronger than its weakest link
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11 drag the chain
австрал.отставать, быть позади других (обыкн. в выпивке)To drink more slowly than the group is "to drag the chain". (G. W. Turner, ‘The English Language in Australia and New Zealand’) — Если вы пьете медленнее других, то в Австралии и Новой Зеландии скажут "тянет цепь"
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12 a link in the chain
Tommy said: ‘Carl von Deinim was only a link in the chain. Mrs. Perenna's the fountain head.’ (A. Christie, ‘N. or M.?’, ch. VIII) — - Карл фон Дейним, - сказал Томми, - только звено шпионской сети, а заправляет всем миссис Перенна.
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13 keep smb. on the chain
"посадить кого-л. на цепь", ограничить свободу действий кого-лShe keeps her servants on the chain; they are not allowed to go into the town without her permission. (DEI) — Она своих слуг прямо на привязи держит: им даже нельзя съездить в город без ее разрешения.
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14 a link in the chain
oднo из звeньeв цeпи, звeнo в цeпиTommy said: 'Carl von Deinim was only a link in the chain. Mrs. Perenna's the fountain head' (A. Christie) -
15 cast off the chain
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16 laying out the chain
English-german engineering dictionary > laying out the chain
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17 to pull the chain
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18 rippling down the chain
chain ballot — «голосование по цепочке»
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19 a weak link (in the chain)
cлaбoe звeнo (в цeпи) [пpoиcxoдит oт пocлoвицы a chain is no stronger than its weakest link "пpoчнocть цeпи oпpeдeляeтcя пpoчнocтью eё cлaбeйшeгo звeнa"; гдe тoнкo, тaм и pвётcя]If there is any weak link here, it would be Joe. She might try to hurt you through Joe (J. D. MacDonald). 'Do you know that, internationally, distribution is the weakest link?' he asks, dearly relishing the prospect of strengthening it (Police)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > a weak link (in the chain)
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20 keep the chain on the door!
Общая лексика: не снимай цепочку с двери!Универсальный англо-русский словарь > keep the chain on the door!
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