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1 the weakest goes to the wall
syn: it is a great life if you don't weakenнайслабшого притискають до стінки ≅ всяка одежина бідному личить як бідний плаче, то ніхто не бачить, а як багатий скривиться, то всяке дивиться легко того бити, кого нікому боронитиEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > the weakest goes to the wall
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2 the race is to the swift
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > the race is to the swift
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3 wall
1. n1) стіна2) іст. міська стінаwithin the walls — у місті; у лоні церкви
3) дамба (насип) для захисту від повені4) бар'єр, перешкода5) оплот, захист6) стінкаthe walls of the heart — анат. стінки серця
7) с.г. обріз борозни; шпалера8) звич. pl військ. вал; укріпленняAtlantic W. — іст. Атлантичний вал
wall pier — архт. пілястр
wall screw — тех. анкерний болт
wall shelter — військ. наземне сховище
wall tube — ел. прохідний ізолятор
to give smb. the wall — посторонитися, давати дорогу; поступитися
to go to the wall — зазнати невдачі (поразки); збанкрутувати
to go over the wall — розм. утекти з в'язниці
to see through a brick (through a stone, through a mud) wall — мати виняткову проникливість
to take (to have) the wall of smb. — не давати комусь дороги, не поступитися комусь кращим місцем; перешкоджати комусь
within four walls — конфіденційно, секретно
handwriting (writing) on the wall — зловісна ознака (прикмета)
the weakest goes to the wall — присл. найслабшого затирають
2. v1) обгороджувати стіною (тж wall about, wall around, wall round, wall up); огороджувати (високим парканом)2) розділяти стіною4) іст. обносити валом (фортечною стіною)5) розм. варити сіль, займатися солеварінням6) амер. закочувати (очі)wall up — замуровувати, забивати (двері, вікно)
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4 beggars cannot be choosers
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5 _багатство і бідність
abundance, like want, ruins many at the workingman's house hunger looks in but dares not enter a beggar can never be bankrupt a beggar ennobled does not know his kinsmen beggar is jealous of beggar beggars can't be choosers a beggar's purse is bottomless chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor the doorstep of a great house is slippery few rich men own their own property – their property owns them a full purse has many friends full stomachs make empty heads God help the rich, for the poor can beg gold dust blinds all eyes gold is tested by fire, men by gold gold may be bought too dear gold rules the world gold will not buy everything a great fortune is a great slavery a handkerchief is a poor woman's purse hunger breaks stone walls hunger is the best sauce hunger knows no friends a hungry belly has no ears if you haven't silver in your purse, you should have silk on your tongue it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven life and misery begin together a light purse is a heavy purse the more we have, the more we want, the more we want, the less we have much gold, much care much profit, much risk naked we come, naked we go neither beg of him who has been a beggar, nor serve him, who has been a servant old woman's gold is not ugly one day a beggar, the next day a thief a poor man is better than a liar the poor man pays for all poor men's tables are soon set possession is nine points of the law poverty consists in feeling poor poverty is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience poverty is no sin poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is poverty is the mother of all arts poverty parts friends prosperity discovers vice, adversity virtue prosperity makes friends; adversity tries them a rich man never lacks relatives a rich man knows not his friends a rich person ought to have a strong stomach rich men have no faults riches and virtue do not often keep each other company riches serve a wise man but command a fool a rising tide lifts all boats set a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the Devil there is ill talk between a full man and a fasting there is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich there is no virtue that poverty does not destroy a thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich to be content, look backward on those who possess less than yourself, not forward on those, who possess more when one has a good table, he is always right the weakest goes to the wall wealth and content are not bedfellows wealth is not his that has it, but his who enjoys it wealth makes wit waver when all are poor, it doesn't take much to make a rich man wisdom in a poor man is a diamond set in lead wrinkled purses make wrinkled faces you cannot serve God and MammonEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _багатство і бідність
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6 _сила та слабкість; велике та мале
all great minds run in the same channel better to be a big toad in a small puddle than a small toad in a big puddle burn not your house to rid of the mouse conceit is nature's gift to small men to make up for that which they don't have every great man is unique every oak has been an acorn for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost grain by grain, and the hen fills her belly a great ship asks deep waters great men are not always wise the greatest crabs be not all the best heavy burdens kill little people, but they make great ones he that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities an inch is as good as an ell the Iamb who bites a wolf never bites again little boats should stay close to shore little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above it a little body often harbours a great soul little things worry little minds many a little makes a mickle a mouse may help a lion none thinks the great unhappy oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm one man's weakness is another man's chance one swallow does not make a summer a small leak will sink a great ship there are no small steps in great affairs there is safety in numbers trifles lead to serious matters trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle union is strength the weakest goes to the wallEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _сила та слабкість; велике та мале
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7 it is a great life if you don't weaken
syn: while there is life, there is hopeжиття прекрасне, якщо не вдаватися в тугу ≅ терпи душа, спасена будеш терпи горе – добро буде терпи козак, отаманом будеш the weakest goes to the wallEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > it is a great life if you don't weaken
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