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1 WAY
• Farther (farthest) way about is the nearest way home (The) - Напрямик - ближе, кругом - скорее (H)• God moves in a mysterious way /, his wonders to perform/ - Неисповедимы пути господни (H)• God moves in mysterious ways - Неисповедимы пути господни (H)• Here lies your way - Скатертью дорога (C)• Longest way about is the nearest way home (The) - Напрямик - ближе, кругом - скорее (H)• Longest way around is the shortest way home (The) - Напрямик - ближе, кругом - скорее (H)• Longest way round is the nearest (the shortest) way home (The) - Напрямик - ближе, кругом - скорее (H)• Nearest way is commonly the foulest (The) - Кто прямо ездит, дома не ночует (K)• No way - Только через мой труп (T), Этот номер не пройдет (Э)• That's the way it is - Вот такие пироги (B), Такова жизнь (T)• That's the way it goes - Такова жизнь (T)• There are more ways than one to kill (to skin) a cat - Не мытьем, так катаньем (H)• There are more ways to kill a dog than by choking him (/to death/ on hot butter, than by hanging) - Не мытьем, так катаньем (H)• There are more ways to the wood than one - Не мытьем, так катаньем (H)• There is more than one way to cook a goose - Не мытьем, так катаньем (H)• There is no way out - Куда ни кинь, все клин (K), Хоть волком вой, хоть в прорубь головой (X)• There's more than one way to skin a cat without tearing her hide - Не мытьем, так катаньем (H)• Ways of God are inscrutable (The)1 - Неисповедимы пути господни (H)• Willful ways make woeful want - Кто мотает, в том пути не бывает (K)• You cannot have it both ways - Один пирог два раза не съешь (O) -
2 Напрямик - ближе, кругом - скорее
The main road that may be long and roundabout is often a safer and quicker way to your destination than a short one. See Кто прямо ездит, дома не ночует (K), Не ищи проселочной, когда есть столбовая (H)Cf: The farther way about is the nearest way home (Am.). The farthest (longest) way about is the nearest way home (Br.). Не that leaves the highway to cut short, commonly goes about (Br.). The highway is never about (Am., Br.). The longest way around is the shortest way home (Am.). The longest way round is the nearest (the shortest) way home (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Напрямик - ближе, кругом - скорее
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3 тише едешь, дальше будешь
1) General subject: slow and steady wins the race, slow and sure (Верещагин), slow but steady wins the race2) Set phrase: fair and softly goes far (the less we hurry, the more likely we are to succeed in achieving our aim, take your time), haste makes waste, hasty climbers have sudden falls, make haste slowly, make haste slowly (дословно: Торопись медленно), more haste, less speed, more haste, worse speed, slow and steady wins the race (дословно: Медленно и верно, и победа за тобой), slow and sure (or steady) wins the race, slow but sure, slow but sure (or steady) wins the race, slowly but surely, step by step one goes far, the furthest way about (or round) is the shortest (or nearest) way home, the longest way about (or round) is the shortest (or nearest) way home, the more (in) haste, the less (in) speedУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > тише едешь, дальше будешь
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4 тише едешь - дальше будешь
1) General subject: the longest way round is the shortest way home2) Set phrase: slow and steady wins the raceУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > тише едешь - дальше будешь
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5 тише едешь, дальше будешь
посл ≈ the longest way round is the shortest way home; make haste slowly, easy does itРусско-английский учебный словарь > тише едешь, дальше будешь
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