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1 the tail wagging the dog
"хвост виляет собакой", т. е. меньшинство командует большинством, подчинённый командует начальником и т. п.; ≈ яйца курицу учат [из стихотворения Р. Киплинга ‘The Conundrum of the Workshops’:We know that the tail must wag the dog, for the horse is drawn by the cart;But the Devil whoops, as he whooped of old: ‘It's clever, but is it Art?’]This, then is the city of which Hollywood is a suburb, almost the tail that wags the dog. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Midnight on the Desert’, ch. 10) — Так вот каков Лос-Анджелес, в предместье которого находится Голливуд - этот отпрыск, затмивший славой своего отца.
As significant as the method of binary oppositions may be, one is still left with the impression that the system dominates the data - in other words the tail wags the dog. (‘World’) — Как бы ни был прекрасен метод бинарных противопоставлений, создается впечатление, что система доминирует над языковыми данными, или, как говорится, "хвост виляет собакой".
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2 the dog edged me off the seat
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3 the dog hung around the door
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4 the dog hurled itself at/upon the postman
the dog hurled itself at/upon the postmanEnglish-Dutch dictionary > the dog hurled itself at/upon the postman
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5 the Dog Star
Sirio -
6 the dog days
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7 the dog cocked his ears
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8 the dog bristled up
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9 the dog had slipped his collar
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10 the dog spoke immediately
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11 the dog wagged its tail
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12 the dog was all over me
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13 the dog was crunching on a bone
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14 the dog's tongue was lolling out
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15 the tail wagging (or wags) the dog
"xвocт виляeт coбaкoй", мeньшинcтвo кoмaндуeт бoльшинcтвoм, пoдчинённый кoмaндуeт нaчaльникoм и т. п.; яйцa куpицу учaт [выpaжeниe coздaнo P. Kиплингoм]This, then is the city of which Hollywood is a suburb, almost the tail that wags the dog (J. B. Priestley)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > the tail wagging (or wags) the dog
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16 the dog's disease
простуда, ОРЗ или гриппhe's got the dog's disease – он простудился
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17 the dog's disease
простуда, ОРЗ или гриппhe's got the dog's disease – он простудился
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18 the dog returns to his vomit
syn: criminals often return to the scene of the crimeonce a thief, always a thiefзлочинця тягне на місце злочину людина повертається до старих пороківEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > the dog returns to his vomit
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19 the dog cringed at the sight of the whip
Макаров: при виде кнута собака съёжиласьУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > the dog cringed at the sight of the whip
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20 the dog emptied the plate with three laps of the tongue
Макаров: собака в три глотка вылизала мискуУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > the dog emptied the plate with three laps of the tongue
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