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1 the greater hurry, the worse the speed
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > the greater hurry, the worse the speed
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1) більший; більш численний (значний, інтенсивний)eight is two more than six — вісім на два більше, ніж шість
2) додатковий2. adv (comp від much)1) більше, ще2) знову; щеmore or less — більше чи менше; приблизно
the more he has the more he wants — чим більше він має, тим більше йому хочеться
the more the better — чим більше, тим краще
he is no more — його вже немає (в живих), його не стало
* * *I [mxː] a1) compar від much 2, much 3, many much 22) більший; значний,3) додатковийII [mxː] adv1) compar від much 2 II більше2) ще; знову; на додаток3) служить для утворення багатоскладових прикметників, прислівників більшmore or less — більш-менш; певною мірою
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[mɔː] 1. adjmore pupils — бі́льше у́чнів
2. advmore courage — бі́льше сміли́вості
(comp від much 2.) бі́льше, щеthis book is more interesting than that — ця кни́жка ціка́віша, ніж та
you ought to walk more — вам тре́ба бі́льше ходи́ти
more or less — більш або́ менш, прибли́зно
no more — бі́льше не
I will have no more of it — мені́ бі́льше цього́ не тре́ба; я цього́ бі́льше не терпі́тиму
some more — ще
the more..., the more — чим бі́льше..., тим бі́льше
the more he has, the more he wants — чим бі́льше він ма́є, тим бі́льше йому́ хо́четься
the more the better — чим бі́льше, тим кра́ще
never more — ніко́ли
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4 the more haste, the less speed
var: the greater hurry, the worse the speedsyn: haste makes waste≅ швидко робить, та переробляти довго швидка робота – як нагла смерть швидкої роботи ніхто не хвалить їдь тихо – обминеш лихо як поїхав кругом, то сьогодні буде, а як навпростець, то хіба завтраEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > the more haste, the less speed
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5 the less people think, the more they talk
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > the less people think, the more they talk
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6 the more the merrier
syn: there is safety in numbersчим більше, тим краще хоч тісно, зате теплоEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > the more the merrier
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7 the more we have, the more we want, the more we want, the less we have
що більше ми маємо, то більше ми бажаємо мати, що більше ми бажаємо, то менше ми маємоEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > the more we have, the more we want, the more we want, the less we have
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8 the more a man dreams, the less he believes
чим більше людина мріє, тим менше вона віритьEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > the more a man dreams, the less he believes
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9 the more boys that help, the less work they do
syn: two boys are half a boy, and three boys are no boy at allдва хлопчика – це півхлопчика, а три хлопчика – ні одного хлопчика чим більше хлопчиків, що допомагають, тим менше роботи вони роблятьEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > the more boys that help, the less work they do
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10 the more haste, the less need
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > the more haste, the less need
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11 company in distress make trouble less
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > company in distress make trouble less
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12 brevity is the soul of wit
syn: the less people think, the more they talkстислість виразу – основа дотепності ≅ стислість – сестра талантуEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > brevity is the soul of wit
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13 haste makes waste
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > haste makes waste
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14 hasty climbers have sudden fall
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > hasty climbers have sudden fall
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15 two boys are half a boy, and three boys are no boy at all
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > two boys are half a boy, and three boys are no boy at all
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16 _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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17 _жінка; дружина
all are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives? all women look the same after the sun goes down any woman can keep a secret, but she generally needs one other woman to help her better the devil's than a woman's slave a cat has nine lives; a woman has nine cat's lives a diamond daughter turns to glass as a wife everybody's sweetheart is nobody's wife the fewer the women, the less the trouble the fingers of a housewife do more than a yoke of oxen the first wife is matrimony; the second, company; the third, heresy the grey mare is the better horse the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world handle with care women and glass hanging and wiving goes by destiny happy is the bride that the sun shines on he that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man he who has a fair wife needs more than two eyes hell hath no fury like a woman scorned if it is a secret, don't tell it to a woman it is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well it is a woman's privilege to change her mind it is as great pity to see a woman weep as to see a goose go barefoot ladies don't smoke long hair and short wit the longest five years in a woman's life is between twenty-nine and thirty never choose your woman or your linen by candlelight never praise your wife until you have been married ten years never quarrel with a woman no house was ever big enough for two women no woman is ugly if she is well dressed one tongue is enough for two women the only secret a woman can keep is her age praise from a wife is praise indeed the real housewife is at once a slave and a lady she who is a beauty is half-married she who loves the looking glass hates the saucepan silence is a woman's best garment slander expires at a good woman's door tell a woman and you tell the world ten measures of talk were sent down from heaven, and women took nine there is no fury like a woman's fury there is nothing better than a good woman and nothing worse than a bad one there is one good wife in the country, and every man thinks he has her there's hardly a strife in which a woman has not been a prime mover ugliness is the guardian of women the ugliest woman can look in the mirror and think she is beautiful an undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife when a girl whistles, the angels cry wherever there is a woman, there is gossip a whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men winter weather and women's thoughts change often a wise woman never outsmarts her husband a woman, a cat, and a chimney should never leave the house a woman fights with her tongue a woman knows a bit more than Satan a woman laughs when she can but cries whenever she wishes the woman who obeys her husband rules him a woman's hair is her crowning glory a woman's hair is long, but her tongue is longer a woman's place is in the home a woman's tongue is one that will never wear out a woman's tongue is the only sharp-edged tool that grows keener with constant use women are necessary evils a woman's work is never done women are strong when they arm themselves with their weaknesses women forgive injuries, but never forget slights women would be more charming if one could fall into their arms without falling into their hands a worthy woman is the crown of her husband -
18 _здоров'я; медицина
after dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile always tell your doctor and your lawyer the truth an apple a day keeps the doctor away the best doctors are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman beware of the young doctor and the old barber change of scenery makes for health cheerfulness is the principal ingredient in health the cleverest doctor cannot save himself death defies the doctor or employs him to do its job diet cures more than doctor diseases are the tax of pleasures a doctor eases your pain; God cures it doctors' faults are covered with earth, and rich men's with money doctors make the worst patients early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise eat few suppers and you'll need few medicines feed a cold and starve a fever folks spend their health to acquire wealth and later spend their wealth in an effort to regain their health fond of lawsuits, little wealth; fond of doctors, little health God restores health, and the physician gets thanks good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings good health is above wealth a good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart and a lady's hand he is a fool that makes his doctor his heir he's the best physician that knows the vvorthlessness of most medicines he who sleeps late has short days health and money go far health is not valued till sickness comes health is the first muse health is worth more than learning if you lack health you lack everything it is part of the cure to wish to be cured let your midday sleep be short or none at all a man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools many individuals shorten their days by lengthening their nights one hour's sleep before midnight is worth two after physician, heal thyself a physician is a man who pours drugs of which he knows little into a body of which he knows less physicians kill more than they cure pursue in health that conduct which you promise in sickness the sickness of the body may prove the health of the mind six hour's sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool a sound mind in a sound body suppers kill more than the greatest doctors can cure temperance is the best medicine without measure medicine will become poison you are what you eat you dig your grave with your own fork a young physician should have three graveyardsEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _здоров'я; медицина
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19 _слово; сила слова
actions speak louder than words better ask, than go astray better the foot slip than the tongue better one word in time than two afterwards brevity is the soul of wit by work you get money, by talk you get knowledge easier said than done empty vessels make the greatest sound fine words butter no parsnips fine words dress ill deeds first think, then speak a flow of words is no proof of wisdom a fool is known by his conversation a good tongue is a good weapon a good word costs no more than a bad one great barkers are no biters great cry and little wool a great talker may be no fool, but he is one that relies on him great talkers are like broken pitchers: everything runs out of them great talkers are little doers hard words break no bones he that talks much errs much he that talks much lies much he who says little may be a fool or a genius he who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like hear much, speak little hold your tongue an honest man's word is as good as his bond if your swear you will catch no fish immodest words are in all cases indefensible it is not with saying "honey, honey" that sweetness comes into the mouth a kind word goes a long way least said, soonest mended let not your tongue cut your throat a man never becomes an orator if he has anything to say a man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds many speak much who cannot speak well many a truth is spoken is jest more have repented speech than silence much ado about nothing never answer a question until it is asked no sooner said than done one tongue is enough for two women out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks pleasant words are valued but do not cost much the pen is mightier than the sword pigs grunt about everything and nothing say little but think more say little; write less; print least silly question, silly answer speak of angels and they flap their wings speak when you are spoken to; come when you are called speech is silver(n), silence is golden speech is the gift of all but the thought of few speech was given a man to conceal his thoughts a still tongue makes a wise head ten measures of talk were sent down from heaven, and women took nine it is not every question that deserves an answer the tongue always returns to the sore tooth the tongue is not steel but it cuts the tongue is the only tool that grows sharper with use an unkind word is better left unspoken what is writ is writ a woman fights with her tongue a woman's hair is long, but her tongue is longer a word before is worth two behind a word spoken is past recalling a word to the wise is sufficient words and deeds are not weighed in the same balance words are but wind words are the wise man's counters and the fool's money words cut more than swords words pay no debts the worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise wounds made by words are hard to heal you are master of the unspoken word; the spoken word is master of youEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _слово; сила слова
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20 misery loves company
syn: company in distress makes trouble lessthe more, the merrierнещастя любить компанію ≅ в гурті й смерть не страшна поділене горе – півгоря the more the merrierEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > misery loves company
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