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БУРИДАНОВ ОСЁЛ lit NP sing only fixed WOan extremely indecisive person who is unable to choose between two equally desirable options: Buridaris ass.The idiom derives from the name of Jean Buridan, a French philosopher of the 14th cent., who wrote not about an ass but about a dog who, although dying of hunger, could not choose between two equidistant piles of food. -
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• БУРИДАНОВ ОСЕЛ lit[NP; sing only; fixed WO]=====⇒ an extremely indecisive person who is unable to choose between two equally desirable options:- Buridanfe ass.—————← The idiom derives from the name of Jean Buridan, a French philosopher of the 14th cent., who wrote not about an ass but about a dog who, although dying of hunger, could not choose between two equidistant piles of food.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > буриданов осел
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