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61 the best or worst thing to man, for this life, is good or ill choosing his good or ill wife
Пословица: руби дерево по себеУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > the best or worst thing to man, for this life, is good or ill choosing his good or ill wife
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62 the devil is beating his wife
1) Диалект: идёт грибной дождь (in Texas, US)2) Фольклор: "Царевна плачет" (о грибном/слепом дожде)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the devil is beating his wife
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63 the devil's beating his wife
1) Диалект: идёт грибной дождь (in Texas, US)2) Фольклор: "Царевна плачет" (о грибном/слепом дожде)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the devil's beating his wife
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64 the divorced wife claimed support for her children from her husband
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the divorced wife claimed support for her children from her husband
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65 the lawful wife
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66 the minister pronounced them man and wife
Общая лексика: священник объявил их мужем и женойУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > the minister pronounced them man and wife
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67 the neighbours lent a helping hand while his wife was hospitalized
Общая лексика: пока жена лежала в больнице, ему помогали соседиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > the neighbours lent a helping hand while his wife was hospitalized
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68 the rascal pays his wife
Общая лексика: этот негодяй бьёт свою женуУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > the rascal pays his wife
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69 the world and his wife
Фразеологизм: весь "свет", все без исключения, весь "высший свет", большая группа людейУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > the world and his wife
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70 wife of the Russian crown prince
История: цесаревнаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > wife of the Russian crown prince
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71 the apparition of dead wife
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the apparition of dead wife
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72 Caesar's wife must be above suspicion
1) Общая лексика: жена Цезаря должна быть выше подозре (Julius Caesor divorced his wife Pompeia not because he believed her guilty, but because the wife of Caesar must not even be suspected of crime)2) Переносный смысл: жена Цезаря должна оставаться выше подозрений (авторитет официального лица или органа должен быть безупречным. НЕ путать с неприкосновенным.)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > Caesar's wife must be above suspicion
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73 mother of the husband
Общая лексика: (mother of the wife is тёща) свекровь -
74 all the world and his wife
разг.; шутл.1) все без исключения, большая компания, много народу [выражение создано Дж. Свифтом; см. цитату]Miss: "Pray, Madam, who were the Company?" Lady Smart: "Why, there was all the world and his wife." (J. Swift, ‘Swift's Polite Conversation’, ‘Dialogue III’) — Мисс: "Скажите, пожалуйста, кто же там был?" Леди Смарт: "Кого только там не было!"
‘All the world and his wife’, as the proverb goes, were trying to trample upon me. (G. G. Byron, ‘Letters’, A Letter to W. Scott, 1822, OED) — Все, кому не лень, как говорится, пытались растоптать меня.
2) всё светское общество, "высший свет"; см. тж. all the world3)Seems to me all the world and his wife are at the Solomon Hotel. (A. Christie, ‘Appointment with Death’, part I, ch. 2) — Похоже, что весь цвет общества собрался в отеле "Соломон".
Large English-Russian phrasebook > all the world and his wife
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75 Caesar's wife
"жена Цезаря", человек, стоящий вне подозрений [часть пословицы Caesar's wife must (или should) be above suspicion; см. Caesar's wife must be above suspicion]I had never dreamed of considering Mrs. Protheroe in the matter. There has always been rather a suggestion of Caesar's wife about Mrs. Protheroe... (A. Christie, ‘The Murder at the Vicarage’, ch. III) — Мне никогда и в голову не приходило, что миссис Протеро могла унизиться до адюльтера. В миссис Протеро есть что-то от жены Цезаря...
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76 common-law wife
his estranged wife — жена, с которой он живёт раздельно
he lost his wife — он потерял жену, у него умерла жена
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77 lay on the shelf
1) (smb.) отстранять от дел, списывать со счёта кого-л.... my ship is at present my wife, and the only wife I intend to have until I am laid on the shelf. (F. Marryat, ‘Peter Simple’, ch. III) —....корабль - вот моя жена, и другой жены у меня не будет, пока меня не отправят на слом.
Of course, I can quit, and have enough to live on, but I don't feel like being laid on the shelf, son. (U. Sinclair, ‘Oil!’, ch. 12) — Без сомнения, я могу покончить теперь же со всеми этими делами. У меня останется достаточно на жизнь. Но мне совсем не нравится, сынок, что другие, отстранив меня, будут заправлять моими делами.
Here's a widow who has been lonely for several years. She's too young to be put on the shelf. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Amorous Aunt’, ch. 3) — Эта вдова жила одна несколько лет. Но она еще очень молода, ее рано списывать со счета.
2) (smth.) выбрасывать что-л. (за ненадобностью); ≈ класть под сукноHe arrived at a Peace Conference which had laid all his Fourteen Points on the Shelf. (U. Sinclair, ‘World's End’, ch. 31) — Президент Вильсон вернулся в Париж... А Мирная конференция успела тем временем положить под сукно все его четырнадцать пунктов.
...naturalists have been so active in their darwintzing that the pre-Darwinian stuff is once for all laid by on the shelf. (R. Marett, ‘Anthropology’, Kenk) —...естествоиспытатели так преуспели в дарвинизации науки, что додарвиновские догмы приходится раз и навсегда выбросить за ненадобностью.
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78 bear out The prisoner's story wasborne out by his wife. If
bear out подтверждать; подкреплять; поддерживать The prisoner's story wasborne out by his wife. If I tell the judge that I wasn't there, will you bearme out?Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > bear out The prisoner's story wasborne out by his wife. If
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79 a left-handed wife
морганатическая супруга [этим. см. a left-hand marriage]Caroline... represents herself... as having become the left-handed wife of the King of Belgium. (‘Manchester Examiner’, OED) — Каролина... выдавала себя... за морганатическую супругу бельгийского короля.
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80 trophy wife
Общая лексика: is commonly used to describe a wife (usually young and attractive, regarded as a status symbol for the husband, often older and affluent.)
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