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1 LIP
• Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip - Бабушка еще надвое сказала (Б)• Even rosy lips must be fed - И поджарый живот без еды не живет (И)• From your lips to God's ears - Вашими бы устами да мед пить. (B), Из твоих уст да Богу в уши (И)• Keep a stiff upper lip! - Выше нос! (B)• Loose lips sink ships - Болтун - находка для врага (Б)• Scald not your lips in another man's porridge - На чужой каравай рот не разевай (H)• Slip of the lip will sink a ship (A) - Болтун - находка для врага (B)• There is many a slip twixt /the/ cup and/the/lip - Бабушка еще надвое сказала (B)• There's many a slip between ('twixt) the cup and the lip - Бабушка еще надвое сказала (Б) -
2 CUP
• Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip - Бабушка еще надвое сказала (Б)• Let this cup pass from me - Да минует меня чаша сия (Д)• Like cup, like cover - Каковы сами, таковы и сани (K), По горшку и покрышка (П), По заслугам и честь (П), По Ивашке и рубашка ( (П), По Сеньке и шапка (П)• My cup is full - Чаша терпения переполнилась (4)• Such cup, such cover - Каково лукошко, такова и покрышка (K), Каков Пахом, такова и шапка на нем (K), По горшку и покрышка (П), По заслугам и честь (П), По Ивашке и рубашка (П), По Сеньке и шапка (П)• There is many a slip twixt /the/ cup and/the/lip - Бабушка еще надвое сказала (B)• There's many a slip between ('twixt) the cup and the lip - Бабушка еще надвое сказала (Б)• We must drink the cup - Тяжел крест, да надо несть (T) -
3 SLIP
• Better /a/ slip with the foot than with the tongue - Лучше оступиться, чем оговориться (Л)• Better the foot slip than the tongue /trip/ - Лучше оступиться, чем оговориться (Л)• Every slip is not a fall - Не все то падает, что шатается (H)• None are so well shod but they may slip - На всякого мудреца довольно простоты (H)• Slip of the foot and you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over (A) - Лучше оступиться, чем оговориться (Л)• There is many a slip twixt /the/ cup and /the/ lip - Либо дождик, либо снег, либо будет, либо нет (Л), Сказала Настя, как удастся (C), Это еще вилами по воде писано (3)• There's many a slip between ('twixt) the cup and the Up - Либо дождик, либо снег, либо будет, либо нет (Л), Сказала Настя, как удастся (C), Это еще вилами по воде писано (Э) -
4 видит око, да зуб неймет
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5 по усам текло, а в рот не попало
Set phrase: between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip, the honey was probably sweet, but there was a slip 'twixt the cup and my lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip (the dream was close to becoming true (originally: these are concluding words in many Russian fairytales))Универсальный русско-английский словарь > по усам текло, а в рот не попало
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6 благими намерениями ад вымощен
1) General subject: hell is paved with good intentions2) Set phrase: if what you want is out of reach, there's nobody to impeach, sour grapes)благими намерениями ад вымощен there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip a how near, and yet, so far!, the grapes are sour, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip a how near, and yet, so far!, you cannot touch your eye with your elbow (it is( was) so near and yet out of reach), your elbow is near, but you cannot bite it, dearУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > благими намерениями ад вымощен
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7 Это еще вилами по воде писано
I do not believe it will come true, it is hardly probable. See Бабушка еще надвое сказала (Б) Cf: If the sky falls, we shall catch larks (Am.). It is still quite in the air (Br.). That remains to be seen (Am.). There is many a slip twixt cup and lip (Am.). There's many a slip between ('twixt) the cup and the lip (Br.). We shall catch larks if (when) the sky falls (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Это еще вилами по воде писано
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8 бабка ещё надвое гадала
Set phrase: a chance in a thousand (nobody knows whether it is so or not, whether it will happen or not), even your grandma wouldn't know whether it'll be rain or snow, it's an open question, that remains to be seen, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip between the cup and the lip, we shall see what we shall see, you never can tellУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > бабка ещё надвое гадала
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9 близок локоть, да не укусишь
Set phrase: between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip, if what you want is out of reach, there's nobody to impeach, sour grapes, the grapes are sour, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip a how near, and yet, so far!, you cannot touch your eye with your elbow (it is( was) so near and yet out of reach), your elbow is near, but you cannot bite it, dear, so near and yet so farУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > близок локоть, да не укусишь
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10 ближе локоть, да не укусишь
Set phrase: if what you want is out of reach, there's nobody to impeach, sour grapes, the grapes are sour, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip a how near, and yet, so far!, you cannot touch your eye with your elbow (it is( was) so near and yet out of reach), your elbow is near, but you cannot bite it, dearУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > ближе локоть, да не укусишь
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11 добрыми намерениями ад вымощен
Set phrase: if what you want is out of reach, there's nobody to impeach, sour grapes, the grapes are sour, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip a how near, and yet, so far!, your elbow is near, but you cannot bite it, dearУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > добрыми намерениями ад вымощен
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12 зуб
м.1) (мн. зу́бы) ( во рту) toothмоло́чный зуб — milk tooth
глазно́й зуб (клык) — eyetooth, canine tooth
коренно́й зуб — molar
зуб му́дрости — wisdom tooth
шата́ющийся зуб — loose tooth
вставны́е зубы — false teeth; ( челюсти) dentures
скрежета́ть зуба́ми — gnash one's teeth
2) (мн. зу́бья) (острый выступ на инструменте, части машины) cog, toothзу́бья пилы́ — cogs of a saw
••зуб за́ зуб — a tooth for a tooth
не по зуба́м кому́-л — too hard for smb to chew
облома́ть себе́ зубы (на пр.) — come to grief (over)
показа́ть зубы (дать отпор) — bare one's teeth / fangs
прое́сть зуб (на пр.) — ≈ know (d) inside out, know one's onions / stuff
су́нуть / дать (вн.) в зубы кому́-л — slip / shove (d) to smb
вооружённый до зубо́в — armed to the teeth
держа́ть язы́к за зуба́ми — hold one's tongue
име́ть зуб (про́тив рд.) разг. — have a grudge against smb
точи́ть зубы (на вн.) — 1) ( держать зло) bear a grudge (against) 2) ( желать заполучить) be (after), seek to get one's hands (on)
чеса́ть зубы — ≈ wag one's tongue
класть зубы на по́лку разг. — см. класть
он ни в зуб ного́й, он ни в зуб толкну́ть разг. — ≈ he doesn't know beans about it
у него́ зуб на́ зуб не попада́ет — his teeth are chattering
хоть ви́дит о́ко, да зуб неймёт посл. — ≈ there's many a slip ('twixt cup and lip)
э́то навя́зло у всех в зуба́х — everybody is sick to death of it
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13 хоть видит око, да зуб неймёт
(И. Крылов)the eye sees, but the tooth cannot reach (trans. by I. Walshe and V. Berkov); so near and yet so far; there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip; cf. the grapes are sour; sour grapes!Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > хоть видит око, да зуб неймёт
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14 бедному жениться и ночь коротка
Set phrase: love lasts as long as money endures (a poor man's happiness does not last long), there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip п when a pauper gets married at last, even the night goes too fast, when poverty comes in at the door (or doors), love flies leaps at the window (or windows), when poverty comes in at the door (or doors), love flies out at the window (or windows), who marrieth for love without money, hath good nights and sorry daysУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > бедному жениться и ночь коротка
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15 близок локоть, а не укусишь
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > близок локоть, а не укусишь
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16 скоро сказка сказывается, да не скоро дело делается
Set phrase: easier said than done, it is tales that are quickly spun, deeds are sooner said than done, rome was not built in a day (contrast: no sooner said than done), saying and doing are two things, sooner said than done, there is many a slip 'twixt cup and lipУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > скоро сказка сказывается, да не скоро дело делается
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17 зуб
м.tooth*молочный зуб — milk-tooth*
глазной зуб ( клык) — eye-tooth*, canine tooth*
зуб мудрости — wisdom tooth*
шатающийся зуб — loose tooth*
вставные зубы — false teeth; ( челюсти) dentures
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вооружённый до зубов — armed to the teethдержать язык за зубами — hold* one's tongue
иметь зуб против кого-л., точить зубы на кого-л. разг. — have a grudge against smb.
класть зубы на полку разг. см. класть I
он ни в зуб толкнуть разг. — he hasn't a clue
хоть видит око, да зуб неймёт посл. — there's many a slip ('twixt cup and lip)
это навязло у всех в зубах — everybody has had enough of it, everybody is sick and tired of it
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18 легко разлить между чашкой и губами
General subject: there's many a slip twixt cup and lipУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > легко разлить между чашкой и губами
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19 это вилами на воде писано
Set phrase: a chance in a thousand (nobody knows whether it will happen or not, whether the dream will come true, it is improbable), it is still (up) in the air, that remains to be seen, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lipУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > это вилами на воде писано
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20 это ещё вилами на воде писано
Set phrase: a chance in a thousand (nobody knows whether it will happen or not, whether the dream will come true, it is improbable), it is still (up) in the air, that remains to be seen, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lipУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > это ещё вилами на воде писано
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