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121 семь раз примерь, а один раз отрежь
[saying]=====⇒ before you do or decide sth. important, think it over carefully, plan well, take all the necessary precautions etc (because once sth. is done there is no undoing it):- ≈ look before you leap;- better < it is better to be> safe than sorry.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > семь раз примерь, а один раз отрежь
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122 семь раз примерь, один отрежь
[saying]=====⇒ before you do or decide sth. important, think it over carefully, plan well, take all the necessary precautions etc (because once sth. is done there is no undoing it):- ≈ look before you leap;- better < it is better to be> safe than sorry.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > семь раз примерь, один отрежь
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123 семь раз примерь, один раз отрежь
[saying]=====⇒ before you do or decide sth. important, think it over carefully, plan well, take all the necessary precautions etc (because once sth. is done there is no undoing it):- ≈ look before you leap;- better < it is better to be> safe than sorry.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > семь раз примерь, один раз отрежь
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124 с размахом
[PrepP; Invar; adv]=====⇒ to a great degree or measure, impressively, grandly:- in a big way;- [in limited contexts] think (plan etc) big.♦ Но прежде чем делать модели, нужна теория. Будут разрабатывать математический аппарат. Пойдут симпозиумы, конгрессы и т.п. Создадут институты. Делать, как говорится, так по-большому! У нас всё с размахом делается (Зиновьев 1). "But before you make your models, you have to have a theory. So they'll have to develop a conceptual mathematical scheme. There'll be conferences and congresses and so on. Institutes will be founded. If the thing's going to be done at all, it had better be done on a grand scale. We always think big" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > с размахом
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125 расти над собой
• РАСТИ НАД СОБОЙ highly coll, humor or iron[VP; subj: human; fixed WO]=====⇒ to work, make an effort to improve one's standing, status, cultural level etc:- [in limited contexts] X Is trying to get culture;- [of o.s., in response to the interlocutor's remark, praise etc] we're trying;- we're doing our best (the best we can, what little we can).♦...Вот посмотрите, за один только год сколько скопил полных собраний, не у каждого потомственного интеллигента найдешь... Может, вы думаете, дорогая, что я эти книжки-то солю? Читаю, дорогая, вникаю, даже делаю выписки. Постоянно приходится расти над собой, жизнь подсказывает (Аксенов 12). [context transl] ".Take a look, think how many complete collections I got in just one year, not every hereditary intellectual would have so many.. Maybe you think I just salt these books away, darling? I read them, darling, delve, even take notes. You have to keep growing, life tells you that" (12a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > расти над собой
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126 ничего не стоит
• НИЧЕГО НЕ СТОИТ ( кому) coll[VP; impers or with subj: это or pfv infin; 3rd pers sing only; pres or past; fixed WO]=====⇒ it is not difficult (for s.o. to do sth.):- X-y ничего не стоит сделать Y - doing Y is < would be> the easiest thing in the world (for X);- nothing could < would> be easier (for X) than to do Y;- X can < could> (very) easily do Y;- it's < it would be> no trouble at allforXto do Y;- [in limited contexts] X would think nothing of doing Y.♦ Не задала я Чечановскому и другого вопроса: почему он обращается ко мне, а не к Мандельштаму. Ведь он бывал у нас, и ему ничего не стоило поговорить с Мандельштамом (Мандельштам 2). There was something else I did not ask Chechanovski: Why was he telling me this instead of M[andelstam] directly? He was always coming to see us, and nothing would have been easier than to mention it to M[andelstam] himself (2a).♦ В приведённой песне святой намекает, что ему ничего не стоило бы победить русских, уничтожив Владикавказ и Санкт-Петербург... (Терц 3). In the song quoted above the saint is hinting that it would be a trifling matter for him to defeat the Russians by destroying Vladikavkaz and St. Petersburg... (3a).♦ "...Мне ничего не стоит дать вам свою визитную карточку, и вас напечатают в любом толстом журнале... но лучше не надо. Подождите" (Катаев 3). "...It would cost me nothing to give you my card and you would be published in any of the big monthlies...but better not. Wait a while" (3a).♦ "Если вы не знаете, что такое Лужин, я вам скажу: это чудовище... Этому дяденьке ничего не стоит перестрелять хоть тысячу человек одновременно" (Войнович 4). "If you don't know what Luzhin is like, I'll tell you - a monster....He would think nothing of having a thousand men shot in one day" (4a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ничего не стоит
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127 как хотите
• КАК ХОТИТЕ < ХОЧЕШЬ>[these forms only; fixed WO]=====1. [subord clause]⇒ (you can do sth.) any way you want, (you can do) whatever you choose:- (do) as you please <will, wish, like>;- [in limited contexts](do) whatever you want.♦ [Митя:]...Судите, как хотите, я весь тут-с: я вашу дочку полюбил душою-с (Островский 2). [М.:] You must judge me as you will; here I stand, just as I am. But I love your daughter with all my heart (2b).♦ "Так пойдёшь ужинать?" - "Не хочется". - "Дело хозяйское. Как хочешь" (Залыгин 1). "Are you going to get supper?" "I don't feel like it." "Suit yourself. Do as you like" (1a).♦ "Ирма, иди в машину, ты вся промокла. Бол-Кунац, на твоём месте я бы тоже пошёл в машину"... Бол-Кунац сказал вежливо: "Благодарю вас, господин Банев, но, право, я лучше останусь". - " Как хочешь" (Стругацкие 1). "Irma...go to the car, you're soaking wet. Bol-Kunats, if I were you I'd also get into the car."...Bol-Kunats looked at him politely. "Thank you, Mr. Banev, but I think I'd better stay." "Whatever you want" (1a).2. [sent adv (parenth; usu. foll. by a clause introduced by Conj " а" or "но"]⇒ (usu. used when objecting to s.o.'s statement or when anticipating an objection to one's own statement) whether you agree with me or not, regardless of whether you think the way I do:- say what you like < will>, but...;- that's all very well, but...;- [in limited contexts] all the same.♦ "Нет, господа, как хотите, а Коршунова превзойти невозможно! Дракон, а не человек!" (Шолохов 5). "No, gentlemen, say what you like, but Korshunov is unbeatable! He's not a man but a dragon!" (5a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как хотите
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128 как хочешь
• КАК ХОТИТЕ < ХОЧЕШЬ>[these forms only; fixed WO]=====1. [subord clause]⇒ (you can do sth.) any way you want, (you can do) whatever you choose:- (do) as you please <will, wish, like>;- [in limited contexts](do) whatever you want.♦ [Митя:]...Судите, как хотите, я весь тут-с: я вашу дочку полюбил душою-с (Островский 2). [М.:] You must judge me as you will; here I stand, just as I am. But I love your daughter with all my heart (2b).♦ "Так пойдёшь ужинать?" - "Не хочется". - "Дело хозяйское. Как хочешь" (Залыгин 1). "Are you going to get supper?" "I don't feel like it." "Suit yourself. Do as you like" (1a).♦ "Ирма, иди в машину, ты вся промокла. Бол-Кунац, на твоём месте я бы тоже пошёл в машину"... Бол-Кунац сказал вежливо: "Благодарю вас, господин Банев, но, право, я лучше останусь". - "Как хочешь" (Стругацкие 1). "Irma...go to the car, you're soaking wet. Bol-Kunats, if I were you I'd also get into the car."...Bol-Kunats looked at him politely. "Thank you, Mr. Banev, but I think I'd better stay." "Whatever you want" (1a).2. [sent adv (parenth; usu. foll. by a clause introduced by Conj " а" or "но"]⇒ (usu. used when objecting to s.o.'s statement or when anticipating an objection to one's own statement) whether you agree with me or not, regardless of whether you think the way I do:- say what you like < will>, but...;- that's all very well, but...;- [in limited contexts] all the same.♦ "Нет, господа, как хотите, а Коршунова превзойти невозможно! Дракон, а не человек!" (Шолохов 5). "No, gentlemen, say what you like, but Korshunov is unbeatable! He's not a man but a dragon!" (5a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как хочешь
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think better of — If you think better of something, you decide not to do what you intended doing. I was going to go shopping, but when I saw the crowded car park, I thought better of it … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
think better of it — If you think better of something, you decide not to do something that you intended to do. I wanted to go shopping, but when I saw the crowded car park I thought better of it … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
think better of — consider something again and make a better decision about something I would think better of going to Europe in the winter if I have a chance to go again … Idioms and examples
think better of something — phrase to decide not to do something because you no longer think it is a good idea He started to say something but thought better of it. Thesaurus: to decide not to do or have somethingsynonym Main entry: think … Useful english dictionary
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think better of it doing something — think ˈbetter of it/of doing sth idiom to decide not to do sth after thinking further about it Syn: ↑reconsider • Rosie was about to protest but thought better of it. Main entry: ↑thinkidiom … Useful english dictionary
