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to swallow a camel

  • 1 strain at a gnat and swallow a camel

    "отцеживать комара и проглотить верблюда"; ≈ обращать внимание на мелочи и упустить основное, проявлять заботу о ничтожных вещах при невнимании к важному [этим. библ. Matthew XXIII, 24]; см. тж. strain at a gnat

    Miss Montmorency: "I think I ought to tell you at once that I shouldn't like to misconduct myself - I use the technical expression - with both these gentlemen." Mr. Raham: "Oh, Miss Montmorency, a woman of your experience isn't going to strain at a gnat." Miss Montmorency: "No, but I shouldn't like to swallow a camel." (W. S. Maugham, ‘Home and Beauty’, act III) — Мисс Монморенси: "я должна сразу же сказать вам, что не хочу компрометировать себя, выражаясь юридически, сразу с двумя джентльменами." Мистер Рэхем: "О, мисс Монморенси, такая искушенная женщина, как вы, не должна придавать значения пустякам." Мисс Монморенси: "Разумеется, однако пустяки могут обернуться серьезной неприятностью."

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > strain at a gnat and swallow a camel

  • 2 strain at a gnat (and swallow a camel)

       "oтцeживaть кoмapa и пpoглoтить вepблюдa", oбpaщaть внимaниe нa мeлoчи и упуcтить ocнoвнoe, пpoявлять зaбoту o ничтoжныx вeщax пpи нeвнимaнии к вaжнoму [этим. библ.] While I write this letter I well know that what I say... will be taken as a straining at gnats (A. Trollope). Miss Montmorency. I think I ought to tell you at once that I shouldn't like to misconduct myself - I use the technical expression - with both these gentlemen. Mr. Raham. Oh, Miss Montmorency, a woman of your experience isn't going to strain at a gnat. Miss Montmorency. No, but I should not like to swallow a camel (W. S. Maugham)

    Concise English-Russian phrasebook > strain at a gnat (and swallow a camel)

  • 3 strain at a gnat and swallow a camel

    1) Общая лексика: застревать в мелочах
    2) Пословица: за деревьями не видеть леса (дословно: Отцеживать комара, а проглотить верблюда. Смысл: при невнимании к важному обращать внимание на ничтожные вещи)

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > strain at a gnat and swallow a camel

  • 4 To strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.

    <03> Отцеживать комара, а проглотить верблюда. Смысл: при невнимании к важному обращать внимание на ничтожные вещи. Ср. За деревьями не видеть леса.

    Англо-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом > To strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.

  • 5 to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel

    посл.
    Отцеживать комара, а проглотить верблюда. Смысл: при невнимании к важному обращать внимание на ничтожные вещи.
    ср. За деревьями не видеть леса.

    Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel

  • 6 strain at a gnat and swallow a camel

    לטגן יתוש ולבלוע גמל, להקפיד על קטנות ולזלזל בגדולות
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    ◙ תולודגב לזלזלו תונטק לע דיפקהל,למג עולבלו שותי ןגטל◄

    English-Hebrew dictionary > strain at a gnat and swallow a camel

  • 7 strain at a gnat and swallow a camel

    de mug uitziften en de kameel doorzwelgen, zich met kleinigheden bezig houden en de grote zaken ter zijde zetten

    English-Dutch dictionary > strain at a gnat and swallow a camel

  • 8 swallow

    I 1. ['swoləu] verb
    1) (to allow to pass down the throat to the stomach: Try to swallow the pill; His throat was so painful that he could hardly swallow.) pogoltniti
    2) (to accept (eg a lie or insult) without question or protest: You'll never get her to swallow that story!) pogoltniti
    2. noun
    (an act of swallowing.) požiranje
    - swallow up II ['swoləu] noun
    (a type of insect-eating bird with long wings and a divided tail.) lastovka
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    I [swɔlou]
    noun
    zoology lastovka
    II [swɔlou]
    1.
    noun
    žrelo, grlo; požiranje, požirek; geology (kraški) požiralnik; figuratively apetit, požrešnost, pohlep, poželenje
    to drink s.th. at one swallow — izpiti kaj na dušek;
    2.
    transitive verb & intransitive verb
    požirati, požreti, goltati, pogoltniti (tudi figuratively); zadušiti, potlačiti (jezo); preklicati; verjeti (kaj), biti lahkoveren; pohlepno čitati; mirno trpeti, prenesti (žalitev); priključiti si (tuje ozemlje)
    to swallow the anchor nautical slang obesiti mornarski poklic na klin
    to swallow the bait — pogoltniti vabo (trnek), figuratively vgrizniti v vabo, dati se speljati, iti na limanice
    to swallow a camel figuratively verjeti nekaj neverjetnega; mirno trpeti, prenesti (kaj)
    to swallow a tavern token figuratively opi(ja)niti se
    to swallow one's words figuratively preklicati, nazaj vzeti svoje besede

    English-Slovenian dictionary > swallow

  • 9 swallow

    vt/i I. [vt] 1. gutati, progutati što (&[fig]) (& # [down]) 2. lakovjerno povjerovati čemu 3. mirno trpjeti (uvredu) 4. zatomiti (srđbu) 5. opozvati što. II. [vi] gutati / to # a camel = povjerovati čemu nevjerojatnomu; mirno trpjeti uvredu; / [fig] to # the bait = progutati udicu, meku; to # one's words opozvati svoje rijeći
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    gutanje
    gutati
    lasta
    lastavica
    progutati
    seoska lasta
    trpjeti
    zalogaj

    English-Croatian dictionary > swallow

  • 10 брашно

    flour
    (едро, не пшеничено) meal, оризово брашно ground rice
    на триците скъп, на брашното евтин penny wise and pound foolish strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
    два остри камъка брашно не мелят agree like cat and dog/like harp and harrow
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    брашно̀,
    ср., само ед. flour; ( едро, не пшенично) meal; костно \брашно bone meal; овесено \брашно oatmeal; оризово \брашно ground rice; синапено \брашно mustard powder; царевично \брашно maize meal амер. corn meal; • два остри камъка \брашно не мелят agree like cat and dog/like harp and harrow; на триците скъп, на \брашното евтин penny wise and pound foolish; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
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    бва ни малко брашно, за да направим кекса.
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    1. (едро, не пшеничено) meal, оризово БРАШНО ground rice 2. flour 3. два остри камъка БРАШНО не мелят agree like cat and dog/like harp and harrow 4. на триците скъп, на БРАШНОто евтин penny wise and pound foolish strain at a gnat and swallow a camel

    Български-английски речник > брашно

  • 11 евтин

    1. cheap, inexpensive, unexpensive
    много евтин dirt/dog cheap, cheap as dirt
    излиза много по- евтино, ако купиш цяла бутилка it comes cheaper if you buy a whole bottle
    разг. catchpenny. twopenny
    penny-a-line. a dime. a dozen ( показен) trumpery, tinsel (attr.), meretricious, showy
    3. прен. cheap
    евтина шега a cheap joke/witticism
    евтин на обещания his promises are worth nothing
    евтина слава cheap fame
    на брашното евтин, на триците скъп penny wise and pound foolish; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
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    ѐвтин,
    прил.
    1. cheap, inexpensive, unexpensive; ( който си струва парите) worth the money; ( почти без пари) giveaway; много \евтин dirt/dog cheap, cheap as dirt;
    2. ( долнокачествен) cheap, poor; разг. catchpenny, twopenny, tacky; penny-a-line, ( показен) trumpery, tinsel (attr.), meretricious, flashy, gimcracky, gimcrack, gimmicky, showy; \евтини номера gimmickry;
    3. прен. cheap; \евтин на обещания his promises are worth nothing; • на брашното \евтин, на триците скъп penny wise and pound foolish; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
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    1. (долнокачествен) cheap, poor 2. (който си струва парите) worth the money 3. cheap, inexpensive, unexpensive 4. penny-a-line. a dime. a dozen (показен) trumpery, tinsel (attr.), meretricious, showy 5. ЕВТИН на обещания his promises are worth nothing 6. ЕВТИНa слава cheap fame 7. ЕВТИНa шега a cheap joke/witticism 8. излиза много пo-ЕВТИНo, ако купиш цяла бутилка it comes cheaper if you buy a whole bottle 9. много ЕВТИН dirt/dog cheap, cheap as dirt 10. на брашното ЕВТИН, на триците скъп penny wise and pound foolish; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel 11. прен. cheap 12. разг. catchpenny. twopenny

    Български-английски речник > евтин

  • 12 трици

    bran
    на триците скъп, на брашното евтин penny wise and pound foolish; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
    трици! nonsense!
    * * *
    трѝци,
    само мн. bran; дървени \трици sawdust; брашно с \триците wholemeal; • на \триците скъп, на брашното евтин penny wise and pound foolish; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
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    bran ; dockage ; sawdust (дървени); wholemeal - брашно с триците
    * * *
    1. bran 2. ТРИЦИ! nonsense! 3. брашно сТРИЦИте wholemeal 4. дървени ТРИЦИ sawdust 5. на ТРИЦИте скъп, на брашното евтин penny wise and pound foolish;strain at a gnat and swallow a camel

    Български-английски речник > трици

  • 13 κάμηλος

    κάμηλος, ου, ὁ and ἡ (of Semitic origin, cp. Hebr. גָּמָל; Aeschyl., Hdt.; ins, pap, LXX, TestSol, TestJob, Philo; Jos., Ant. 1, 252; 8, 167 al.; Ath., R. 12 p. 61, 11) camel τρίχες καμήλου camel’s hair Mt 3:4; Mk 1:6; GEb 13, 79 (here there is naturally no thought of the soft τρίχες καμήλου from which the garments of distinguished people are made acc. to Ctesias [IV B.C.]: 688 Fgm. 10 Jac.). Proverbially εὐκοπώτερόν ἐστιν κάμηλον διὰ τρυπήματος [vv.ll. τρήματος, τρυμαλίας] ῥαφίδος διελθεῖν it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye of someth. impossible, w. the contrast emphasized greatly, perh. also with a humorous twist because of the hump involved (for a proverb comparing someth. very small w. someth. very large, cp. Lucian, Ep. Sat. 1, 19 μύρμηξ ἢ κάμηλος): the largest animal and the smallest opening Mt 19:24; w. variations Mk 10:25 and Lk 18:25 (s. κάμιλος; GAicher, Kamel u. Nadelöhr 1908; ERostan, Les Paradoxes de Jésus 1908, 11ff; WBleibtreu [s. μισέω 2] 17f; RLehmann u. KLSchmidt, ThBl 11, ’32, 336–40; EBöklen, Deutsches Pfarrerblatt 37, ’33, 162–65; CLattey, Verb. Dom. 31, ’53, 291f; EBest, ET 82, ’70, 83–89; JDerrett, NTS 32, ’86, 465–70). To strain out a gnat τὴν δὲ κ. καταπίνειν but swallow a camel=be over-zealous in small matters and careless in important ones Mt 23:24 (s. κώνωψ.—The camel is contrasted w. the elephant in Phalaris, Ep. 86; Ps.-Libanius, Ep. 1597, 1 ed. F. XI p. 593, 1.—Artem. 4 p. 199, 9 explains that camel and elephant would have the same mng. in figurative interpretation).—JSauer, in Studies in the History and Archeology of Jordan V ’95, 39–48.—BHHW II 923; Pauly-W. X 2, 1824–32; B. 189f. OEANE I 406–8. EDNT. DELG. M-M. TW.

    Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία > κάμηλος

  • 14 strain at a gnat

    быть мелочным; мелочиться [происходит от выражения strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; см. strain at a gnat and swallow a camel]

    While I write this I well know that what I say... will be taken as a straining at gnats... (A. Trollope, ‘An Autobiography’, ch. XIV) — Когда я пишу эти строки, я сознаю, что мои слова... можно истолковать как чрезмерное внимание к мелочам...

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > strain at a gnat

  • 15 kamel

    sg - kamélen, pl - kaméler
    верблю́д м
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    * * *
    (en -er) camel;
    [ sluge kamelen] take it lying down;
    (mindre alm) swallow a camel.

    Danish-English dictionary > kamel

  • 16 gnat

    [næt] n
    1) комар; мошка, гнус
    2) москит

    ♢ to strain at a gnat - быть мелочным; переоценивать мелочи

    to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel - придираться к мелочам и не видеть главного

    gnat's whistle - амер. штука первый сорт; сделано на уровне мировых стандартов

    НБАРС > gnat

  • 17 за деревьями не видеть леса

    1) General subject: be unable to see the wood for the trees, be unable to see the woods for the trees, to be unable to see the wood for the trees, * see the forest through the trees, see the wood for the trees
    2) Set phrase: strain at a gnat and swallow a camel (дословно: Отцеживать комара, а проглотить верблюда. Смысл: при невнимании к важному обращать внимание на ничтожные вещи)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > за деревьями не видеть леса

  • 18 застревать в мелочах

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > застревать в мелочах

  • 19 придираться к мелочам и не видеть главного

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > придираться к мелочам и не видеть главного

  • 20 gnat

    noun
    [Stech]mücke, die
    * * *
    (a very small, usually blood-sucking, fly.) die Mücke
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    [næt]
    n [Stech]mücke f
    ▶ to strain at a [or every] \gnat sich dat ständig über alles den Kopf zerbrechen
    * * *
    [nt]
    n
    (Stech)mücke f
    * * *
    gnat [næt] s
    1. ZOOL Br (Stech)Mücke f:
    strain at every gnat fig Haarspalterei betreiben;
    strain at a gnat and swallow a camel BIBEL Mücken seihen und Kamele verschlucken
    2. ZOOL US Kriebel-, Kribbelmücke f
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    noun
    [Stech]mücke, die
    * * *
    (insect) n.
    Stechmücke f. n.
    Mücke -n f.
    Schnake -n f.

    English-german dictionary > gnat

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