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1 Одна голова хорошо, а две лучше
Two people co-operating are more efficient than one. See Ум - хорошо, а два - лучше (У)Var.: Один ум хорошо, а два - лучшеCf: Four eyes are better (see more) than two (Am., Br.). Many heads are better than one (Br.). Many wits are better than one (Br.). Two heads are better than one (Am., Br.). Two minds are better than one (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Одна голова хорошо, а две лучше
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2 колебаться
1) General subject: alternate, be in a state of uncertainty, be in two minds, be of two minds, boggle (at, about, over), chop, crane, demur, dilly-dally, dillydally, doubt, flicker, fluctuate, go seesaw, halt, hang in the wind, hover, hover on the brink of decision, hum, hum and haw, jib at (сделать что-либо), librate, make boggle, nibble, nutate, oscillate (тж. перен.), pendulate, quake, rock, scruple (особенно в отриц. предложениях), seesaw, shake, shilly-shally, shimmy, shuffle, stagger, stick (перед - at), stickle, straddle, stumble, stumble at, sway, teeter, temporize, thrill, throb, to be in (of) two minds, totter, wabble, wabble (тж. перен.), waffle, whiffle, wibble wobble, wobble, balance, beat up and down, blow hot and cold, boggle, falter, hang back, hem and haw, hesitate, hum and ha, jib at, range, swing, swing in the balance, vary, vibrate, waver, (при выборе,принятии решения) spinning, buffet about2) Aviation: wave4) Medicine: surge5) Colloquial: shillyshally, weaken, wibble-wobble, wiggle6) American: back and fill, sit on the rail7) Engineering: fluctuate (изменяться по величине), hunt (о стрелке прибора), modulate, pulsate, pulse, ripple, sweep, tremble, vary (изменяться по величине)8) Rare: dubitate9) Construction: jiggle10) Mathematics: be variable, vacillate13) Automobile industry: flare (о пламени), flutter, jar, wag, waggle (напр. о стрелке измерительного прибора), weave15) Diplomatic term: (свободно) float (о курсах валют), shy16) Electronics: ring18) Special term: librate (тж. перен.)19) Simple: yoyo20) Metrology: range (в пределах)21) Business: deliberate, float (о курсах валют)22) Automation: see-saw23) Makarov: dither, fluctuate (по величине), hang (hung, hanged), hang in the balance, jib (at), poise, roll, to dilly-dally, twist in the wind, waverer, chop and change24) Taboo: hang an arse, hang the arse, undulate -
3 не знать на что решиться
General subject: be in two minds, be of two minds, to be in (of) two mindsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > не знать на что решиться
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4 быть в нерешительности
1) General subject: agonize, be in two minds, hover, pendulate, seesaw, stagger, to be in (of) two minds, vibrate, waver, back and fill, dwell in uncertainty2) Diplomatic term: see-sawУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > быть в нерешительности
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5 находиться в нерешительности
General subject: be of two minds, pause, to be in (of) two mindsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > находиться в нерешительности
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6 сомневаться
1) General subject: be in a state of uncertainty, boggle, demur, disbelieve, dispute (в чем-л.), distrust, doubt, hesitate, misdoubt, mistrust, stickle, stumble, stumble at, to be in doubt, vibrate, waffle, wonder, challenge, jib at, make doubt, question, swing in the balance, to be in two minds (в чем-л. - about something), have some doubts (I have some doubts about the mayor's new tax policy.), be in two minds, give no credence2) Colloquial: be hazy about3) Literal: have doubts4) Rare: dubitate5) Mathematics: be doubtful of6) Diplomatic term: dispute (в чём-л.), impeach7) Jargon: hazy about [be], hedge, hedge off, scully (глагол произошёл от фамилии главной героини телесериала "Секретные материалы" Даны Скалли)8) Information technology: suspect9) Business: dispute10) Makarov: be in doubt, hang in the balance, call in question, call into doubt, call into question -
7 MIND
• Many men, many minds - Ум на ум не приходится (У)• Mind other men, but most yourself - Своя рубашка ближе к телу (C)• So many men, so many minds - Сколько голов, столько и умов (C)• Sound mind in a sound body (A) - В здоровом теле – здоровый дух (B)• Strong body makes the mind strong (A) - В здоровом теле – здоровый дух (B)• Two minds are better than one - Одна голова хорошо, а две лучше (O), Ум - хорошо, а два - лучше (У) -
8 сколько голов
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9 столько умов
General subject: many minds, no two minds think alike -
10 Ум - хорошо, а два - лучше
See Одна голова хорошо, а две лучше (О)Var.: Ум - хорошо, а два - лучше тогоCf: Many wits are better than one (Br.). Two heads are better than one (Am., Br.). Two minds are better than one (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Ум - хорошо, а два - лучше
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11 ему и хочется и колется (+ инф.)
General subject: he is in two minds (about + ger), he will and will not (+ inf)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > ему и хочется и колется (+ инф.)
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12 мучиться сомнениями
General subject: be assailed by doubts, be assailed with doubts, to be assailed with doubts, be in two mindsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > мучиться сомнениями
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13 не знать, как поступить
1) General subject: be in a difficulty, be in a quandary, not to know where ( which way) to turn, to be in a difficulty, to be in a quandary (about what to do next), be in two minds2) American: to be up a stump (что делать)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > не знать, как поступить
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14 не решаться
1) General subject: halt, hang back, hang off, have scruples (на что-либо), hover, hum and haw, nibble, scruple, shy (на что-л.), to be in two minds, to be shy of (сделать что-л.), hem and haw, hesitate, hum and ha, not dare (to) do smth., dilly-dally -
15 разрываться
3) Naval: part (о канате, тросе), sever, wave4) Military: (о снаряде) burst, (о снаряде)(на мелкие осколки) fragment7) Mathematics: be disrupted8) Food industry: rip9) Drilling: break down10) Robots: interrupt, interruption11) Makarov: divorce, fission, shred, tear apart -
16 разрываться (между)
General subject: be in two mindsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > разрываться (между)
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17 сколько голов - столько умов
General subject: no two minds think alikeУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > сколько голов - столько умов
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18 ему и хочется и колется
General subject: (+ инф.) he is in two minds (about + ger), (+ инф.) he will and will not (+ inf)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > ему и хочется и колется
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19 гамлетовский
Hamlet's, Hamlet-like••га́млетовские сомне́ния — being in two minds; blowing hot and cold
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20 колебаться
несов. - колеба́ться, сов. - поколеба́ться1) ( совершать колебательные движения) oscillate, vacillate, wave to and froвода́ колеба́лась — the water was rippling / undulating
2) (трястись, терять устойчивость) shake; be shaken3) ( изменяться) fluctuate, varyце́ны коле́блются — prices are fluctuating
4) ( не решаться) hesitate, waver; be in two minds; blow hot and cold идиом.он колеба́лся в вы́боре — he hesitated in his choice
См. также в других словарях:
two minds — Wavering, undecided ● mind … Useful english dictionary
of two minds — Uncertain what to think or do • • • Main Entry: ↑mind * * * of two minds (US) (or Brit in two minds) : not decided or certain about something : having two opinions or ideas about something I can t make up my mind where to take my vacation: I m of … Useful english dictionary
(be) in two minds about something doing something — be in two ˈminds about sth/about doing sth idiom (BrE) (NAmE be of two ˈminds about sth/about doing sth) to be unable to decide what you think about sb/sth, or whether to do sth or not • I was in two minds about the book (= I d … Useful english dictionary
(be) in two minds about about doing something — be in two ˈminds about sth/about doing sth idiom (BrE) (NAmE be of two ˈminds about sth/about doing sth) to be unable to decide what you think about sb/sth, or whether to do sth or not • I was in two minds about the book (= I d … Useful english dictionary
(be) of two minds about something doing something — be in two ˈminds about sth/about doing sth idiom (BrE) (NAmE be of two ˈminds about sth/about doing sth) to be unable to decide what you think about sb/sth, or whether to do sth or not • I was in two minds about the book (= I d … Useful english dictionary
(be) of two minds about about doing something — be in two ˈminds about sth/about doing sth idiom (BrE) (NAmE be of two ˈminds about sth/about doing sth) to be unable to decide what you think about sb/sth, or whether to do sth or not • I was in two minds about the book (= I d … Useful english dictionary
of two minds, in two minds — see ↑mind, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑two … Useful english dictionary
in two minds — If you are in two minds about something, you can t decide what to do. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If you are in two minds about something, you have difficulty deciding what to do. I m in two minds about whether or not to accept … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
be in two minds — be in/of two minds to be unable to decide about something. I was in two minds whether or not to come this morning. (often + whether) Residents are of two minds about new traffic restrictions in the area. (often + about) … New idioms dictionary
be of two minds — be in/of two minds to be unable to decide about something. I was in two minds whether or not to come this morning. (often + whether) Residents are of two minds about new traffic restrictions in the area. (often + about) … New idioms dictionary
of two minds — adjective Undecided or unsure; equivocating; conflicted in ones opinions. [Y]ou could not be indifferent to the war, you could not be of two minds about it. And yet Jimmie Higgins was of two minds! He wanted to beat back the Huns, who had made… … Wiktionary