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1 Хорошо тому жить, кому бабушка ворожит
Men can do well when they have someone to support them, or when circumstances are favo(u)rable for them. See И комар лошадь свалит, коли волк подсобит (И), Кому счастье служит, тот ни о чем не тужит (K)Cf: A good fire makes a good cook (Am.). Не dances well to whom fortune pipes (Am., Br.). Не may well swim that is held up by the chin (Br.). Не that is carried down the stream need not row (Am., Br.). Не whose father is judge goes safely to court (Br.). It is good baking beside meal (Br.). It's easy going with the stream (Am.). It's easy to bake when the meal is beside you (Am.). Well thrives he whom God loves (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Хорошо тому жить, кому бабушка ворожит
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2 готовить
1. qualify2. train3. make readyприготовить; готовить — make ready
4. cooking5. training6. prepare; train; store up7. cook8. makeСинонимический ряд:1. стряпать (глаг.) кухарить; кухарничать; стряпать2. учить (глаг.) делать; приготовлять; учить -
3 недосол на столе, а пересол на спине
Set phrase: not enough salt is hardly a fault, but too much salt is a cook's fault, salt cooks bear blame, but fresh bear shame (said (often: in good humour) when there is either too much or too little salt in one's meal)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > недосол на столе, а пересол на спине
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4 недосол на столе, пересол на спине
Set phrase: not enough salt is hardly a fault, but too much salt is a cook's fault, salt cooks bear blame, but fresh bear shame (said (often: in good humour) when there is either too much or too little salt in one's meal)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > недосол на столе, пересол на спине
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5 Соловья баснями не кормят
a) Mere promising never helps. See Завтраками сыт не будешь (3), Из одних слов шубы не сошьешь (И), На посуле, как на стуле: посидишь и встанешь (H), Не корми завтраками, а сделай сегодня (H), Обещанная шапка на уши не лезет (0),1744 (П), Хорошие слова, а все не пряники (X); b) Let us stop talking and have some mealVar.: Баснями сыт не будешь. Соловья песнями не кормятCf.: a)The belly is not filled with fair words (Br.). Fair words butter no cabbage (Am.). Fair words butter no parsnips (will not make the pot boil) (Br.). Fine words butter no parsnips (Br.). Не who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon (Br.). It's a good story that fills the belly (Am.). Many (Mere) words will not fill the bushel (Br.). Promises don't fill the belly (fill no sack) (Am.). Sweet words butter no parsnips (Am.). Talk does not cook rice (Am.). A thousand words won't fill a bushel (Am.). Words never filled a belly (Am.). Words pay no debts (Am., Br.)b) The belly is not filled with fair words (Br.). Fair words fill not the belly (Br.). It's a good story that fills the belly (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Соловья баснями не кормят
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6 стол
муж.1) table; desk, writing-table ( письменный); bureau (с выдвижными ящиками)ложиться на стол — разг. to be put on the operating table, to go under the knife
(комбинированный) стол-стул — (стол с откидывающейся в вертикальное положение крышкой, которая служит спинкой стула) table chair
круглый стол — round table, round-table discussion
обеденный стол — dining-room table, dinner table
2) (о питании)board, fare; diet; cooking, cuisine ( кухня); meal"шведский стол" — (разнообразные закуски, сервированные а-ля фуршет) smorgasbord
3) ( отдел в учреждении)office, bureau; department, section4) истор. throne -
7 по милости
(кого, чьей)by grace of smb.; through smb.'s favour; thanks to smb.; owing to smb.; because of smb.Я принялся с большим вниманием рассматривать странное существо, по милости которого со мной совершались такие неправдоподобные события. (И. Тургенев, Призраки) — I began to scrutinize with greater attentiveness the strange being through whose favour such improbable events were befalling me.
Другие ещё удобства представлял этот постоялый двор:... поесть в нем можно было хорошо по милости толстой и румяной бабы стряпухи, которая кушанья варила вкусно и жирно... (И. Тургенев, Постоялый двор) — What also made this inn so convenient was that... a good meal could be had there by grace of the fat, apple-cheeked cook who made rich, tasty food.
По милости всё того же Сашки мне однажды сильно досталось от отца. (М. Исаковский, На Ельнинской земле) — Thanks to Sashka, I was once severely taken to task by father...
Мне казалось, что и люди, которые ехали со мной, страдали и рисковали только по моей милости. (В. Распутин, Что передать вороне?) — It seemed to me that the people who travelled with me were suffering and taking risks only because of me.
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8 приготовить
1. make readyприготовить; готовить — make ready
2. prepare; train; store up3. brew4. cookя приготовил твоему отцу его любимое блюдо, и он был страшно доволен ! — I cooked your dad his favourite meal and he was ticked pink with it!
5. do6. makeСинонимический ряд:выучить (глаг.) выучить; сделать
См. также в других словарях:
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