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1 котел для вытапливания китового сала
General subject: try potУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > котел для вытапливания китового сала
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2 попытаться сделать невозможное
General subject: try to put a quart into a pint potУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > попытаться сделать невозможное
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3 пытаться сделать невозможное
1) General subject: number sands, hold the eel by the tail, make a pint measure hold a quart, run head against a wall, try to put a quart into a pint pot2) Australian slang: push shit uphill3) Makarov: assay the impossible, bang ( one's) head against a brick wall, bang (one's) head against a wall, run (one's) head against a brick wall, run (one's) head against a wall, set the tortoise to catch the hare, square the circle4) Taboo: shovel the shitУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > пытаться сделать невозможное
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4 стараться сделать невозможное
General subject: try to put a quart into a pint potУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > стараться сделать невозможное
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5 Лучше хоть что-нибудь, чем ничего
If you cannot have what you want, try to be content with what you have. See Лучше мало, чем совсем ничего (Л), С паршивой овцы хоть шерсти клок (C)Var.: Всё лучше того, как нет ничегоCf: Anything is better than nothing (Am.). Better a bare foot than none at all (Am.). Better a lean jade than an empty halter (a mouse in the pot than no flesh at all, my hog dirty than no hog at all, one-eyed than stone-blind) (Br.). Better some of the pudding than none of the pie (Am., Br.). Better some than none (something than nothing) (Am.). Better something than nothing at all (Am., Br.). A crust is better than no bread (Br.). Half a loaf is better than none (Am., Br.). One foot is better than two crutches (Am., Br.). A second-rate something is better than a first-rate nothing (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Лучше хоть что-нибудь, чем ничего
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try pot — try pot, a large iron pot used by whalers to remove the oil from blubber by cooking … Useful english dictionary
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try-pot — noun Date: 1795 a metallic pot used on a whaler or on shore to render whale oil from blubber … New Collegiate Dictionary
try-pot — /truy pot /, n. See under tryworks. [1830 40] * * * … Universalium
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get a quart into a pint pot — get/put a quart into a pint pot British to try to put too much of something into a small space. I m trying to get this huge pile of clothes crammed into these two drawers. Talk about trying to get a quart into a pint pot! … New idioms dictionary