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1 reap where one has not sown
≈ пожинать плоды чужого труда [этим. библ. Matthew XXV, 24; см. тж. reap as one has sown]We admire aesthetically the marvellous masonry and architecture of the Great Pyramid... fruits of the hard labour unjustly imposed on the many to produce the fine flowers of civilization for the exclusive enjoyment of a few who reap where they have not sown. (A. J. Toynbee, ‘Civilization on Trial’, ‘The Present Point in History’, Kenk) — Мы получаем эстетическое удовольствие от архитектурных достоинств великой пирамиды... которая была создана принудительным трудом согнанных на строительство тысяч людей. Именно этот каторжный труд создал блестящие образцы искусства, которыми наслаждалось привилегированное меньшинство, любящее пожинать плоды чужого труда.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > reap where one has not sown
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2 reap where one has not sown
пoжинaть плoды чужoгo тpудa [этим. библ.]We admire aesthetically the marvellous masonry and architecture of the Great Pyramid... fruits of the hard labour unjustly imposed on the many to produce the fine flowers of civilization for the exclusive enjoyment of a few who reap what they have not sown (A. J. Toynbee)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > reap where one has not sown
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3 пожинать
несовер. - пожинать;
совер. - пожать( что-л.) reap пожинать плоды своих трудов ≈ to reap the fruits of one's labour пожинать плоды чужого труда ≈ to reap where one has not sown пожинать лавры ≈ to reap/win the laurels, пожать (вн.) reap (smth.) (тж. перен.) ;
~ плоды своих трудов reap the fruits of one`s labor;
~ лавры reap/win* the laurels;
что посеешь, то и пожнёшь посл. е we reap as we sow, we reap what we have sown;
кто сеет ветер, пожнёт бурю библ. he who/that sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > пожинать
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4 сеять
несовер. - сеять;
совер. - посеять( что-л.) sow;
drill (рядами) ;
lose разг. перен. сеять вражду сеять панику сеять раздор, посеять (вн.) sow* (smth.) (тж. перен.) ;
~ рожь, овёс sow* rye, oats;
~ раздоры sow* discord;
что посеешь, то и пожнёшь погов. we reap as we have sown. -
5 sow
I [saʋ] n1. свинья, свиноматка2. метал. настыль, козёл♢
to take /to get, to have/ the wrong sow by the ear - ≅ попасть пальцем в небо; обратиться не по адресуto take /to get, to have/ the right sow by the ear - ≅ попасть в точку
II [səʋ] v (sowed [-{səʋ}d]; sowed, sown)as drunk as David's /as a/ sow - мертвецки /в доску/ пьяный
1. 1) сеять, высеиватьto sow wheat [barley] - сеять пшеницу [ячмень]
2) распространять, сеятьto sow the seeds of enmity [of hatred] - сеять вражду [ненависть]
2. 1) засеивать2) усеиватьa sky sown with stars - небо, усеянное звёздами
a meadow sown with daisies - луг, пёстрый от ромашек
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to sow the wind and to reap the whirlwind - ≅ посеешь ветер - пожнёшь бурюto sow dragon's teeth - сеять семена раздора, сеять вражду /раздоры/
to sow one's wild oats - отдать дань увлечениям молодости; перебеситься, остепениться
as a man sows, so shall he reap - посл. что посеешь, то и пожнёшь
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