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1 when Adam delved and Eve span who was then a gentleman?
(when Adam delved and Eve span who was then a (или the) gentleman?)≈ когда пахал Адам и пряла Ева, где родословное тогда стояло древо? (один из лозунгов крестьянской войны 1381 г., приписываемый сподвижнику Уота Тайлера монаху Джону Боллу. В современном языке говорится иронически человеку, кичащемуся своим происхождением)Large English-Russian phrasebook > when Adam delved and Eve span who was then a gentleman?
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2 when Adam delved and Eve span who was then a gentleman?
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > when Adam delved and Eve span who was then a gentleman?
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3 when Adam delved and Eve span who was then the gentleman?
Пословица: когда Адам пахал и пряла Ева, где родословное стояло древо? (говорится человеку, который кичится своим происхождением)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > when Adam delved and Eve span who was then the gentleman?
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