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1 while the grass grows the horse starves
посл."пока трава вырастет, лошадь околеет"; ≈ пока солнце взойдёт, роса очи выестLouis: "...It's hard for her here, seeing me piling up drawings and nothing coming in for them. Of course I shall sell them next year fast enough after my one-man show; but while the grass grows the steed starves." (B. Shaw, ‘The Doctor's Dilemma’, act III) — Луи: "...Жене трудно здесь. Гора рисунков растет, а денег ни гроша. я, конечно, легко их распродам после моей выставки, но это будет через год. А пока солнце взойдет, роса очи выест."
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2 grass
1) (the green plant which covers fields, garden lawns etc.) trava2) (any species of grass, including also corn and bamboo: He studies grasses.) trava3) ((slang) marijuana.) trava•- grassy- grasshopper
- grassland* * *I [gra:s]nountrava; pašnik, trata; ruša; colloquially beluš; colloquially pomlad; slang policaj, "kifeljc"; ovaduh; slang marihuana, mamiloto cut grass under s.o.'s feet — spodnesti komu tlaat grass — na paši, colloquially na dopustuto go to grass — iti na pašo, colloquially na dopustout at grass — na paši; figuratively brezposeln, na dopustugo to grass! — solit se pojdi!figuratively to send to grass — podreti na tlawhile the grass grows the steed starves — dvakrat da, kdor hitro daII [gra:s]transitive verbgnati na pašo; obložiti z rušo; beliti (lan) na travi; sejati travo; leči na travo; sestreliti (ptiča); uloviti ribo -
3 steed
sti:d(an old word for a horse for riding.) gangersubst. \/stiːd\/(poetisk eller spøkefullt, om hest) gangerwhile the grass grows the steed starves mens gresset gror, dør kua
См. также в других словарях:
while the grass grows, the steed starves — Dreams or expectations may be realized too late. Cf. medieval L. dum gramen crescit, equus in moriendo quiescit, while the grass grows, the horse lies dying. c 1350 Douce MS 52 no. 20 While the grasse growes, the goode hors sterues. a 1500 in… … Proverbs new dictionary
grass — see while the grass grows, the steed starves the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers … Proverbs new dictionary
steed — see while the grass grows, the steed starves … Proverbs new dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
Pferd — (s. ⇨ Ross). 1. A blind Ferd trefft gleich (gerade) in Grüb herein. (Jüd. deutsch. Warschau.) 2. Alte Pferde achten der Peitsche nicht. Lat.: Psittacus senex ferulam negligit. (Gaal, 926.) 3. Alte Pferde gehen nicht durch. Holl.: Het hollen is… … Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon
Gras — 1. Ae mî Gräs, ä winjer Hâ. (Siebenbürg. sächs.) – Schuster, 57. 2. All bi lütjen kummt dat Gras ut n Grund. (Oldenburg.) – Weserzeitung, 4057. 3. Aus Gras wird Heu, aus frischen Blumen Streu. Die Russen fügen hinzu: Aus einem schönen Mädchen ein … Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon
horse — see you can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink don’t change horses in mid stream England is the paradise of women, the hell of horses, and the purgatory of servants never look a gift horse in the mouth a good horse cannot be… … Proverbs new dictionary
Hengst — 1. An Hingst kaan snöwli üüb fjàu r Bian, do kaan lacht an Minsk üübkau. (Nordfries.) – Johansen, 96. 2. An witjen Hingst skal föl Streilis ha. (Amrum.) – Lappenkorb; Firmenich, III, 7, 101. Ein weisser Hengst (Pferd) soll viel Streu haben, wird… … Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon
grow — see while the grass grows, the steed starves great oaks from little acorns grow one for the mouse, one for the crow, one to rot, one to grow … Proverbs new dictionary
starve — see feed a cold and starve a fever while the grass grows, the steed starves … Proverbs new dictionary
