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• Bush natural; more hair than wit - На голове густо, да в голове пусто (H)• Grey hairs are nourished with green thoughts - Седина в голову, а бес в ребро (C)• Hair by hair you pull out the horse's tail - По волоску всю бороду выщиплешь (П)• Hair long, wisdom little - Волос долог, да ум короток (B)• Hair of the dog is good for the bite (The) - Клин клином вышибают (K), Чем ушибся, тем и лечись (4)• Hair of the dog is the cure of his bite (The) - Клин клином вышибают (K)• It's no hair off my head - Моя хата с краю (M)• Long hair and short sense - Волос долог, да ум короток (B)• Long hair, short wit - Волос долог, да ум короток (B)• Take the hair of the dog that bit you - Клин клином вышибают (K)• Take the hair of the same dog that bit you, and it will heal the wound - Клин клином вышибают (K), Чем ушибся, тем и лечись (4)• Women have long hair and short brains - Волос долог, да ум короток (B)• Y)u can't grow hair and brains in the same head - Волос долог, да ум короток (B) -
2 у бабы волос долог, а ум короток
Set phrase: a woman's advice is best at a dead lift, long hair and short wit, tell a woman she is fair, and she will soon turn a fool (contrast: a woman's advice is no great thing, but he who won't take it is a fool. women in mischief are wiser than men. the wit of a woman is a great matter), women have more hair than with long of hair and short of brainsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > у бабы волос долог, а ум короток
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3 у бабы волос долог, да ум короток
1) Jocular: tell a woman she is fair, and she will soon turn a fool (contrast: a woman's advice is no great thing, but he who won't take it is a fool. women in mischief are wiser than men. the wit of a woman is a great matter)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > у бабы волос долог, да ум короток
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