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121 оценить по достоинству
• ОЦЕНИВАТЬ/ОЦЕНИТЬ ПО ДОСТОИНСТВУ кого-что[VP; subj: human or collect; usu. pfv; fixed WO]=====⇒ to evaluate s.o. or sth. correctly (either positively or negatively):- X оценил Y-а по достоинству≈ [in refer, to a positive evaluation] X recognized person Y's worth (the worth of thing Y);- [in limited contexts] X gave Y Y's due;- [in refer, to a negative evaluation] X saw Y for what Y really is;|| Neg X не оценил Y-а по достоинству≈ X did not properly (sufficiently) appreciate Y.♦ Имеет значение то, что там, куда Кожевников отнёс рукопись, ее прочли и, в отличие от некоторых издателей, редакторов, критиков и литературоведов, сразу оценили ее по достоинству (Войнович 1). The important thing was that the people to whom Kozhevnikov gave the novel read it through and, unlike certain publishers, editors, critics, and literary scholars, saw its true worth right away (1a).♦ "А я, - продолжал Обломов голосом оскоролённого и не оценённого по достоинству человека, - ещё забочусь день и ночь..." (Гончаров 1). "And here I am, worrying day and night," Oblomov went on, in the injured tone of a man who feels he is not properly appreciated... (1b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > оценить по достоинству
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122 овчинка выделки не стоит
[saying]=====⇒ the matter in question is not worth the time, energy, resources spent on it:- it won't pay.♦ Относись к своей работе как ко всякой работе, дающей средства существования, но не вкладывай в неё душу. Овчинка выделки не стоит (Зиновьев 2). Consider your work like any job that keeps you in food, but don't try to put your soul into it. The game isn't worth the candle (2a).♦...Ведь для этой десятиминутной игры Брюсову пришлось выучить наизусть с полсотни трудных и плохо запоминающихся строк. Забава была в стиле десятых годов, но стоила ли овчинка выделки? (Мандельштам 2)....For the sake of his ten minutes' fun, Briusov must have learned by heart at least fifty difficult and not very memorable lines. It was a practical joke very much in the style of the pre-Revolutionary years, but was it really worth all the trouble? (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > овчинка выделки не стоит
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123 быть на вес золота
1) General subject: to be worth (one's) weight of ( in) gold, be worth weight in gold, be worth weight of gold, be at a premium2) Makarov: be worth (one's) weight in gold, be worth ( one's) weight of goldУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > быть на вес золота
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124 лучше синица в руки, чем журавль в небе
Set phrase: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, A bird in the hand is worth two in the wood, A feather in the hand is better than a bird in the air, A living dog is better than a dead lion, A pound in the purse is worth two in the book, An ounce of (good) fortune is worth a pound of forecast, Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow, Better one small fish than an empty dish, Never quit certainty for hope, One today is worth two tomorrowУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > лучше синица в руки, чем журавль в небе
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125 что имеем, не храним, потерявши, плачем
1) Set phrase: the cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has (or hath) lost it, the cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has ( or hath) lost it, we know not what is good until we have lost it (we do not take care of what we have, but we value it highly when we have lost it), we know not what is good until we have lost it (дословно: Человек не ценит хорошего, пока не потеряет), we never know the value of water till the well is dry (дословно: Мы никогда не знаем насколько ценна вода, пока не высохнет колодец), we never know the worth (or the value) of water till the well is dry, we think it's too cheap until we lose it and weep, when the pinch comes, you remember the old shoe (дословно: Когда новый ботинок начинает жать, вспоминаешь старый ботинок)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > что имеем, не храним, потерявши, плачем
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126 И-11
ИГРА HE СТОИТ СВЕЧ (saying used without negation in the opposite meaning) the results, profits etc gained from doing sth. are not worth the effort, trouble, or expense involvedthe game isn't worth the candleit's not worth the effort.«Вам всё кажется, что у меня какие-то цели, а потому и глядите на меня подозрительно... Но как я ни желаю сойтись с вами, я всё-таки не возьму на себя труда разуверять вас в противном. Ей-богу» игра не стоит свеч...» (Достоевский 3). "You seem to think the whole time that I have certain ulterior motives and therefore you look upon me with suspicion....But no matter how much I'd like to be friends with you, I'm still not going to take upon myself the labor of convincing you to the contrary. The game's not worth the candle, I swear to God..." (3a)....Конечно, научиться писать плохо не так-то легко, потому что приходится выдерживать адскую конкуренцию, но игра стоит свеч, и если вы действительно научитесь писать паршиво, хуже всех, то мировая популярность вам обеспечена (Катаев 2). Of course it's not so easy to learn to write badly because there is such a devil of a lot of competition, but it's well worth the effort and if you can really learn to write lousily, worse than anybody else, then world fame is guaranteed (2a). -
127 игра не стоит свеч
[saying; used without negation in the opposite meaning]=====⇒ the results, profits etc gained from doing sth. are not worth the effort, trouble, or expense involved:- it's not worth the effort.♦ "Вам всё кажется, что у меня какие-то цели, а потому и глядите на меня подозрительно... Но как я ни желаю сойтись с вами, я всё-таки не возьму на себя труда разуверять вас в противном. Ей-богу, игра не стоит свеч..." (Достоевский 3). "You seem to think the whole time that I have certain ulterior motives and therefore you look upon me with suspicion....But no matter how much I'd like to be friends with you, I'm still not going to take upon myself the labor of convincing you to the contrary. The game's not worth the candle, I swear to God..." (3a).♦...Конечно, научиться писать плохо не так-то легко, потому что приходится выдерживать адскую конкуренцию, но игра стоит свеч, и если вы действительно научитесь писать паршиво, хуже всех, то мировая популярность вам обеспечена (Катаев 2). Of course it's not so easy to learn to write badly because there is such a devil of a lot of competition, but it's well worth the effort and if you can really learn to write lousily, worse than anybody else, then world fame is guaranteed (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > игра не стоит свеч
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128 Игра не стоит свеч
Profits, pleasures or results gained are not worth the trouble, the time or the expenses involved Cf.:The game is not worth the candle (Am., Br.). The game is not worth the money (Am.). It is not worth powder and shot (Br.). It's not worth the effort (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Игра не стоит свеч
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