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СТАРОГО ВОРОБЬИ НА МЯКИНЕ НЕ ПРОВЕДЁШЬ (saying) you cannot outwit or deceive an experienced, worldly-wise person (said in praise of o.s. or another person who, thanks to his experience, is able to see through s.o. 's sly intentions or deception): - heshe etc) is too old a bird to be caught with chaffyou can't catch old birds with chaff an old fox isn't easily snared....Мякина» is the husks and stalks separated in the winnowing and threshing of grain and certain other crops. -
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[saying]=====⇒ you cannot outwit or deceive an experienced, worldly-wise person (said in praise of o.s. or another person who, thanks to his experience, is able to see through s.o.'s sly intentions or deception):- ≈ he <she etc> is too old a bird to be caught with chaff;- an old fox isn't easily snared.—————← "Мякина" is the husks and stalks separated in the winnowing and threshing of grain and certain other crops.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > старого воробья на мякине не проведешь
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1) General subject: an old bird is not caught with chaff, old bird is not caught with chaff2) Set phrase: a fox is not taken twice in the same snare, an old bird is not caught by chaff, an old bird is not to be caught with chaff, an old fox is not easily snared, no playing with a straw before an old cat, old birds are not caught with chaff (an experienced, wise, clever person is not to be enticed, fooled so easily), old birds are not to be caught with chaff, you don't catch old birds with chaff3) Saying: you can't catch an old bird with chaffУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > старого воробья на мякине не проведёшь
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старого воробья на < пустой> мякине не проведёшь (не обманешь)посл.an old bird is not to be caught with chaff, old birds are not to be caught with chaff; there is no catching old birds with chaff; you cannot catch an old bird (old birds) with chaff- Макарушка меня вроде за глупого считает, а дюже он ошибается! Молодой он супротив меня, мелко плавает, и все ягоды у него наруже, а меня, старого воробья, на пустой мякине не проведёшь, нет, не проведёшь! (М. Шолохов, Поднятая целина) — 'Makarushka seems to take me for a dim-wit, but he's mighty wrong! He's only a milksop compared to me, a mere chicken, doesn't know any of the tricks of the trade, but I'm an old bird, and you can't catch an old bird like me with chaff, that you can't!'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > старого воробья на мякине не проведёшь
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( кого)прост.you can't catch him with chaff; you can't fool him; he won't be taken in; he won't be had for a foolИванушке-то с пола/горя: он набил мамон мякиной - и прав; а нас ведь на мякине не проведёшь - мы знаем, где раки зимуют! (М. Салтыков-Щедрин, Добродетели и пороки) — 'That's no skin off the d-Fool's nose; he's stuffed his tummy with chaff and feels righteous; but you don't catch old birds like us with chaff - we know a hawk from a handsaw!'
Студент - существо коллективное и как таковое весьма умён. Его на мякине не проведёшь. Он прекрасно умеет отличить настоящую шутку, внезапно сказанную по случайному поводу, от заранее заготовленного фабриката. (И. Грекова, Кафедра) — A student is a collective creature and as such very clever. He won't be had for a fool. He can very well distinguish a real joke, told spontaneously, from a pre-fabricated one.
- Пивом нас не пои, а дай покритиковать - да ещё с каким апломбом! - профессуру. И то нехорошо, и это не так, и нас, мол, на мякине не проведёшь. (Ю. Трифонов, Студенты) — 'There is nothing we enjoy so much as criticizing our professors - and how cocksure our criticism is! We don't like this, and we don't like that, and we won't allow ourselves to be taken in by anyone!'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на мякине не проведёшь
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