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1 FIGHT
• You cannot fight City Hall - Лбом стены не прошибешь a (Л), Плетью обуха не перешибешь а (П), Против рожна не попрешь а (П)• You can't fight guns with sticks - Лбом стены не прошибешь а (Л), Плетью обуха не перешибешь а (П), Против рожна не попрешь a (P) -
2 П-174
ПЛЁТЬЮ ОБУXA HE ПЕРЕШИБЁШЬ (saying) it is useless to oppose great force or fight a more powerful opponent (said when a person is forced to accept sth. that has been imposed by a stronger party, resign himself to circumstances): = you can't chop wood with a penknife you can't fight guns with sticks you can't fight a howitzer with a peashooter there's no arguing with a big fist.... К донкихотам и донкихотству у него был особый личный счёт... Они опровергали мудрость, которой он жил все годы:...плетью обуха не перешибёшь... (Орлова I).Не had his own particular and personal estimation of the Don Quixotes and their tilting at windmills....They were denying the wisdom whereby he had lived all those years:...you can't chop wood with a penknife (1a).«Надо в чем-то уступить советской власти!.. Плетью обуха не перешибёшь» (Солженицын 2). u... You must make some concessions to the Soviet regime.... You can't fight a howitzer with a peashooter" (2a). -
3 плетью обуха не перешибешь
[saying]=====⇒ it is useless to oppose great force or fight a more powerful opponent (said when a person is forced to accept sth. that has been imposed by a stronger party, resign himself to circumstances):- there's no arguing with a big fist.♦... К донкихотам и донкихотству у него был особый личный счёт... Они опровергали мудрость, которой он жил все годы:...плетью обуха не перешибёшь... (Орлова I). He had his own particular and personal estimation of the Don Quixotes and their tilting at windmills....They were denying the wisdom whereby he had lived all those years:...you can't chop wood with a penknife (1a).♦ "Надо в чем-то уступить советской власти!.. Плетью обуха не перешибёшь" (Солженицын 2). u... You must make some concessions to the Soviet regime.... You can't fight a howitzer with a peashooter" (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > плетью обуха не перешибешь
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4 Л-35
ЛБОМ СТЕНУ (СТЕНКУ, СТЕНЙ) НЕ ПРОШИБЁШЬ (saying) it is impossible, useless to oppose great force or the authorities (said when a person has to yield to circumstances and accept sth. imposed on him by those in power): = itfc (there's) no use beating your head against a (brick) wall you can't fight guns with sticks you can't fight a howitzer with a peashooter. Cf. you can't fight city hall. -
5 лбом стенку не прошибешь
• ЛБОМ СТЕНУ (СТЕНКУ, СТЕНЬЛ) НЕ ПРОШИБЕШЬ[saying]=====⇒ it is impossible, useless to oppose great force or the authorities (said when a person has to yield to circumstances and accept sth. imposed on him by those in power):- you can't fight a howitzer with a peashooter. Cf. you can't fight city hall.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лбом стенку не прошибешь
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6 лбом стену не прошибешь
• ЛБОМ СТЕНУ (СТЕНКУ, СТЕНЬЛ) НЕ ПРОШИБЕШЬ[saying]=====⇒ it is impossible, useless to oppose great force or the authorities (said when a person has to yield to circumstances and accept sth. imposed on him by those in power):- you can't fight a howitzer with a peashooter. Cf. you can't fight city hall.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лбом стену не прошибешь
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7 лбом стены не прошибешь
• ЛБОМ СТЕНУ (СТЕНКУ, СТЕНЬЛ) НЕ ПРОШИБЕШЬ[saying]=====⇒ it is impossible, useless to oppose great force or the authorities (said when a person has to yield to circumstances and accept sth. imposed on him by those in power):- you can't fight a howitzer with a peashooter. Cf. you can't fight city hall.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лбом стены не прошибешь
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8 Против рожна не попрешь
а) Power makes you submit to it See a) Лбом стены не прошибешь а (Л), Плетью обуха не перешибешь а(77);b) Do not struggle against things which you cannot overcome. See Лбом стены не прошибешь b (JI), Плетью обуха не перешибешь b (П), Тяжело против воды плыть (T)Cf:a) It is hard to live in Rome and strive against the Pope (Am.). It is hard to sit in Rome and strive against the Pope (Br.). There is no arguing with a large fist (Am.). What may the mouse do against the cat? (Am.). You cannot fight City Hall (Am., Br.)b) Do not kick against the pricks (Br.). Don't kick aginst pricks (Am.). It is ill striving against the stream (Br.). Puff not against the wind (Br.). Strive not against the stream (Am.). You can't fight guns with sticks (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Против рожна не попрешь
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9 Лбом стены не прошибешь
а) See Против рожна не попрешь а (П); b) See Против рожна не попрешь b (П)Cf:a) There is no arguing with a large fist (Am.). What may the mouse do against the cat? (Am., Br.). You cannot fight City Hall (Am., Br.). You can't fight guns with sticks (Br.)b) Do not kick against the pricks (Br.). Don't kick against pricks (Am.). It is ill striving against the stream (Br.). Strive not against the stream (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Лбом стены не прошибешь
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10 Плетью обуха не перешибешь
See Против рожна не попрешь а (П), Против рожна не попрешь b (П)Cf:a) There is no arguing with a large fist (Am.). What may the mouse do against the cat? (Am.). You cannot fight City Hall (Am., Br.)b) Do not kick against the pricks (Br.). Don't kick against pricks (Am.). It is ill striving against the stream (Br.). Strive not against the stream (Am.). You can't fight guns with sticks (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Плетью обуха не перешибешь
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11 лоб
муж.forehead; brow поэт.хмурить лоб — to frown, to knit one's brows
атаковать в лоб — to attack frontally, to launch a frontal attack
спрашивать в лоб — to ask directly/point-blank
••что в лоб, что по лбу посл. — it is all one, it all comes to the same thing
- зарубите на лбу!- заруби на лбу! - зарубите на носу! - заруби на носу! - на лбу написано
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