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1 better
1. nтой, що ставить заклад (йде на парі)2. adj (comp від good)1) кращий; вищий2) більш підхожий, більш вигіднийyou are a better man for this job than I am — ти більше підходиш для цієї роботи, ніж я
3) більшийone's better half — розм. дружина
3. adv (comp від well)1) краще2) більше, більшою міроюI like him better than his brother — він подобається мені більше, ніж його брат
3) повніше, ґрунтовніше; сильнішеto think better of smth. — передумати, змінити думку
better late than never — краще пізно, ніж ніколи
the sooner the better — чим швидше, тим краще
4. v1) поліпшувати; виправляти; удосконалювати2) перевершувати, перевищуватиto better oneself — одержувати підвищення, просуватися (по службі)
* * *I nтой, хто б`ється об закладII nкращий; кращеIII a2) кращий; вищий; який краще підходить, більш вигідний3) краще4) більшийIV adv1) l. compar від well 52) краще3) більшою мірою; більше4) повніше; більш ґрунтовно; сильнішеV v1) покращувати, поліпшувати; виправляти; удосконалювати; покращуватися, поліпшуватися; виправлятися3) перевершувати, перевищувати -
2 _борг; позичання
better go to bed supperless than rise in debt better to give than to lend borrowed garments never fit borrowed pots are apt to leak borrowing isn't much better than begging the creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times creditors have better memories than debtors debt is the worst kind of poverty the early man never borrows from the late man great spenders are bad lenders he that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing if you want to know the value of money, try borrowing some if you would lose a troublesome visitor, lend him money lend and lose is the game of fools lend your money and lose your friend neither a borrower nor a lender be omittance is no quittance out of debts, out of danger owe no man anything a small debt makes a debtor, a heavy one an enemy speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them -
3 _родичі; сусіди
better a neighbor near than a brother far be better to your neighbors and you will have better neighbors God gives relatives; thank God we can choose our friends a good friend is better than a hundred relatives the hatred of the nearest relatives is the most bitter if you want to do good business, do it with strangers, not your relatives if you want to hear the whole truth about yourself, anger your neighbor love your neighbor as yourself love your neighbor, but do not pull down the fence many kinsfolk, few friends no man can live at peace unless his neighbor lets him no one can love his neighbor on an empty stomach a quarrelsome man has no good neighbors a rich man never lacks relatives what a neighbour gets is not lost -
4 _різне
aim at the stars, but keep your feet on the ground all are not thieves that dogs bark at all cats are grey in the dark all roads lead to Rome always lend a helping hand among the blind the one-eyed man is king as the days grow longer, the storms are stronger at a round table, there is no dispute of place a bad excuse is better than none a bad vessel is seldom broken be just before you're generous be just to all, but trust not all the best things come in small packages the best way to resist temptation is to give in to it better alone than in bad company better an empty house than a bad tenant better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion better ride an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me better to beg than to steal, but better to work than to beg better a tooth out than always aching between two stools one goes to the ground a bird may be known by its flight a bird never flew on one wing a bit in the morning is better than nothing all day a bleating sheep loses a bite a blind man would be glad to see a blind man needs no looking glass bread always falls buttered side down a burden which one chooses is not felt butter to butter is no relish cast no dirt in the well that gives you water the chain is no stronger than its weakest link a change is as good as a rest Christmas comes but once a year circumstances after cases cleanliness is next to godliness the cobbler's wife is the worst shod a cold hand, a warm heart comparisons are odious consistency is a jewel consideration is half of conversation a creaking door hangs long on its hinges desperate diseases must have desperate remedies the devil looks after his own diamond cut diamond dirt shows the quickest on the cleanest cotton discontent is the first step in progress do as you would be done by dog does not eat dog a dog that will fetch a bone will carry a bone a dog will not cry if you beat him with a bone do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar do not throw pearls before swine do your best and leave the rest with God do your duty and be afraid of none don't be a yes-man don't cut off your nose to spite your face don't drown yourself to save a drowning man don't look a gift horse in the mouth don't spur a willing horse don't strike a man when he is down don't swap the witch for the devil eagles don't catch flies eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together the English are a nation of shopkeepers even a stopped clock is right twice a day every cock sings in his own way every fish that escapes seems greater than it is every man is a pilot in a calm sea every medal has its reverse side every thing comes to a man who does not need it every tub smells of the wine it holds evil communications corrupt good manners the exception proves the rule exchange is no robbery extremes meet facts are stubborn things familiarity breeds contempt fast bind, fast find fields have eyes, and woods have ears fight fire with fire figure on the worst but hope for the best fingers were made before forks the fire which lights us at a distance will burn us when near the first shall be last and the last, first follow your own star forbearance is no acquittance the fox knows much, but more he that catches him from the day you were born till you ride in a hearse, there's nothing so bad but it might have been worse from the sweetest wine, the tartest vinegar fruit is golden in the morning, silver at noon, and lead at night gambling is the son of avarice and the father of despair the game is not worth the candles a gentleman never makes any noise the gift bringer always finds an open door the giver makes the gift precious a good horse cannot be of a bad colour a good tale is none the worse for being twice told good riddance to bad rubbish the greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong the half is more than the whole half a loaf is better than no bread half an orange tastes as sweet as a whole one hawk will not pick out hawk's eyes the heart has arguments with which the understanding is unacquainted he may well swim that is held up by the chin he that doesn't respect, isn't respected he that lies down with dogs must rise with fleas he that would live at peace and rest must hear and see and say the best he who is absent is always in the wrong he who follows is always behind the higher the climb, the broader the view history is a fable agreed upon hitch your wagon to a star the ideal we embrace is our better self if a bee didn't have a sting, he couldn't keep his honey if a sheep loops the dyke, all the rest will follow I fear Greeks even when bringing gifts if each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city if the cap fits, wear it if the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain if you cannot bite, never show your teeth if you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have if you cannot speak well of a person, don't speak of him at all if you leave your umbrella at home, it is sure to rain if you wish to see the best in others, show the best of yourself ill news travels fast ill weeds grow apace an inch breaks no square it always pays to be a gentleman it costs nothing to ask it is easier to descend than ascend it is easier to pull down than to build up it is good fishing in troubled waters it is idle to swallow the cow and choke on the tail it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back it is sometimes best to burn your bridges behind you it is well to leave off playing when the game is at the best it is not clever to gamble, but to stop playing it's a small world it takes all sorts to make a world it takes a thief to catch a thief jealousy is a green-eyed monster jealousy is a proof of self-love keep a dress seven years and it will come back into style keep no more cats than will catch mice kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish kissing goes by favor jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today a joy that's shared is a joy made double justice is blind lay not the load on the lame horse learn to creep before you leap let the cock crow or not, the day will come the longest road is sometimes the shortest way home lookers-on see most of the game man does not live by bread alone many are called but few are chosen many go out for wool and come home shorn many stumble at a straw and leap over a block men cease to interest us when we find their limitations a misty morn may have a fine day the mob has many heads but no brains the moon is not seen when the sun shines the more the merrier mountain has brought forth a mouse much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of name not a halter in his house that hanged himself the nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat never be the first by whom the new is tried nor yet the last to lay the old aside never do anything yourself you can get somebody else to do never is a long time never let your left hand know what your right hand is doing never make a bargain with the devil on a dark day never quarrel with your bread and butter never tell tales out of school a nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse no joy without alloy no man is a hero to his valet no mud can soil us but the mud we throw no names, no pack-drill no news good news no one but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches none is so blind as they who will not see none of us is perfect nothing is certain but the unforeseen nothing is easy to the unwilling nothing is so good but it might have been better nothing is stolen without hands nothing new under the sun nothing seems quite as good as new after being broken an old poacher makes the best keeper once is no rule one dog barks at nothing, the rest bark at him one good turn deserves another one half of the world does not know how the other half lives one hand washes the other one man's meat is another man's poison one picture is worth ten thousand words one volunteer is worth two pressed men one whip is good enough for a good horse; for a bad one, not a thousand opposites attract each other the orange that is squeezed too hard yields a bitter juice other people's burdens killed the ass out of the mire into the swamp painted flowers have no scent paper is patient: you can put anything on it people condemn what they do not understand pigs might fly the pitcher goes often to the well please ever; tease never plenty is no plague the porcupine, whom one must handle gloved, may be respected but is never loved the proof of the pudding is in the eating the remedy is worse than the disease reopen not the wounds once healed a rolling stone gathers no moss the rotten apple injures its neighbors scratch my back and I shall scratch yours the sea refuses no river seize what is highest and you will possess what is in between seldom seen, soon forgotten silence scandal by scandal the sharper the storm, the sooner it's over the sheep who talks peace with a wolf will soon be mutton since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get small faults indulged in are little thieves that let in greater solitude is at times the best society some people are too mean for heaven and too good for hell the soul of a man is a garden where, as he sows, so shall he reap sour grapes can never make sweet wine sow a thought and reap an act the sow loves bran better than roses a stick is quickly found to beat a dog with still waters run deep stoop low and it will save you many a bump through life a straw shows which way the wind blows a stream cannot rise above its source the style is the man the sun loses nothing by shining into a puddle the sun shines on all the world the sun will shine down our street too sunday plans never stand suspicion may be no fault, but showing it may be a great one sweetest nuts have the hardest shells the tail cannot shake the dog take things as they are, not as you'd have them tastes differ there are more ways of killing a dog than hanging it there is always room at the top there is life in the old dog yet there is no rose without a thorn there is small choice in rotten apples there is truth in wine there's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it they need much whom nothing will content they that dance must pay the fiddler they walk with speed who walk alone those who hide can find three removals are as bad as a fire to the pure all things are pure to work hard, live hard, die hard, and go to hell after all would be hard indeed too far east is west translation is at best an echo a tree is known by its fruit a tree often transplanted neither grows nor thrives two can play at that game two dogs over one bone seldom agree venture a small fish to catch a great one the voice with a smile always wins wear my shoes and you'll know where they pitch we weep when we are born, not when we die what can you have of a cat but her skin what can't be cured must be endured what matters to a blind man that his father could see what you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail when a dog is drowning, everyone offers him drink when in doubt, do nowt when interest is lost, memory is lost when a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others will build on it when a river does not make a noise, it is either empty or very full when the devil is dead, he never lacks a chief mourner when two ride on one horse one must sit behind where bees are, there is honey where it is weakest, there the thread breaks who seeks what he should not finds what he would not why keep a dog and bark yourself? a wonder lasts but nine days the worth of a thing is best known by its want the world is a ladder for some to go up and some down would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason you buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones you can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink you can tell the day by the morning you cannot lose what you never had you cannot touch pitch and not be defiled you can't put new wine in old bottles you can't walk and look at the stars if you have a stone in your shoe your looking glass will tell you what none of your friends will zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse -
5 _слово; сила слова
actions speak louder than words better ask, than go astray better the foot slip than the tongue better one word in time than two afterwards brevity is the soul of wit by work you get money, by talk you get knowledge easier said than done empty vessels make the greatest sound fine words butter no parsnips fine words dress ill deeds first think, then speak a flow of words is no proof of wisdom a fool is known by his conversation a good tongue is a good weapon a good word costs no more than a bad one great barkers are no biters great cry and little wool a great talker may be no fool, but he is one that relies on him great talkers are like broken pitchers: everything runs out of them great talkers are little doers hard words break no bones he that talks much errs much he that talks much lies much he who says little may be a fool or a genius he who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like hear much, speak little hold your tongue an honest man's word is as good as his bond if your swear you will catch no fish immodest words are in all cases indefensible it is not with saying "honey, honey" that sweetness comes into the mouth a kind word goes a long way least said, soonest mended let not your tongue cut your throat a man never becomes an orator if he has anything to say a man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds many speak much who cannot speak well many a truth is spoken is jest more have repented speech than silence much ado about nothing never answer a question until it is asked no sooner said than done one tongue is enough for two women out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks pleasant words are valued but do not cost much the pen is mightier than the sword pigs grunt about everything and nothing say little but think more say little; write less; print least silly question, silly answer speak of angels and they flap their wings speak when you are spoken to; come when you are called speech is silver(n), silence is golden speech is the gift of all but the thought of few speech was given a man to conceal his thoughts a still tongue makes a wise head ten measures of talk were sent down from heaven, and women took nine it is not every question that deserves an answer the tongue always returns to the sore tooth the tongue is not steel but it cuts the tongue is the only tool that grows sharper with use an unkind word is better left unspoken what is writ is writ a woman fights with her tongue a woman's hair is long, but her tongue is longer a word before is worth two behind a word spoken is past recalling a word to the wise is sufficient words and deeds are not weighed in the same balance words are but wind words are the wise man's counters and the fool's money words cut more than swords words pay no debts the worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise wounds made by words are hard to heal you are master of the unspoken word; the spoken word is master of youEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _слово; сила слова
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6 _дурість
all asses wag their ears all men are fools, but the wisest of fools are called philosophers arguing with a fool shows there are two ask a silly question and you get a silly answer as the fool thinks, so the bell clinks the ass is known by its ears asses as well as pitchers have ears blame-all and praise-all are two blockheads change of weather is a discourse of fools children and fools have merry lives children and fools must not play with edged tools children and fools tell the truth dreams give wings to fools the darkest place is under the candlestick every ass loves to hear himself bray every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king's horses every fool will be meddling experience is the teacher of fools folly grows without watering a fool always finds a bigger fool to admire a fool always rushes to the fore a fool and his money are soon parted a fool believes everything a fool is known by his conversation a fool is known by his laughing a fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man answer in seven years a fool over forty is a fool indeed a fool may give a wise man counsel a fool may sometimes speak to the purpose a fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out a fool who keeps his mouth closed fools the whole world the fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool the fool wonders; the wise man asks a fool's voice is known by a multitude of words fools and bairns should never see half-done work fools go in crowds fools make feasts and wise men eat them fools never know when they are well fools rush in where angels fear to tread fortune favors the fools give a man enough rope and he will hang himself a great talker may be no fool, but he is one that relies on him he is a fool who cannot be angry but a wise man who will not he that makes himself an ass must not complain if men ride him he who is born a fool is never cured honey is not for the ass's mouth if all fools wore white caps, we'd all look like geese if an ass goes traveling, he'll not come back a horse if fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold in spite of colleges and schools, the world remains a ship of fools it is better to remain silent and be thought of as a fool than to speak and prove the same it is ill manners to silence a fool, and it is cruelty to let him go on it is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait a learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one lend and lose is the game of fools little wit in the head makes much work for the feet one fool makes many never bray at an ass never show a fool a half-done work no fool like an old fool none is a fool always, everyone sometimes riches serve a wise man but command a fool silence is the virtue of a fool success ruins a fool there are a great many asses without long ears it is better to lose with a wise man than to win with a fool a wager is a fool's argument the way of a fool is right in his own eyes when a fool has made up his mind, the market has gone by a white wall is the fool's writing paper: he writes his name there a wise man changes his mind, a fool never will a wise man learns by the experiences of others; an ordinary man learns by his own experience; a fool learns by nobody's experiences a wise man's day is worth a fool's life the wise seek wisdom; the fool has found it words are the wise man's counters and the fool's money -
7 _влада
the best government is that in which the law speaks instead of the lawyer better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven a crown is no cure for a headache divide and rule dress a monkey as you will, it remains a monkey still everyone speaks well of the bridge which carries him over fish begins to stink at the head the great fish eat up the small he sits not sure that sits too high he that cannot obey cannot command high places have their precipices the higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his tail if you can't command yourself, you can't command others it is better for a town to be governed by a good man than by good laws it is ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope the king can do no wrong kings have long arms a new broom sweeps clean the pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God the statesman makes the occasion, but the occasion makes the politician sudden power is apt to be insolent, sudden liberty saucy; that behaves best which has grown gradually that government is best which governs least -
8 _гроші
better an empty purse than an empty head a dollar saved is a dollar earned every man has his price a friend in the market is better than money in the purse a full purse has many friends he that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money he that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages he who pays the piper, calls the tune honour and profit lie not in one sack if you want to know the value of money, try borrowing some a light purse is a heavy purse money answers all things money doesn't grow on trees money has no smell money has wings money in the purse will always be in fashion money is a good servant, but a bad master money is the root of all evil money is the sinews of war money isn't everything money makes money money makes the man money never comes out of season money will buy everything but real happiness more money, more sin muck and money go together never loan money to a friend unless you wish to lose him never spend your money before you have it nothing but money is sweeter than honey no ear is deaf to the song that gold sings a penny soul never came to twopence sailors get their money like horses, but spend it like asses there is no dust so blinding as gold dust those who have money have trouble about it the true value of life cannot be measured in. dollars the value of money lies in what we do with it when a man says money can do anything, it's a sure sign he hasn't got any wrinkled purses make wrinkled faces you cannot serve God and Mammon -
9 _смерть
better a glorious death than a shameful life the dead are always wrong dead men tell no tales death defies the doctor or employs him to do its job death is a black camel which kneels at every man's gate death is the great leveller death keeps no calendar death pays all debts death takes no denial death to the wolf is life to the lamb dying is as natural as living dying men speak true the fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself the first breath is the beginning of death the good die young if you fear death, you're already dead a man can die but once men are mortal men fear death as children do going in the dark never speak ill of the dead nothing is certain but death and taxes shrouds have no pockets six feet of earth makes all men equal there is nothing more certain than death and nothing more uncertain than the hour of death there is a remedy for all things but death whom the gods love die young -
10 _виховання; походження
better a good cow than a cow of a good kind birth is much, but breeding is more education begins a gentleman; conversation completes him he is not well bred that cannot bear ill breeding in others a man who has not been flogged is not educated a man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners never mind who was your grandfather – what are you? nurture is stronger than nature a plowman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees when Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _виховання; походження
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11 _сміх; глузування; жарт
better lose a jest than a friend he is not laughed at that laughs at himself first he jests at scars who never felt a wound he laughs best who laughs last he that laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday jeerers must be content to taste of their own broth jesters do oft prove prophets laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone laugh before breakfast, you'll cry before supper a loud laugh bespeaks the vacant mind a man who can smile when he feels like cussin' has the qualities of a winner many a true words is spoken in jest sarcasm is the language of the devil use your wit as a shield, not as a sword wit is the salt of conversation, not the food wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a fool the wit of conversation consists more in finding it in others than showing a great deal yourself the worst jests are the true onesEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _сміх; глузування; жарт
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12 _бажання; капризи
better to have than wish a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush if a man could have all his wishes, he would double his trouble if my aunt had been a man, he'd have been my uncle the more you get, the more you want nothing is impossible to a willing heart where there is a will, there's a way the wish is father to the thoughtEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _бажання; капризи
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13 _шлюб; дім; сім'я
accidents will happen in the best regulated families a bad husband cannot be a good man before you go in double harness, look well to the other horse better one house spoiled than two big houses have small families, and small houses big families a blind man's wife needs no paint the calmest husbands take the stormiest wives choose your love, then love your choice choose your man as you choose your shoes – for comfort and long wear a deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple don't marry a girl who wants strawberries in January each husband gets the infidelity he deserves earlier wed, sooner dead every family has a black sheep every man can tame a shrew but he that has one everyone can keep house better than her mother until she tries the father is the guest who best becomes the table first thrive and then wife a friend married is a friend lost a good husband makes a good wife the grey mare is the better horse happy is the bride that the sun shines on he that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man he who has a fair wife needs more than two eyes honest men marry soon, wise men not at all he that marries a widow and four children marries four thieves he that takes a wife takes a care he that tells his wife news is but newly wed he that will thrive must first ask his wife he who marries for wealth sells his liberty the husband is always the last to know the husband is the head of the house, but the wife is the neck and the neck moves the head if you wish praise, die; if you wish blame, marry it is not every couple that is a pair keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards a kind wife makes a faithful husband the Lord makes a man, but the wife makes a husband love takes away the sight, and matrimony restores it a man is newly married who tells his wife everything marriage goes by contrasts marriage is a lottery marriage makes or mars a man marriages are made in heaven marry above your match and you get a master marry in haste, and repent at leisure marry a handsome man and you marry trouble marry late or never marry your son when you please and your daughter when you can men are what their mothers made them most men get as good a wife as they deserve the mother-in-law remembers not that she was a daughter-in-law never interfere with family quarrels never marry for money, but marry where money is a nurse spoils a good housewife nurses put one bit in the child's mouth and two in their own observe the mother and take the daughter put not your hand between the bark and the tree a shotgun marriage won't last longer than the honeymoon sweet-talk to the old lady to get to the daughter there are as many good stepmothers as white ravens there is one good wife in the country, and every man thinks he has her to marry once is a duty, twice is folly, thrice is madness the woman who obeys her husband rules him want makes strife between man and wife when going to sea, pray once; when going to war, pray twice; when going to be married, pray thrice when the husband earns well, the wife spends well when you get married you tie a knot with your tongue that you can't untie with your teeth where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage whoever is tired of a happy day, let him take a wifeEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _шлюб; дім; сім'я
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14 _навчання; вченість
colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints curiosity killed the cat don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs doubt grows up with knowledge education makes the man every good scholar is not a good schoolmaster example is better than precept example teaches more than precept a handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning he that knows nothing, doubts nothing he knows most who speaks least he who is ignorant of foreign languages knows not his own he who never learns anything never forgets anything increase your knowledge and you increase your griefs in spite of colleges and schools, the world remains a ship of fools it is never too late to learn it is a task to learn, but it is much harder to unlearn a learned man is twice born knowledge and wisdom are far from being one knowledge is knowing that we cannot know knowledge is power learn from the mistakes of others a learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one a learned man can be appreciated only by another learned man learning is better than house and land learning is the eye of the mind learning makes a good man better and a bad man worse a little learning is a dangerous thing live and learn men learn while they teach money spent on the brain is never spent in vain mother wit is better than book education nature passes nurture no man is born wise or learned old foxes want no tutors soon learnt soon forgotten there is no royal road to learning they that think they know everything, know nothing too much knowledge makes the head bald wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket what is learned in the cradle lasts to the grave wit once bought is worth twice taught years know more than books we can learn only from our betters you can lead a boy to college, but you can't make him thinkEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _навчання; вченість
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15 _розум; мудрість; думка
advice is something the wise don't need and the fools won't take all great minds run in the same channel all men are fools, but the wisest of fools are called philosophers better an empty purse than an empty head a big head means a big headache bought wisdom is best if you don't pay too dear for it entertain no thoughts which you would blush at in words the doors of wisdom are never shut a flow of words is no proof of wisdom the fool wonders; the wise man asks go where he will, a wise man is always at home happy is the man who finds wisdom and gets understanding he who questions nothing learns nothing high living, low thinking if what men most admire they would despise, it would look like mankind were growing wise it is easy to be wise after the event it needs great wisdom to play the fool little hair, much wit know thyself knowledge and wisdom are far from being one men talk wisely but live foolishly nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time no man can be always wise no man is born wise or learned one good head is better than a thousand strong hands one hears only what he understands popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world riches serve a wise man but command a fool so many men, so many minds speech is the gift of all but the thought of few a still tongue makes a wise head two heads are better than one where all think alike, no one thinks very much where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise wisdom doesn't always speak in Greek and Latin wisdom goes not always by years wisdom in a poor man is a diamond set in lead wisdom is ever a blessing, education is sometimes a curse wisdom is the wealth of the wise a wise man changes his mind; a fool never does a wise man is strong a wise man will make more opportunities than he finds a wise man's day is worth a fool's life wise men care not for what they cannot have wise men learn by other men's mistakes; fools insist on learning by their own a word to the wise words are the wise man's counters and the fool's moneyEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _розум; мудрість; думка
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16 _їжа
appetite comes with eating appetite furnishes the best sauce better a good dinner than a fine coat eat at pleasure, drink by measure eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you will die eating and scratching wants but a beginning gluttony kills more than the sword he that steals the old man's supper does him no wrong hunger breaks stone walls hunger is the best sauce hunger knows no friends a hungry belly has no ears it's better a belly burst than good food waste lazy folks' stomachs don't get tired lightest suppers make long lives live not to eat, but eat to live men are conservative after dinner new dishes beget new appetites slow at meat, slow at work stuff today and starve tomorrow suppers kill more than the greatest doctors can core the table robs more than the thief there are more days than sausages there is ill talk between a full man and a fasting the way to a man's heart is through his stomach we never repent of having eaten or drunk too little who eats with heart is a worker smart you are what you eat you dig your grave with your own fork -
17 _жінка; дружина
all are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives? all women look the same after the sun goes down any woman can keep a secret, but she generally needs one other woman to help her better the devil's than a woman's slave a cat has nine lives; a woman has nine cat's lives a diamond daughter turns to glass as a wife everybody's sweetheart is nobody's wife the fewer the women, the less the trouble the fingers of a housewife do more than a yoke of oxen the first wife is matrimony; the second, company; the third, heresy the grey mare is the better horse the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world handle with care women and glass hanging and wiving goes by destiny happy is the bride that the sun shines on he that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man he who has a fair wife needs more than two eyes hell hath no fury like a woman scorned if it is a secret, don't tell it to a woman it is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well it is a woman's privilege to change her mind it is as great pity to see a woman weep as to see a goose go barefoot ladies don't smoke long hair and short wit the longest five years in a woman's life is between twenty-nine and thirty never choose your woman or your linen by candlelight never praise your wife until you have been married ten years never quarrel with a woman no house was ever big enough for two women no woman is ugly if she is well dressed one tongue is enough for two women the only secret a woman can keep is her age praise from a wife is praise indeed the real housewife is at once a slave and a lady she who is a beauty is half-married she who loves the looking glass hates the saucepan silence is a woman's best garment slander expires at a good woman's door tell a woman and you tell the world ten measures of talk were sent down from heaven, and women took nine there is no fury like a woman's fury there is nothing better than a good woman and nothing worse than a bad one there is one good wife in the country, and every man thinks he has her there's hardly a strife in which a woman has not been a prime mover ugliness is the guardian of women the ugliest woman can look in the mirror and think she is beautiful an undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife when a girl whistles, the angels cry wherever there is a woman, there is gossip a whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men winter weather and women's thoughts change often a wise woman never outsmarts her husband a woman, a cat, and a chimney should never leave the house a woman fights with her tongue a woman knows a bit more than Satan a woman laughs when she can but cries whenever she wishes the woman who obeys her husband rules him a woman's hair is her crowning glory a woman's hair is long, but her tongue is longer a woman's place is in the home a woman's tongue is one that will never wear out a woman's tongue is the only sharp-edged tool that grows keener with constant use women are necessary evils a woman's work is never done women are strong when they arm themselves with their weaknesses women forgive injuries, but never forget slights women would be more charming if one could fall into their arms without falling into their hands a worthy woman is the crown of her husband -
18 _праця; справа та відпочинок
all lay load on the willing horse all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy all work is noble at the workingman's house, hunger looks in but dares not enter a bad shearer never had a good sickle the best fish are near the bottom the best way to get rid of work is to do it better to be idle than badly employed the busiest men have the most leisure business before pleasure business is to grown men what blocks are to children the cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet the cobbler should stick to his last every man to his trade everybody's business is nobody's business fools and bairns should never see half-done work a good horse should be seldom spurred grasp all, lose all he that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities he who does not work, neither shall he eat he that would eat the fruit must climb the tree a hired horse never tires if you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow if you want a thing well done do it yourself if you would have your business done, go; if not, send in doing we learn it is working that makes a workman Jack of all trades is master in none the labourer is worthy of his hire a man can do no more than he can a man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds many hands make work light the more boys that help, the less work they do never do things by halves never send a boy to do a man's job practice makes perfect Rome was not built in a day a short horse is soon curried there are tricks in every trade they must hunger in winter that will not work in summer two of a trade never agree what is a workman without his tools? what is worth doing at all is worth doing well what may be done at any time will be done at no time when pleasure is the business of life, it ceases to be pleasure a wise man without work is a bee without honey a woman's work is never done work is not the curse, but drudgery is work is the only capital that never misses dividends work is work if you're paid to do it, and it's pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it the workman is known by his work you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs you never know what you can do till you tryEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _праця; справа та відпочинок
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19 _багатство і бідність
abundance, like want, ruins many at the workingman's house hunger looks in but dares not enter a beggar can never be bankrupt a beggar ennobled does not know his kinsmen beggar is jealous of beggar beggars can't be choosers a beggar's purse is bottomless chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor the doorstep of a great house is slippery few rich men own their own property – their property owns them a full purse has many friends full stomachs make empty heads God help the rich, for the poor can beg gold dust blinds all eyes gold is tested by fire, men by gold gold may be bought too dear gold rules the world gold will not buy everything a great fortune is a great slavery a handkerchief is a poor woman's purse hunger breaks stone walls hunger is the best sauce hunger knows no friends a hungry belly has no ears if you haven't silver in your purse, you should have silk on your tongue it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven life and misery begin together a light purse is a heavy purse the more we have, the more we want, the more we want, the less we have much gold, much care much profit, much risk naked we come, naked we go neither beg of him who has been a beggar, nor serve him, who has been a servant old woman's gold is not ugly one day a beggar, the next day a thief a poor man is better than a liar the poor man pays for all poor men's tables are soon set possession is nine points of the law poverty consists in feeling poor poverty is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience poverty is no sin poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is poverty is the mother of all arts poverty parts friends prosperity discovers vice, adversity virtue prosperity makes friends; adversity tries them a rich man never lacks relatives a rich man knows not his friends a rich person ought to have a strong stomach rich men have no faults riches and virtue do not often keep each other company riches serve a wise man but command a fool a rising tide lifts all boats set a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the Devil there is ill talk between a full man and a fasting there is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich there is no virtue that poverty does not destroy a thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich to be content, look backward on those who possess less than yourself, not forward on those, who possess more when one has a good table, he is always right the weakest goes to the wall wealth and content are not bedfellows wealth is not his that has it, but his who enjoys it wealth makes wit waver when all are poor, it doesn't take much to make a rich man wisdom in a poor man is a diamond set in lead wrinkled purses make wrinkled faces you cannot serve God and MammonEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _багатство і бідність
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20 think
In розм.1) міркування2) думка, гадкаthink piece — огляд (подій); оглядова стаття
IIv (past і p.p. thought)1) думати, міркувати, мислити (про — about, of); обдумувати, обмірковуватиto think twice before doing smth. — добре (двічі) подумати, перш ніж зробити щось
I'll think about (of) it — я подумаю про це
to learn to think in English — навчитися мислити по-англійському, засвоїти англійський спосіб мислення
2) вважати, гадати, припускати3) мати думкуto think badly of smb., smth. — бути поганої думки про когось, про щось
4) розуміти, уявляти собіI can't think how you did it — не можу уявити собі, як ви це зробили
I can't think what he means — не можу зрозуміти, що він хоче цим сказати
6) мати на увазі, мати намір, замишляти, задумувати7) очікувати, розраховувати, припускати; сподіватися8) пригадувати, згадуватиI think how we were once friends — я пригадую, як ми колись дружили
9) постійно думати, мріяти10) піклуватися, турбуватися, дбатиto think shame — розм. соромитися
think for — підозрівати, припускати
think out — а) продумувати (до кінця); б) вигадувати
think over — зважувати, обмірковувати
think through — додумати до кінця, добратися до суті
think up — амер., розм. придумати, вигадати
to think better of smb. (of smth.) — передумати, змінити думку про когось (про щось)
to think much of smb. (of smth.) — бути високої думки про когось (про щось), високо цінувати когось (щось)
he thinks he is it — розм. він про себе високої думки
I think little (nothing) of 30 miles a day — подолати 30 миль за день я вважаю дрібницею
I don't think — що й казати; нічого не скажеш
an amiable young lady, I don't think — що й казати — приємна панна
* * *I [aiçk] n1) міркування2) думка; роздумиII [aiçk] v( thought)1) думати, міркувати; мислитиto think aloud — думати /міркувати/ уголос
he says all he think s — він говорить усе, що думає; що він думає, те е говорить; думати, мати в голові
to think scorn of smb — icт. думати із презирством про когось, нехтувати кимось
2) думати, вважати; припускатиthen you think that... — виходить, ти вважаєш /думаєш/, що...
it's better, don't you think, to get it over with — є як по-твоєму, чи не краще відразу з цим покінчитиє
to think smb the best contemporary novelist — вважати когось кращим сучасним романістом
to think smb of little account — не з кого-л, ставитися зі зневагою до когось
to think much /well, highly, a great deal/ or smb; smth — бути високої думки про когось, щось; високо цінувати когось, щось
to think badly of smb; smth — бути поганої думки про когось, щось
to think little /nothing/ of smth think to think badly of smth — мати за ніщо; вважати дрібницею
to think of smb as one's inferior [superior] — вважати когось нижче [вище]себе уявляти собі, уявляти
to think of smb as still a boy — уявляти собі когось усе ще хлопчиком
what do you think — є, що б ви думалиє
only think!, just think of that!, to think of it! — подумати тільки!; уявляєтеє
you can't think! — подумайте!; ви е уявити собі не можете!; уявляти, малювати в ( своїй) уяві
3) придумувати, знаходитиto think a way out of trouble — знайти вихід зі скрутного становища; (of) придумувати, додумуватися
4) мати на увазі, мати намір; задумуватиto think of marrying /to marry/ smb — збиратися /мати намір/ женитися на комусь
5) очікувати, припускати, розраховуватиI didn't think to see you — я не очікував /не розраховував/ побачити вас
who would have thought to meet you here — хто б подумав /хто б міг припустити/, що я зустріну вас тутє; підозрювати, чекати
to think no evil /no harm/ — не запідозрити злого наміру, не чекати нічого поганого; ( for) icт. підозрювати, припускати
things are worse than you think for — все набагато гірше, ніж ви думаєте
6) згадувати7) постійно думати, мріятиhe thinksnothing but sports — він ні про що крім спорту не думає /не може думати/
8) піклуватися, турбуватися9) refl доводити себе роздумами до якогось стануhe thought himself into a fever — він настільки багато думав, що занедужав /зліг/
10) пpикм. розумовий; інтелектуальний, філософськийto think long — дiaл. з, нудитися
to think fit /good, proper/ to do smth — вирішуватися зробити щось (звичн. якусь дурість)
to think better of smth — передумати, змінити думку про щось
to think big — cл. далеко мітити, мати честолюбні плани
I don't think — не думаю; нічого подібного, що за дурниці, що за дурниця; нема чого сказати, нічого не скажеш, нічого собі
an amiable young man, I don't think — приємних парубків, нема чого сказати
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