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41 mona
f.bun, hair gathered into a knot or round coil, chignon.* * *1 familiar (borrachera) drunken state2 familiar (imitador) copycat\aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's earmandar a freír monas a alguien familiar to tell somebody to get stuffedmona (de Pascua) Easter cake* * *1. f., (m. - mono) 2. f., (m. - mono)* * *SF1) (Zool) (=hembra) female monkey; (=especie) Barbary ape- aunque la mona se vista de seda mona se queda2) * (=copión) copycat *3) * (=borrachera)coger o pillar una mona — to get sloshed o plastered *
4)6)* * *1) (fam) ( borrachera)agarrar una mona — to get plastered (colloq)
2)a) ( en naipes) old maidb) (Col) ( para un álbum) picture cardcomo la mona — (CS fam) terrible
c) (Ven fam) ( mujer pretenciosa) stuck-up woman* * *1) (fam) ( borrachera)agarrar una mona — to get plastered (colloq)
2)a) ( en naipes) old maidb) (Col) ( para un álbum) picture cardcomo la mona — (CS fam) terrible
c) (Ven fam) ( mujer pretenciosa) stuck-up woman* * *A ( fam)vete a dormir la mona go and sleep it offB1 (en naipes) old maid2 ( Col) (para un álbum) picture cardtiene una secretaria como la mona her secretary's terrible o absolutely hopeless o a total disasterCompuesto:( Esp) Easter cake* * *
Multiple Entries:
mona
moña
mona sustantivo femenino
1 (fam) ( borrachera):◊ agarrar una moña to get plastered (colloq);
dormir la moña to sleep it off
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◊ como la moña (CS fam) terrible
moña sustantivo femenino (Taur) ribbon;
( lazo) (RPl) bow
mono,-a
I m,f Zool monkey
II sustantivo masculino
1 Indum (para trabajo) overalls pl; US coveralls pl
2 argot (de abstinencia) cold turkey
III adj fam (bonito) lovely, pretty, charming
♦ Locuciones: ¿tengo monos en la cara?, what are you staring at?
mona f fam
♦ Locuciones: coger/pillar una mona, to get pissed, plastered, sloshed
dormir la mona, to sleep it off
' moña' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dormir
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- mormón
English:
sleep off
- Mormon
* * *mona nf1.Fam [borrachera]agarrar una mona to get plastered;dormir la mona to sleep it off4. CompCSur Famcomo la mona [terrible] terrible;me siento como la mona I feel terrible;este libro está escrito como la mona this book is atrociously written* * *f ZO (female) monkey;dormir la mona fam sleep it off -
42 moña
f.bun, hair gathered into a knot or round coil, chignon.* * *1 familiar (borrachera) drunken state2 familiar (imitador) copycat\aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's earmandar a freír monas a alguien familiar to tell somebody to get stuffedmona (de Pascua) Easter cake* * *1. f., (m. - mono) 2. f., (m. - mono)* * *SF1) (Zool) (=hembra) female monkey; (=especie) Barbary ape- aunque la mona se vista de seda mona se queda2) * (=copión) copycat *3) * (=borrachera)coger o pillar una mona — to get sloshed o plastered *
4)6)* * ** * *1) (fam) ( borrachera)agarrar una mona — to get plastered (colloq)
2)a) ( en naipes) old maidb) (Col) ( para un álbum) picture cardcomo la mona — (CS fam) terrible
c) (Ven fam) ( mujer pretenciosa) stuck-up woman* * *A ( fam)vete a dormir la mona go and sleep it offB1 (en naipes) old maid2 ( Col) (para un álbum) picture cardtiene una secretaria como la mona her secretary's terrible o absolutely hopeless o a total disasterCompuesto:( Esp) Easter cake* * *
Multiple Entries:
mona
moña
mona sustantivo femenino
1 (fam) ( borrachera):◊ agarrar una moña to get plastered (colloq);
dormir la moña to sleep it off
2
◊ como la moña (CS fam) terrible
moña sustantivo femenino (Taur) ribbon;
( lazo) (RPl) bow
mono,-a
I m,f Zool monkey
II sustantivo masculino
1 Indum (para trabajo) overalls pl; US coveralls pl
2 argot (de abstinencia) cold turkey
III adj fam (bonito) lovely, pretty, charming
♦ Locuciones: ¿tengo monos en la cara?, what are you staring at?
mona f fam
♦ Locuciones: coger/pillar una mona, to get pissed, plastered, sloshed
dormir la mona, to sleep it off
' moña' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dormir
- mona
- mormón
English:
sleep off
- Mormon
* * *mona nf1.Fam [borrachera]agarrar una mona to get plastered;dormir la mona to sleep it off4. CompCSur Famcomo la mona [terrible] terrible;me siento como la mona I feel terrible;este libro está escrito como la mona this book is atrociously written* * *f ZO (female) monkey;dormir la mona fam sleep it off -
43 горбатого могила исправит
only the grave will/can straighten the hunchbackрискованно в переводе!: The leopard cannot change its spots./ You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.Словарь переводчика-синхрониста (русско-английский) > горбатого могила исправит
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44 горбатого могила исправит
only the grave will/can straighten the hunchbackрискованно в переводе!: The leopard cannot change its spots./ You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.Русско-английский словарь переводчика-синхрониста > горбатого могила исправит
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45 Х-1
ИЗ ХАМА НЕ СДЕЛАЕШЬ (НЕ БУДЕТ) ПАНА (saying) a rude, uncouth person cannot become refined and well-mannered: = you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. -
46 из хама не будет пана
• ИЗ ХАМА НЕ СДЕЛАЕШЬ < НЕ БУДЕТ> ПАНА[saying]=====⇒ a rude, uncouth person cannot become refined and well-mannered:- ≈ you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > из хама не будет пана
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47 из хама не сделаешь пана
• ИЗ ХАМА НЕ СДЕЛАЕШЬ < НЕ БУДЕТ> ПАНА[saying]=====⇒ a rude, uncouth person cannot become refined and well-mannered:- ≈ you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > из хама не сделаешь пана
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48 Ackergaul
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49 Rennpferd
n racehorse* * *das Rennpferdracehorse; racer* * *Rẹnn|pferdntracehorseaus einem Ackergaul kann man kein Rennpferd machen (prov) — you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (Prov)
* * *(a horse bred and used for racing.) racehorse* * *Renn·pferdnt racehorse; s.a. Ackergaul* * *das racehorse* * *Rennpferd n racehorse* * *das racehorse* * *n.race horse n. -
50 aunque la mona se vista de sedamona se queda
you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's earSpanish-English dictionary > aunque la mona se vista de sedamona se queda
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51 Ackergaul
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52 Из рогожи не сделаешь кожи
You cannot make anything fine or refined out of material that is of poor quality. See Из худого не сделаешь хорошее (И), Каково волокно, таково и полотно (K)Var.: Из ежовой кожи шубы не сошьёшьCf: No man can make a good coat with bad cloth (Br.). One cannot make a horn of a pig's tail (Br.). Sour grapes can never make sweet wine (Am.). There never was a good knife made of bad steel (Am.). You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (Am., Br.). You can't make a silk purse out a pig's ear (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Из рогожи не сделаешь кожи
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53 Из хама не сделаешь пана
It is impossible to turn a boor into a refined man. See Осла хоть в Париж, а он все будет рыж (O)Cf: You can get the man out of the country, but you can't get the country out of the man (Am.). You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Из хама не сделаешь пана
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54 _вміння; здібності; можливості
attempt not to fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren blind men can judge no colours the difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer he who pleased everybody died before he has born it is impossible to hoist oneself by one's own boot's straps much is expected where much is given no living man all things can one cannot put back the clock those who think they can't are generally right the wind cannot be prevented from blowing you cannot chop wood with a penknife you cannot eat your cake and have it you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear you cannot please everyone and your wifeEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _вміння; здібності; можливості
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55 горбатого могила исправит
горбатого < одна> могила исправит (выпрямит)посл., неодобр.lit. only the grave can straighten the hunchback; cf. he who is born a fool is never cured; the leopard cannot change its spots; what is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh; you cannot wash charcoal white; the fox may grow grey, but never good; he will die as he lived; you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's earПрохор улыбнулся, сказал: - Вот уж истинно, что горбатого могила выпрямит. Он и из Красной армии пришёл с грабленым добром. (М. Шолохов, Тихий Дон) — Prokhor smiled and said: 'It's a true saying that only the grave can straighten the hunchback. He's come back with loot even from the Red Army.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > горбатого могила исправит
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56 горбатого одна могила исправит
Set phrase: can the leopard change his spots? you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (one cannot correct someone else's bad habits or stupid convictions, a bad man will die a bad man), he who is born a fool is never cured (contrast: true blue will never stain), only the grave can straighten the hunchback, the thief is sorry he is to be hanged, but not that he is a thief, the wolf may change his coat, but not his disposition, the wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature, what is bred in the bone will not come out of the flesh, what is bred in the bone will not go out of the fleshУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > горбатого одна могила исправит
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57 din coadă de câine sită de mătase nu se face
prov. you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's earyou can't make a horn of a pig's tail.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > din coadă de câine sită de mătase nu se face
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58 Из худого не сделаешь хорошее
Из худого не сделаешь хорошее See Из рогожи не сделаешь кожи (И)Cf: Sour grapes can never make sweet wine (Am.). You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Из худого не сделаешь хорошее
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59 zrobić
* * *pf.1. (= wytworzyć, wyprodukować) make; zrobić śniadanie/kawę make breakfast/some coffee; zrobić coś na drutach knit sth; zrobić coś szydełkiem crochet sth; zrobić coś z niczego make sth out of nothing; zrobić coś od ręki do sth while you wait; zrobić z igły widły make a mountain out of a molehill; i w Paryżu nie zrobią z owsa ryżu you can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.2. (= dokonać czegoś) make, do; zrobić ruch/krok make a move/step; zrobić pranie/porządki do the laundry/cleaning; zrobić komuś zastrzyk give sb an injection; zrobić interes na czymś make money out of sth; zrobić karierę make a career; zrobić komuś grzeczność do sb a favor, Br. do sb a favour; zrobić komuś wstyd bring shame on sb; zrobić z kogoś człowieka make a person out of sb; zrobić z kimś/z czymś koniec do away with sb/sth; zrobić z czymś porządek put sth in order; zrobić oko do kogoś wink at sb; zrobić pierwszy krok/wielki krok naprzód make the first step/a giant step forward; zrobić dobry początek make a good start; zrobić zakupy do shopping; zrobić z czegoś użytek make use of sth; zrobić wyjątek make an exception; zrobić zdjęcie take a picture; zrobić pieniądze l. majątek na czymś make a fortune on sth; zrobić kasę na czymś pot. make money on sth; zrobić komuś kawał play a joke on sb; zrobić komuś na złość spite sb; zrobić z kogoś durnia l. wariata make a fool out of sb; zrobić skok na bank sl. raid a bank; zrobił wiele/wszystko, aby... he did a lot/everything to...; nie wiem, co z tym zrobiłem I have no idea what I did with it; uważaj, bo coś sobie zrobisz be careful or you'll hurt yourself; to ci dobrze zrobi it will do you good; co mogę dla ciebie zrobić? what can I do for you?, is there anything I can do for you?; co mi możecie zrobić? pot. what can you do to me?; co z tym fantem zrobić? what to do with it?3. (= zachować się) do; act, behave; zrobić dobrze/źle do the right/wrong thing; co ja zrobię bez ciebie? what will I do without you?; co ja zrobię, że... I can't help it that...4. (= zorganizować) make, organize; zrobić zebranie organize a meeting; zrobić przyjęcie throw a party; zrobić sobie święto take a day off.pf.1. (= stać się) become, turn out; zrobiło się komuś żal kogoś/czegoś sb felt sorry for sb/sth; zrobiło się głośno koło kogoś/czegoś sb/sth received a lot of attention; zrobiło mi się niedobrze I felt faint; zrobiło mi się smutno/radośnie I felt sad/happy; co się z niego zrobiło?! look what became of him!2. (= nastać) get; zrobiła się noc the night fell; zrobił się dzień the day began; zrobiło się późno/zimno it got late/cold; zrobiła się zima/wiosna winter/spring came; zrobiło się zamieszanie there was some commotion; zrobił się tłok/bałagan there was a crowd/mess.3. pot. (= wykreować się) dress up, spruce up; zrobić się na bóstwo doll o.s. up.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > zrobić
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