Псловицы, поговорки английского языка. Их значение, употребление и русские эквиваленты

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|28. Bad news travels fast. |

|Плохая весть быстро передается. |

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|Худые вести не лежат на месте. |

|Плохая молва на крыльях летит. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: The proverb “Bad news travels fast” means |

|that bad news nearly always reaches us more quickly than good news|

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|29. Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours. |

|Почеши мне спину, тогда я твою почешу |

|(дословный перевод). |

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|Услуга за услугу (русская пословица). |

|Рука руку моет. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: My new friend helped me home with my luggage and I asked her |

|to stay with me until I found her a room. You know the saying “Scratch my back and |

|I’ll scratch yours.” |

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|30. The rotten apple injures its neighbours. |

|Гнилое яблоко портит соседние яблоки. |

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|Паршивая овца все стадо портит. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: Nick’s mother was strongly against her son’s friendship with |

|Pete. She was afraid that it would tell upon her son, who was |

|a good pupil. “A rotten apple injures its neighbours,” she often said to him. |

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|31. Hunger is the best sauce. |

|Голод - лучшая приправа. |

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|Голод - лучший повар. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: Oliver Twist and his little friends ate everything they were |

|given. |

|Hunger is the best sauce, you know. |

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|32. Appetite comes with eating. |

|Аппетит приходит во время еды. Дословный |

|перевод совпадает с русской пословицей. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “Appetite comes with eating,” my mother says |

|always when I refuse to eat. |

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|33. Appearances are deceitful. |

|Наружность обманчива. По наружности о человеке не судят. Дословный перевод |

|совпадает с русской пословицей. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: He is not so quiet as he looks. His appearance is |

|deceitful. |

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|34. What is done cannot be undone. |

|Что сделано, того не переделаешь (дословный перевод). |

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|Сделанного не воротишь. |

|Что с возу упало, то пропало (русская пословица). |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “I am afraid, sir, that you have ruined a great |

|career.” ‘I suppose that is so,” he answered with a sigh. “What is done |

|cannot be undone.” |

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|35. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. |

|Кушай по яблоку в день и врач не понадобится. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: Of course, I eat an apple every morning. An apple a |

|day keeps the doctor away. |

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|36. Catch the bear before you sell his skin. |

|Прежде поймай медведя, а потом продавай его шкуру. |

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|Не убив медведя, шкуры не продавай. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: Never sell the bear’s skin until you have killed the |

|bear. |

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|37. Every cloud has a silver lining. |

|Всякое облако серебром оторочено (дословный перевод). |

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|Нет худа без добра (русская пословица). |

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|Пословица в ситуации: Don’t get upset. Every cloud has a silver lining. |

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|38. First think, then speak. |

|Сперва подумай, потом говори. |

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|Молвишь, не воротишь. |

|Слово не воробей, вылетит, не поймаешь. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: The favourite proverb of our teacher is “First think, |

|then speak”. Sometimes he says: "To speak without thinking is to shoot |

|without looking." |

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|39. One good turn deserves another. |

|Одна хорошая услуга заслуживает другую. |

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|Долг платежом красен. |

|Услуга за услугу. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: He did me a good turn once, and I try to help him when|

|I can. One good turn deserves another. |

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|40. To tell tales out of school. |

|Разбалтывать (сплетничать) за стенами школы. |

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|Выносить сор из избы. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: |

|“He’s got into trouble.” |

|“Tell us about it.” |

|“I must not tell tales out of school.” |

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|41. Two heads are better than one. |

|Две головы лучше одной (дословный перевод). |

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|Ум хорошо, а два лучше (русская пословица). |

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|Пословица в ситуации: I want to know what you really think I should do. Two |

|heads are better than one, you know, even mine is one of them. |

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|42. Still waters run deep. |

|Тихие воды имеют глубокое течение. |

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|В тихой воде омуты глубоки. |

|В тихом омуте черти водятся. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: "I don’t understand the proverb ‘Still waters run deep’|

|quite clearly. Can you explain it to me?" "The proverb has the meaning that |

|the fact that a man says little does not mean that he does not think |

|profoundly, while those who talk the most have no depth of feeling." |

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|43. Don’t halloo till you are out of the wood. |

|Не радуйся, пока не выбрался из лесу. |

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|Не говори «гоп», пока не перепрыгнешь. |

|Не радуйся раньше времени. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: Don’t halloo till you are out of wood. You had better |

|wait for the results of the experiment instead of boasting that you have done|

|something wonderful. |

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|44. Curiosity killed a cat. |

|Любопытство погубило кошку. |

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|Любопытство до добра не доводит. |

|Много будешь знать, скоро состаришься. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “I am sorry,” he said, “I know I shouldn’t have come.” |

|“They say that curiosity killed the cat, but I never believed it when I was |

|your age.” |

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|45. A stitch in time saves nine. |

|Один стежок, сделанный вовремя, стоит девяти (дословный перевод). |

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|Дело вовремя - не бремя (русская пословица). |

|Минутка час бережет. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “Pete, what are you doing with your bicycle? It is |

|quite new. You have bought it this year.” “You know, Nick, a stitch in time |

|saves nine.” |

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|46. Little strokes fell great oaks. |

|Малые удары валят большие дубы. |

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|Терпение и труд все перетрут. |

|Капля по капле и камень долбит. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: You must be more patient. Some time will pass, and you|

|may have a success. One could cut down even the largest of trees with a |

|penknife. You know the proverb “Little strokes fell great oaks”. |

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|47. There’s many a slip between the cup and the lip. |

|Многое может произойти за то время, пока подносишь чашку к губам. |

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|Не говори «гоп», пока не перепрыгнешь. |

|Наперед не загадывай. |

|Это бабушка надвое сказала. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: There’s many a slip between the cup and the lip! Who |

|knows what may happen, Dick! Who knows whether you will be the chairman next|

|year? |

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|48. Everything is good in its season. |

|Все хорошо в свое время. |

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|Всякой вещи свое время. |

|Всякому овощу свое время. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: The old man was fond of tea, but he took it only at |

|tea-time. So he always said, 'Everything is good in its season!' |

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|49. Look before you leap. |

|Посмотри, прежде чем прыгать (дословный перевод). |

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|Не зная броду, не суйся в воду (русская пословица). |

|Семь раз отмерь, один раз отрежь. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: Look before you leap - think well before taking a |

|decision. |

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|50. So many men, so many minds. |

|Сколько людей, столько умов. |

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|Сколько голов, столько умов. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: We asked the two gentlemen several questions about the|

|man. One of them thought he was foolish. As for the other man he said he was|

|very clever. So many men, so many minds. |

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|51. Better late than never. |

|Лучше поздно, чем никогда. Дословный перевод совпадает с русской пословицей.|

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|Пословица в ситуации: There is something I want to talk to you about. I |

|wanted to do it long time ago, but I was afraid. However it’s better late |

|than never. |

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|52. He laughs best who laugh last. |

|Лучше всех смеется тот, кто смеется последним. |

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|Хорошо смеется тот, кто смеется последним. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: As he left them, he knew that they were laughing at |

|him. But he knew also that 'He laughs best who laughs last.' “They think |

|they caught me. I know that I have caught them,” he thought. |

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|53. It never rains but it pours. |

|Беда обрушивается не дождем, а ливнем (дословный перевод). |

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|Пришла беда - отворяй ворота (русская пословица). |

|Беда одна не ходит. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “It never rains but it pours,” said the neighbours.|

|Very soon after father’s death Mike’s mother died and he became an orphan.|

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|54. Business before pleasure. |

|Сначала дело, потом развлечения. |

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|Делу время, потехе час. Сделал дело, гуляй смело. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “Do your homework, Nick. You must do it first. You |

|know that business comes before pleasure,” said Father to his son. |

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|55. Never say die. |

|Никогда не следует падать духом, отчаиваться. |

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|Не вешай носа. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “I hate this old house. Why can’t we leave it,” said|

|Peter. “Never say die, Peter,” said his wife. “We’ll get a new flat soon, |

|you’ll see.” |

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