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

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|56. Tastes differ. |

|У каждого свой вкус. |

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|О вкусах не спорят. На вкус и цвет товарища нет. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “I like this place,” said the young man. “Tastes |

|differ. As for me, I prefer the seaside.” George smiled at his brother |

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|57. It is the last straw that breaks the camel’s back. |

|Последняя соломинка ломает спину верблюда (дословный перевод). |

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|Последняя капля переполняет чашу (русская пословица). |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “Leave the room,” Mr. Smith shouted angrily. It |

|was the last straw that broke the camel’s back. “Leave the room at once |

|and let me sleep.” The boy went out and shut the door. |

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|58. Honesty is the best policy. |

|Честность - лучшая политика. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “Honesty is the best policy,” Mary thought. She at|

|once made up her mind to tell her mother that she had broken her |

|favourite vase. |

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|59. Let sleeping dogs lie. |

|Спящих собак не буди. |

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|Не буди лихо, пока лихо тихо. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “The woman next door always has clothes hanging |

|out on the line. It looks awful. I want to write a sharp note to her |

|husband. What do you think?” “I don’t advise you to do this. Let |

|sleeping dogs lie.” |

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|60. Second thoughts are best. |

|Вторые мысли лучше. |

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|Семь раз отмерь, один раз отрежь. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: I sat down to write him a strong letter of |

|complaint. Then I had second thoughts and went to see him instead. We |

|parted the best of friends. |

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|61. Handsome is as handsome does. |

|По-настоящему красив лишь тот, кто красиво поступает (дословный перевод).|

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|О человеке судят не по словам, а по делам (русская пословица). |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “You may be proud of your daughter. She behaved |

|beautifully during the competition. She won the first prize,” my father |

|told my mother. “Handsome is as handsome does,” my mother said. |

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|62. While there is life there is hope. |

|Пока человек жив, он надеется. |

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|Где жизнь, там и надежда. |

|Пока дышу, надеюсь. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: At any rate, the worst hasn’t happened yet. While |

|there is life there is hope. |

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|63. Live and learn. |

|Живи и учись. |

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|Век живи - век учись. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: Life taught her a good lesson. She had to begin all|

|over again. And she understood that one must live and learn. |

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|64. The early bird catches the worm. |

|Ранняя пташка червяка ловит. |

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|Ранняя птичка носок прочищает, а поздняя глаза продирает. |

|Кто рано встает, тому бог дает. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: Tom liked to sleep late. By the time he got up, |

|Kate had come back with a basket full of mushrooms. “The early bird |

|catches the worm,” the mother said. |

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|65. To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. |

|Уносить ноги вместе с зайцем и одновременно преследовать его гончими |

|(т.е. вести двойную игру) (дословный перевод). |

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|Вести двойную игру (русская пословица). |

|Служить и нашим и вашим. |

|И нашим, и вашим - всем спляшем. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “I am not going to run with the hare and hunt with |

|the hounds,” he thought. “I must act for her.” |

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|66. A friend in need is a friend indeed. |

|Друг в беде есть настоящий друг. |

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|Друзья познаются в беде. |

|Друг в нужде - истинный друг. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: Ann helped Helen during her illness. She was really|

|a friend in need. And Helen was grateful for her. |

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|67. All is not gold that glitters. |

|Не все, что блестит - золото. |

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|Не все золото, что блестит. |

|Не всякая блестка золото. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: You must be careful. All is not gold that glitters.|

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|68. Nothing venture, nothing have. |

|Ничем не рисковать, значит, ничего не иметь. |

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|Попытка - не пытка. |

|Волков бояться - в лес не ходить. |

|Не рискуя, не добудешь. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “We’ll try,” said the teacher. “Nothing venture, |

|nothing have.” |

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|69. Make hay while the sun shines. |

|Коси и суши сено, пока солнце светит (дословный перевод). |

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|Коси коса, пока роса (русская пословица). |

|Куй железо, пока горячо. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: We must leave today. The wind is good now and |

|there won’t be any snow for a few days. If we make hay while the sun |

|shines, we’ll be able to reach the place in a week. |

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|70. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. |

|Никогда не откладывай на завтра то, что ты можешь сделать сегодня. |

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|Не откладывай на завтра того, что можешь сделать сегодня. |

|Завтра, завтра - не сегодня, так ленивцы говорят. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: Mary is angry with Jane. This is what she says to |

|her, “I don’t know anybody like you, Jane! Your favourite word is |

|‘tomorrow’. It’s the first word you say when anybody talks to you about |

|works. Remember the proverb - never put off till tomorrow what you can |

|do today.” |

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|71. Forewarned is forearmed. |

|Заранее предупрежденный - заранее вооруженный. |

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|Предупреждение - тоже бережение. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: We knew of the danger because our friends had |

|warned us. Forewarned is forearmed. We were prepared for the attack. |

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|72. Let bygones be bygones. |

|Пусть прошлое прошлым и останется. |

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|Кто старое помянет, тому глаз вон. |

|Что было, то прошло. |

|Что прошло, то быльем поросло. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “Are you in love with him still?” “I don’t know. I|

|want him to come back. If he does that, we’ll let bygones be bygones.” |

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|73. Actions speak louder than words. |

|Поступки говорят громче, чем слова (дословный перевод). |

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|Не по словам судят, а по делам (русская пословица). |

|О человеке судят по его делам. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: All I want to know is what they did. I’ve always |

|believed in the old proverb that actions speak louder than words. |

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|74. One man’s meat is another man’s poison. |

|Что для одного еда, то для другого яд. |

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|Что полезно одному, то другому вредно. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: One man’s meat is another man’s poison morally as |

|well as physically. |

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|75. In for a penny, in for a pound. |

|Сделано на пенни, можно сделать и на фунт. |

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|Взялся за гуж, не говори, что не дюж. |

|Назвался груздем, полезай в кузов. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: You may do with me what you please and take me |

|where you please. In for a penny, in for a pound. |

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|76. The leopard cannot change his spots. |

|Леопард не может изменить свои пятна. |

|(Леопард не может изменить свою натуру.) |

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|Горбатого могила исправит. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: Oh, all right, I shan’t argue with you, you’re |

|stronger than me. The leopard cannot change his spots. |

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|77. The least said, the soonest mended. |

|Чем меньше сказано, тем легче исправить (дословный перевод). |

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|В добрый час молвить, в худой промолчать (русская пословица). |

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|Пословица в ситуации: The least said, the soonest mended: talking too |

|much will make things only worse. |

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|78. Jack of all trades and master of none. |

|Человек, который берется за многие ремесла, хорошо не владеет ни одним. |

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|За все дела браться - ничего не сделать. |

|За все берется, да не все удается. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: I don’t agree with the proverb “Jack of all trades,|

|and master of none”. We had to do everything for ourselves out there, and|

|we did it quite well. |

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|79. Half a loaf is better than no bread. |

|Лучше полбуханки, чем ничего. |

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|На безрыбье и рак - рыба. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “What do you think of the new press law?” he began.|

|“What do I think of it? I don’t think it will be of much value, but half |

|a loaf is better than no bread.” |

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|80. No pains, no gains. |

|Без труда нет и заработка. |

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|Без труда не вытащишь и рыбки из пруда. |

|Без труда нет плода. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: We must all remember the law of labour: no pains, |

|no gains. |

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|81. To make a mountain out of a molehill. |

|Делать гору из кротовины (дословный перевод). |

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|Делать из мухи слона (русская пословица). |

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|Пословица в ситуации: She wondered why he, who had not usually troubled |

|over things of little importance, made such a mountain out of this |

|molehill. |

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|82. Rome was not built in a day. |

|Рим строился не один день. |

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|Москва не сразу строилась. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: Rome was not built in a day, son. We started on the |

|small jobs too, but now we are all skilled workers. |

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|83. As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb. |

|Все равно за что быть повешенным: за овцу или ягненка. |

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|Семь бед - один ответ. |

|Двум смертям не бывать, а одной не миновать. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: If you are wise, George, you will go to your office |

|and write me your check for three hundred thousand dollars. You can’t be |

|hanged any more for a sheep than for a lamb. |

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|84. Where there is a will there is a way. |

|Где есть желание, там есть и путь. |

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|Где хотенье, там и уменье. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “Still you can learn to do something else, you know.|

|Where there is a will there is a way.” “I am very willing,” said Spike. |

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|85. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. |

|Лучше одна птичка в руках, чем две в кустах (дословный перевод). |

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|Не сули журавля в небе, а дай синицу в руки (русская пословица). |

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|Пословица в ситуации: If you can’t give me a flat, please, give me a |

|room in the hostel. What I need is a roof over my head. A bird in the |

|hand is worth two in the bush. |

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|86. Talk of the devil and he will appear. |

|Заговори о черте и он появится. |

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|Легок на помине. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “What’s the matter, Smith?” “Oh, it’s you, Mr. |

|Brown. I was thinking of you. Talk of the devil and he will appear!” he |

|said, making a joke of it. |

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|87. Fortune favours the brave. |

|Судьба благоприятствует смелым. |

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|Смелость города берет. |

|Смелым всегда удача. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: It is quite true that “fortune favours the brave”, |

|as the old proverb says. The successful people in life are those who have|

|the courage to try. |

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|88. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. |

|Дареному коню в рот не смотри. |

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|Дареному коню в зубы не смотрят. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “I just wanted to ask you: must I take this TV set?|

|I don’t think it’s a good one.” “But it’s a present. Don’t look a gift |

|horse in the mouth.” |

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|89. All is well that ends well. |

|Все хорошо, что хорошо кончается. В данном случае дословный перевод |

|совпадает с русской пословицей. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: “Oh, dear, I’ve caused you so much trouble,” said |

|George. “I do feel bad.” “All is well that ends well,” said Antonio. |

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|90. As you make your bed, so you must lie on it. |

|Как постелешь, так и поспишь. |

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|Что посеешь, то и пожнешь. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: No one must know - certainly not her father, who had |

|warned her so seriously! She had made her bеd, and would have to lie on it.|

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|91. Out of sight, out of mind. |

|Прочь из виду, прочь из памяти. |

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|С глаз долой - из сердца вон. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: Take a short holiday. You know the old proverb “Out |

|of sight, out of mind.” If people aren’t there to be talked about the talk |

|dies. |

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|92. To kill two birds with one stone. |

|Убить двух птиц одним камнем. |

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|Убить двух зайцев одним выстрелом. |

|Одним ударом двух мух убить. |

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|Пословица в ситуации: He was a man who never missed a chance of killing two|

|birds, or three if possible, with one stone. |

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