Відгодована злість і хитрість, і закута в броню брехня атакують добро і щирість серед ночі й білого дня.

Посеред ночі дощ пішов, зашелестів, як збіжжя в полі.

Тож і не вгледілися, коли зайшло в глибоку ніч.

Серед ночі гуси знялися і полетіли.

Серед ночі полковий старшина Іван Ніс перейшов на бік Меншикова й показав йому потайний пролаз у місто.

Серед ночі, після важкої варенухи, при свічках ведмідь і справді-таки налякав гостей.

Серед ночі

В глибоку ніч

Посеред ночі

глуха ніч

dead of night

At the dead of the night

at dead of night

in the depth of night

in the dead of night

I was feeling just as I had felt in the old Malvern House epoch when I used to sneak down to [the schoolmaster]'s study at dead of night in quest of the biscuits he kept there in a tin on his desk, and there came back to me the memory of the occasion when, not letting a twig snap beneath my feet, I had entered his sanctum in pyjamas and a dressing-gown, to find him seated in his chair, tucking into the biscuits himself.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night / Take these broken wings and learn to fly

Write loyal cantons of contemnèd love / And sing them loud even in the dead of night.

Middle of the night.


Чим вищий паркан, тим кращі суcidu

менше любиш

рідше бачиш

Good fences make good neighbours

good fences make good neighbours.

Good boundaries promote good relationships.


Казка про білого бичка

побрехенька

вигадка

нісенітниця

Fanny, how is this? I promise you I thought the whole tale a Banbury story, but, upon my soul, what do I find but that fellow closeted with you!

Finding us easy in our ways, he told me a cock-and-bull story with the moral of another five francs for the narrator. The thing was palpably absurd; but I paid up, and at once dropped all friendliness of manner, and kept him in his place as an inferior with freezing British dignity. He saw in a moment that he had gone too far, and killed a willing horse; his face fell; I am sure he would have refunded if he could only have thought of a decent pretext.

The grinning landlord, as well as the boarders, seemed amazingly tickled at the sudden friendship which had sprung up between me and Queequeg—especially as Peter Coffin’s cock and bull stories about him had previously so much alarmed me concerning the very person whom I now companied with.

"Challenger was the man who came with some cock-and-bull story from South America." "What story?" "Oh, it was rank nonsense about some queer animals he had discovered."

Balderdash! Do not seek to pull wool over my eyes, miss! Fabricate me no Banbury stories !

A Banbury Story of a Cock and a Bull.—The saying "It is a cock and bull story" is common enough, as every one knows, at the present day; but in former times—I mean in the last century—the phrase always ran thus "It is a Banbury story of a cock and a bull." Can you inform me why was Banbury in particular fixed upon as the locality of the story? — Falgate.

Nor was she uncaring, mean-spirited or likely to go about spreading a Banbury story of a cock and a bull.

BANBURY STORY, of a Cock and a Bull, an Idle relation, in order to pick Acquaintance on the Road, till a convenient Place and Opportunity offer to rob or plunder.

'I never got the chance. Mama sent me to my room for telling fibs.' Nella's bottom lip trembled. 'She threatened to paddle me with a hairbrush. Called it a Banbury story of a cock and bull.'

A nonsensical story.

A highly dubious or fanciful story.

Cock and bull story

cock-and-bull story

Banbury story of a cock and a bull


Стикатися з чимсь

up to something

up against

to be up against something

One day Chander, who was always up to something, took it into his head to ring up one or two customers in regard to bills long outstanding on them.

If they are doing nothing they are going to be up to something – just send them to prison.

He looks like an angel, but I can tell he's up to something.

If you try to change the school schedule like that, you'll be up against legions of angry parents.

One or another of them will be poking their heads in and see we have been up to something

Shepard: Last I knew, Kaidan was Alliance. Why is he out in the Terminus Systems? Illusive Man : Officially, it's an outreach program to improve Alliance relations with the colonies. Illusive Man: But they're up to something. And if they sent Commander Alenko, it must be big.

I took my mare and went down to the swamp, for I knew they had been up to something there from the signs I saw.

Police knew who they were. They knew they were up to something. All they could do was wait.

Facing a challenge or opposition.

Doing something mischievous or scheming.


Прирівнювати кого-, що-небудь одне до одного

уподібнювати.

Приводити до спільного знаменника

— Тільки чотири типчики виявились "проти". Та ми приведемо і їх до спільного знаменника.

to reduce something to a common denominator

to find a common denominator


Правда, вони так поглядали й на всіх інших городян, які так чи інакше зв'язали свою долю з долею революції, і які з тих чи інших причин примушені були залишатися вдома й чекати на прихід нової влади, але від цього легше не було.

Саме як прозивається або як хотів би прозиватися, бо справжнє прізвище заносилося тільки до реєстру, а якщо новак з тих або інших причин не хотів, щоб там фігурувало його прізвище, то заносилось лише прізвисько.

Але ж у інших рейдах, з тих або інших причин, теж повстанців було переможено.

Людина ж безкарно не може довго ухилятися з тих чи інших причин від участі в подіях, успіхах і нещастях життя.

З тих або інших причин

З тих або інших міркувань

з тих чи інших міркувань

For some reason or other


людина, що не сидить на місці

перекотиполе

Before that they had been a good deal on the move, trekking about after the white man, who was one of those rolling stones that keep going round after a soft job.

How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone ?

rolling stone

A person who never settles down.


іскри з очей посиплються

noтемніти в очах

see stars

To feel disoriented after an impact or misfortune.

To experience flashing lights in vision, often after a head injury.

Malcolm hit his head and fell to the floor, seeing stars.

Of course they bumped their heads smartly together, saw stars, and both came up flushed and laughing, without the ball, to resume their seats, wishing they had not left them.

During his 13-year career as a game-changing NFL linebacker, Lawrence Taylor hit opponents so hard he often made them see stars.


Як бджілка

Трудитися, як бджілки

клопітний

метушливий

дуже зайнятий

Поволеньки з працьовитою надумою, як бджілка, що збирає скарб меду з квіток, вона лучила знак зі знаком. На її щоки виступили теплі рум'янці, грудь хвилювала.

As busy as a bee

busy as a bee

as busy as a bee.

to be as busy as a bee

to be busy as a bee

Very active.

There was his father bending over his papers at his writing-table before the window, busy as a bee no doubt at some new enthusiasm which was destined to infuriate his neighbours.

Heidi ran backwards and forwards as busy as a bee and brought out everything she could find in the cupboard, for she did not know how to be pleased enough that she could help to entertain the doctor.

Lord, I have been as busy as a bee ever since dinner!


Бути у захваті

To enjoy.

take delight in

delight in

to take delight in something


темрява згущується перед світанком

“‘ The darkest hour is just before dawn.’ I indulged myself in total chaos, ordering it made me get clearance again,” Sevdaliza said via email. Her debut album is set for 2017.

While I'm far away from you my baby / Whisper a little prayer for me my baby / Because it's hard for me my baby / And the darkest hour is just before dawn

“Sometimes the darkest hour is just before the dawn,” he said.

The New Day's downfall was a combination of bad storytelling and an ill-advised gimmick in a cynical era. But the overly positive group will be the first to tell you that the darkest hour is just before the dawn.

it is darkest just before the dawn

it is always darkest before the dawn

the darkest hour is always just before the dawn

it is always darkest just before the dawn

it is darkest before the dawn

It is before the darkest dawn

The worst situation comes before a good one.


Відповідальність, лігши йому на плечі, мовби напнула всі його мускули й нерви і залишила їх надовго в такому стані.

На його плечах лежали турботи про землю, про благо люду землі Тиверської, на Миловидіших терем із його численними (треба) челяддю та дітьми в теремі.

Старість лягає на плечі, а років йому ніяк не зупинити

— Велика відповідальність лягає на плечі саперів, — сказав Волинський

Іван Кирилович почав думати, скільки важливих справ лежить зараз на його плечах та як йому ніколи, і поволі мінився на обличчі, серйознішав, глибшав.

ЛЯГАТИ / ЛЯГТИ НА ПЛЕЧІ

Лежати на плечах

Ставати предметом чиїх-небудь обов'язків, клопотів, переживань і т. ін.

to rest on somebody's shoulders

to be on somebody's shoulders

to lie on somebody's shoulders


Делікатне питання

Поставив Григорчук величезний знак запиту, торкнувшись цього делікатного питання.

Бачте, це таке делікатне питання.

The “lame duck” Johnson Administration, in its final fortnight in office, grappled last week with a diplomatic hot potato in the form of the latest Soviet proposal for a “just and lasting” Middle East peace settlement.

Full connectivity returned 72 hours later, but the issue has become a hot potato in the US.

How do you handle the work of a woman out on leave, yet not lose a valuable employee down the road? At the same time, companies know this is a hot potato, and they have to do something.

An awkward or delicate problem that people avoid.

hot potato

a hot potato


ЯБЛУКО РОЗБРАТУ

Єдиним яблуком чвар, коли так можна висловитися в даному випадку, між Самусями й Щусями було глинище, зване Карповим яром.

— Який же ви талісман на щастя, Марто? - посміхнувся Коваль, кинувши в бік обох Комаренків: Ви справжнє яблуко розбрату, не встигли прийти, а вже викликали цілий бунт

Дуже вже гарною родиться дівчина, коли стає яблуком розбрату

Причина ворожнечі, суперечок, незгод між ким-небудь.

bone of contention

Apple of discord

the apple of discord

bone of contention.

It is still a bone of contention whether to go ahead with the original plan in light of the new evidence.

England's "Football Coming Home" anthem became a serious bone of contention at the World Cup - with Croatia using it as a sign of arrogance from their opponents in the build up to the semi-final.

Something that is disputed or causes disagreement.


А печеніги, як на зло, ішли надто повільно, зупинялись, щось кричали, падали.

Я хотів сказати щось на доповнення до Павлушиних слів, та ніякої думки, як на зло, у голові в цю мить не було.

А це ж, як на зло, і костур свій забула в чужій хаті.

Уже були з Грицьком за слободу виїхали, а тут, як на зло, військо назустріч.

Як на зло

як на те

на нещастя

на біду

на жаль

на лихо

As ill luck would have it

as luck would have it

As bad luck would have it

As chance would have it

as if to spite somebody

as if in spite

I said, “I’ll send the first sane soul I meet to keep you company.” As luck would have it, I never met one, — only kids, and a baker, who wouldn’t leave his cart, or take it with him either.

I didn't plan to stop there, but as luck would have it, they were open when I went by.

By good fortune.


Не такий страшний чорт, як його малюють

не такий чорт страшний, як його малюють

Devil is not so black as is painted

the devil is not so black as is painted

the devil is never as black as he is painted


Надійний друг

надійний

вірний друг

Friend in need

a friend in need.


у будь-який час

At all hours

At late or early hours, when people should be sleeping.

At all times of the day.

It's hard to sleep with the neighbors playing the radio so loud and that dog barking at all hours.


Впоратися з чимсь

закінчити щось

Be through with something

to be through with something


На чужий коровай очей не поривай, да собі дбай, — пожартував увесь залитий щастям і, як завжди, упевнений Пантелеймон.

На чужий коровай рота не роззявляй! — крикнув йому ротмістр.

На чужий коровай очей не поривай

На чужий коровай рота не роззявляй

A position or property attainable only upon the current holder's death.

Folks come in sometimes when I'm lonely and make jest of it, saying that a creaking gate hangs long, and that it's weary waiting for dead men's shoes.

dead men's shoes

Don't wait for dead men's shoes


Відчувати нудьгу

Відчувати тугу

Клопіт серце крає

тужити

горювати

Despairing or distressed.

sick at heart

Be sick at heart

to be sick at heart

I became sick at heart. My countenance was painted with the hues of ill health and vexation.

"As we all know, the war in Iraq has not gone well ," said McCain, an Arizona Republican. "I understand that, of course. I, too, have been made sick at heart by the many mistakes made by civilian and military commanders and the terrible price we have paid for them."

Sick at heart and oppressed with his feeling of loneliness and impotence, he could only look at her in speechless misery.

So we weep for two or three years more, very quietly, and then one day, too sick at heart, we die, with no fuss, leaving as little trace on earth as a bird's flight across the sky.

Sick at heart, wearied out by the falsehood of his sons, and almost ready to lie down and die, the unhappy King who had so long stood firm, began to fail.


Різкий осуд

грім і блискавка

Thunder and lightning


Кидати тінь підозри

Кидати тінь на

кинути тінь на когось

кинути тінь на щось

підозрювати когось

cast a shadow

Cast a shadow over something

Cast suspicion on somebody

Cast a shadow over somebody

to cast a shadow of suspicion on somebody

to cast a shadow on

to cast a shadow on something

With the descent of the cold war, relations between the two countries (for this is, to all intents and purposes, what they became after the end of the war) were almost completely broken off, with whole families split for the ensuing decades, some for ever. This event and its after-effects, along with the war against the Japanese in the 1940s, was to cast a long shadow over the years ahead, and led to the creation of the wholly unprecedented worship of Kim Il-sung, and his elevation to almost God-like status. It was also to create the system in which his son was to occupy almost as impossibly elevated a position.

To dampen future events.


Свята правда

Я не знайшов, що відповісти, бо це була свята правда.

Свята правда, пане вчителю, — сказав нарешті Лука.

God's honest truth

God's truth

the truth of God

gospel truth

Unquestionable, absolute truth.


Я й не забуваюся, знаю, з ким розмовляю, і прошу мене не лякати: я прецінь стріляний горобець, — відповів йому зухвало.

Але гість — стріляний горобець — добре знав, чим дихає ця в'януча красуня. Давно вже забуто, звідки прийшов її дід. Нині її божество — особисте благополуччя, невситима жадоба розваг, і заради цього вона не жаліє ніякого добра, мільйонів, тяжкою працею здобутих поневоленими рабами, її ж земляками.

Та як могла, ховалася по найглухіших закапелках, але Данилович — стріляний горобець.

Це стріляний горобець, вміє підсікти, раз у раз нагадує.

Стріляний горобець

бувала людина

хитрий

кмітливий

Up to snuff

Old bird

one wasn't born yesterday

no novice

wise old bird


За будь-яких обставин, умов

неодмінно, обов'язково.

Як же поляже кармазин, тоді дочку нам подавай, хоч лусни!

Було так: як оце прийдуть жнива, то всіх жінок повигонять на степ жати. І ото як вигонять, .. то .. хоч лусни, а до вечора щоб вижав.

ХОЧ ТИ ЛУСНИ

Regardless of hardships.

Highly adverse circumstances.

The pioneers were determined to build a community in the wilderness come hell or high water.

Even though sportswriters are supposed to be impartial, I'm a Brooklyn boyo and Dodger fan through hell or high water, so my beer is Schaefer.

Corn had to be hoed three times and plowed five in spite of hell or high water

Her crew knew that deep in her heart beat engines fit and able to push her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come Hell or high water.

Bankers call this a hell-or-high-water deal because it protects the buyer from the directors and offers from other bidders.

hell or high water

come hell or high water


остогиднути

набити оскому

набриднути

She was sick and tired of her daughter pestering her to help her with her homework.

The boy was sick and tired of doing his lengthy homework assignment.

Frustrated or annoyed to the breaking point.

Bored to the point of weariness.

sick and tired

Be sick and tired of


Не плюй у криницю – доведеться води напитися

не плюй у криницю, пригодиться води напитися

не плюй у криницю - доведеться води напиться

нашим салом по нашій шкурі

Let every man praise the bridge he goes over

One's chickens come home to roost

come home to roost

Cast no dirt into the well that gives you water

don't spit into the well, you may need to drink from it one day

chickens will always come home to roost

never cast dirt into the mountain

At some point, he warned, sentiment among foreign investors could turn against America's deteriorating fundamentals, triggering a sharp sell-off in U.S. stocks and bonds that would threaten to throw the economy's expansion into reverse. "Will those risks ever come home to roost ? One can't predict with great confidence," said Summers.

To have negative consequences of past actions.


Гершко не говорив з дочкою відтоді, як між ними відбулася ота гостра розмова, і новина, яку він мав сказати, певно, не віщувала Сарі нічого хорошого: в неї одразу впало серце.

На укази колегії Полуботок наказав дослати в полки універсал, аби десятин не збирали, й сталася в нього з Вельяміновим вельми гостра розмова: генерал навіть ногами тупотів, й погрози кидав, і лютував страшенно.

Він ніколи не мав таланту до полеміки, обмежувався в гострих розмовах ущипливими зауваженнями, та, на жаль, не всі однаково до цього ставилися.

Гостра розмова

Гнівні слова

сварка

розмова у підвищеному тоні

hard words

hot words

Sharp words

serious talk

sharp exchange of words

heated exchange of words


У надійному місці

Далі од гріха

у безпеці

Out of harm's way


Бути примхливою людиною

фантазія

химера

примха

каприз

забаганка

Maggot in one's brain

Have a maggot in one's brain

to have a maggot in one's brain


людина, з якою важко справитися

«міцний горішок»

hard nut to crack

Hard nut to crack, а

A difficult challenge to solve.

A challenging problem.

A difficult situation or person to deal with.

Something that is difficult to solve or understand.

"But Belarus is a hard nut to crack, and it has used these methods to slip out of these East-West pincers before," says Alexander Klaskovsky.

Nice work if you can get it, but the luxury market is a hard nut to crack.

The next day Archie, with Andrew Macpherson and Cluny Campbell, made their way through the woods until within sight of the castle.... "It would be a hard nut to crack, Sir Archie," his lieutenant said. "Unless by famine, the place could scarce be taken."

Germany's inflation proves a hard nut to crack.

He saw the dilemma.... It was a hard nut to crack. He could see no way out of it.

The coast lad found the veteran Mike McTigue a hard nut to crack and judging from the look on the Californian's face when the final bell sounded, he was mighty happy that the fight was over.

Durango, however, may be a hard nut to crack, as it is strong strategically and is reported guarded by 4000 rebels.


Ось де заковика

Ось де трудність

в тім то й лихо

ось у чому перешкода

That's where the shoe galls

That's where the shoe pinches

here lies the rub

that's the rub


Гарно сміється той, хто сміється останнім

Добре сміється той, хто сміється останній

гарно сміється той, хто сміється останній

he who laughs last laughs best

he who laughs last laughs hardest

he laughs best that laughs last

He laughs best who laughs last

Success is sweeter after overcoming ridicule.


У чуже просо не пхай носа

В чуже просо не пхай носа

кожний повинен займатися своїми справами

Every man to his business

Let every fox care of his own coat

let each tailor mend his own coat


Нащулити вуха

Насторожити вуха

прислухатися

бути уважним

Він притаїв дух, насторожив уші, слуха.

Михайлик нащулив вуха, почув хрускіт снігу.

Він прокинувся й нащулив вуха: у вогкому струмені вітру долинав сухий, різкуватий звук.

Listen for important information.

Keep one's ears open

to keep one's ears pricked

to keep one's ears open

to keep a sharp look-out


переходити всякі межі

бешкетувати

No wonder, then, that against a background of surging aggressive prosperity, South Wales built up during the last half of the nineteenth century a local railway system of great density and complexity, in which almost every company competed with every other in its area, and in which working agreements, running powers and strategic junctions ran riot across the railway map.

And it was only the defiance of Cech that kept a rampant Spurs at bay in the second half, producing a collection of outstanding saves to somehow keep Arsenal in contention as Pochettino's side threatened to run riot.

All is well until Treorchy, where the platform is swamped by teenagers who have been attending an event. Around four dozen unescorted 12 to 16 year-olds swarm aboard and begin to run riot through the train. Their behaviour is appalling and the presence of CCTV no deterrent.

To act in an uncontrolled manner.

To be uncontrollable.

run riot


Старий собака дурно не гавкає

Старий собака марно не гавкає

Old dog doesn't bark for nothing

an old dog doesn't bark for nothing

an old dog barks not in vain


Час усі рани лікує

перемелеться – мука буде

Time cures all

Time cures all things

time is the best healer.


Сьогодні прокинувся [Федір Іполитович] пізно, по-недільному. Виспався на славу, встав начебто не з лівої ноги.

Е, Матвію, ти сьогодні, мабуть, не на ту ногу встав. Сидиш, насупився, розумієш, як віл перед обухом.

Встати з ліжка не з тієї ноги

Встати на ліву ногу

To start the day in a bad mood.

Our CO must have gotten out of bed on the wrong side, for he gave the whole company hell for their poor morale, dirty barracks, etc.

Leave one's bed on the wrong side

Get out of bed on the wrong side

to get out of bed on the wrong side

to leave one's bed on the wrong side


Чесність – найкраща політика

Honesty is the best policy

honesty is the best policy.

Honesty is preferable because it leads to better outcomes.

Honesty is the best policy; but he who acts on that principle is not an honest man. He only is an honest man who does that which is right because it is right, and not from motives of policy; and then, he is rewarded by finding afterwards that the honest course he has pursued was in reality the most politic.


Спати уривками

чутливо спати

Sleep a dog sleep

to sleep a dog sleep


Краще тепер, ніж у четвер

раніше почнеш, раніше закінчиш

своєчасний початок - запорука успіху

Early start makes easy stages


маніпуляції

хитрощі

"When the time comes I'll go down in the little bag of tricks and dig up anything you need, from a jig dance to a jimmy and a bottle of soup."

Daly went to his bag of tricks and found, what else, a way to win.

I was expecting the tearful ticking off, the girlish recriminations and all the rest of the bag of tricks along those lines.

But investigators have a hefty bag of tricks to expose them—powder, chemicals, lasers and lights.

Instead of to the credit side of my account he had put the whole bag of tricks to my debit.

When it was built fifteen years ago it was considered a model—six bathrooms, its own electric light plant, steam heating, and independent boiler for hot water, the whole bag of tricks.

A set of skills or resources used to achieve goals.

A collection of diverse items or skills.

Bag of tricks


Кидати перли перед свиньми

Розсипати перли перед свиньми

метати перли перед свиньми

метати бісер перед свиньми

Cast pearls before swine

pearls before swine

to cast one's pearls before swine

Offering something valuable to those who won't appreciate it.

To give valuable things to those who won't appreciate them.

Your lecture deserved a much better reception than it got. Pearls before swine!

Blanche:...Physical beauty is passing. A transitory possession. But beauty of the mind and richness of the spirit and tenderness of the heart—and I have all of those things—aren't taken away, but grow! Increase with the years! How strange that I should be called a destitute woman! When I have all of these treasures locked in my heart. [A choked sob comes from her] I think of myself as a very, very rich woman! But I have been foolish— casting my pearls before swine !


ДІЛИТИСЯ ОСТАННІМ (посліднім) [ШМАТКОМ ХЛІБА]

Ділитися останнім шматком хлібa

ділитися останнім шматком хліба

Тепер дедалі частіше зустрічався з людьми, вслухався в їхню мову, вчився, ділився з партизанами словом, як діляться останнім шматком хліба, знав, що сказати селу, затиснутому в неволю, злидні, біду.

— От добрячий цей Карпо? Посліднім ділиться ..— відказав перший усач.

Брати завжди жили дружно: в біді ділилися останнім

Виявляти співчуття, доброту, людяність у ставленні до когось.

Share the last crust with

to share the last crust with somebody


стороннім вхід заборонено

You were out of bounds to call him a criminal.

You can play wherever you want, but remember that the cemetery is out of bounds.

Intellectually, the four-year-old is in a growthsome age. He learns best from firsthand experience. He is having fun with language and is liable to run out of bounds verbally.

out of bounds

Prohibited area.

Beyond acceptable limits.


Краще викликати до себе заздрість, ніж жалість

Better be envied than pitied


При повному параді

All you will see is a girl you once knew, although she's dressed up to the nines, at sixes and sevens with you.

During the early part of the day he took a stroll in the vicinity of "Fell's Point," dressed to the nines, with his cravat, and pin, and shirt collar neatly folded over.

He arrived at the gala, dressed to the nines in his top hat and tails.

Very fancily or formally dressed.

dressed to the nines

in full regalia

in full-dress uniform


Поживемо – побачимо

Час покаже

А час покаже, чи зуміємо ми прийти до пам'яті після такого вселенського погрому, якого завдав нашому народові Батий, чи остаточно занидіємо серед інших народів, і від нас і сліду не залишиться на землі, як від половців, котрі враз зникли, ніби їх і не було.

Ну, та час покаже, чиє зверху буде.

З чого? Покаже час, покаже потреба, покаже совість.

О, то й добре, поживемо — побачимо; щасти вам, дорогий мій; щасти цьому дому; дай господи погоди гарної!

Що ж, поживемо — побачимо, — сказав він і махнув рукою, щоб полоненого вивели.

Але, поживемо-побачимо, куди поверне Виговський старого козацького воза: чи соб, чи цабе.

Що ж, час покаже, наскільки вона сильна духом.

Time will show

Time will tell

time alone will tell

only time will tell

This may not be a good idea, but time will tell.

That was harsh on the former Manchester United keeper after a performance which kept his team in the tie at times. But Grant, so often starved of luck himself, will feel both he and his side were worthy of the good fortune. Only time will tell whether it will be enough.

Events cannot be predicted.


Який мудрий знайшовся! На

На словах то ми всі робітники, побачимо, як на ділі.

Пани вітали козаків з поважанням, козаки показували на словах прихильність до короля й Польщі.

Покинь наливати, — вона так і сказала, — наливати! Знаємо вас, тихонь: на словах одно, а на ділі зовсім інше. Все одно в комячейку не візьмуть.

Прибіг гінець з письмом к Латину .. і на словах додав: — Царю Латине неправдивий! Ти слово царськеє зламав; Не буду тепера писати "достотної рецензії", бо думаю, що краще вимовлю свою думку на словах, ніж на письмі!.

На словах

Усно.

Тільки в розмові, а не на ділі

Your love is thick, and it swallowed me whole / You're so much braver than I gave you credit for / That's not lip service

The candidate gave lip service to fixing the problems, but it is doubtful that he will do much.

Don’t madam me, — I can’t bear none of your lip service. I’m a plain-spoken woman, that’s what I am, and I like other people’s tongues to be as plain as mine.

“OK, let’s see if he’s really being honest about this,” Ms. Neloms, 42, who is Black, recalled thinking. “My prayer is that it’s not just lip service.”

lip service

just talk

to give an oral account of something

to give an oral report

to give a verbal account of something

pay lip service

to give a verbal report

to recount something orally

in words

to recount something verbally

Empty talk; words without action or intention.


Вважається, що дітвора відбулась легким переляком; тільки Ліда після того стала помітно мовчазніша, в очах в'явився смуток нерозвійний.

Колеги ваші, мабуть, відбудуться лиш переляком та, може, висилкою.

Відбутися легким переляком

Легко відбутися

Дешево відбутися

@Socrates Got off lightly, all things considered. They just want me to drink this hemlock stuff. BRB. 8.11am, March 22, 399 BC

My cousin got off lightly with a restraining order after he broke the boy’s leg.

To receive a mild punishment or avoid serious harm.

get off lightly

to get off with only a scare

to get off lightly

to get off pretty easy


Від народження до смерті

Від колиски до могили

все життя

з пелюшок

з колиски

Spanning an entire lifetime.

Politics should be a cradle-to-grave calling: anything else is mere distraction.

Unsustainable human activities are creating an open loop “ cradle-to-grave ” system that cannot continue and has one day to reach a conclusion. Closing the loop for renewable resources is the role of changing the “ cradle-to-grave ” concept to a “cradle-to-cradle” concept as discussed in chapter 1.

The ' cradle-to-grave' approach that the company takes to rolling stock, which typically has an asset lifecycle of up to 35 years, has made the sector attractive to investors - .

From the cradle to the grave

from womb to tomb

From the cradle

cradle-to-grave

from cradle to grave


на батька надійся, а сам не споганься

на Бога складайся, розуму ж тримайся

heaven helps those who help themselves

heaven helps those that help themselves

Encourages self-initiative in solving problems.


Обпечешся на молоці, то дмеш і на воду

Лякана ворона куща боїться

лякана ворона і куща боїться

полохливий заєць і пенька боїться

налякав міх, що й торби страшно

They are the living antithesis of the saying, “ A burnt child dreads the fire,” since they repeat the same fiascos time and again in an impressively self-destructive fashion.

The Continental insurance company has instructed its agents not to use Rubber Stamps to affix their signatures to policies, renewals, etc., because “Rubber Stamps are easily duplicated, at small expense, even in the case of fac-similes of signatures, and forgery and fraud are facilitated by their use.” A burnt child dreads the fire and the Continental has had a painful experience.

I doubt very much whether such funds will soon be placed in the channels of trade, because “ a burnt child dreads the fire.” These depositors will not entrust their earnings any time soon to another banking institution unless they have some assurance or guarantee that such deposits will be protected.

A.—They struck. A combination of the Knights of Labor caused them to strike. / / Q.—Did you refuse to give them work again? A.—I did. / Q.—What was the reason? A.—Because a “ burnt child dreads the fire,” and we did not want them again.

I didn’t mean to interfere, dear. I never will again. You can rely on me. A burnt child dreads the fire. Once bitten—

Once bitten, twice shy

the burnt child dreads the fire

Burnt child dreads the fire

once hurt, twice shy

the burnt child fears the fire

once burned, twice cautious

a burnt child dreads the fire

once burned, twice shy

a scalded dog fears cold water

the scalded cat fears even cold water

a scalded cat fears cold water

the scalded dog fears even cold water

once beaten, twice shy.

a bitten child dreads the dog

One is cautious after past hurt.

A harmed person becomes more cautious.

One is cautious after past mistakes.


Поки що

Поки суд та діло

До пори, до часу

Temporarily or for now.

And so, unfortunately, this great and spreading network of railways, that recently showed such promise as a major instrument in the modern development of China, must be left for the time being in the melting-pot of Armageddon.

Neither Aracil nor his five friends have the money to pay for the costs of the demolition, which, they say, are punitively over-inflated. For the time being, their hopes rest on legal appeals, and should those fail, on a crowdfunding campaign.

I think I will ignore the problem for the time being.

for the time being

for now

while this is still in the works

while things sort themselves out

until the right time

while this is still going on

in the meantime


Коли ми бачили, як наші молодята про щось розмовляють удвох біля колодязя, .. всім нам ставало гарно, теплішало на душі.

Нікого не цікавить, що було у вас на душі або дома, коли ви робили фільм .. Ви мусите показати товар лицем

А по-моєму, чим більше людей знатиме, тим безпечніше і спокійніше буде на душі.

Хто-небудь сповнений якимись почуттями, відчуває щось.

НА ДУШІ

in somebody's soul

at heart

in somebody's heart


Генетики сказали своє слово в науці і багато зробили для дальшого її розвитку

Але ж історія уже сказала своє слово, і ми тепер повинні думати про те, як у нинішньому дні зробити людянішим людське життя.

Але навіть не зможе сказати того свого слова прилюдно в печаті, і що його поеми в найліпшім разі можуть дійти до громади тільки в рукописних відписах.

СКАЗАТИ СВОЄ (СЛОВО)

Сказати своє слово

відіграти певну роль у чомусь

Виявити себе в якійсь справі

to speak one's piece


Отак збився з дороги, і ні пуття з нього, ні толку.

Та не сама я на шляху тяжкому, Я не сама мандрую в світ широкий. Самій не довго збитися з путі, Та трудно з неї збитись у гурті.

Ці люди — шукачі, котрі збилися з дороги.

За те, що в рішучій хвилі збилася з дороги, не знайшла в душі компаса, не знайшла сильної волі, щоб піти за голосом серця.

Збитися з дороги

ЗБИВАТИСЯ / ЗБИТИСЯ З ДОРОГИ

заблукати

заблудитися

Втрачати правильний напрямок у діяльності, поведінці

збочувати.

I don't want to have to tell you again: Get lost!

They had a row and Fred told Jack to get lost.

Jack did a good job of getting lost : nobody saw him for 4 years.

To exit from the scene.

get lost

Lose one's way

to lose one's way

to get lost


Що тобі завжди в голову лізе, моя дурнесенька?

Єремія почав сердитись на ті настирливі мрії, а мари лізли в голову силоміць, неначе дужі вороги йшли на приступ, вривались в твердиню, лізли на вали, ламали частокіл і безупинно наступали все далі та далі, не оступаючись назад ні на один ступінь.

Лізли веселі думки в Тимкову голову, коли він крокував подвір'ям слід в слід за дівчиною, промацуючи поглядом її смуглу, в блискучих кільцях волосся, шию.

Лізти в голову

Sarcastic comments came to mind, but I said nothing.

come to mind

to pop into somebody's head

to creep into somebody's mind

to creep into somebody's head

to pop into somebody's mind

to come to mind.

To appear in one's thoughts.


З голки

ошатний

нарядний

чистенький, аж блищить

як з голочки

Він весь блищав, кожний його цаль демонстративно вказував, що він справжній новенький, тільки що з голки, бізнесмен у новому, добре кроєному з англійської матерії, темно-сірої барви одязі, з чистою білою сорочкою і новенькою, кольору зебри, краваткою.

Вони хотіли бути озброєні з голки.

The Warders strutted up and down, / And kept their herd of brutes, / Their uniforms were spick and span, / And they wore their Sunday suits, / But we knew the work they had been at, / By the quicklime on their boots.

I mopped up the kitchen floor so it was spick-and-span.

From a spick and span penthouse in New York, to a ranch in Colorado, from a posh boarding school to public school, and from having virtually no boys in her life to having 12!

Wipe down the upholstery – now when it comes to upholstery, it don't need to be spic and span, you don't need to eat off in. Give it a good once over.

The "V4" 2-6-2 Bantam Cock is now stationed at Norwich, and its spick-and-span condition does credit to the cleaners at that shed.

My Lady Batten walking through the dirty lane with new spicke and span white shoes.

Mr. and Mrs. Chow, for instance, drew up one afternoon in their spick-and-span coupe with their intolerably spotless only child sitting self-consciously beside them.

“But the traders ruined his digestion with too much champagne, and after several years he fell for the Gospel according to the Methodists, sent his people to church, and cleaned up the beach and the trading crowd so spick and span that he would not permit them to smoke a pipe out of doors on Sunday,

As bright as a button

Bright as a button

spick-and-span

spick and span

Clean and spotless.


Димy без вогню не буває

диму без вогню не буває

без злодія крадіжок не буває

все має свій зворотний бік

Nothing is stolen without hands

no smoke without fire

There is no smoke without fire

There is no fire without smoke

there's no smoke without fire

there's smoke, there's fire

Gossip often has some truth to it.


бути в когось на побігеньках

Fetch and carry

To serve obsequiously or gossip.

To serve submissively.

To carry gossip or news from one person to another.

To convey gossip or news between people.

Without his inspiring companionship her spirits would have sunk, her heart must have broken. He fetched and carried, cooked and toiled, for her comfort; he devised a dozen schemes to divert her.

What is called talebearing? He that fetches and carries, goes about from one to another, and says, "I have heard so and so from such an one. Such an one has done such a thing." And even should what he asserts be true, it is still mischievous and pernicious, as this prohibition comprises the fearful sin of speaking evil of any one, though it be truth.

You come here to watch that girl, and spy upon her, and fetch and carry stories about her, to get her dismissed from the choir; I dare say that's why you come here.

This young woman had an own cousin lived servant with her father, he was counsel keeper on both sides, and often fetched and carried.

A nephew of hers, after receiving some learning at her ladyship's expence, got a commission, and fell upon the field of Waterloo; another is still at her heels, as a sort of jackall to fetch and carry when required.

But in reality, if girls get under kind mistresses who would teach them, and they were willing, they would be fit for any kitchen maid's situation; And then see what advantages those young girls had who were only fit to fetch and carry as they were ordered, but nevertheless had their wits about them and picked up a deal of knowledge, while only useful to hand things.

Fitz was thus changed at once into "only my husband"—the humblest of all humble animals. He fetches and carries; goes errands, lugs bandboxes and bundles; takes up the yelling little Fitzgigs at night, when they squall, and walks in his shirt with them up and down the room for hours, whether the weather be warm or cold;

They fetched and carried, and toadied and jobbed, and corrupted, and ate heaps of dirt, and were indefatigable in the public service.

While he was fetching and carrying the gossip of Kensington Palace and Carlton House, he fancied that he was engaged in politics, and when he recorded that gossip, he fancied that he was writing history.

Can't I carry those things anywhere for you? No? to Lady River's room you say, and I should disturb her. Too clumsy, in fact—but what am I good for but to fetch and carry for you?

So for weeks the king was a drudge, fetching and carrying for this surly, bullying master.

If they all knew how she was feeling, they'd probably start treating her like an old person. Raising their voices and speaking in simple sentences and fetching and carrying. Hermione Moore had no intention of being fetched and carried for as long as she could assume a vertical position.

Miss [Marie] Recio dominated [Hector] Berlioz who fetched and carried for her in the rôle of the henpecked lover, a part ridiculously at odds with the composer's arrogance – nor did it suit those eyes and that head.

The gossiping good-sort-of-man doctor, who " fetches and carries scandal;"


Головою стіни не проб'єш

Обуха батогом не перебити

хочеш, не хочеш, а треба

Needs must when the devil drives

I doubt we can make it on foot, laden as we are. Dear me! I think we had better have a cab. An extravagance, of course, but needs must where the devil drives, eh?

My poor body, madam, requires it: I am driven on by the flesh; and he must needs go that the devil drives.

He needs must goe, the Devil drives.

Sometimes, one has no choice but to act.


Де тонко, там і рветься

a chain is no stronger than its weakest link

Strength of a chain is in its weakest link

a chain is as strong as its weakest link

Chain is as strong as its weakest link

a chain is only as strong as its weakest link

the strength of a chain is in its weakest link

a chain bursts at the weakest link

An organization is only as strong as its weakest member.


Голова кругом ходить

Голова пухне

Та в мене, дочко, вже голова від думок пухне.

У Христі аж в очах миготіло, голова кругом ходила, дивлячись, як швидко пані мідяним прутиком хапала нитку, в'язала петелечку, в ту петелечку знову втягала нитку і не знать, як уже робилося дві петелечки.

Мені голова пухне за вас, — сказав швець, одягаючи білу сорочку.

Incredible, overwhelming.

It’s all very headspinning, and there is real Yellow Submarine quality to the film’s innocent urgency and idealism which take it to the very brink of incoherence.

head-spinning

somebody's head is spinning

something makes somebody's head reel

somebody feels dizzy

somebody's head is reeling

somebody's head is whirling

something makes somebody's head spin

somebody's head is going around


Це білими нитками шито

It is too thin


Оскільки начальник режиму не зводив погляду з директора, то Валерій Іванович у двох словах пояснив йому, про що йдеться: розглядались зауваження, що їх залишила комісія, зокрема щодо феномена Кульбаки, як буде потім записано в протоколі педради.

Коротко кажучи, ні, недоучки остаточно заплутались і таким чином прийшли до душевної кризи.

Коротко кажучи, лише щасливий той, хто не правий по совісті, але правий по папірцю.

Коротше кажучи, він був дуже приємний.

Коротше кажучи, я лишаюся відносно тебе на своїй давній непримиримій позиції.

Про це, дорогий Вазоєв, у двох словах не розкажеш.

Довелось коротко, у двох словах, викласти суть справи.

Коротше кажучи, то був день нашої слави.

Коротко кажучи, природа наснажує до діла і зміцнює до праці, роблячи її солодкою.

У двох словах

Коротко кажучи

Коротше кажучи

в двох словах

make a long story short

Cut a long story short

to cut a long story short

in brief

to be brief

in a few words

in two words

to make a long story short

in short

to put it briefly


Гроші часто гублять тих, хто їх наживає

Money often unmakes the men who make it


Старість – не радість

старість — не радість

Old ape has an old eye

old age is no picnic

an old ape has an old eye

it's no fun getting old


Все гірше й гірше

Чим далі в ліс, тим більше дров

з вогню та в полум'я

From bad to worse

things go from bad to worse.

the further you get, the harder the going


Гарненька історія!

плутанина

ось тобі й маєш

сам чорт ногу скрутить

неприємність

гарненька історія

отакої

rare cattle of fish

Fine cattle of fish

nice cattle of fish

pretty cattle of fish

a fine cattle of fish!

a nice cattle of fish!

a rare cattle of fish!

a pretty cattle of fish!


Ще говорити годен Грицько, але мовчить, наче заціпило.

Шахай похвалив прекрасного коня, що вартий більш за іншого чоловіка, а Остюк, віддаючи дань красі й бігові четвероногого друга, хотів щиро вилаятися з цього, але вчасно прикусив язика.

Вона цікавилась всіма подіями в Кленах, але жодним словом не обмовилась про Василя Герберу

Вирішив за ліпше поцікавитися, як хорунжий дістає з наділків однією рукою шаблю, але той так бликнув на Мокія водянисто-синіми очима, що йому заціпило.

Та й прикусила язика, бо повагом увіходив кум, знесилений.

Видання .. УРЕ, подаючи загальну характеристику жуйних ссавців з родини бичачих, жодним словом не обмовилося, що є вони і в нашій республіці

Ковальчук .. лишився таким же простий і скромним, як і був, і тому ні словом не обмовився про свої успіхи

Лише батько не проронив і слова, а дістав з криниці відерце води й залив зачахле багаття, аби вночі, як дмухне вітерець од вітряків, не виникло з того пожежі.

Андрій Іванович оторопів, мов проковтнув язик.

Коли Ніна підійшла до вогнища, ніхто й словом не обмовився, що вона відстала від усіх...

Не дивуйсь, пане гетьмане, що він мовчить, наче води набрав у рот: він у мене з далекої землі, аж із Чорної Гори, десь аж за венграми.

Шварц пошукав у натовпі Фабіяна, посміхнувся, попрощався ледь помітним кивком голови, не проронив ні слова.

І Копаєв не хотів її спростувати — він чомусь замовк, немов набрав води в рот, мовчав.

Довго думав дідько й надумався: або накрутити вчителеві, щоб йому заціпило, або, не довівши себе до наруги, самому головою наложити.

ґ«Язик проковтнули!» — враз почув Яків зовсім близько біля себе, і в ту мить до його затуманеної свідомості дійшло відчуття величезного глибинного вдоволення.

Пан Славек мовчав, мов йому заціпило.

І так само всіх лає, — засміявся Марко, знаючи невгамовну вдачу старого, який не звик ні спину гнути, ні тримати язика за зубами.

Арсен причинив щільно двері, став поруч із Сафар-беєм. Той, наче проковтнув язика, стояв безмовний, насуплений.

Бувайте здорові, їжте борщ з грибами, держіть язик за зубами.

Якщо знаєш, то тримай язик за зубами — пригодиться.

Тільки Чіпка як води набрав у рот.

Потім Іван про все питав, тільки про Ярину й словом не обмовився

Про свій "сон" хлопець не обмовився й словом

Він мріяв про світову революцію, але вмів тримати язик за зубами і за це вважався знахідкою для нашої друкарні.

До Сергія так і не обмовилися [хлопці] ні словом, наче забули про його присутність

Ніхто не проронив ні слова, почувши трагічну вістку, лише Азік, сполотнівши, промовив:

Павло чув, що жінка говорить нікчемне, тому більше не обмовився з нею й словом

Бо в ситуації, коли краще тінню усмішки прикритись, прикусити язика або скористатись давнім комишанським правилом: «Цить та диш».

Почекайте-е! — несамовито закричав комісар і, захрипівши, зірвав голос.

Якось, витрусивши з ятерів кілька линів, Стах поклав їх у торбу і подався в ліси до Магазаника, який хитро, крадькома і тільки надійним, що вміють тримати язик за зубами, продавав зерно і печений хліб.

Заціпило йому язик.

Зірвати голос

Замовкнути від зніяковілості

Йому заціпило

НІ СЛОВОМ НЕ ОБМОВИТИСЯ

Мовчи та диш на батьків книш

Держати язик за зубами

Проковтнути язик

Не проронити жодного слова

Ні пари з вуст

Жодним словом не обмовитися, не прохопитися

Замовкнути від соромливості

Набрати води в рот

Прикусити язик

Тримати язик за зубами

ЗАЦІПИЛО ЯЗИК

примусити когось замовкнути

замовчувати

заткнути пельку

притихнути

він не знаходив слів

мовчати

прикусити язика

соромливості

помовчувати

Хто-небудь раптово замовк, утратив здатність говорити.

мовчати

Зовсім нічого не говорити, не сказати

"We advised John not to talk, to button his lip, but he talked anyway."

I don't like his political ideas, but I will hold my tongue.

Busch wisely buttoned his lip and didn't say anything else.

He said he had raised his concerns about the invasion with senior embassy staff several times. "I was told to keep my mouth shut in order to avoid ramifications," he said.

"Yes," put in Solomon. "I've been tipped off to this guy Mars, and you'd better tell him to button up his lip and not start anything."

He thought that he could get him a regular salary if he would come to Packingtown and do as he was told, and keep his mouth shut.

I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath / Scared to rock the boat and make a mess.

Why don’t you just shut your mouth ? I’m tired of listening to you.

my automatic tongue-biting mechanism kicked in just in time.

I swear I meant to mean the best when it ended / Even try to bite my tongue when you start shit / Now you're texting all my friends, asking questions / They never even liked you in the first place

“ Hold your tongue, beadle,” said the second old gentleman, when Mr. Bumble had given vent to this compound adjective. “I beg your worship’s pardon,” said Mr. Bumble, incredulous of his having heard aright,—“did your worship speak to me?” “Yes— hold your tongue.”

Charles has failed to follow the example of his mother, the queen, who has heroically kept her mouth shut for more than 50 years.

She wanted to go see a movie called Gigi, which I was not too thrilled about. But being a gentleman, I bit my tongue and said, “Okay.”

You can certainly trust me to keep my lips sealed about the matter.

lose one's tongue

Tongue failed one

shut one's mouth

button one's lip

keep one's lips sealed

Keep one's mouth shut

Button on one's mouth

bite one's tongue

Hold one's tongue

shut up one's mouth

Button up one's mouth

to button on one's mouth

to button up one's mouth

to keep one's mouth closed

to lose one's tongue

to keep one's tongue in check

to keep one's tongue between one's teeth

to keep one's lips tight

to strain one's voice

to keep one's tongue still

not to say a word about something

to keep one's mouth shut

to make

to keep one's lips tight.

not to utter a single word

to hold one's tongue

to swallow one's tongue

somebody's voice is shot

not to utter a word about something

not to say a word

not to breathe a word about something

not to mention something at all

to let out a peep

one's tongue failed somebody

to lose one's tongue.

to button one's lip

to keep mum

not to utter

to lose one's voice

To keep a secret.

To refrain from speaking.

To stop talking.

To remain silent, especially to keep a secret.

To resist the urge to speak out.

To be unable to speak.


Дати прочухана

Задати жару

Дати перцю

Давати прочухана

Давати перцю

На горіхи дістанеться

насолити

задати перцю комусь

допекти

нагріти чуба

дати нагінку

Давав їй він доброго прочухана, як під п'яну руч.

Але, кажуть, і фіннам давали перцю.

Грабували ми, різали, та й нам не раз давали перцю.

give someone hell

Make it hot for somebody

to make it hot for somebody

to give somebody a good dressing down

to give somebody hell

to give somebody a severe reprimand

to tell somebody off

to give somebody a sharp reprimand

somebody will make it hot for something

to give somebody a harsh reprimand

somebody will catch hell for something

to give somebody a tongue-lashing

When the hospital called and told him Roberta was missing, Dr. Meducca gave them hell.

He stopped calling me Space Barbie after Mike gave him hell last week.

I gave it off to her and then I stormed right over to her husband, my colleague, and gave him hell as well.

I gave him hell about his sloppy uniform; but don't worry, I'll get him shaped up pretty damn quick.

To criticize harshly.


Любов не купиш і не продаси

Love is neither bought nor sold

love is neither bought nor sold.


Іди до біса!

повчи свого діда лисого

іди до біса

Go and teach your grandmother to suck eggs


Коло стерна

Коло керма

In control or in charge.

Having the most important role or control.

In charge of a company or project.

In control of a situation.

Driving.

at the wheel

in the driver's seat

in the driving seat

at the helm

in charge of

at the helm of

We were thriving when Bill was at the wheel, but since the new CEO has started things have been going south.

It is a shame, his first day driving and he falls asleep at the wheel.


Все добре у свій час

як мертвому припарка

дорога ложка до обіду

After death the doctor

after meat comes mustard


На безриб'ї і рак риба

Among the blind the one-eyed man is king

All is good in a famine

among the blind one-eyed man is king

all is good in a famine.


Залишити поганий присмак

bad taste in one's mouth

to leave a bad taste in one's mouth

A feeling of guilt or embarrassment.

A feeling of disappointment.

A feeling of moral disgust.

The more I thought of my orders, the more it left a bad taste in my mouth.

Knowing that I had inadvertently aided a killer, left me with a bad taste in my mouth.


Голова, як решето

Як решето

Дірява голова

дірява

Осмiхаюсь та позираю, тiльки чи не пiдступа добродiй, який з личком як решето, не тягне за ноги?

Ну, а отой ваш бриль, як решето, хто одніс до писарки переховати, поки я тут встромив на Настю гострі очі, інспектор? Нащо то вчительці такий бриль?

Like a sieve

a head like a sieve

head is like a sieve


Ярмарок марнославства

мирська суєта

Vanity fair


Все або нічого

Або пан, або пропав

Пан чи пропав

або досягти чогось, або загинути

або здобути, або дома не бути

або здобути, або вдома не бути

досягти чогось або загинути

Тепер або пан, або пропав, — докінчив Кочубей, і всі троє, вихиливши пугарі до дна і струснувши останні краплі на землю навідліг поза себе, кріпко стиснули собі руки.

Make or break

Neck or nothing

Sink or swim

it's neck or nothing

it will make me

it will break me

either win the saddle or lose the horse

to make or break

it's all neck or nothing


Хитрощі дурня

хитрощі - розум дурня

Cunning is the fool's substitute of wisdom


З ким поведешся, того наберешся

з ким поведешся, того й наберешся

if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas

if you lie with dogs you will get fleas

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

Associating with bad individuals can lead to acquiring their negative traits.


знайти спільну мову

Find common ground

common ground

A shared characteristic or interest.

The first thing to do is to find common ground with the person you just met.


Вдаватися у відчай

Вдаватися у розпач

відчай

вдаватися в розпач

впадати у відчай

розпач

Тоді б ми мали тужити, коли б свою честь і славу занапастили. Тепер же нам нема чого вдаватися в розпач, бо, здається, ніхто з нас не думає впускати ворога до Січі, доки живий хоча б один із запорожців.

Fall into despair

Be in despair

to be in despair

to fall into despair


Дрижати, як осиновий листок

shake like a leaf

to shake like a leaf

To tremble or shiver.

My goodness, doll, you're shaking like a leaf. Rico! You've had your fun, pull up.


розсердитися

скипіти

"He's right up on his ear," said Clint gloomily. "If he gets us now he will send us all packing, and don't you doubt it!"

I know a salesman of this sort who will never make his mark, who flares up, "gets up on his ear," as they say, when ever his sensitive, sore spots are touched.

He has been wronged, so he gets up on his ear, and he kicks like a two-year-old bay steer.

When you got up on your ear and called me names, and said I had brought you eleven miles to look at a sapling, didn't I explain to you that all the whale-ships in the North Seas had been wooding off of it for more than twenty-seven years?

Get up on one's ear

up on one's ear

Annoyed or angry.


Зазнати тієї ж долі

Share the same fate

to share the same fate


Хай йому трясця, цьому улемові! Підемо вранці до Каффи

— А хай вам трясця! — тріснув голос тітки Марії.

Хай йому трясця, ще вскочимо в пащу Гітлера, а які в нього порядки, чули вже

— Та в трест викликали, хай би йому трясця, — зі злом сказала вона, ніби Арсен тут у чомусь завинив

Уживається як недобре побажання кому-небудь або при висловленні незадоволення, досади і т. ін. з якогось приводу.

Хай йому трясця!

Хай йому всячина!

Хай йому грець!

ХАЙ ЙОМУ ТРЯСЦЯ

ото лихо!

хай його чорт візьме!

прокляття!

God damn!

Plague on him

hell with him!

a plague on him!


На старій скрипці можна зіграти ще не одну мелодію

старий кінь борозни не псує

на старій скрипці можна зіграти не одну мелодію

There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle

Age does not determine usefulness or value.


Останній, але не менш вагомий

хоч і останній, але не менш важливий

Last but not least


Шила в мішку не сховаєш

правди не сховаєш

правда вийде наверх

truth will out

Murder will out

what is done by night appears by day.

Secrets will eventually be exposed.

Truth will eventually be discovered.


Все добре, що добре закінчується

усе добре, що добре кінчається

кінець вінчає діло

all's well that ends well

All is well that ends well

A happy ending offsets earlier troubles.


Хто ж тобі говорить лізти поперед батька в пекло?

– Не лізь поперед батька в пекло, – сказав він. – Я сам тобі скажу, коли це треба зробити.

Поперед батька в пекло лізти

не діждатися слушного моменту

поспішати

Catch the ball before the bound

Run before the hounds

to run before the hounds

to catch the ball before the bound


Бути незграбним

two left feet

to have two left feet

He should stay off the dance floor with his two left feet.

2 shy 4 pickups. 2 flip 4 potlucks. 2 left feet at bars. But fun.

Clumsiness.


рядові

rank and file

Overnight, I have joined the rank and file of gym-bound office employees in their sneakers and suits. You know: the ones who walk around trailing sad little bags containing soggy towels and spare shoes and shampoo.

The executives attend meetings in exotic locations while the rank and file stays at headquarters doing the bulk of the work.

First, a prominent Tory called the party’s rank and file “swivel-eyed loons.”

Members of an organization who are not in leadership positions.


Ясно, як Божий день

чистий, як кришталь

виразний

чіткий

For more than 30 years, the science has been crystal clear. How dare you continue to look away and come here saying that you're doing enough, when the politics and solutions needed are still nowhere in sight.

The key is that only the original negative can produce the crystal clearest photographic image.

Reread through the manual until the instructions are crystal clear in your head.

Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings?

Whence it comes that even in the crystal clearest weather Madeira’s sunshine spectrum is inordinately full of water-vapour stopped lines, the sun’s direct rays, though to general observation luminous enough, are signally deprived of their proper scorching heat, and the temperature range of the climate is immensely reduced for both the day and the year;

On the lowest level are broad meadow lands, through which wanders a stream of the most crystal clear water imaginable.

It is these beliefs that set Clearview Stoves apart and set their company on a quest to design and build a stove that would set new standards and quite simply be the best. Their quest led to a stove with traditional styling, that is simple to use and highly efficient with a wonderful view of the flames behind crystal clear glass.

A truly powerful and versatile unit, crystal clear music is played through a pair of stereo speakers and has RCA line outputs for amplifier or Hi-Fi system integration.

There is still space available for the STARFIRE BAND performance featuring the crystal clearest, cleanest Pittsburgh Born and Bred Alto Vocals of the sensational Miss Judi Figel in our Summer Street Dance and Al Fresco Dining (inside if rain) series Music & Dancing 7-11 P.M

The picture on this TV is crystal clear – you can see every grain of sand!

On crystal clear days, such as those during or just following a Santa Ana windstorm, the Salton Sea can be spotted from this area.

Jones Beach Pond on Long Island, so close to New York that the tops of the Empire State and the Chrysler Building can be seen on the horizon on crystal clear days, is one of the best shore-bird resorts I know.

Jimmy and Ravi put together fine silver cutlery, crystal clear glasses and oriental decorated crockery.

With the slightly nasal, melodic whine of Wooten’s crystal clear vocals this song has a catchy sound to it that guarantees that it has potential to be an ear-bug.

Near by, where the crystal clear River Llugwy is crossed by a bridge, stands a small and ancient church built of massive, irregular boulders.

At a very basic level, technology almost always supplants some level of humanity. Not only does machine power replace manpower, but it distances, if not isolates, us from each other and from reality in the process. / See for yourself. Pick a technology. Any technology. / The crystal clearest example is probably the advance from cannon balls to atom bombs.

crystal clear

As clear as crystal

as plain as day

as clear as day

Completely clear and understood.


не дати маху

бути собі на умі

знати, що до чого

знати, усвідомлювати свої інтереси

“Pshaw!” answered his mercurial companion; “he knows on which side his bread is buttered, and I warrant you has not lived so long among Englishmen, and by Englishmen, to quarrel with us for bearing an English mind."

On the other hand, the decision to beef up the standard fare without raising prices is a signal that Intel knows which side of the bread is buttered.

They are all stupid when they are not crafty, and very few of them are crafty. The only wise Republicans are the millionnaires and their conscious henchmen. They know which side their bread is buttered on, and they know why."

He knows which side his bread is buttered on though in all probability he never realised what it is to be without regular meals.

The crowd, which included many children, cheered when Truman confided with a smile, “They know what side their bread is buttered on.”

Know which side one's bread is buttered

know which side one's bread is buttered on

Aware of where one's interests lie.


Двох зайців убити

Убити двох зайців

мати подвійну користь

Слідчі хотять убити двох зайців. Перший: брати зрадили брата, і слідчі використовують їх проти нього, проти Андрія. Другий: вони хотять використати Андрія для того, щоб він завербував тепер своїх братів, і таким чином коло замкнеться, вони вестимуть військову контрреволюційну організацію.

They talk about how 'these places' [pornographic bookstores] are gathering spots for homosexuals. The implication is that if you close down 'these places' you get two birds with one stone.

Biking to work kills two birds with one stone. It saves money travelling and will help to lose weight.

"Estates are often owned by influential people. I thought it was a great way to feed two birds with one scone [," said Jackson.] "Don't you mean "kill two birds with one stone?..." "My phrasing is less violent...."

To remove any dreaded exercise stigma, finding forms of exercise that are fun is a way to feed two birds with one scone.

Ghosts and campfires go hand in hand, so why not feed two birds with one scone ?

So, what can we do to feed two (or more) birds with one scone and create... a happy income and a happy outcome?

On another occasion, when trying to brainstorm things I could do to make myself feel better despite all the pandemic restrictions, Woebot suggested I “try doing something nice for someone in your life,” like make a calming tea for my housemate or check in with a loved one. I poured my mum some chamomile: Two birds, one stone.

Doorknobs send palpable shivers of fear through her body, and she has a habit of circling the lounge and nudging household objects with her long sleeves into neat lines, burning extra calories and fixing everything at right angles to each other in one go: two birds, one scone !

Accomplishing two tasks with one action.

To solve two problems with one action.

hit two targets with one arrow

feed two birds with one scone

kill two birds with one stone

two birds with one stone

to kill two birds with one stone


Кому що, а курці просо

кому що

а курці просо

Ass dreams of thistles

Sow loves bran better than roses

the ass dreams of thistles

the sow loves bran better than roses


Звалити провину

звалити на когось провину

Shift the blame on

to shift the blame on somebody


— Далеко, небого? — В саму Москву, Христа ради, Дайте на дорогу!

Я старець Божий, ясновельможний князю! прошу милостині, Христа ради

Пішла в найми. "Стара, кажуть, стала, Нездужає..." і огризок В вікно подавали Христа ради... Не дай, Боже, такого дожити

Подайте милостинку Христа ради за вічний спокій своїх родителів, за царство небесне, за рай преквітний для померших родителів.

Покинула вдова знову хату. Синову господу

Ну, чого мене, скажіть на милість, понесло знов на київський пляж?

Та замовч, Христа ради! — попрохала попадя, зачиняючи двері від кухні.

І мовив мученик: "Ченці, ради Христа, Давайте ще вогню! Вогонь моя відрада"

Ну, що тут довго: він тайний агент. — Ото! Скажіть на милість! Як же він робить свою роботу?

Людей, людей неприязних благаєш, І Христа ради простягаєш Коло зачинених дверей Старії руки

— Прикажіть ради самого Христа-Спаса, щоб усі гнобителі - бодай вони шибениці не минули! — не знущалися з баби Горпинихи. Що я їм такого зробила?

— Ти не знаєш, де Сидір живе? — Не знаю!.. — одказав Лушня. — Тимофію! та скажи, Христа ради... — Що я тобі скажу?

— Слухай, Демиде, ти знаєш, що я думаю? — Знаю. — Як знаєш? — здивувався Бульба? - Ти хочеш погуляти з запорожцями. — Ну, скажи на милість. Як це ти дізнався?

Річенко підняв голову з крісла і протягнув до неї руки, - скажіть, ради самого Христа: були ви щасливі коли-небудь? Дало вам щастя се ваше мізерне життя?

Раз якось, простягаючи Христа ради од хати до хати руку, помітила Явдоха в одному дворі на вірьовці розвішані два здоровенних платки

РАДИ САМОГО ХРИСТА-СПАСА

РАДИ ХРИСТА

Побійся Бога!

Христа ради

Нічого собі!

Скажіть на милість!

Заради всього святого!

Заради Бога!

СКАЖИ (скажіть) НА МИЛІСТЬ [БОЖУ (Бога)]

заради всього святого

ради Бога

Уживається як звертання при проханні милостині

З проханням про милостиню

Уживається для вираження подиву, незадоволення, розгубленості, сумніву і т. ін.

Уживається при наполегливому проханні здійснити, зробити і т. ін. що-небудь

дуже прошу

З милості, з ласки

Used for emphasis.

An expression of mild exasperation.

To be kind or sympathetic.

Expresses frustration or annoyance.

Expresses exasperation.

Expresses surprise.

Expresses frustration or urgency.

Expresses surprise or amazement.

For heaven's sake

For the grace of God!

for mercy's sake

for goodness' sake

for the love of

have a heart

For mercy's sake!

For God's sake

for the love of God!

for God's sake!

you don't say!

have you no shame?

how do you like that!

for the grace of God

for goodness' sake!

for the love of Christ

for the grace of Heaven

for heaven's sake!

in Christ's name

have you no fear of God?

have a heart!

fancy that!

For goodness' sake, we go to Spain for a week and get new next-door neighbors! How lovely!

I am not normally a stickler for tradition – I had a baby out of wedlock, for goodness sake – but for some reason I want Harry to be my husband.

Labour frontbencher Louise Haigh (Shadow Transport Secretary for heaven's sake !) initially lambasted TOCs before the handful of specialist rail commentators fell on her tweets and she changed her tune, refocusing her fire on Government.

But for goodness sake, please review the plan and come up with detail that distinguishes each groups cultural identity and is something that the players can own.

No salesman is ever a bore if he can make us throw up our hands and say, "Well, for goodness' sake ! What do you know about that ?" Yes, surprise is the thing.

For goodness' sake, get off the computer ! You've been on there for ages!

Well, for heaven's sake! Look who's here! Good to see you again!

These young women are busy, for goodness' sake, tired and overworked, stressed, trying to find time for themselves in days that have too little.

She's 1.98m for goodness sake ! How can you not find her!?

Well, for goodness sake let me know if I can do anything.

You're 47, for goodness' sake. Too old for this!

Don't ever use the hood on your anorak; and, if you do, for heaven's sake don't pull the string tight so that you peep out like a little baby in a siren suit.

Have a heart and be lenient with him; he's only a child.

For goodness' sake, I spelled that word correctly. I never knew I could do that.

I thought, for goodness' sake, fancy them being the same!

“ For goodness' sake,” Einstein exclaimed. “So that was the famous caviar!" He paused for a moment, then added, "Well, if you offer gourmet food to peasants like me, you know they won't appreciate it."

They'll try all they can to deceive and to cheat, But for goodness sake don't say I told you.


Перекладати з хворої голови на здорову

Перекладати з хворої голови на здорову не дуже мудра й похвальна робота.

To blame someone for a problem.

lay at someone's door

to shift the blame to someone else's shoulders

to hang the blame on someone else

to pin the blame on someone else

to lay the blame at someone else's door

to lay the blame at someone else's doorstep

to shift the blame to someone else

Conviction of sin held him like a vice: he saw the lassie's death laid at his door; her face haunted him by day and night, and the word of the Lord dirled in his ears, telling of wrath and punishment.


Від руки

ручним способом

Матері лист від руки напишу.

By hand

in longhand

Manually; without machines.

The computers went down and they had to do all the bookkeeping by hand that day.


Не було в лісі сільради, жили на віру.

А я, та й чимало таких, сприймаю все на віру, яким воно є.

Російські ж професори бували або затуплені перейнятою на віру од німців наукою, або псевдовчені болботи, або зовсім ледачі пройдисвіти, що втирались у професорство, мов у яку канцелярію, задля жалування та чину.

На віру

у кредит

у борг

On trust

on faith.


Говорити пишномовно

хвастощі

перебільшувати щось

вихвалятися

"The big talk of the street at the moment is that the Fed will raise the discount rate 50 basis points," said Kenneth Ducey.

At the annual livestock convention in Toronto's Royal York Hotel last week, the big talk was about Holsteins.

Classmates remembered him as brash and jug-eared and full of big talk about his sexual experience.

In an industry built on big talk and swagger, Bank of America's Kenneth Lewis is an anomaly.

"Me, I just dropped in to hear yore big talk. Reminds me of old Geronimo. Like you, he gets all filled up with words about every so often and has to steam off. Go ahead, Gurley. Don't let me interrupt you. Make heap oration."

Big talk

Talk big

to talk big

Major topic of conversation.

Boastful or exaggerated statements.


Він передав куті меду, і слава Богу, що передав! Навіть будучи пригніченим, морально вбитим, я в останніх його словах відчув фальш: йому не було діла ні до Павла, ні до Голгофи, ні до осквернення Святого Духа.

В таких справах дуже легко передати куті меду.

Ви сьогодні надто сувора, Славо, впадаєте в крайнощі.

Поцілуйко бачить, що кинутий ним їжак уже ворушиться всередині Безбородька, і щоб не передати куті меду, зводить розмову на інше.

Йому треба переконатись, чи у нас справа зайшла занадто далеко, чи ні, себто, чи я загубила невинність, чи ще ні.

Некрасов всілякими засобами намагався врятувати Современник і таки перегнув палицю: він узяв участь у вшануванні Муравйова вішателя, яке влаштували йому в Англійському клубі, і навіть за порадою графа Строганова, старшини клубу, щоб вплинути та приборкати цю страшну людину, майже повновладного диктатора в той час, прочитав на честь Муравйова вірші.

Кожен напад він ретельно обмірковував, обираючи своїми супутниками несподіваність і сміливість, що переходили межі ймовірного.

Лукавий бісик під'юджує мене на пошуки нових важелів піднесення боєготовності особового складу, але я рішуче відганяю його далі, щоб не передати куті меду.

Матроська сорочка має виріз, що переходить межі можливого.

Стефанія раптом збагнула, що передала куті меду, й спробувала повернути все на жарт.

Нахабстпо цього добродія вже переходить межі зрозумілого.

Зайти надто далеко

Впадати в крайнощі

Перегнути палицю

Впасти в крайнощі

Передати куті меду

Переходити межі

Перетягнути струну

Перегнути палку

Передавати куті меду

доходити до крайності

заходити надто далеко

вийти за межі дозволеного

впадати в крайності

перебирати міру

To behave in an unacceptable way.

To exceed acceptable behavior.

go too far

Overstep the mark

Go to extremes

Carry it too far

to go too far

to go to extremes

to carry to extremes

to step far beyond the bounds

to overstep the limits

to take drastic measures

to take extreme measures

to run too far

to overstep the bounds

to breach

to cross the bounds

to lay something on too thick

to transgress

to overstep the mark

to step far beyond the bounds of propriety

to carry it too far

to cross the bounds of propriety

I don't mind if you make soup too, but asking for the family recipe is going too far.


Буде бійка, буде колотнеча повсякчас, але потім, як усі побачать, що поляки не втручаються в чужі справи на Україні, то й замовкнуть, а потім потроху звикнуть до нових порядків, — промовив Немирич.

Бачу я, що кортить вам їх пропити, дурні все нещасні.. — Це вже не твій клопіт

Дівчинкою Сонечка була завжди спокійною, сором'язливою, дуже милою і доброю і майже ніколи не втручалася в чужі справи, що так не схоже на панночок.

НЕ ТВІЙ КЛОПІТ

Не втручайся в чужі справи

Не твоє молотять!

в чуже просо не пхай носа

не ваше молотять

Не стосується кого-небудь, не повинно турбувати когось.

It's a matter you're not entitled to know about.

it's none of your business

None of your business

it is none of your business

keep your nose out of it

don't poke your nose where it doesn't belong

keep out of it

it is our fight

mind your own business

it is our fight, keep out of it


Скільки вірьовку не плети, а кінець їй буде

всьому кінець буває

Everything has the end

it will catch up with you in the end


Відомо, що чиновники-бюрократи часто вовком виють через те, що їм, нехай і формально, треба відповідати на листи трудящих

Звіром вити, горілку пити не чаркою, поставцем...

Хоч вовком вий

ВИТИ ВОВКОМ (звіром)

Бути у стані великого розпачу.

it's enough to make you cry

it's more than one can bear


Ситуація змінилася

the shoe is on the other foot

Shoe is on the other foot

The roles in a situation have reversed, giving an advantage to the previously disadvantaged party.

Some of the birds on this ship took me for a sucker and tried to make a rummy out of me but I was wise to their game and I guess the shoe is on the other foot this time.


Добре там, де нас нема

Там добре, де нас немає

The circumstances of others often seem better than one's own.

the grass is always greener on the other side of the road

Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

the grass is always greener

the apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest

the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence


В середньому

On an average

On the average

on average

at the average

upon the average

Typically or usually.


Собаки брешуть, а місяць світить

Progress continues despite criticism.

the dogs bark, but the caravan moves on

the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on

Dogs bark, but the caravan goes on


Нема там ніякісінької тями, була колись, та вже давно вилетіла з сивої голови, — пожартувала Гризельда.

Далі все вилетіло з голови, й він стояв і дивився на дівчину, й не тямив, що має робити.

Я ось і тепер уже трохи заспокоїлась, а за рік, певно, вилетить у мене з голови ця примха.

І зовсім вилетіло з голови, що мріяв про отаку зустріч і хотів попросити в гетьмана абшиду.

Вилетіти з голови

I meant to call her today, but it completely slipped my mind.

slip someone's mind

to go out of somebody's mind

to escape somebody's mind

to escape somebody's memory

to go out of somebody's memory

to slip somebody's memory

to slip somebody's mind

To be forgotten by someone.


Розкидатися грошима

Тринькати гроші

сипати грошима

сипатися грішми

розтринькувати гроші

Spend money like water

throw to the wind

Toss money to the wind

Be flush with one's money

Fling money to the wind

throw money to the wind

to be flush with one's money

to throw money to the wind

to toss money to the wind

money burns a hole in somebody's pocket

to throw one's money around

to fling money to the wind

to spend money like water

There are men in the Bible whom God condemns for wasting their talent, for throwing it to the wind.

Proud of their accomplishment, they recently threw secrecy to the wind, opened their basement display room to visitors.

To discard or dispense with recklessly.


У скупого просити, як у голого

Скупому душа дешевша гроша

скупому душа дешевша від гроша

As good beg of a naked man as a miser


Голод не свій брат

Голод не тітка

Mo went online and found me a beggars-can't-be-choosers flight out of Denver: a 5.45 a.m. takeoff, a three-hour layover at O'Hare. I'd land in Hartford by late afternoon. "I'll be fine," I said. "Drink a lot of coffee, drive right from school to the airport. I can crash once I get on the plane." She frowned. "Okay, let me rephrase that. I can sleep once I get on the plane."

beggars can't be choosers

Hunger breaks stone walls

hunger is no joke

Those in need should accept any help available.


Предмет гордощів

те, що робить честь

те, чим можна пишатися

Everyone was elated with this turn of events, most of all Colonel Cathcart, who was convinced he had won a feather in his cap.

He thinks it is quite a feather in his cap that he figured it out for himself.

However, one of the biggest feathers in Perez's cap is thanks to the 2003 crossover JLA/Avengers, a project nearly two decades in the making that was derailed by bureaucracy and bullheaded decision-making years prior.

And contrary to his own Expectation, as well as that of every Body else, when he came to Court, the seven and twentieth of July, the Staff was taken from him, rather with mortifying, than agreeable Circumstances; When a considerable Pension, or at least a Feather in his Cap, was the least that was expected for him.

An accomplishment, often boasted about.

Feather in one's cap

a feather in one's cap


Не відставати від життя

слідкувати

бути в курсі

не відставати від часу, епохи, подій

іти в ногу з часом, епохою

не відставати

Keep abreast of the times

Keep abreast of

to keep abreast of the times


не думаючи

Ideally, one would wish to explore them through a series of depth interviews extending over several months, rather than by a brief survey interview, which necessarily tends to elicit responses off the top of one's head.

These responses are not analyzed but are intended to discourage answers off the top of one's head to the next question, which explicitly asks if these situated responses reflect the strength of character on focus.

“Oh, I don't have my stuff with me, and I don't know her work phone number off the top of my head. Here, take one of my cards.” “Are you a lawyer, too?” he asked, and then perused her information.

I cannot think of any good examples off the top of my head, but give me a couple of hours and I'm sure I could come up with something.

In an extemporaneous manner.

Off the top of one's head


не до вподоби

проти шерсті

неприємно

Contrary to one's nature.

Contrary to societal expectations.

To defy convention or norms.

Get the thinkers out into the open like Vidal and Buckley, a really radical idea, against the grain.

Say, you chose him / More after our commandment than as guided / By your own true affections, and that your minds, / Preoccupied with what you rather must do / Than what you should, made you against the grain / To voice him consul: lay the fault on us.

His method certainly goes against the grain, but it is unquestionably effective.

For Nabiullina, the developments unpick almost a decade of work going against the grain of Putin’s increasing global isolation by opening up the economy.

By going against the grain and going to work nude, you've made yourself a laughing stock.

Blondes do have more fun, Mrs. Rowland !! Go against the grain this fall and opt for a fully opaque, bright-as-hell platinum dye job. Although it’s unexpected for a season filled with dark colors, the cool undertones are a masterful way to manipulate your way into a fall ’do while going lighter.

It went much against the grain with him.

Against the grain

go against the grain


Зіпсувати всю справу

зірвати чиїсь плани

Наш друг, восьмикласник Вовка Маруня, бездоганно організував службу безпеки, і ми були спокійні, що цікава пацанва не зіпсує нам усю справу.

Crab somebody's game

to spoil somebody's fun

to spoil somebody's game

to crab somebody's game


Не помиляється той, хто нічого не робить

тільки той, хто не дерся догори, не падав

хто не оре, той і огріхів не робить

He that never climbed, never fell

He who makes no mistake, makes nothing


Після бою кулаками не махають

Заднім розумом кріпкий

після бійки кулаками розмахувати

сльозами горя не здолаєш

журитися за непоправним

вести коня кувати, коли кузня згоріла

сумувати

горювати

що з воза впало, те пропало

після бійки кулаками не махають

Shut the stable after the horse is stolen

it is easy to be wise after the event

In trouble to be troubled is to have your trouble doubled

Lock the stable after the horse is stolen

Wise after the event

Cry over spilt milk

to shut the stable after the horse is stolen

you don't shake your fist when the fight is over

don't cry over spilt milk

to throw punches when the fight is over

to lock the stable after the horse is stolen

Tuchel may wonder whether he should have kept the unbeatable Mendy on for penalties after his heroic performance but it is easy to be wise after the event and Kepa has proved his quality from penalties in the past.

It's easy to judge decisions after their outcomes are known.


просуватися вперед

прогресувати

Make headway

I worked on them all day, but barely made headway at all.

To progress.


Двом смертям не бути, а одної не минути

одної не минути

двом смертям не бути

He that fears death lives not

Man can die but once

a man can die but once

one cannot die twice


знання — сила

knowledge is power

Knowledge increases one's potential for success.


Він нічим не гребує

All is fish that comes to his net


Тиха пристань

Smooth water

sheltered refuge

safe refuge


Один за одним

За чергою

В снігу й холодних дощах борсалося османське військо, мов велетенський звір, що грузне в трясовинах, губить один за одним члени свого незграбного тіла, задихається, знемагаючи, конає від виснаження.

Надзвичайні державні податки виникали один за одним.

Тому роздача тих благословенних, чарівних горбушок була відповідно регульована — їх одержували всі за чергою, за дотримання чого відповідав староста.

Він називав імена Андрієвих знайомих за чергою й заносив їх у протокол.

Individually, in order.

In single file.

one after another

one behind the other

Indian file

in single file

in turn


Якщо розумний прикидається дурним, то з ним ніякий дурень не зрівняється

If wise men play the fool, they do it with vengeance


користуватися успіхом

бути популярним

But Radnich, 65, and Krueger, 45, have enough in common that their partnership has worked. On a station that rides high with the fortunes of the Giants, the Warriors and the Niners, the two have fended off such competitors as KGMZ.

True Religion... filed for bankruptcy protection this week.... A decade ago, the brand was riding high, commanding hundreds of dollars a pair for jeans.

He that went away with his frock-skirts looped over his arm, comes back riding high; suddenly made one of the dignitaries of this world.

Many people suspect that scientists, riding high in the modern world, are uninterested in man's spiritual qualities, which cannot be subjected to test tube and microscopic analysis.

Many analysts believe that Honda's enterprising spirit, deeply embedded in the company's culture, has been primarily responsible for its dazzling success.... But even as Honda rides high, the company faces challenges on several fronts.

ride high

To engage in a specific sexual technique.

To enjoy good fortune or be in a privileged situation.


Кидати камінці в чийсь город

різко виступати проти

висміювати

зачіпати

Give a dig

give somebody a dig

to make digs at somebody


Порожня бочка гучніше гримить

порожня бочка гучить, а повна мовчить

empty cans make the most noise

empty barrels make the most noise

Empty vessels make the most noise

empty vessels make the most sound

Talkative, opinionated people are often ignorant.


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ПРОКРУСТОВЕ ЛОЖЕ

Історичний підхід до вияснення причин і всіх можливих граней того чи того конфлікту не прокрустове ложе, не порятунковий рівень всіх і вся

Удачі автора йдуть за рахунок подолання штампів, що перетворилися в прокрустове ложе для письменника.

Те, що виступає мірилом, під яке штучно, насильно підганяють що-небудь, пристосовуючи до нього.

Procrustes' bed

Procrustean bed

Place on the Procrustean bed

Bed of Procrustes

to place somebody on the Procrustean bed

the Procrustean bed

to place something on the Procrustean bed

the bed of Procrustes


З другого боку, їй хотілося, щоб його ще більше з'їдала ота нуда, щоб блукав він і далі берегом, наче очманілий, і безнадійно поглядав угору, де вона стояла зачаєно в тіні кущів і з осолодою стежила за тим блуканням.

Він сам ходив, наче очманілий, бо скрізь бачив перед собою гарячі лискучі Меланчині очі.

Наче очманілий

scream one's head off

yell one's head off

to shout like mad

to yell like crazy

to scream like mad

to scream like crazy

to yell like mad

to shout like crazy

To scream loudly.


Померти старою дівою

Lead apes in hell

to lead apes in hell


Якщо діти принишкли, значить вони щось накоїли

When children stand quiet, they have done some harm


Не можна зробити неможливого

Can't see through a brick, one

one can't see through a brick


Або розумне сказать, або зовсім мовчать

або зовсім мовчати

або розумне сказати

Silence has great value.

silence is golden

speech is silver, silence is gold

Speech is silver, but silence is gold

speech is silver, but silence is golden

"I adore good music, I hate bad, and I despise mediocre. Silence is golden, indeed, compared with poor music."


Під руку ж зі мною він не боявся себе скомпрометувати.

Адже й зараз Дмитро Іванович не міг повірити, що Михайло ухилявся од зустрічі через те, що це йому невигідно, що може цим скомпрометувати себе, що він чогось злякався.

Скомпрометувати себе

дискредитувати

Fall into disrepute

to fall into disrepute


І сліду немає

І сліду не залишилося

застарілий, що вийшов з моди

Dead as Queen Ann

there was not even a trace of something

there was not even a hint of something

there wasn't even a mention of something

there was not even a sign of something


Біда всьому навчить

біда вимучить, біда і виучить

біда вимучить - біда і виучить

біда вимучить виучить

A need for something drives innovation.

necessity is the mother of invention

necessity is the mother of innovation

Adversity is a good teacher


нанести удар

завдати удару

To hit or land a successful hit.

To take action in support of or against something.

Strike a blow

His opponent danced and dodged so nimbly that he couldn’t strike a blow.

The Supreme Court ruling struck a blow for gender equality.

It is hoped that the new vaccine will strike a blow against the spread of tuberculosis.


Не розбивши яєчка, не спечеш яєчні

Домогтися чогось без особливих зусиль

Не посіявши, не пожнеш

домогтися чогось без будь-яких зусиль

не сіявши, не пожнеш

You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

Make an omelette without breaking eggs

you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette

One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs

to make an omelette without breaking eggs

To achieve something, mistakes or sacrifices are necessary.

Narrator: Bob is dead, they shot him in the head! Tyler Durden: You wanna make an omelet, you gotta break some eggs.

It was remarked to him that he had caused the death of a great many persons. Yes, he replied, omlets are not made without breaking eggs.


До роботи!

To commit to a serious task or activity.

get down to business

let's get down to work!


навгад

навмання

by guess or by gosh

By guess

At random.


Одного тіста книш

Два чоботи – пара

майже такий

майже те ж саме

одного поля ягода

два чоботи пара

Having little significant difference between two or more things.

Two people united in marriage.

The songs are much of a muchness (or littleness), all sounding forgettably alike.

“He was not,” answered a juror. “Old Peter Goodwin could not have been more than five feet five, and Dorothy was all of that, I should think. When they came to meeting together, they looked much of a muchness.”

In fact, he said, in spite of all efforts to lift the popular taste, things were much of a muchness with the old days when in popular novels the villain, had to be foiled, the hero had to triumph and the lovers had to be united.

"This is reasonable and natural," returned Pathfinder; "... A woman would be likely to follow the man to whom she had plighted faith, and husband and wife are one flesh."

The majority are much of a muchness so, unless you are desperately trying to find a way to waste money, I’d rarely venture into high double digits.

As to any existing dearth of materials for comedy, I hold it to be merely imaginary; for I believe that on a fair comparison, the manners and morals of the present age and those of the past, would prove much of a muchness.

There are small trees and large shrubs which are much of a muchness, and it may not be possible to say whether an individual plant is a tall member of the shrub layer or a short tree.

Mary: Have not I been the fast friend of your life Since mine began, and it was thought we two Might make one flesh, and cleave unto each other As man and wife?

We know Christ's saying of the married that they are one flesh !

Private houses in London are apt to be much of a muchness. The door opens on a dark hall; from the dark hall rises a narrow staircase; off the landing opens a double drawing-room, and in this double drawing-room are two sofas on each side of a blazing fire, six armchairs, and three long windows giving upon the street.

There were many legislative and political battles to be fought before the fundamental idea that all people were much of a muchness was translated into a culture of equal rights for all, but gradually rights were extended from landowners, to rich men, to not so rich men, to all men, and then to women.

much of a muchness

Much of muchness

one flesh

One bone one flesh

two shoes make a pair

much the same

much about the same


Була не була

Well, I checked everything and I think it's wired up correctly, so I guess all that's left is to turn it on. Here goes nothing !

"Two years ago when I first heard of the Ferrari Challenge I never would have thought I would be doing something like this," said Mr. McCormick, president of First Manhattan Consulting Group in Manhattan. "Then I turned 48 and said, ' You only go around once.'"

Young men washed in the ecstasy of macho male companionship rode a jeep through barren country and embraced at a bar piled up with beer cans. " You only go around once," the announcer said.

The agency boosted Schlitz's name recognition with the "Gusto" campaign. Consumers were even reminded that " You only go around once in life: go for all the gusto you can."

"Thank God I'm here. I figure you should play as long as you can because you only go around once, and I know it."

here goes nothing

you only live once

you only go around once in life

you only go around once

whatever happens happens

Indicates lack of confidence about an upcoming effort.

Take every opportunity to enjoy life, as it is limited.


Зігнути в баранячий ріг

відлупцювати когось

The man is a ruffian. I won't knuckle under to him!

Knock somebody into a cocked hat

knuckle under

to make somebody knuckle under

to knock somebody into a cocked hat

to bend to somebody's will

to beat somebody into submission

to twist to somebody's will

To yield under pressure.


Багато води спливло з того часу

Lot of water under the bridge; lot of other stuff, too / Don’t get up, gentlemen, I’m only passing through

They agreed that their old disputes were water under the bridge and decided to make a fresh start.

Ilsa: It's been a long time. Sam: Yes, ma'am. A lot of water under the bridge.

water under the bridge

Lot of water has flown under the bridge since

Lot of water has run under the bridge since

there has been a peck of salt eaten since that time

a lot of water has flown under the bridge since

a lot of water has run under the bridge since

Something in the past that must be accepted or forgotten.


прийняти резолюцію

риймати резолюцію

прийняти рішення

ухвалити щось

Pass a resolution

Carry a resolution

Adopt a resolution

to adopt a resolution

to pass a resolution

to carry a resolution


Надутися, мов сич на вітер

бути в поганому настрої

Ride the black donkey

to ride the black donkey


До речі, певно, як майже всі чоловіки, колись збираються одружитись.

До речі, саме вони й знайшли для власних потреб новий спосіб вирощення хлорели в закритих басейнах; він виявився таким ефективним, що на них посипались заявки, а главків і міністерств — з проханням розробити його широко й впровадити в господарство; хлорела — надзвичайно поживний корм для худоби.

Там, до речі, я з тим балакуном здибався.

До речі, соціалізм без музики ніякими гарматами не встановити.

До речі

між іншим

I had counted on a life-lease of the profits, whereas I only received those of a few short years. But this is by the way.

His mother will be coming for dinner tomorrow, and, by the way, she recently sold her collection of ceramic eggs.

“A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. ”

by the way

by the bye

Introduces off-topic information.

Used to introduce additional information.


Я весь час уловлюю в собі звички селюка, я чимось дуже схожий на свого батька, який і досі повчає мене з кожної нагоди, хоч не може не розуміти, що на всесвітніх перегонах я залишив його далеко позаду.

Відтоді, як залишив позаду півсотні літ і охолоді трупи своїх надій та сподівань, священна книга стала його найближчим радником і співрозмовником.

залишити позаду

обігнати

Випередити

Show the heels

to show the heels to somebody


не упускати якоїсь можливості.

Використовувати слушну нагоду

Я ловлю момент і вирізую з картини цілу сцену на декілька метрів. Режисер злякано на мене зиркає, але я не чую заперечень

Мусив [Алі] ловити мент, коли човен опускався врівень з його плечем, щоб зручно було прийняти важкий мішок.

Ловити момент

Учепитися обома руками

шанс

учепитися за можливість

When I was offered a placement working at the South Pole, I jumped at the chance.

jump at the chance

Jump at a chance

to take the opportunity

to seize the opportunity

to seize the moment

to jump at the opportunity

to jump at the chance.

to grab at the offer

to grab at the chance

to grab at the opportunity

to jump at the chance

To seize an opportunity.


Іншими словами, вас не задовольняє ваша партія?

Іншими словами, я обов'язково мушу зробити якесь епохальне відкриття в агрономії, а він, звісно, стане геніальним письменником, якого визнають не сучасники, а майбутні покоління.

Інакше кажучи, мене або вб'ють або витягнуть з мене все що треба.

Інакше кажучи, в творі з драматичним конфліктом на історичну тему неминучі певні анахронізми та інші відступи від зовнішньої історичної правди, право на які давно вже визнано за драматичними поетами.

Інакше кажучи, він такий же, як і ми.

Інакше кажучи

Іншими словами

Hanks is known as being an avid reader of history and biography, and seems to seek out stories which offer a certain optimism and humanism. In other words, he plays – fundamentally – good people.

He has another appointment on Thursday. In other words, I don't think he'll be attending your gathering.

On Tuesday evening he sent a message to the office of the Stamford paper, requesting that, as the "mountain could not wait upon Mahomet, Mahomet would go to the mountain,"—or, in other words, that the printer would call upon him, and receive an order for executing some hand-bills announcing Mr. Lambert's arrival, and his desire to see company.

in other words

to put it in another way

that is to say

Used to introduce an explanation or clarification.


Яка муха тебе вкусила?

яка муха тебе вкусила

що вас непокоїть

Inquires about someone's upset feelings or problems.

What is bothering you?

What's eating you

What's getting you

what's eating

What's biting you

what's biting you?

what's eating you?

what's come over you?

what's with you?

what's getting you?

You're in a bad mood today. What's eating you ?

What's eating him ? I've never seen him this worked up over anything before.


Коли діти не роблять нічого, вони роблять шкоду

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief


пихатий

зарозумілий

When Inanna returns she finds that Dumuzi has not been lamenting her but has been acting high and mighty in his seat of kingship.

Ever since she was placed in the gifted program, she's become so high and mighty that no one wants to be near her.

For the swooning faithful, all the high-and-mighty talk of the rule of the law is of little account compared with the hot flush, the racing pulse, the pure yee-haw MAGA-hellion USA high they get from glowing in the radiant heat of the Strong Man.

The high and mighty are to be found at the Fairlawn Country Club on pleasant afternoons.

High and mighty

Overbearingly arrogant.


З вірогідного джерела

straight from the horse's mouth

horse's mouth

This is straight from the horse's mouth.

I thought it would be quicker to hear it from the horse's mouth.

If you don't believe me, go talk to him and hear it straight from the horse's mouth. It's true.

Directly from the source.

From the source.

An authentic source.


посади свиню за стіл, то вона і ноги на стіл

A person unaccustomed to wealth will easily be corrupted by it.

Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil