to run as fast as one’s legs can carry one (to run as fast as one can) бежать со всех ног
bax arxada demək
to haunt ухаживать за кем-либо
just behind someone / at (on) someone’s heels * за плечами (сзади, с непосредственной близости)
to rise like one man in defence of someone or smth. / to stand up (to stick up) for someone or smth. (to defend someone with might and main) вставать
to cool one’s heels / to eat lotus / to fold one’s arms / to lie softly on one’s back / to lounge about / to sit on one’s hands / to let the grass gro
not to accept one’s weak point (defeat) не признавать чью-либо вину
bax arxası üstə qoymaq
to have no influential relatives / to be unprotected (to have no support) не иметь спины (поддержки)
1. (əmin olmaq) to pin one’s faith on someone / to pin one’s hopes to someone / to count (to rely) on someone or smth
there can be no thought of smth. / there can be no question of that / it is out of the question нечего и думать (невозможно надеяться, рассчитывать на
to give a promise (to promise) ласкать надеждой
Lit. Boast not before but after the battle. / Cf. Do not boast until you see the enemy dead. / Catch the bear before you sell his skin
First catch your hare then cook him. Не говори “гоп”, пока не перепрыгнешь. / Не убив медведя, шкуру не продавай
to give smth. up as a bad job / to throw out сдавать что-либо в архив
to be dead to shame потерять стыд
to be busy as a bee (a beehive, a beaver) / Cf. to work round the clock to keep the wolf from the door / to be busy as a ticking clock / to be busy as
He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet. Кто любит мёд, тот заводит пчёл.
bax arı atmaq
Bee stings a liar. Пчела на злого хозяина жалуется.
to become more and more insolent / to lose all sense of shame / to be without shame (to have no shame) стать беспардонным / потерять всякий стыд (обна
No shame or sense. / One is dead to shame. / Someone has lost all sense of shame. / Cf. Conscience was hanged long ago
to fly someone into a temper (to embitter someone) взбудоражить улей (озлоблять, раздражать, вызывать злобу)
Don’t touch bee hive. Осиного гнезда не тронь.
to be thrown into a panic суматошиться / растревожиться / переполошиться / взбудоражиться
Someone is lazy-bones. / Swish its tail is very heavy for a sluggish horse. Ленивой кобыле и дуга в тяжесть
Lit. neck that is as thick as a bull’s tail (i.e. very thin neck of a gaunt man) * шея, как у быка хвост (тощая шея)
Cf. Everyone must have a hope. Не летит пчела от мёду, летит от дыму.
Cf. Life is continual struggle. / Difficulties steel one’s will. Увидел пчелино жало, и от мёда отказался
a bright lad / a sharp chap / a smart wench / not easily abashed / he’s got his head screwed on right / he’s got his wits about him / he knows what’s
at the moment of one’s mind cleared (someone is sagacious, someone understands) в момент прояснения ума
A word is enough to the wise. Умному только свистни, а он уже и смыслит. / Умному намёк, глупому толчок
the rank and fashion / the upper class высшее общество (аристократия)
Everything has its time. Сколько садовника ни торопи, груши раньше времени не созреют.
а pear-shaped glass стакан грушевидной формы
Cf. One must be as an equal to another. Досталась гадине виноградная ягода.
to take too much upon oneself / to get stuck-up / to get a swelled head / to get conceited / to give oneself airs / to show off / to swagger / to puff
bax arpası artıq düşmək
a light-minded / frivolous / thoughtless / superficial / shallow man / happy-go-lucky fellow (a carefree man) ветренная голова / ветренная головушка (
Cf. Conscience was hanged long ago. Бесстыжих глаз и дым неймёт. / Без стыда леща не износишь. / Без позору рожи не износить
more than / and over / a little over / and a bit more с лишним (с некоторым превышением меры, количества)
without wasting words без дальних слов
bax artıq-əskik danışmayın!
be careful what you say! / hold your jaw! полегче на поворотах! (не говори лишнего!)
to make a real mess of things / to make a lot of blunders / to cause a lot of damage (trouble) / to make a balls-up of smth
a proud flesh дикое мясо
to have had a drop too much / to have taken a glass too much * хлебнуть через край (выпить лишнее)
A little greed may cause much harm. / Grasp all, lose all. / The better is the enemy of the good. Лишнее пожелаешь, последнее потеряешь
a burden / an encumbrance обуза (лишняя забота)
Never too much of a good thing. / Plenty is no plague. / Good counsel does no harm. Кашу маслом не испортишь