one wouldn’t find someone or smth. if one hunted by / a daylight with a candle / a daylight with a lantern / you might hunt the world over and wouldn’
as an example to others для примера
a half-hearted attitude to one’s studies нерадивое отношение к занятиям
to be on the carpet / to find oneself on the carpet получить нагоняй (выговор)
to give someone a good lesson / to give someone a hiding / to give someone a proper dressing-down / to give someone a licking / to make matchwood of
bax evi yıxılmaq
Lit. the fakir was drunk, and the trick went flop (i.e. nothing has come of it) / no dice факир был пьян, и фокус не удался (ничего не вышло, надежды
about one’s poor wedding об очень бедной свадьбе
to eat what God has sent i.e. what food there is / you are welcome to all we have such as it is / to take potluck with someone / you are welcome to al
bax dənizdə balıq kimi
Lit. A fish in the sea has not any price. / Catch the bear before you sell his skin. Рыба в реке - не в руке
bax dənizdə balıq sövdəsi
to cook one’s hare before it is caught him делить шкуру неубитого медведя
to be troubled by all of a sudden / to suffer for no apparent reason / to be troubled by all for nothing ни за что, ни про что страдать / ни за понюшк
to sympathize with someone in his (her) grief вытащить платочек(отнестись сочувственно к горю)
we have an addition to our ranks нашего полку прибыло / в нашем полку прибыло (нас, таких людей, как мы, стало больше)
Cf. Little bodies may have great souls. / A little body often harbours a great soul. / Little pigeons can carry great messages
someone, who is busy with not one’s own matter о человеке, занимающемся не своим делом
not have ever seen so much as seen someone or smth. / never set eyes on someone or smth. / have never even caught a glimpse of someone or smth
to be unaware of smth. / to know nothing about it быть в полном неведении
to stare at smth. like a sheep does at a new gate / to stare at smth. like a booby / to look quite lost / to look blank как баран на новые ворота (смо
there is a still higher and more powerful authority to appeal to есть люди и покруче вас (инстанции повыше, посильнее)
= Lit. There is an elephant bigger than the camel. Не хвастайся, корова, есть лошадь поворовей.
as much harm as a pellet can do to an elephant / it is a mere trifle for someone / like water off a duck’s back как слону дробина (слишком мало, явно
to arrogate smth. to oneself / to lay false claim to (to usurp smth.) бессовестно присвоить
bax dəvəni dəngi ilə diri-diri yemək
bax dəvəni palanı ilə diri-diri udmaq
about smth. uneven / crooked (not straight) о чём-либо неровном, неправильном
bax Allah dəvəyə qanad versəydi, dünyada uçmamış dam-daş qalmazdı.
1. (heç bir vədə, heç vaxt) to be going to recover a loan when pigs fly / to settle up with someone on tomorrow come never на том свете угольками (ник
One fine day when it is raining. / Cf. On the second Sunday (Monday, etc.) of next week. / When three Sundays come together
a poor creature бедняга (человек, потерявший надежду)
Amer. * a bid (an invitation) приглашение
a blockhead как дубина
Amer. * black-jack дубинка
Amer. * to black-jack избивать дубинкой
to run too far / to overshoot the mark / to cut it too fat перегнуть палку
to let be оставить в покое
to get a swelled head / to get conceited / to give oneself airs припухнуть / зажраться / разжиреть / зазнаваться (обнаглевший человек)
to be on the shelf / to find oneself on the shelf / have served its time / to pass from the scene of action (to lose one’s power, authority, influence
to put on the bag / to pass one’s lips / to guzzle smth. / to hog smth. лопать / жрать / трескать / шамать
bax dəyirmanın boğazından salsan, altdan diri çıxar
bax dəyirmanın gözündən diri (sağ) çıxar
1. a slippery / a nimble / an agile / a resourceful man изворотливый (ловкий человек); 2. a hardy / an enduring man живучий
to put a spoke in someone’s wheel / to throw a spanner into the works / to put the grit in the machine / to throw sand in the wheels вставлять палки в
to bring grist to someone’s mill / to play into someone’s hands / to play the game of someone / to add fuel to the fire / to play into the hands of so
bax dəyirmanına su axıtmaq
to sit down at the negotiating table / to enter into negotiations with someone встреча за круглым столом / садиться за один стол (начинать переговоры)
to dispute вести полемику