* before the mast в качестве матроса
being unjust one argues with someone about smth. / Cf. to chop off the limb of the tree one sits on / to saw off the bough on which one is sitting буд
What can’t be cured must be endured. / Cf. You must grin and bear it. Нельзя сидеть на корабле и ругаться с капитаном
a miserable / dejected / downcast / crestfallen / Cf. down in the chops / down in the dumps / down in the mouth / like a lost soul / with a face as lo
Lit. Keep your honour from your youth. Береги честь смолоду, а платье снову.
a callow youth зелёная молодёжь
Lit. Youth is a beauty and pleasure. Молодость - краса и радость.
* tender years молодые годы
he (she) sticks to someone like a leech / he (she) sticks to someone like a flea to a fleece / he (she) sticks to someone like a limpet to a rock / he
bax gənə kimi yapışmaq
* to lay one’s heads together / to put one’s heads together советоваться / совещаться
the best place for it is the scrap-heap (something utterly worthless) * выкрасить да выбросить (о чём-либо абсолютно непригодном)
Cf. The game is not worth the candle (the candles). / It’s not worth powder and shot. Эта шуба заплатки не стоит
a numskull / a windbag бесструнная балалайка / пустозвон
Lit. Under a stone that lies still no water flows. / Lit. Wolves depend on their legs for a living. / Cf
* to take the air прогуливаться
* to be out and about выйти пройтись
to have an affair with someone / to go (to walk) out with someone / to run round with someone / to chase someone / to flirt with someone / to make lov
Lit. With friends, one is well. / But at home, one is better. / Cf. East or West, home is best. / There is no place like home
dimwit / fool / dunderhead / utter (arrant, brazen, damned) fool / as stupid as they make them / no end of a fool / prize sap набитый (круглый, петый,
1. bax baş-beynini aparmaq; 2. bax yolundan çıxarmaq; 3. (bihuş etmək) to make someone’s head swim дурманить голову
1. to talk nonsense / to tell lies / talk rot / to talk through one’s hat bullshit / to drop a clanger / Cf
* sell your ass! перестаньте говорить глупости!
Cf. a laughter-bug got in someone’s mouth хохотун напал (кто-либо не может перестать смеяться)
not being a fool / far from being a fool / being a sly fellow / not to be outdone не будь дурак / не будь дура (вовремя сообрази, смекни)
= take me for a fool! / not likely / no fear! / no thanks! = нашёл дурака! / нашёл дуру!
= to be fooled / to be duped / to be hoaxed / to be made a fool / to be made a laughing stock / to make a fool of oneself / to look a fool / to be a f
= to make an ass of someone / to give someone the bag to hold / to fool someone / to dupe someone = оставлять (оставить) в дураках / считать за дурака
bax qan çıxmayan yerdən qan çıxarmaq
to ask for trouble / Cf. let sleeping dogs lie будить лихо, пока оно спит (напрашиваться на неприятности безо всякого повода)
Cf. as stupid as an owl / as daft as they come / dead from the neck up / Amer. dead above the ears глуп как пробка
1. to play the fool / to act the ape / to act the monkey / to act the giddy goat / to tomfool / to kid around свалять дурака (дурачиться, паясничать,
someone has got a pinch of salt on his tail / someone has taken the bit between his teeth / something got into someone / someone has gone wild / someo
to lament over smth. / to snivel / to whine / to whimper away / to slobber (to complain of smth.) распускать (распустить) слюни / сопли распустить (се
a round-table conference конференция круглого стола
You cannot lie down with dogs without rising with fleas. / Who keeps company with the wolves, will learn to howl
it is no concern of mine (yours, etc.) / it’s none of your (his, etc.) business / it’s not my (his, etc
bax fürsət olanda
bax çənginə düşmək
bax girinə düşmək
to take someone at his (her) word ловить кого-либо на слове
to lay oneself out to please someone / to make cheeses мелким бесом рассыпаться перед кем-либо / делать реверансы
stashed / laid aside / kept for future use / tucked away * в заначке (в запасе, о чём-либо припрятанном, скрытом от кого-либо)
* to keep dark скрываться
not to know where to hide oneself / to feel utterly at a loss / to wish the earth would open and swallow one up не знать, куда деваться (где спрятатьс
to play blind man’s buff / to play hide-and-seek / to play a shifty game / try to fool someone играть в прятки (обманывать кого-либо, утаивать что-либ
* to put out of sight / to sweep under the carpet скрывать (спрятать, убрать)
some idea in the background / an ulterior motive (thought) / secret purpose * задняя мысль (скрытое намерение, тайный умысел)
an ace up one's sleeve / a trump card (a trump) «козырь про запас» (скрытое преимущество)
to laugh on the quiet / to laugh on the sly смеяться втихомолку