Lit. People speaks not for nothing. / Cf. People’s voice is God’s voice. Народ недаром говорит. / Что люди говорят, то и сбудется
Lit. People’s voice is God’s voice. Глас народа - глас божий. / На мир и суда нет. / Мирская слава звонка
bax El atanı haqq da atar.
God is there, where are kind people. Что мир порядил, то бог рассудил. / За кого бог, за того и добрые люди
bax Elnən gələn qara gün toy bayramdır.
bax El ilə gələn qada-bala toy-bayramdır.
Together live, together die. Пропадать, так всем вместе пропадать.
Lit. People’s voice is God’s voice. Глас народа - глас божий.
bax El atanı - ər atar, el tutanı - ər tutar.
not up to much / just an apology for smth. одно только название (о чём-либо низкого качества, несущественного значения, не соответствующем своему назв
as it turned out … / circumstances did not turn out favourably так карта легла (так сложились обстоятельства, так уж вышло)
Keep the people in order not to disgrace oneself. Держи с народом связь, не ударишь лицом в грязь.
bax Elə arxalanan igid başa çatar.
unintentionally / by chance / no reason так себе (без особой цели, без каких-либо намерений)
to no purpose / for no reason at all / without rhyme or reason / for no cause or reason / because * да так / за так (без особой причины, ни за что)
Amer. not for one’s health не зря (неспроста)
Cf. give him hell! / sock him one! / serves him right! так его (её, их)! (поощрительный возглас, обращённый к тому, кто совершает расправу над кем-либ
as it were как будто / если бы
Lit. as if one has gone from a barren region как (будто, словно, точно) из голодного края
as if (as though) mad (crazy) / Cf. to go balmy (barmy, crackers, nuts) / to go bugs (bug-house) как (будто, словно, точно) иглу съел (обезумел, одуре
Lit. silent as if his mouth were full of water / playing mum / dumb as a fish / mute as a fish / dumb as a beetle как (будто, словно, точно) воды в ро
Lit. one speaks as if he had his mouth full of porridge (i.e.he mumbles) каша во рту
to be on the high horse / to put on airs / to do the grand / to get too big for one’s boots / Cf. to turn up one’s nose / to cock one’s nose / to stic
the nub of the universe / a cock of the walk / he thinks he is the lord of creation / he thinks the whole world revolves around him как (будто, словно
with one face / Cf. as like as two peas in a pod / not a pin (a hap’orth, nothing, not much) to choose between them на одно лицо (очень похожи)
someone looks as if he has swallowed a poker / Lit. One looks as if he has swallowed a yerdstick. / Cf
it’s as if one had dropped from the moon / Cf. He (she) was born in the ark как (будто, словно, точно) с луны свалился
bax elə bil aydan düşüb
to take to smth. like a duck to water / to feel quite at home / to be in one’s element как (будто, словно, точно) рыба в воде
as if one is thrown hot water как (будто, словно, точно) кипятком обдали (окатили) / как (будто, словно, точно) обухом по голове ударили
someone has splitting headache / someone’s head is bursting голова трещит
as if one were hit with an ax / one is thunderstruck как (будто, словно, точно) обухом по голове ударили
to make someone shoulder smth. / to load someone with smth. / to take smth. on one’s shoulers как (будто, словно, точно) горы упали на плечи кому-либо
nothing (not much, not a pin, not a hap’orth) to choose between them / as like as two peas in a pod / as like someone as if one had been spit out of h
to act in concert / Cf. to play the same hand в одну дудку дудеть
a shrill voice / a piercing voice / Cf. to yell at the top of one’s voice / to bawl one’s throat raw о резком, пронзительном голосе / Ср
the image of someone вылитый / волос в волос
to do smth. with a heavy heart / to do smth. with a stab of regret / to do smth. with a quaking conscience скрепя сердцем ( о человеке, работающим вял
bax elə bil iynə udub
one is beaming with joy / one is radiant with joy / one’s eyes are shining засиял счастьем / расцвела как цветок
as if a herd of wild horses trampled everything down / everything is at sixes and sevens / everything is topsy-turvy / all in a tumble как (будто, сло
as if a mountain fell from one’s shoulders / Cf. it’s a load off one’s mind / it’s a weight off one’s chest / a load has been taken off one’s mind / a
to run in a flying hurry / to run like hell / to ride hell for leather / to run like the clappers / to make a frantic dash for smth
it is all one / it all comes to the same thing / it makes no difference / Cf. it’s as broad as it’s long / it’s six of one and half a dozen of the oth
suddenly someone got a bee in his bonnet (got pissed-off) / something has bitten him (her) как (будто, словно, точно) муха укусила (кто-либо внезапно,
the devil himself couldn’t (wouldn’t) make head or tail of it сам чёрт ногу сломает / сам чёрт голову сломит (хаос, беспорядок)
to be a chatterbox (to talk without a stop, to speak incessantly) бесструнная балалайка (говорить без умолку)
you might as well talk to a brick wall / it’s like being up against a blank wall / it’s like hitting one’s head against a brick wall / Cf
someone has made a sour face / look as if one swallowed a fly как (будто, словно, точно) муху проглотил (у кого-либо кислая, недовольная физиономия)
to be in the seventh heaven / to tread on air / to walk upon air / to be all over oneself /Amer. to sit on the top of the world быть на седьмом небе о