Пословицы, поговорки английского языка. Их значение, употребление и русские эквиваленты
Рука руку моет.
Пословицавситуации: My new friend helped me home with my
luggage and I asked her to stay with me until I found her a room. You know
the saying “Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.”
30. The rotten apple
injures its neighbours.
Гнилое
яблоко портит соседние яблоки.
Паршивая
овца все стадо портит.
Пословицавситуации: Nick’s mother was strongly against her
son’s friendship with
Pete. She was afraid
that it would tell upon her son, who was
a good pupil. “A
rotten apple injures its neighbours,” she often said to him.
31. Hunger is the best
sauce.
Голод -
лучшая приправа.
Голод -
лучший повар.
Пословицавситуации: Oliver Twist and his little friends ate
everything they were given.
Hunger is the best
sauce, you know.
32. Appetite comes with
eating.
Аппетит
приходит во время еды.Дословный
перевод
совпадает с русской пословицей.
Пословицавситуации: “Appetite comes with eating,” my mother
says
always when I refuse
to eat.
33. Appearances are
deceitful.
Наружность обманчива.По
наружности о человеке не судят. Дословный перевод совпадает с русской пословицей.
Пословицавситуации: He is not so quiet as he looks. His
appearance is deceitful.
34. What is done cannot
be undone.
Что
сделано, того не переделаешь (дословный перевод).
Сделанного
не воротишь.
Что с возу упало, то
пропало (русская пословица).
Пословицавситуации: “I am afraid, sir, that you have ruined
a great career.” ‘I suppose that is so,” he answered with a sigh. “What is
done cannot be undone.”
35. An apple a day keeps
the doctor away.
Кушай по
яблоку в день и врач не понадобится.
Пословицавситуации: Of course, I eat an apple every
morning. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
36. Catch the bear before
you sell his skin.
Прежде
поймай медведя, а потом продавай его шкуру.
Не убив
медведя, шкуры не продавай.
Пословицавситуации: Never sell the bear’s skin until you
have killed the bear.
Пословица в
ситуации: Don’t get upset. Every cloud has a
silver lining.
38. First think, then
speak.
Сперва
подумай, потом говори.
Молвишь,
не воротишь.
Слово не воробей,
вылетит, не поймаешь.
Пословицавситуации: The favourite proverb of our teacher is
“First think, then speak”. Sometimes he says: "To speak without
thinking is to shoot without looking."
39. One good turn
deserves another.
Одна
хорошая услуга заслуживает другую.
Долг
платежом красен.
Услуга за услугу.
Пословицавситуации: He did me a good turn once, and I try to
help him when I can. One good turn deserves another.
40. To tell tales out of
school.
Разбалтывать
(сплетничать) за стенами школы.
Выносить
сор из избы.
Пословица в
ситуации:
“He’s got into trouble.”
“Tell us about it.”
“I must not tell tales
out of school.”
41. Two heads are better
than one.
Две головы лучше одной
(дословный перевод).
Ум
хорошо, а два лучше (русская
пословица).
Пословицавситуации: I want to know what you really think I
should do. Two heads are better than one, you know, even mine is one of
them.
42. Still waters run
deep.
Тихие воды
имеют глубокое течение.
В тихой
воде омуты глубоки.
В тихом омуте черти
водятся.
Пословицавситуации: "I don’t understand the proverb
‘Still waters run deep’ quite clearly. Can you explain it to me?"
"The proverb has the meaning that the fact that a man says little does
not mean that he does not think profoundly, while those who talk the most
have no depth of feeling."
43. Don’t halloo till you
are out of the wood.
Не радуйся,
пока не выбрался из лесу.
Не
говори «гоп», пока не перепрыгнешь.
Не радуйся раньше
времени.
Пословицавситуации: Don’t halloo till you are out of wood.
You had better wait for the results of the experiment instead of boasting
that you have done something wonderful.
44. Curiosity killed a
cat.
Любопытство
погубило кошку.
Любопытство
до добра не доводит.
Много будешь знать,
скоро состаришься.
Пословицавситуации: “I am sorry,” he said, “I know I
shouldn’t have come.” “They say that curiosity killed the cat, but I never
believed it when I was your age.”
45. A stitch in time
saves nine.
Один стежок, сделанный
вовремя, стоит девяти (дословный перевод).
Дело
вовремя - не бремя (русская пословица).
Минутка час бережет.
Пословицавситуации: “Pete, what are you doing with your
bicycle? It is quite new. You have bought it this year.” “You know, Nick, a
stitch in time saves nine.”
46. Little strokes fell
great oaks.
Малые удары
валят большие дубы.
Терпение
и труд все перетрут.
Капля по капле и камень
долбит.
Пословицавситуации: You must be more patient. Some time will
pass, and you may have a success. One could cut down even the largest of
trees with a penknife. You know the proverb “Little strokes fell great
oaks”.
47. There’s many a slip
between the cup and the lip.
Многое
может произойти за то время, пока подносишь чашку к губам.
Не говори
«гоп», пока не перепрыгнешь.
Наперед не
загадывай.
Это бабушка
надвое сказала.
Пословицавситуации: There’s many a slip between the cup and
the lip! Who knows what may happen, Dick! Who knows whether you will be the
chairman next year?
48. Everything is good in
its season.
Все хорошо
в свое время.
Всякой
вещи свое время.
Всякому овощу свое
время.
Пословицавситуации: The old man was fond of tea, but he took
it only at tea-time. So he always said, 'Everything is good in its season!'
49. Look before you leap.
Посмотри, прежде чем
прыгать (дословный перевод).
Не зная
броду, не суйся в воду (русская
пословица).
Семь раз отмерь, один
раз отрежь.
Пословицавситуации: Look before you leap - think well before
taking a decision.
50. So many men, so many
minds.
Сколько
людей, столько умов.
Сколько
голов, столько умов.
Пословицавситуации: We asked the two gentlemen several
questions about the man. One of them thought he was foolish. As for the
other man he said he was very clever. So many men, so many minds.
51. Better late than
never.
Лучше
поздно, чем никогда. Дословный перевод
совпадает с русской пословицей.
Пословицавситуации: There is something I want to talk to you
about. I wanted to do it long time ago, but I was afraid. However it’s
better late than never.
52. He laughs best who
laugh last.
Лучше всех
смеется тот, кто смеется последним.
Хорошо
смеется тот, кто смеется последним.
Пословицавситуации: As he left them, he knew that they were
laughing at him. But he knew also that 'He laughs best who laughs last.'
“They think they caught me. I know that I have caught them,” he thought.
53. It never rains but it
pours.
Беда обрушивается не
дождем, а ливнем (дословный перевод).
Пришла беда
- отворяй ворота (русская пословица).
Беда одна
не ходит.
Пословицавситуации: “It never rains but it pours,” said the
neighbours. Very soon after father’s death Mike’s mother died and he became
an orphan.
54. Business before
pleasure.
Сначала
дело, потом развлечения.
Делу время,
потехе час. Сделал дело, гуляй смело.
Пословицавситуации: “Do your homework, Nick. You must do it
first. You know that business comes before pleasure,” said Father to his
son.
55. Never say die.
Никогда не
следует падать духом, отчаиваться.
Не вешай
носа.
Пословицавситуации: “I hate this old house. Why can’t we
leave it,” said Peter. “Never say die, Peter,” said his wife. “We’ll get a
new flat soon, you’ll see.”
56. Tastesdiffer.
У каждого
свой вкус.
О вкусах не
спорят. На вкус и цвет товарища нет.
Пословицавситуации: “I like this place,” said the young man.
“Tastes differ. As for me, I prefer the seaside.” George smiled at his
brother
57. It is the last straw
that breaks the camel’s back.
Последняя соломинка ломает
спину верблюда (дословный перевод).
Последняя
капля переполняет чашу (русская
пословица).
Пословицавситуации: “Leave the room,” Mr. Smith shouted
angrily. It was the last straw that broke the camel’s back. “Leave the room
at once and let me sleep.” The boy went out and shut the door.
58. Honesty is the best
policy.
Честность
- лучшая политика.
Пословицавситуации: “Honesty is the best policy,” Mary
thought. She at once made up her mind to tell her mother that she had
broken her favourite vase.
59. Let sleeping dogs
lie.
Спящих
собак не буди.
Не буди
лихо, пока лихо тихо.
Пословицавситуации: “The woman next door always has clothes
hanging out on the line. It looks awful. I want to write a sharp note to
her husband. What do you think?” “I don’t advise you to do this. Let
sleeping dogs lie.”
60. Second thoughts are
best.
Вторые
мысли лучше.
Семь раз
отмерь, один раз отрежь.
Пословицавситуации: I sat down to write him a strong letter
of complaint. Then I had second thoughts and went to see him instead. We
parted the best of friends.
61. Handsome is as
handsome does.
По-настоящему красив лишь
тот, кто красиво поступает (дословный перевод).
О
человеке судят не по словам, а по делам
(русская пословица).
Пословицавситуации: “You may be proud of your daughter. She
behaved beautifully during the competition. She won the first prize,” my
father told my mother. “Handsome is as handsome does,” my mother said.
