Англо-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом

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(ALL) SHAKEN UP	A BACHELOR'S LIFE IS A FINE BREAKFAST, A FLAT LUNCH, AND A MISERABLE DINNER.	A BAD BEGINNING MAKES A BAD ENDING.
A BAD COMPROMISE IS BETTER THAN A GOOD LAWSUIT.	A BAD MAN IS WORSE WHEN HE PRETENDS TO BE A SAINT.	A BAD WORKMAN QUARRELS WITH HIS TOOLS.
A BANK IS A PLACE WHERE THEY LEND YOU AN UMBRELLA IN FAIR WEATHER AND ASK FOR IT BACK WHEN IT BEGINS TO RAIN.	A BARE ASSERTION IS NOT NECESSARILY THE NAKED TRUTH.	A BARGAIN IS A BARGAIN.
A BEGGAR CAN NEVER BE BANKRUPT.	A BENEVOLENT MAN SHOULD ALLOW A FEW FAULTS IN HIMSELF TO KEEP HIS FRIENDS IN COUNTENANCE.	A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH.
A BIRD MAY BE KNOWN BY ITS SONG.	A BLACK HEN LAYS A WHITE EGG.	A BLIND LEADER OF THE BLIND.
A BLIND MAN WILL NOT THANK YOU FOR A LOOKING-GLASS.	A BLIND MAN WOULD BE GLAD TO SEE.	A BONE TO THE DOG IS NOT CHARITY. CHARITY IS THE BONE SHARED WITH THE DOG, WHEN YOU ARE JUST AS HUNGRY AS THE DOG.
A BOOK IS A MIRROR; IF AN ASS PEERS INTO IT YOU CAN'T EXPECT AN APOSTLE TO LOOK OUT.	A BROKEN FRIENDSHIP MAY BE SOLDERED, BUT WILL NEVER BE SOUND.	A BULLY IS ALWAYS A COWARD.
A BURDEN OF ONE'S CHOICE IS NOT FELT.	A BURDEN OF ONE'S OWN CHOICE IS NOT FELT.	A BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE.
A CASE IN POINT IS ...	A CASTLE THAT PARLEYS IS HALF GOTTEN.	A CAT IN GLOVES CATCHES NO MICE.
A CAT MAY LOOK AT A KING.	A CITY THAT PARLEYS IS HALF GOTTEN.	A CIVIL DENIAL IS BETTER THAN A RUDE GRANT.
A CLASSIC IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO HAVE READ AND NOBODY WANTS TO READ.	A CLEAN FAST IS BETTER THAN A DIRTY BREAKFAST.	A CLEAN HAND WANTS NO WASHING.
A CLEAR CONSCIENCE LAUGHS AT FALSE ACCUSATIONS.	A CLEVER MAN CAN ALWAYS TELL A WOMAN'S AGE – A WISE ONE NEVER DOES.	A CLOSE MOUTH CATCHES NO FLIES.
A COCK IS VALIANT ON HIS OWN DUNGHILL.	A COOL HAND	A COOL PLACE
A CRACKED BELL CAN NEVER SOUND WELL.	A CREAKING DOOR HANGS LONG ON ITS HINGES.	A CURSED COW HAS SHORT HORNS.
A CURST COW HAS SHORT HORNS.	A CYNIC IS A MAN WHO, WHEN HE SMELLS FLOWERS, LOOKS AROUND FOR A COFFIN.	A DANCE NEVER SEEMS TOO LONG WHEN YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PARTNER.
A DANGER FORESEEN IS HALF AVOIDED.	A DAY TO COME IS LONGER THAN A YEAR THAT'S PAST.	A DIPLOMAT IS A MAN WHO REMEMBERS A LADY'S BIRTHDAY BUT FORGETS HER AGE.
A DROP IN THE BUCKET.	A DROP OF HONEY CATCHES MORE FLIES THAN A HOGSHEAD OF VINEGAR.	A DROWNING MAN CATCHES AT A STRAW.
A DROWNING MAN WILL CATCH AT A STRAW.	A FACT IN ITSELF IS NOTHING. IT IS VALUABLE ONLY FOR THE IDEA ATTACHED TO IT, OR FOR THE PROOF WHICH IT FURNISHES.	A FAIR FACE MAY HIDE A FOUL HEART.
A FAULT CONFESSED IS HALF REDRESSED.	A FEAST OR A FAMINE.	A FLASH IN THE PAN
A FLY IN THE OINTMENT.	A FOOL ALWAYS RUSHES TO THE FORE.	A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED.
A FOOL AT FORTY IS A FOOL INDEED.	A FOOL CAN NO MORE SEE HIS OWN FOLLY THAN HE CAN SEE HIS EARS.	A FOOL MAY ASK MORE QUESTIONS IN AN HOUR THAN A WISE MAN CAN ANSWER IN SEVEN YEARS.
A FOOL MAY THROW A STONE INTO A WELL WHICH A HUNDRED WISE MEN CANNOT PULL OUT.	A FOOL'S TONGUE RUNS BEFORE HIS WIT.	A FORCED KINDNESS DESERVES NO THANKS.
A FOUL MORN MAY TURN TO A FAIR DAY.	A FOX IS NOT TAKEN TWICE IN THE SAME SNARE.	A FOX SHOULDN'T BE OF THE JURY AT A GOOSE'S TRIAL.
A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED.	A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND TO BE AVOIDED.	A FRIEND IS A PERSON WITH WHOM I MAY BE SINCERE. BEFORE HIM I MAY THINK ALOUD.
A FRIEND IS NEVER KNOWN TILL NEEDED.	A FRIEND SHOULD BEAR HIS FRIEND'S INFIRMITIES.	A FRIEND TO ALL IS A FRIEND TO NONE.
A FRIEND'S FROWN IS BETTER THAN A FOE'S SMILE.	A FRIENDSHIP FOUNDED ON BUSINESS IS BETTER THAN A BUSINESS FOUNDED ON FRIENDSHIP.	A GENTLEMAN IS ONE WHO IS AS GENTLE AS A WOMAN AND AS MANLY AS A MAN.
A GENTLEMAN MAKES NO NOISE.	A GIRL WHO GETS KISSED ON THE FOREHEAD SHOULD WEAR HIGHER HEELS.	A GOOD ANVIL DOES NOT FEAR THE HAMMER.
A GOOD BEGINNING IS HALF THE BATTLE.	A GOOD BEGINNING MAKES A GOOD ENDING.	A GOOD CONSCIENCE IS A CONTINUED CHRISTMAS.
A GOOD DEED IS NEVER LOST.	A GOOD DOG DESERVES A GOOD BONE.	A GOOD DRESS IS A CARD OF INVITATION, A GOOD MIND IS A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION.
A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE BEST SERMON.	A GOOD FACE IS A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION.	A GOOD HEART'S WORTH GOLD.

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