Пословица "Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune" с переводом
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Вакх утопил больше людей, чем Нептун. Смысл: вино погубило больше людей, чем море.Пример употребления (предложение)
В стакане тонет больше людей, чем в море. Больше людей погибает в вине, нежели в воде. Кто вино любит, тот сам себя губит.Сохранить себе или поделиться:
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- Better the devil you know than the devil you don't
- Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven
- Better be alone than in bad company
- Better unborn than untaught
- Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip
- Bind the sack before it be full
- Better an open enemy than a false friend
- Better the foot slip than the tongue
- Bad news has wings
- Better die standing than live kneeling
- Before one can say Jack Robinson
- Be swift to hear, slow to speak
- Between two evils 'tis not worth choosing
- Better lose a jest than a friend
- Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
- Better to do well than to say well
- Better early than late
- Brevity is the soul of wit
- Blind men can judge no colours
- By doing nothing we learn to do ill
- Between the upper and nether millstone
- Best defence is offence
- Be slow to promise and quick to perform
- Better deny at once than promise long
- Better a lean peace than a fat victory
- Business before pleasure
- Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
- Beware of a silent dog and still water
- By hook or by crook
- Beggars cannot be choosers
- Better a glorious death than a shameful life
- Better untaught than ill-taught
- Blood is thicker than water
- Betwixt and between
- Better be born lucky than rich
- Between two stools one goes (falls) to the ground
- Beauty is but skin-deep
- Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse
- Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
- Before you make a friend eat a bushel of salt with him
- Better be envied than pitied
- By the street of 'by-and-bye' one arrives at the house of 'Never'
- Better late than never
- Barking does seldom bite
- Borrowed garments never fit well
- Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us
- Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt
- Birds of a feather flock together
- Beauty lies in lover's eyes
- Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear
- Better one-eyed than stone-blind
- Better give a shilling than lend a half-crown