May 19, 2005 13:19
19 yrs ago
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Russian term
Ложка хороша к обеду
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
какой аналог английский?
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
May 19, 2005 13:28: SirReaL changed "Field (specific)" from "Folklore" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
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Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Ukraine
Native in Russian
Works in field
Ukraine
60+ books translated and published
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian
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a spoon is dear when lunch is near
;-)
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tanyazst
: пять баллов!!! :)))
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это не я, а Гугол...
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Marina Davidenko
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olganet
: Шекспир, да и только!
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а и правда ;-)
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GaryG
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mk_lab
: Только ланч вилкой обычно хрямают, или прямо "перстами рук" хватают гамбургер, или там сэндвич...
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ты по своим фаст-фудам не суди ;-)
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Anneta Vysotskaya
: а что если тогда "a spoon is dear when soup is near", тут уж без ложки точно не обойдешься :-)
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ага, так класснее :)))
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Tatiana Nero (X)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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Alexander Onishko
Native in Russian
Veni Vidi Vici
Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English, and 5 more.
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the thing is dear when it's needed
ok - let it be my answer :)
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it's all in the timing; a day late and a dollar short
slow help is no help - in some contexts
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GaryG
: or "a day late and a ruble short" (from Lubensky's R>E Dictionary of Idioms
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thank you, Gary. Ruble is good:)
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It is nice to have (something) when you need it most
- more context would help
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