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на безрыбье и рак рыба
stresses
gen.
in the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed is a king
(
Сomandor
)
Игорь Миг
in an empty field, a beetle is meat
;
in the land of all men, even your wife is a woman
(MBerdy.17)
;
even a mangy sheep's good for a little wool
;
you might as well take even the chaff from a skinny debtor
;
better a little than nothing at all
;
in the land of the blind, a one-eyed man is king
;
when there's no one else, even dumb Tommy is a prince
;
a little is better than none
amer.
in a pickle, take the nickel
(the idiom implies accepting any available option, even if it's not ideal, when in a difficult situation
Taras
)
idiom.
among the blind the one eyed man is king
;
there is a small choice in rotten apples
;
sma' fish is better than nane
Scots
(
Alex Lilo
)
;
small fish is better than none
(
Alex Lilo
)
proverb
better a small fish than an empty dish
(used to mean: something is better than nothing, a little is better than none)
;
half a loaf is better than none
;
half a loaf is better than no bread
;
better a bare foot than none
;
better one-eyed than stone-blind
;
better a lean jade than an empty halter
;
there is small choice in rotten apples
;
they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat
;
all's good in a famine
;
we'll make the best of what we have
;
we'll make the best of what there is
;
all is good in a famine
(
igisheva
)
;
they that have no other meat, gladly bread and butter eat
(
igisheva
)
;
a bad bush is better than the open field
(
igisheva
)
;
any port in a storm
;
all is fish that comes to his net
;
among the blind the one-eyed man is king
;
in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is the king
;
beggars can't be choosers
(
4uzhoj
)
;
in the land of the pigs the butcher is king
(
VLZ_58
)
saying.
something is better than nothing
(
Anglophile
)
на безрыбье и рак - рыба
gen.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
;
a sparrow in the hand is better than a cock on the roof
;
any port in a storm
;
better a dove on the plate than a woodgrouse in the mating place
;
better a tomtit in your hand than a crane in the sky
;
better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
;
half a loaf is better than no bread
;
when it is no fish even the cancer can be one
;
when it's no fish even the cancer can be one
на безрыбье и рак – рыба
idiom.
when it's no fish even the cancer can be one
(
Yeldar Azanbayev
)
на безрыбьи и рак рыба
proverb
among the blind the one-eyed man is king
(дословно: Кривой среди слепых-царь)
;
in the country of the blind one-eyed man is a king
(дословно: в стране слепых и одноглазый царь)
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