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Subject: Хочешь жить - умей вертеться Помогите, пожалуйста, сказать по английски: "Хочешь жить - умей вертеться"
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грубый перевод: when the going gets tough, the tough get going faint heart never won fair lady или ближе: Nothing Venture, Nothing Have/Win nothing ventured nothing gained |
| не совсем в тему No pains no gains |
| No pain, no gain |
| здесь, по-моему, акцент на другое. в каком у вас контексте? |
| Если акцент на другое, м.б. Life is not a bed of roses? |
| у меня это ассоциируется с чем-то таким советским, когда надо было где-то подрабатывать, подворовывать, урывать копеечку на стороне, т.е. никакого отношения к "протестантской этике" это выражение не имеет. плюс надо было приспосабливаться. какая-то смесь weathercock и hamster on the wheel. потому и контекст интересует |
| entirely agreed with newphew |
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The only expression I can thonk of, that kind of zeros in on nephew's comment is "Life is about survival of the fittest". I don't think that the Russian expression is readily understood in other cultures. Not to be hypocritical, but to an everage American the idea of "stealing a little" to survive sounds strange. Not that Americans don't steal. But it is kind of considered taboo to even mention the thought, much less advocate the idea as a "guide to survival." Hope this helps. |
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One should nimble as a squirell to earn one's daily bread Everyone has got to have an angle To live well,work like hell To make a buck, get off your butt |
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link 24.05.2006 6:51 |
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"Nice guys finish last" (Winning requires toughness, even ruthlessness; attributed to professional baseball manager Leo Durocher.) |
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