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ideas hamster
Дословно: хомяк, полный идей.
Генератор идей.
Генератор идей.
Why don't you ask our ideas hamster? He knows how to help us.
Почему ты не спросишь нашего генератора идей? Он знает, как помочь нам.
if I had a nickel for every time
О чем-то, что случается чаще чем хотелось бы и уже начинает надоедать.
If I had a nickel for every time someone used a clichéd opening in an essay, I’d be the richest woman in the world.
Если бы мне давали по 5 центов каждый раз, когда кто-нибудь начинает свое сочинение с клише, я была бы самой богатой женщиной в мире.
if anything
More likely; instead; rather.
Joe isn't a bad boy. If anything he's a pretty good one.
The weather forecast is not for cooler weather; if anything, it is expected to be warmer.
if it's not one thing it's another
If a certain thing doesn't go wrong, another most probably will.
When John lost his keys and his wallet, and his car wouldn't start, he exclaimed in despair, "If it's not one thing it's another."
if life deal you lemons, make lemonade
Если тебе достался лимон - сделай лимонад; свои беды превращай в победы.
Don’t lose heart! If life deals you lemons, make the lemonade!
Не отчаивайся! Свои беды превращай в победы!
if the hill will not come to Muhammad, Muhammad will go to the hill
If one person will not go to the other, then the other must go to him. A proverb.
Grandfather won't come to visit us, so we must go and visit him. If the hill won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad will go to the hill.
if the shoe fits, wear it
If what is said describes you, you are meant. A proverb.
Если вы что-то принимаете на свой счет - значит, есть основание; на воре шапка горит.
I won't say who, but some children are always late. If the shoe fits, Wear it.
You should not criticize someone for something that you do yourself. Remember that if the shoe fits wear it.
Не следует осуждать кого-либо за то, что вы делаете сами. Помните, что на воре и шапка горит.
if you can't lick them, join them
If you cannot defeat an opponent or get him to change his attitude, plans, or ways of doing things, the best thing to do is to change your ideas, plans, etc.
"The small car manufacturers are winning over the big car makers," the president of an American car factory said. "If we want to stay in business, we must do as they do. In other words, if you can't lick them, join them."