a man can't live by bread alone
Не хлебом единым жив человек.
A man cannot live by bread alone, so he needs to work to earn money.
Не хлебом единым жив человек, поэтому ему нужно работать, чтоб зарабатывать деньги.
baloney
Nonsense, unbelievable, trite, or trivial.
John brags that he's won the $10 million lottery, and I think it's just a lot of baloney.
"Will you marry Joe?" mother asked. "Baloney," Susie answered with a disgusted look.
Do you still believe all that baloney about socialism excluding free enterprise? Look at China and Hungary.
he travels faster who travels alone
Дословно: путешествует быстро тот, кто путешествует один.
О том, что иногда легче достичь целей, если у тебя нет супруга, детей или других связей, которые держат тебя.
О том, что иногда легче достичь целей, если у тебя нет супруга, детей или других связей, которые держат тебя.
I agree that he travels fastest who travels alone.
Я согласен с тем, что путешествовать легче, когда тебя ничего не обременяет.
let alone
leave alone
Let alone : Even less; certainly not. Used after a negative clause.
I can't add two and two, let alone do fractions.
Jim can't drive a car, let alone a truck.
I’m too sick today to walk to the kitchen, let alone to go to the zoo with you.
He doesn’t even speak his own language well, let alone French.
To stay away from; keep hands off; avoid; not to disturb.
When Joel gets mad, just let him alone.
Little Patsy was warned to leave the birthday cake alone.
Leave the baby alone for a while and she may go to sleep.
After the cat had scratched Peter twice, he let it alone.
let well enough alone
leave well enough alone
To be satisfied with what is good enough; not try to improve something because often that might cause more trouble.
John wanted to make his kite go higher, but his father told him to let well enough alone because it was too windy.
Ed polished up his car until his friends warned him to leave well enough alone.
Ethel made a lot of changes in her test paper after she finished. She should have let well enough alone, because she made several new mistakes.