Смысл: brood-sow

brood-sow[ʹbru:dsaʋ]
n
<Í> племенная свиноматка

be (as) drunk as a peach orchard sow Идиома

reap what you sow

(See you reap whatsoever you sow)

sow wild oats

live a wild life as a young person As a youth he lived a reckless life. He sowed a few wild oats.

you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

"you cannot improve the quality of junk; cannot make gold from iron" "When Hal put a Mercedes star on his Ford, I said, ""You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear."""

you reap whatsoever you sow

you will see the long-term effects of your actions, chickens come home... Youthful passion can produce a lifetime of consequences. We reap whatsoever we sow.

sow one's wild oats

Idiom(s): sow one's wild oats

Theme: LIFESTYLE

to do wild and foolish things in one's youth. (Often assumed to have some sort of sexual meaning.)
• Dale was out sowing his wild oats last night, and he's in jail this morning.
• Mrs. Smith told Mr. Smith that he was too old to be sowing his wild oats.

make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

Idiom(s): make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

Theme: VALUE

to create something of value out of something of no value. (Often in the negative.)
• Don't bother trying to fix up this old bicycle. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
• My mother made a lovely jacket out of an old coat. She succeeded in making a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

As you sow, so shall you reap

You have to accept the consequences of your actions.

Sow the seeds

When people sow the seeds, they start something that will have a much greater impact in the future.

Sow your wild oats

If a young man sows his wild oats, he has a period of his life when he does a lot of exciting things and has a lot of sexual relationships. for e.g. He'd spent his twenties sowing his wild oats but felt that it was time to settle down.

You reap what you sow

This means that if you do bad things to people, bad things will happen to you, or good things if you do good things. It is normally used when someone has done something bad.

As you sow, so shall you reap

You acquire to acquire the after-effects of your actions.

can't accomplish a cottony purse out of a sow's ear

can't accomplish a cottony purse out of a sow's ear
Be clumsy to about-face article animal or inferior into article adorable or of value, as in No amount how big-ticket his clothes, he still looks sloppy—you can't accomplish a cottony purse out of a sow's ear. This announcement was already a adage in the mid-1500s.

make a cottony purse out of a sow's ear

Idiom(s): make a cottony purse out of a sow's ear

Theme: VALUE

to actualize article of amount out of article of no value. (Often in the negative.)
• Don't bother aggravating to fix up this old bicycle. You can't accomplish a cottony purse out of a sow's ear.
• My mother fabricated a admirable anorak out of an old coat. She succeeded in authoritative a cottony purse out of a sow's ear.

reap what you sow

(See you acquire whatsoever you sow)

sow

sow
In accession to the argot alpha with sow, additionally see can't accomplish a cottony purse out of a sow's ear.

sow one's agrarian oats

Idiom(s): sow one's agrarian oats

Theme: LIFESTYLE

to do agrarian and absurd things in one's youth. (Often affected to acquire some array of animal meaning.)
• Dale was out sowing his agrarian oats aftermost night, and he's in bastille this morning.
• Mrs. Smith told Mr. Smith that he was too old to be sowing his agrarian oats.

sow one's agrarian oats|oats|sow|wild oats

v. phr. To do bad or absurd things, abnormally while you are young. Mr. Jones sowed his agrarian oats while he was in college, but now he is a wiser and bigger man.

Sow the seeds

When bodies sow the seeds, they alpha article that will acquire a abundant greater appulse in the future.

sow agrarian oats

live a agrarian activity as a adolescent being As a adolescence he lived a adventuresome life. He sowed a few agrarian oats.

Sow your agrarian oats

If a adolescent man sows his agrarian oats, he has a aeon of his activity back he does a lot of agitative things and has a lot of animal relationships. for e.g. He'd spent his twenties sowing his agrarian oats but acquainted that it was time to achieve down.

you can't accomplish a cottony purse out of a sow's ear

"you cannot advance the affection of junk; cannot accomplish gold from iron" "When Hal put a Mercedes brilliant on his Ford, I said, ""You can't accomplish a cottony purse out of a sow's ear."""

You acquire what you sow

This agency that if you do bad things to people, bad things will appear to you, or acceptable things if you do acceptable things. It is commonly acclimated back addition has done article bad.

you acquire whatsoever you sow

you will see the abiding furnishings of your actions, chickens appear home... Youthful affection can aftermath a lifetime of consequences. We acquire whatsoever we sow.

be (as) bashed as a acceptable orchard sow

old-fashioned slang To be actual drunk. Do you bethink aftermost night at all? You were bashed as a acceptable orchard sow by the time you larboard the pub! Help him get home, will ya? He started bubbler whiskey, and now he's bashed as a acceptable orchard sow.Learn more: drunk, orchard, peach, sow

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be (as) drunk as a peach orchard sow Идиома

reap what you sow

sow wild oats

you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

you reap whatsoever you sow

sow one's wild oats

make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

As you sow, so shall you reap

Sow the seeds

Sow your wild oats

You reap what you sow

As you sow, so shall you reap

can't accomplish a cottony purse out of a sow's ear

make a cottony purse out of a sow's ear

reap what you sow

sow

sow one's agrarian oats

sow one's agrarian oats|oats|sow|wild oats

Sow the seeds

sow agrarian oats

Sow your agrarian oats

you can't accomplish a cottony purse out of a sow's ear

You acquire what you sow

you acquire whatsoever you sow

be (as) bashed as a acceptable orchard sow

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