care killed a cat

care killed a cat
(care killed a (или the) cat)
"заботы и кошку уморят" [по английскому народному поверью у кошки девять жизней; ср. живуч как кошка: выражение популяризировано Шекспиром]; см. тж. a cat has nine lives, a cat with nine lives и have as many lives as a cat

Claudio: "What! Courage, man! What care killed a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care." (W. Shakespeare, ‘Much Ado about Nothing’, act V, sc. 1) — Клавдио: "Подбодрись, дружок! Хотя говорят, что забота и кошку уморить может, у тебя такой живой нрав, что ты можешь и заботу уморить." (перевод Т. Щепкиной-Куперник)

But hang expenses! - care killed a cat - we'll eat the fish cost what it will. (W. Scott, ‘The Antiquary’, ch. XIV) — Наплевать на расходы! От экономии толку не будет. Будем есть рыбу, сколько бы она ни стоила.

‘What a fellow you are, Sylvanus; you don't seem capable of taking anything seriously.’ ‘Care killed the cat!’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘Caravan’, ‘A Stoic’) — - Что вы за человек, Сильванус; вы, кажется, ни к чему не можете относиться серьезно. - Заботы хоть кого в могилу вгонят.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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