chronicle small beer

chronicle small beer
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Iago: "She that was ever fair, and never proud; Had tongue at will, and yet was never loud... She that could think, and ne'er disclose her mind: See suitors following and not look behind; She was a wight, if ever such wights were, -" Desdemona: "To do what?" lago: "To suckle fools, and chronicle small beer. " (W. Shakespeare, ‘Othello’, act II, sc. 1) — Яго: "Та, что прелестней всех, но не надменна, Что мыслит, но все помыслы таит; Чья добродетель - неприступный щит, - Родись такая - стала б год за годом..." Дездемона: "Ну что? Кончай." Яго: "Рожать глупцов да счет вести расходам." (перевод Б. Лейтина)

Every evening Mr. Charles went to the club where he and the other members would chronicle small beer. (DEI) — Каждый вечер мистер Чарлз отправлялся в клуб, где вместе с другими клубными завсегдатаями проводил время в праздной болтовне.


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

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  • porter — Beer Beer, n. [OE. beor, ber, AS. be[ o]r; akin to Fries. biar, Icel. bj?rr, OHG. bior, D. & G. bier, and possibly E. brew. [root]93, See {Brew}.] 1. A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English


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