good as a feast

good as a feast
((as) good as a feast)
достаточно [часть пословицы enough is as good as a feast; см. enough is as good as a feast]

There were also very few materials accessible to a man like me to form a judgment from. But in such a case I verily believe that a little is as good as a feast - perhaps better. (J. Conrad, ‘Chance’, part I, ch. II) — Человеку в моем положении были доступны лишь немногие данные, на основании которых он мог бы составить свое мнение. Но я искренно считаю, что в этом случае и немногого достаточно, даже больше чем достаточно.

At nineteen he had commenced one of those careers attractive and inexplicable to ordinary mortals for whom a single bankruptcy is good as a feast. (J. Galsworthy, ‘In Chancery’, part II, ch. I) — Девятнадцати лет от роду сей юноша вступил на стезю, привлекательную и непостижимую для простых смертных, для которых и одно банкротство достаточно памятное событие.


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

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  • enough is as good as a feast — c 1375 J. BARBOUR Bruce (EETS) XIV. 363 He maid thame na gud fest, perfay [truly], And nocht for thi [nevertheless] yneuch had thai. c 1470 MALORY Morte d’Arthur (1967) I. 246 Inowghe is as good as a feste. 1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs II …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • Enough is as good as a feast. — British, old fashioned something that you say which means you should not have more of something than you need. No, thank you, nothing more to drink for me. Enough is as good as a feast …   New idioms dictionary

  • enough is as good as a feast — ► enough is as good as a feast proverb moderation is more satisfying than excess. Main Entry: ↑enough …   English terms dictionary

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  • Feast — (f[=e]st), n. [OE. feste festival, holiday, feast, OF. feste festival, F. f[^e]te, fr. L. festum, pl. festa, fr. festus joyful, festal; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Fair}, n., {Festal}, {F[^e]te}.] 1. A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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