ALMOST NEVER KILLED A FLY

Meaning of ALMOST NEVER KILLED A FLY in English

"Почти" не убивало и мухи (За слово "почти" на виселицу не отправляли). Смысл: никогда не вредно сказать "почти", т. е. будь осторожен в высказываниях

English sayings. Английские поговорки. 2012

ALMOST — presc; quasi
English interlingue dictionary
KILLED — (Verb) napatay
English-Visayan vocabulary
ALMOST — (Adverb) diriyot;halos (Adverb) hapit (Adverb) medyo
English-Visayan vocabulary
KILLED — adjective Date: 1919 being or containing a virus that has been inactivated (as by chemicals) so that it is no …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ALMOST — I. adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ealmǣst, from eall + mǣst most Date: before 12th century very nearly …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FLY — I In general, almost any small flying insect. In entomology, the term refers specifically to the approximately 85,000 species of …
Английский словарь Британика
FLY
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALMOST — I. (ˈ)ȯl|mōst, -ȯ(u̇)|m- also ˈ ̷ ̷_məst adverb Etymology: Middle English almost, almest, from Old English almǣst, ealmǣst, from al-, eal- all …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEVER — ˈnevə(r) adverb Etymology: Middle English never, nevere, from Old English nǣfre, from ne not, no + ǣfre ever — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KILLED — past of kill
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KILLED — (imp. & p. p.) of Kill
Английский словарь Webster
ALMOST — (adv.) Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.
Английский словарь Webster
KILLED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Kill
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ALMOST — ( adv. ) Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NEVER — /nev"euhr/ , adv. 1. not ever; at no time: Such an idea never occurred to me. 2. not at all; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLY
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALMOST — /awl"mohst, awl mohst"/ , adv. very nearly; all but: almost every house; almost the entire symphony; to pay almost nothing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALMOST — adv. nearly, closely
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FLY — I. ˈflī verb ( flew ˈflü ; flown ˈflōn ; fly·ing ) Etymology: Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ALMOST — I. ˈȯl-ˌmōst, ȯl-ˈ adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ealmǣst, from eall + mǣst most Date: before 12th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NEVER — adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nǣfre, from ne not + ǣfre ever — more at no Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KILLED — adjective Date: 1919 : being or containing a virus that has been inactivated (as by chemicals) so that it is …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KILLED — impf & ·p.p. of kill.
Webster English vocab
FLY
Webster English vocab
ALMOST — adv nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.
Webster English vocab
ALMOST — ■ adverb very nearly. Origin OE æl mst 'for the most part' (see all , most ).
Concise Oxford English vocab
FLY — [fly] vb flew ; flown ; fly.ing [ME flien, fr. OE fleogan; akin to OHG fliogan to fly and prob. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ALMOST — [al.most] adv [ME, fr. OE ealmaest, fr. eall + maest most] (bef. 12c): very nearly but not exactly or entirely …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ALMOST — almost BrE AmE ˈɔːl məʊst ˈɒl-, ˌ•ˈ•◂ AmE \ ˈɔːl moʊst ˈɑːl-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NEVER — / ˈnevə(r); NAmE / adverb , exclamation ■ adverb 1. not at any time; not on any occasion : You …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLY — / flaɪ; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb ( flies , fly·ing , flew / fluː; NAmE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALMOST — / ˈɔːlməʊst; NAmE -moʊst/ adverb not quite; SYN nearly : I like almost all of them. It's a mistake they …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEVER — nev ‧ er S1 W1 /ˈnevə $ -ər/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: næfre , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLY — I. fly 1 S2 W2 /flaɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense flew /fluː/, past participle flown /fləʊn $ floʊn/) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ALMOST — al ‧ most S1 W1 /ˈɔːlməʊst $ ˈɒːlmoʊst, ɒːlˈmoʊst/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ealmæst , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NEVER — adv. 1 a at no time; on no occasion; not ever (have never been to Paris; never saw them again). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLY — n. (pl. flies) 1 any insect of the order Diptera with two usu. transparent wings. 2 any other winged insect, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLY — v. & n. --v. (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1 intr. move through the air under control, esp. with …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ALMOST — adv. all but; very nearly. [OE ólmóst for the most part (as ALL, MOST)]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NEVER — adv. 1 a at no time; on no occasion; not ever (have never been to Paris; never saw them again). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLY — n. (pl. flies) 1 any insect of the order Diptera with two usu. transparent wings. 2 any other winged insect, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLY — v. & n. v. (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1 intr. move through the air under control, esp. with …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ALMOST — adv. all but; very nearly. [ OE lmst for the most part (as ALL, MOST) ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NEVER — adv.1 a at no time; on no occasion; not ever (have never been to Paris; never saw them again). b …
Oxford English vocab
FLY — 1. v. & n. --v. (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1. intr. move through the air under control, esp. …
Oxford English vocab
ALMOST — adv. all but; very nearly. Etymology: OE {aelig}lm{aelig}st for the most part (as ALL, MOST)
Oxford English vocab
NEVER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Never means at no time in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLY — ( flies, flying, flew, flown) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALMOST — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. You use almost to indicate that something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEVER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Never means at no time in …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NEVER — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He’ll never buy that ▪ ‘Let’s just say it was an accident.’ ‘ He’ll never …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLY — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a ball flies/sails ▪ The ball flew over the goalkeeper’s head and into the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ALMOST — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES about/almost equal ▪ They are about equal in height and weight. almost certainly ▪ The …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NEVER — [adverb] [not gradable] - not at any time or not on any occasionI've never been to Australia.He was never seen …
Cambridge English vocab
ALMOST — [adverb] [not gradable] - nearly but not quiteShe's almost thirty.It was almost six (o'clock) when he left.I almost wish I …
Cambridge English vocab
NEVER — See: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER, IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS, LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE.
Slang English vocab
NEVER — adv. Function: adverb not at any time FF1C; they had never seen him before FF1E; Synonyms: ne'er Idioms: never in …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
ALMOST — adv. Function: adverb 1 Synonyms: NEARLY , about, all but, approximately, most, much, ||nearabout, nigh, practically, well-nigh 2 not actually …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
NEVER — adverb not at any time they had never seen him before Synonyms: ne'er Idioms: never in all one's born days, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
ALMOST — adverb 1. Synonyms: nearly , about, all but, approximately, most, much, ||nearabout, nigh, practically, well-nigh 2. not actually but in …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
ALMOST — adv. Almost is used with these adjectives: ↑ absent , ↑ accidental , ↑ afraid , ↑ apologetic , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NEVER — INDEX: 1. NEVER RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ ALWAYS almost never : ↑ RARE/RARELY see also ↑ NOT ↑ FORBID ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
NEVER — See ↑ NEVER 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ better late than never • ↑ have never been known to do sth …
Longman Activator English vocab
KILLED — • ↑ die/be killed • ↑ it nearly killed me
Longman Activator English vocab

Английские поговорки

ALMOST NEVER KILLED A FLY WAS NEVER HANGED→