BLACK HEN LAYS A WHITE EGG

Meaning of BLACK HEN LAYS A WHITE EGG in English

Черная курица несет белое яичко. Ср. От черной курочки да белое яичко. От черной коровы да белое молочко. Черна корова, да бело молоко

English sayings. Английские поговорки. 2012

EGG — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird lays its eggs ▪ The bird lays a single egg on the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHITE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed …
Английский словарь Британика
BLACK — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) black eyed pea black lead black legged kittiwake Black Aesthetic movement Black Arts movement …
Английский словарь Британика
WHITE — I. ˈhwīt also ˈwī-; usu -īd.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English white, whit, from Old English hwīt; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EGG — I. ˈeg, ˈāg transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English eggen, from Old Norse eggja, from egg edge of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLACK — I. ˈblak adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English blak, from Old English blæc; akin to Old High German blah …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAYS — present third singular of lay plural of lay
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEN — ˈhen noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English henn; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEN — (n.) The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the …
Английский словарь Webster
HEN — ( n. ) The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHITE — /hwuyt, wuyt/ , adj., whiter, whitest , n. , v. , whited, whiting . adj. 1. of the color of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEN
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EGG — egg 1 — eggless , adj. — eggy , adj. /eg/ , n. 1. the roundish reproductive body produced by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLACK — — blackish , adj. — blackishly , adv. — blackishness , n. /blak/ , adj., blacker, blackest , n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHITE — I. ˈhwīt, ˈwīt adjective ( whit·er ; whit·est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwīt; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EGG — I. ˈeg, ˈāg transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse eggja; akin to Old English ecg edge — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLACK — I. ˈblak adjective Etymology: Middle English blak, from Old English blæc; akin to Old High German blah black, and probably …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHITE — noun a white pigment; as, venice white. 2. white ·superl gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary. 3. white …
Webster English vocab
HEN — noun the female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the …
Webster English vocab
BLACK — noun a black pigment or dye. 2. black ·noun a stain; a spot; a smooch. 3. black ·noun a black …
Webster English vocab
WHITE — [white] adj whit.er ; whit.est [ME, fr. OE hwit; akin to OHG hwiz white and prob. to OCS svetu light, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HEN — [hen] n [ME, fr. OE henn; akin to OE hana rooster--more at chant] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a female chicken …
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EGG — [egg] vt [ME, fr. ON eggja; akin to OE ecg edge--more at edge] (13c): to incite to action--usu. used with …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLACK — [black] adj [ME blak, fr. OE blaec; akin to OHG blah black, and prob. to L flagrare to burn, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EGG
Britannica English vocabulary
WHITE — white, White BrE AmE waɪt hwaɪt — Preference poll, British English: waɪt 77%, hwaɪt 23%. ▷ whited ˈwaɪt ɪd ˈhwaɪt-, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HEN — hen BrE AmE hen ▷ hens henz ▶ ˈ hen house BrE AmE ▶ ˈ hen ˌ party BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EGG — egg BrE AmE eɡ ▷ egged eɡd ▷ egging ˈeɡ ɪŋ ▷ eggs eɡz ▶ ˌ egg and ˈ spoon …
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BLACK — black, Black BrE AmE blæk ▷ blacked blækt ▷ blacker ˈblæk ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ blackest ˈblæk …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHITE — / waɪt; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective ( whiter , whit·est ) 1. having the colour of fresh …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEN
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EGG — / eg; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a small oval object with a thin …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLACK — / blæk; NAmE / adjective , noun , verb ■ adjective ( black·er , black·est ) COLOUR 1. having the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE — I. white 1 S1 W1 /waɪt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ white , ↑ whiteness , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HEN — hen /hen/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: henn ] 1 . an adult female chicken …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EGG — I. egg 1 S1 W2 /eɡ/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old Norse ] 1 . BIRD …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLACK — I. black 1 S1 W1 /blæk/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative blacker , superlative blackest ) [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHITE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEN
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EGG — n. 1 a the spheroidal reproductive body produced by females of animals such as birds, reptiles, fish, etc., enclosed in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BLACK — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHITE — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEN
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EGG — n. 1 a the spheroidal reproductive body produced by females of animals such as birds, reptiles, fish, etc., enclosed in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BLACK — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHITE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Oxford English vocab
HEN
Oxford English vocab
EGG — 1. n.1 a the spheroidal reproductive body produced by females of animals such as birds, reptiles, fish, etc., enclosed in …
Oxford English vocab
BLACK — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident …
Oxford English vocab
WHITE — ( whiter, whitest, whites) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEN — ( hens) 1. A hen is a female chicken. People often keep hens in order to eat them or sell …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EGG — ( eggs, egging, egged) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. An egg …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLACK — ( blacker, blackest, blacks, blacking, blacked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES hen house hen party mother cat/bird/hen etc (= an animal that is a mother ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLACK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEN — [noun] [C] - an adult female chicken which is often kept for its eggs, or the female of any birdShe …
Cambridge English vocab
EGG — (FOOD) [noun] - the oval or rounded object with a hard shell which is produced by female birds, esp. chickens, …
Cambridge English vocab
WHITE — n. white whale White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed mouse great white …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BLACK — n. black mica black eyed pea black lead black legged kittiwake Black Aesthetic movement Black Arts movement Black and Tan …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WHITE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HEN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLACK
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HEN — See: MAD AS A HORNET or MAD AS HOPS or MAD AS A WET HEN.
Slang English vocab

Английские поговорки

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