лес рубят — щепки летят meaning in English
| Russian | English |
|---|---|
| лес рубят — щепки летят phrase | no pain, no gain(discomfort is necessary to achieve goals) you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette(phrase) |
| лес noun {m} | forest [forests](dense collection of trees) wood [woods](substance) woodland [woodlands](land covered with woody vegetation) |
| девственный лес noun {m} | old-growth forest(forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance) |
| строевой лес noun {m} | timber [timbers](trees considered as a source of wood) |
| вторичный лес noun | second-growth forest(forest which has been harvested and is regrowing) |
| дождевой лес noun {m} | rainforest [rainforests](type of forest) |
| Шервудский лес proper noun | Sherwood Forest(country park) |
| Рыжий лес proper noun {m} | Red Forest(a highly radioactive and highly contaminated forest, a red forest in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Polesia, Ukraine) |
| девственный лес noun {m} | virgin forest(forest free from disturbance) |
| лес на корню noun {m} | timber [timbers](trees considered as a source of wood) |
| влажный тропический лес noun {m} | tropical rainforest(forest) |
| в лес дрова возить verb | carry coals to Newcastle(do something unneeded or redundant) |
| он всё в лес смотрит phrase | a leopard cannot change its spots(one cannot change one's own nature) |
| волков бояться — в лес не ходить phrase | if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen(If you cannot handle the pressure, you should not remain in a position where you have to deal with it) |
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