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повадился кувшин по воду ходить — там ему и голову сломить meaning in English

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повадился кувшин по воду ходить — там ему и голову сломить phrase

the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last(When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks)
phrase

кувшин noun
{m}

ewer(widemouthed pitcher)
noun
[UK: ˈjuːə(r)] [US: ˈjuːər]

jar [jars](small, approximately cylindrical container)
noun
[UK: dʒɑː(r)] [US: ˈdʒɑːr]

jug [jugs](serving vessel)
noun
[UK: dʒʌɡ] [US: ˈdʒəɡ]

pitcher [pitchers](A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids)
noun
[UK: ˈpɪ.tʃə(r)] [US: ˈpɪ.tʃər]

ходить verb
{imPlf}

ambulate [ambulated, ambulating, ambulates](walk; relocate oneself using one's legs)
verb
[UK: ˈæm.bju.leɪt] [US: ˈæm.bju.leɪt]

attend [attended, attending, attends](to regularly go to)
verb
[UK: ə.ˈtend] [US: ə.ˈtend]

ходить боком verb

sidle [sidled, sidling, sidles](to (cause something to) move sideways)
verb
[UK: ˈsaɪd.l̩] [US: ˈsaɪd.l̩]

ходить вразвалку verb

waddle [waddled, waddling, waddles](To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
verb
[UK: ˈwɒd.l̩] [US: ˈwɑːd.l̩]

мутить воду verb
{imPlf}

muddy the waters(To make something unclear and difficult to understand)
verb

ходить с verb

lead [led, led, leading, leads](begin a game of cards or dominoes)
verb
[UK: liːd] [US: ˈled]

ходить хвостом verb

tag along(To accompany, join, or follow; to go with)
verb

лить воду verb

waffle [waffled, waffling, waffles](to speak or write (something) at length without any clear aim or point, see also: ramble)
verb
[UK: ˈwɒf.l̩] [US: ˈwɑːf.l̩]

ходить аут verb
{imPlf}

go out(to leave one's abode to go to public places)
verb
[UK: ɡəʊ ˈaʊt] [US: ˈɡoʊ ˈaʊt]

терять голову verb
{imPlf}

lose one's head(behave irrationally or lose self-control)
verb
[UK: luːz wʌnz hed] [US: ˈluːz wʌnz ˈhed]

очертя голову adverb

head over heels(at top speed; frantically)
adverb
[UK: hed ˈəʊv.ə(r) hiːlz] [US: ˈhed ˈoʊv.r̩ ˈhiːlz]

сломя голову adverb

amain(at full speed)
adverb
[UK: ə.ˈmeɪn] [US: ə.ˈmeɪn]

выше голову! interjection

cheer up(an encouragement)
interjection
[UK: tʃɪə(r) ʌp] [US: ˈtʃɪr ʌp]

отрубать голову verb
{imPlf}

behead [beheaded, beheaded, beheading, beheads](to remove the head)
verb
[UK: bɪ.ˈhed] [US: bə.ˈhed]

ломать голову verb
{imPlf}

rack one's brain(struggle to think of something)
verb
[UK: ræk wʌnz breɪn] [US: ˈræk wʌnz ˈbreɪn]

потерять голову verb
{Plf}

lose one's head(behave irrationally or lose self-control)
verb
[UK: luːz wʌnz hed] [US: ˈluːz wʌnz ˈhed]

отрубить голову verb
{Plf}

behead [beheaded, beheaded, beheading, beheads](to remove the head)
verb
[UK: bɪ.ˈhed] [US: bə.ˈhed]

через голову verb

go over someone's head(to take up an issue with another person's boss or other superior rather than beginning or continuing to deal with the original person)
verb

вскружить голову verb

infatuate [infatuated, infatuating, infatuates](To inspire with unreasoning love or attachment)
verb
[UK: ɪn.ˈfæ.tʃʊeɪt] [US: ˌɪn.ˈfæ.tʃuː.ˌet]

вскружить голову verb
{Plf}

go to someone's headverb

очертя голову adverb

headlong(with an unrestrained forward motion)
adverb
[UK: ˈhed.lɒŋ] [US: ˈhed.ˌlɒŋ]

сломя голову adverb

head over heels(at top speed; frantically)
adverb
[UK: hed ˈəʊv.ə(r) hiːlz] [US: ˈhed ˈoʊv.r̩ ˈhiːlz]

headlong(with an unrestrained forward motion)
adverb
[UK: ˈhed.lɒŋ] [US: ˈhed.ˌlɒŋ]

hell-for-leatheradverb

ходить по кругу verb

go round in circles(To repeatedly do the same thing)
verb

ходить по блядям verb
{imPlf}

whore(to engage a prostitute)
verb
[UK: hɔː(r)] [US: ˈhɔːr]

ходить на цыпочках verb

tiptoe [tiptoed, tiptoeing, tiptoes](to walk quietly)
verb
[UK: ˈtɪp.təʊ] [US: ˈtɪpˌto.ʊ]

ходить на цырлах verb

walk on eggshells(to act carefully to avoid upsetting someone)
verb

ходить в ресторан verb
{imPlf}

eat out(dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home )
verb
[UK: iːt ˈaʊt] [US: ˈiːt ˈaʊt]

решетом воду носить verb

flog a dead horse(to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more)
verb
[UK: flɒɡ ə ded hɔːs] [US: ˈflɑːɡ ə ˈded ˈhɔːrs]

ходить по яйцам verb

walk on eggshells(to act carefully to avoid upsetting someone)
verb

ходить по проволоке verb

funambulate(tightrope-walk)
verb

ходить на цыпочках verb

walk on eggshells(to act carefully to avoid upsetting someone)
verb

прыжки в воду noun
{m-Pl}

diving(sport of jumping head first into water)
noun
[UK: ˈdaɪv.ɪŋ] [US: ˈdaɪv.ɪŋ]

дуют на воду phrase

a burnt child dreads the fire(a person that has been harmed by the danger becomes more cautious about it)
phrase