IТ IS AN ILL BIRD ТНАТ FOULS IТS OWN NEST
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Только дурная птИца пачкает собственное гнездо // Только недостойный человек дурно отзывается о сббственной семье, доме, коллектИве Или наносит им ущерб. |
And where's the use о' vilifying one's country, and bringing
а discredit on one's kin, before southrons and strangers? lt's
an Ш bird tЬat Шеs its own nest. ( W. Scott)
"You're English, then?" "Pure," said Mr. Blythe. "So ат 1; so's old Foggart-1 looked Ыт up in the stud-book. lt's lucky, because we shall certainly Ье assailed for lack of patriotism." "We are," said Mr. Blythe. "People who сап see no good in their own country ... Birds who fou1 their own nest." (Galsworthy) lt seemed to те as 1 !ау tossing that Cordelia had not only fouled Ьеr nest but tЬе universe, that the very war was hardly worth winning if she was what our boys would соте hоmе to. (Auchincloss) |