Usage examples of "elephant bird" in English with translation to Russian

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Nor, as Kaplan rightly points out, could the inspiration have been the elephant bird of Madagascar, as Richard Dawkins has suggested. Как справедливо указывает Каплан, прообразом птицы рух не могли служить и «слоновые птицы», населявшие Мадагаскар, как это предполагал Ричард Докинз.

The bird was covered with white feathers. Птица была покрыта белыми перьями.

Seen from a distance, the hill looks like an elephant. Если поглядеть на холм издалека, он похож на слона.

The bird sang in the tree. Птица пела на дереве.

An elephant is a very large animal. Слон — очень крупное животное.

The girl let the bird go. Девочка выпустила птицу.

An elephant was hunted there. Там охотились на слона.

Were I a bird, I would fly to you. Будь я птицей, я бы полетел к тебе.

What should we do with this white elephant your aunt gave us? It's way too ugly to go on the wall. Что нам делать с этим белым слоном, которого нам подарила твоя тетя? Он слишком страшный, чтобы вешать его на стену.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе.

I'm fairly certain that it was the elephant. Я вполне уверен, что это был слон.

What is this bird called? Как называется эта птица?

Don't make an elephant out of a fly Не делай из мухи слона

I wanted to catch the bird, but I found it too difficult. Я хотел поймать птицу, но оказалось, что это очень трудно.

Suffice it to say, if climate-gate was not the elephant in the room for many of those present, it should have been. Достаточно сказать, что, если нарушения климата для кого-то из присутствующих и не были тем самым бревном в глазу, на которое никто не хочет обращать внимание, то вполне могли бы им стать.

A canary is a small bird and people sometimes keep it as a pet. Канарейка - маленькая птичка, люди иногда держат её в качестве домашнего питомца.

They have done their deeds to the earth's elephant fields, the irreplaceable ones that have been mostly exploited. Они использовали свои гигантские месторождения, которые являются невосполнимыми и в основном начали истощаться.

If I were a bird, I would fly to you. Будь я птицей, я бы полетел к тебе.

The elephant in the room is Donald Trump. Основной фактор — это Дональд Трамп.

I wish I were a bird. Я хотел бы быть птицей.

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