Translation of "whittle down" to Russian

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Dictionary translations for "whittle down"

whittle down verb

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Contexts with "whittle down"

So, instead, they took an existing organism and began to whittle it down. Тогда они взяли существующий организм и начали его обстругивать.

I will never sell my friend down the river for anything in the world. Ни за какие сокровища мира я друга не предам.

For one thing, taxes will quickly whittle a seven-figure income right down to the mid-six figures, perilously close to being within sight of the middle class. Во-первых, налоги быстро уменьшат семизначную зарплату до шестизначной цифры, которая уже будет находиться в опасной близости от поля зрения среднего класса.

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. Я люблю свиней. Собаки смотрят на нас снизу вверх. Кошки - сверху вниз. Свиньи обращаются с нами как с равными.

Whittle away at incentives - and at the market's ability to communicate them through price signals - and you starve the growth engine of its fuel. Уничтожьте стимулы - и способность рынков сообщать о них через ценовые сигналы - и вы оставите двигатель роста без его топлива.

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