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| if ifs and ans were pots and pans; pigs could fly if they had wings; pigs might fly if they had wings; one's "could haves and should haves" (I could have done something, but I didn't. Or: I should have done something, but I didn't. It's a pity! Could/should + Perfect Infinitive (have+Past Participle) используются также для выражения упущенных возможностей, неосуществимых действий, отсюда "could haves and should haves", for example: "Just forget all your could haves and should haves! Face the reality! weightliftinglulu); if is a big word; there is no use of second-guessing (Taras); if wishes were horses (NumiTorum); if wishes were horses (то во рту росли б грибы, beggars would ride) | |||
| if the sky falls we shall catch larks | |||
| if wishes were fishes (Natalia D) | |||
coulda-woulda-shoulda (coulda, woulda, shoulda
Used to dismiss one's or someone else's regrets or worries about a past experience. (Formed from informal shortenings of "could have, would have, should have."): I wish I had given myself an extra day off before going back to work after my vacation, but coulda, woulda, shoulda. • A: "Should I have said more during that presentation?" B: "Eh, coulda, woulda, shoulda. It's over now, so there's nothing more you can do."  thefreedictionary.com Liv Bliss); coulda shoulda woulda (Technical); if the skies fall we shall catch larks | |||
| if wishes were horses, beggars might ride (во рту росли грибы); if ifs and ands were pots and pans; if the sky falls we shall catch larks; mere wishes are silly fishes; shoulda woulda coulda (SergeiAstrashevsky); if ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers (досл. если бы "если" и "и" были горшками и кастрюлями, не было бы работы для лудильщиков) | |||
| если бы да кабы: 25 phrases in 3 subjects |
| General | 5 |
| Idiomatic | 2 |
| Proverb | 18 |