седьмая вода на киселе

a distant relative far removed; a thirty-second cousin

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Близкие или дальние, кровная родня или седьмая вода на киселе, – всегда одно и то же.
Near or distant, blood or water, it's all one.
Диккенс, Чарльз / Жизнь и приключения Мартина ЧезлвитаDickens, Charles / Martin Chuzzlewit
Martin Chuzzlewit
Dickens, Charles
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Жизнь и приключения Мартина Чезлвита
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Государственное издательство художественной литературы, 1960

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a distant relative far removed; a thirty-second cousin

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forty-second cousin
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a fairly distant relative
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The Russian-English Dictionary: the American edition.Сontains 50,949 words and phrases. Selection of vocabulary, presentation of pronunciation peculiarities, grammar and spelling reflect the American variant of conversational English widely used in different areas of contemporary life.

седьмая вода на киселе

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The Russian-English Dictionary: the American edition.
Сontains 50,949 words and phrases.
Selection of vocabulary, presentation of pronunciation peculiarities, grammar and spelling reflect the American variant of conversational English widely used in different areas of contemporary life.