Translation for "cat-gut" to russian
Cat-gut
noun
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Translation examples
Catgut isn't cat gut. It's usually sheep or goat...
Кетгут - это кишки не кошки, а, как правило, овцы или козы...
Cat gut has never gone into the making of violins.
Струны никогда не делали из кошачьих кишок.
The people who had the monopoly, as it were, put it about that it was made of cat gut, knowing that their rivals would never dare kill cats, and they wanted to kind of keep it secret.
Монополисты пустили слух, что струны делают из кошачьих кишок, зная, что конкуренты не станут убивать кошек. Материал "держали в секрете".
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