Sentence examples of "овцами" in Russian with translation "sheep"
Россиян часто (и, я считаю, несправедливо!) изображают пассивными овцами, покорно выполняющими приказы своих властей.
Russians are often (unfairly, I would argue!) portrayed as passive sheep, and as submissive to whatever dictates the authorities make.
"Тридцать лет назад люди были овцами, а Хаменеибыл их пастухом, - сказал мне один известный иранский демократический активист.
"Thirty years ago people were sheep and Khomeini was their shepherd," a prominent Iranian democratic activist told me.
Во-вторых, это символ не только его индивидуальности, это символ его дохода, потому что все его активы связаны с овцами.
Second, it's a symbol of not only his identity; it's a symbol of his income, because all of his assets are tied up in sheep.
Люди, следующие за диктатором, подобны стаду овец.
The people followed the dictator like so many sheep.
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