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| English | Russian |
| if it's not one thing it's another | не одно, так другое (used when bad things keep happening to you: I've lost my commuter pass, scratched my knee when my bike fell over, and failed an important test, all in a day. If it's not one thing it's another. 4uzhoj) |
| in one place it is permitted, in another it is not | где можно, а где нельзя |
| person not the equal of another | неровня |