English | Russian |
a big fish in a small pond | Первый парень на деревне (Mishonok) |
good things come in small packages | мал золотник да дорог (SigGolfer) |
great things come in small packages | мал золотник, да дорог (VLZ_58) |
keen eyes are small gain in the head without brain | безмозглой голове и зоркие глаза ни к чему |
run round in small circles | вертеться, кружиться как белка в колесе |
there is small choice in rotten apples | на безрыбье и рак рыба |
there is small choice in rotten apples | хрен редьки не слаще (there is little difference between two equally upleasant things, phenomena, persons; that's just as bad) |
there is small choice in rotten apples | выбирать тут не из чего |