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a good dress is a card of invitation, a good mind is a letter of recommendation:: fine dress helps to impressпо платью встречают, по уму провожают
that's a fine how-d'ye-do or how-de-do!вот тебе, бабушка, и Юрьев день (said to show one's surprise, pain, disappointment when one's hopes, expectations have not come true. the code of laws of 1497 allowed Russian peasants to move from one landlord to another once a year during a week before and a week after st. yuri's day, i. e., the 26th of november, old style. the limited freedom was banned in 1580 -1590, and st. yuri's day entered the folklore as a symbol of disappointment)
with friends one is fine, but at home it's divineв гостях хорошо, а дома лучше