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Terms for subject Proverb containing more of a ... than | all forms
| English | Russian |
| a drop of honey catches more flies than a hogshead of vinegar | на каплю мёда можно поймать больше мух, чем на бочку уксуса |
| an army of hogs led by a lion is more formidable than an army of lions led by a hog | артель атаманом крепка (VLZ_58) |
| there are more ways of killing a dog than by hanging | есть много способов добиться своего |
| you can have no more of a cat than her skin | с паршивой овцы хоть шерсти клок (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him) |
| you can have no more of a cat than her skin | с паршивой собаки хоть шерсти клок (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him) |
| you can have no more of a cat than her skin | с лихой собаки хоть шерсти клок (used sarcastically to mean: one must be thankful for small mercies, for what little you have managed to gel from him) |