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богу молись, а добра-ума держись | god helps him who helps himself |
богу молись, а к берегу гребись | lord God, Heaven helps those who help themselves |
богу молись, а к берегу гребись | lord helps those them who help themselves |
богу молись, а к берегу гребись | lord God, Heaven helps those them who help themselves |
богу молись, а к берегу гребись | lord god, heaven helps those them who help themselves (дословно: Бог помогает тем, кто сам себе помогает) |
в каком народе живешь, тем богам и молись | when at Rome, do as the Romans do |
в каком народе живёшь, тем богам и молись | when in Rome, do as the Romans do |
в каком народе живёшь, тем богам и молись | when at rome, do as the romans do (дословно: Когда находишься в Риме, поступай, как поступают римляне) |
всяк крестится, да не всяк молится | all are not saints that go to church |
всяк крестится, но не всяк молится | all are not saints that go to church |
заставь дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт | gentry sent to market will not buy one bushel of corn |
заставь дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт | teach a fool to bow with grace and he would fall flat on his face |
заставь дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт | send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибёт | teach a fool to bow with grace and he would fall flat on his face |
заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибёт | force a fool to pray and he will smash his forehead against the ground (Olga Okuneva) |
Заставь дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибёт | Give a fool rope enough and he'll hang himself (Taras) |
заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибёт | give a fool rope enough, and he will hang himself |
заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибёт | gentry sent to market will not buy one bushel of corn |
заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибёт | send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
заставь дурака Богу молиться, он себе лоб расшибёт | over-zeal will damage the cause (Anglophile) |
научи дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт | gentry sent to market will not buy one bushel of corn |
научи дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт | teach a fool to bow with grace and he would fall flat on his face |
научи дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт | send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
научи дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет | gentry sent to market will not buy one bushel of corn |
научи дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет | teach a fool to bow with grace and he would fall flat on his face |
научи дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет | send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
научи дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибёт | give one enough rope and he will hang himself (masizonenko) |
попроси дурака богу молиться, он себе лоб расшибет | give a fool rope enough, and he will hang himself |
попроси дурака богу молиться, он себе лоб расшибёт | give a fool (дословно: горе enough, and he will hang himself. Дай дураку верёвку, он и повесится) |
пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт | teach a fool to bow with grace and he would fall flat on his face |
пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт | gentry sent to market will not buy one bushel of corn |
пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт | send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет | teach a fool to bow with grace and he would fall flat on his face |
пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет | send a fool to France and a fool he will return again (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет | gentry sent to market will not buy one bushel of corn |
пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет | send a fool far and a fool he will return again (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет | send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |