| Russian | English |
| 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 | teach a fool to bow with grace and he would fall flat on his face |
| 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 | force a fool to pray and he will smash his forehead against the ground (Olga Okuneva) |
| 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 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 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) |
