| Russian | English |
| стерпится, слюбится | habit cures habit |
| стерпится, слюбится | marry first, and love will come follow |
| стерпится, слюбится | winter and wedlock tames man and beast contrast: needles and pins, needles and pins: when a man marries his trouble begins a love comes with habit |
| стерпится, слюбится | age and wedlock tames man and beast contrast: needles and pins, needles and pins: when a man marries his trouble begins a love comes with habit |
| стерпится, слюбится | marry first, and love will come afterwards |
| стерпится, слюбится | time works wonders (do it first and you'll like it later, liking comes of habit said (as comforting words) to a person who must submit to the necessity of doing something (like marrying somebody without love)) |
