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| Russian | English |
| голод не тётка | hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods (george serebryakov) |
| голод не тётка | beggars can't be choosers (Andrey Truhachev) |
| голод не тётка | hunger pierces stone walls (hunger may force a person to do something against one's will) |
| голод не тётка | hunger drives the wolf out of the wood |
| голод не тётка | hunger breaks stone walls (hunger may force a person to do something against one's will) |
| голод не тётка | hunger is rather a mean stepmother |
| если бы моя тётка была мужчиной, она была бы моим дядей | if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle |