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| было гладко на бумаге, да забыли про овраги | on paper there had seemed no hitches. Alas! Forgotten were the ditches which one had to cross (сатирическая "солдатская" песня Л. Толстого) |
| закон остаётся только на бумаге | the law remains within the book only (Alex_Odeychuk) |