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| Russian | English |
| Надсаженный конь, надломленный лук да замирённый друг равно ненадёжны | A cracked bell can never sound well (ROGER YOUNG) |
| ненадёжное мероприятие | a house of cards (The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards. Val_Ships) |
| ненадёжный автомобиль | bolt bucket (Interex) |
| ненадёжный друг | fair-weather friend (firefly_s) |
| ненадёжный человек, на которого нельзя полагаться | fair-weather person (a person who supports others only when it is easy and convenient to do so; a person who cannot be relied on in situations of hardship or difficulty: I thought Gene would always stick by me, but when I got into trouble, he turned out to be a fair-weather friend. Asaula) |
| строить на ненадёжном основании | build on sand (Richard has nothing but high-risk stocks; his fortune is built on sand cnlweb) |