You can’t fatten a pig by measuring it

[Sensei]

You can’t fatten a pig by measuring it
Помогите найти русский эквивалент пословицы! Мысль в тупике :(
Заранее благодарю!

[Leo2]

сколько ни кричи "халва, халва"- во рту слаще не станет

imho

[nephew]

без контекста - "контора пишет" с)

[mahavishnu]

Смахивает на "No pain, no gain" - без труда не вынешь и рыбку из пруда

И ещё:
You can't fatten a pig by weighing it
You can't fatten the pig on market day
You can't fatten a pig by weighing it every year.
You can't fatten a pig on a low carb diet.
You can't fatten a pig by making it run laps.
You can't fatten a boar by weighing it either.

[nephew]

"работать надо, а не отчеты писать"

[Sensei]

Про халву думал - значение не совсем то. ПРо "без труда" - тоже из другой оперы. Все равно спасибо!

[nephew]

“You don’t fatten a hog by weighing it,” he (Barack Obama) says, explaining why he opposes excessive testing in schools.
http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12323704&fsrc=nwl