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соловья баснями не кормят

ударения
общ. kind words butter no parsnips; soft words butter no parsnips; fine words butter no parsnips (букв.: Красивыми словами пастернак не помаслишь); hungry bellies have no ears; the belly has no ears; he who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon (букв.: Красивыми словами пастернак не помаслишь); praise without profit puts little in the pot (букв.: Красивыми словами пастернак не помаслишь)
посл. the belly is not filled with fair words; bare words buy no barley; an army marches on its stomach; no nightingales live on fairytales; fair words butter no parsnips; a fine cage won't feed the bird (Anglophile); it is no use preaching to a hungry man (Anglophile); the belly has no ears, hungry bellies have no ears; praise is not pudding; fair words fill not the belly (used to mean: you can't feed the hungry with words. said (in good humour or seriously) to point to the vital necessity of giving somebody food, money or certain property without delay)
Gruzovik, посл. nothing is achieved by empty words or flattery; a hungry belly has no ears