The fathers ate the cranberries and the children are left with the aftertaste.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children
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Those who love you will make you weep; those who hate you will make you laugh.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about hate, love
A glass for the vodka, for the beer a mug, and for the table, cheerful company.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about companies
One may make up a soft bed for somebody, but still it will be hard to sleep in.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about sleep
Don't pluck the apple while it is green; when it is ripe it will fall of itself.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about fall
Your feet are crooked, your hair is good for nothing, said the pig to the horse.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about nothing, good, good luck
Guard your honor from your youth, and your weapons once you've got them in hand.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about youth
When he mounts his horse he forgets God; when he dismounts, he forgets his horse.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about god
A spoken word is like a sparrow that once has flown away, cannot be caught again.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about word
However much you steal from your state, all the same you won't get your own back.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about state
It will last out our time; if after us no grass grows, what does it matter to us?
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about time
You needn't be afraid of a barking dog, but you should be afraid of a silent dog.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
Good fortune wears a pretty dress but its underclothes do not bear investigation.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about wealth, good, good luck
If you are going to do something carelessly, it is better to give it up entirely.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
The first goes as a stake, the second as a falcon, and the third as a little bird.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
The wise man says I am looking for truth; and the fool, I have found truth.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about truth, man
One does not sharpen the axes after the right time; after the time they are needed.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about time, rightness
A hammer breaks glass, but also forms steel. Everything cannot be hung on one nail.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
Overseas, a cow costs a quarter of kopeck, but it will cost a rouble to ship it here.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
Pull out the beak and the tail gets stuck, pull out the tail and the beak gets stuck.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
