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Terms for subject Proverb containing a pin | all forms | exact matches only | in specified order only
| English | Russian |
| clean as a pin | с иголочки (одет) |
| find a pin's head | искать иголку в стоге сена |
| he that will steal a pin will steal a better thing | коготок увяз – всей птичке пропасть (one reprehensible step leads to many more with no way of getting out of it at all) |
| he that will steal a pin, will steal a pound | кто украдёт иголку, украдёт и кошёлку |
| he that will steal a pin will steal a pound | кто украдет иголку, украдет и кошёлку (ср.: кто украдет яйцо, украдет и быка) |
| look for a pin's head in a cartload of hay | искать иголку в стоге сена |
| not to set at a pin's fee | ни в грош не ставить |
| you could hear a pin drop | слышно, как муха пролетит |