| English | Russian |
| a friend in the market is better than money in the chest | не имей сто рублей, а имей сто друзей |
| a friend in the market is better than money in the chest | не держи сто рублей, держи сто друзей |
| a friend in the market is better than money in the chest | не держи сто рублей, а держи сто друзей |
| a friend in the market is better than money in the chest | не имей сто рублей, имей сто друзей |
| gentry sent to market will not buy one bushel of corn | пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет |
| gentry sent to market will not buy one bushel of corn | заставь дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт |
| gentry sent to market will not buy one bushel of corn | научи дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет |
| gentry sent to market will not buy one bushel of corn | заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибёт |
| gentry sent to market will not buy one bushel of corn | научи дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт |
| gentry sent to market will not buy one bushel of corn | пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт |
| send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again | научи дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
| send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again | пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
| send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again | пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
| send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again | научи дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
| send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again | заставь дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
| send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again | заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибёт (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
