| Russian | English |
| у бабы волос долог, а ум короток | a woman's advice is best at a dead lift |
| у бабы волос долог, а ум короток | women have more hair than with long of hair and short of brains |
| у бабы волос долог, а ум короток | tell a woman she is fair, and she will soon turn a fool (contrast: a woman's advice is no great thing, but he who won't take it is a fool. women in mischief are wiser than men. the wit of a woman is a great matter) |
| у бабы волос долог, а ум короток | long hair and short wit |
| у бабы волос долог, да ум короток | a woman's advice is best at a dead lift |
| у бабы волос долог, да ум короток | women have more hair than with long of hair and short of brains |
| у бабы волос долог, да ум короток | tell a woman she is fair, and she will soon turn a fool (contrast: a woman's advice is no great thing, but he who won't take it is a fool. women in mischief are wiser than men. the wit of a woman is a great matter) |
| у бабы волос долог, да ум короток | long hair and short wit |
