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| Subject | Russian | English |
| proverb | с лица не воду пить воды не пить | a pretty face and a heart that's cold |
| proverb | с лица не воду пить воды не пить | choose a wife by your ear rather than by your eye |
| proverb | с лица не воду пить воды не пить | prettiness makes no pottage (the saying is normally used when people are considering the merits of a not-so-pretty groom or bride to mean: prettiness is (or looks are) not that important) |
| proverb | с лица не воду пить воды не пить | a plain one and a heart of gold |