English | Russian |
be as wise as Solomon | ума палата (icterubal) |
be as wise as Solomon | ума палата (icterubal) |
be wise behind the hand | крепок задним умом |
if things were to be done twice all would be wise | если бы можно было все делать вторично, все были бы мудрецами |
if things were to be done twice, all would be wise | русский мужик задним умом крепок (used (often: jocularly) when the right solution of a problem (a bright idea) comes to one's mind too late to be implemented, realized) |
if things were to be done twice, all would be wise | русский человек задним умом крепок (used (often: jocularly) when the right solution of a problem (a bright idea) comes to one's mind too late to be implemented, realized) |
if things were to be done twice all would be wise | задним умом всяк крепок (дословно: Если бы можно было все делать вторично, все были бы мудрецами) |
it is easy to be wise after the event | задним умом всяк крепок |
it is easy to be wise after the event | хватился, когда с горы скатился |
it is easy to be wise after the event | после дела за советом не ходят |
it is easy to be wise after the event | легко быть умным после события (Задним умом крепок) |
it is easy to be wise after the event | русский человек задним умом крепок |
it is easy to be wise after the event | русский мужик задним умом крепок |
it is easy to be wise after the event | после драки кулаками не машут (do not say what could have been done, for the time of actions is over) |
it's easy to be wise after the event | после драки кулаками не машут |
one cannot love and be wise | любовь зла – полюбишь и козла |
the fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool | дурак строит из себя умника, а умник ломает дурака |