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| Russian | English |
| малая течь большой корабль ко дну пустит | small leak will sink a great ship |
| нужда заставит и старушку пуститься рысью | need makes the old wife trot |
| пусти курицу в грядку, гляди – исклюёт весь огород | give him an inch and he'll take an ell |
| пусти курицу в грядку, гляди-исклюёт весь огород | give him an inch and he'll take an ell (дословно: Дай ему вершок, он все три аршина отхватит) |
| пустили козла в огород | they have set the wolf to guard the sheep (contrast: give never the wolf the sheep to keep. a fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial. that cat is out of kind that sweet milk will not lap. Used to mean: they let him in there where he exactly wanted to be (in pursuit of profit for himself)) |
| пустили козла в огород | you have set a fox to keep the geese (contrast: give never the wolf the sheep to keep. a fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial. that cat is out of kind that sweet milk will not lap. Used to mean: they let him in there where he exactly wanted to be (in pursuit of profit for himself)) |
| пустили козла в огород | you have set the wolf to guard the sheep (contrast: give never the wolf the sheep to keep. a fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial. that cat is out of kind that sweet milk will not lap. Used to mean: they let him in there where he exactly wanted to be (in pursuit of profit for himself)) |
| пустили козла в огород | you have set the wolf to keep the sheep (contrast: give never the wolf the sheep to keep. a fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial. that cat is out of kind that sweet milk will not lap. Used to mean: they let him in there where he exactly wanted to be (in pursuit of profit for himself)) |
| пустили козла в огород | they have set the wolf to keep the sheep (contrast: give never the wolf the sheep to keep. a fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial. that cat is out of kind that sweet milk will not lap. Used to mean: they let him in there where he exactly wanted to be (in pursuit of profit for himself)) |
| пустить волка в овчарню | set the wolf to keep the sheep |
| пустить волка в овчарню | send not a cat for lard |
| пустить козла в огород | teach the cat the way to the churn |
| пустить козла в огород | set a fox to keep one's geese |
| пустить козла в огород | teach the cat the way to the kirn |
| пустить козла в огород | that's like putting the cat near the goldfish bowl |
| пустить козла в огород | set the wolf to keep the sheep (дословно: Приставить волка стеречь овец) |
| пустить корни | put down roots |
| пустить лису в курятник | set the wolf to keep the sheep |
| пустить лису в курятник | send not a cat for lard |
| пустить пыль в глаза | throw dust in eyes |
| пуститься во все тяжкие | cast prudence to the winds (дословно: Отбросить всякое благоразумие) |
| пуститься наутёк | sling one's hook |