English ⇄ Russian

you cannot touch your eye with your elbow stresses
proverb	благими намерениями ад вымощен (it is (was) so near and yet out of reach); ближе локоть, да не укусишь (it is (was) so near and yet out of reach); близок локоть, да не укусишь (it is (was) so near and yet out of reach); близок локоток, да не укусишь (it is (was) so near and yet out of reach)