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| one doesn't have to drink water from the face (MichaelBurov); the face is not to drink water from (MichaelBurov) | |||
| if Jack is in love he is no judge of Jill's beauty; a plain one and a heart of gold; a pretty face may not make you happy, but a loving heart will; a pretty face and a heart that's cold; 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); looks don't count (Anglophile); choose a wife by your ear rather than by your eye | |||
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| с лица воду не пить (букв. MichaelBurov) | |||
| с лица не воду пить: 19 phrases in 4 subjects |
| General | 2 |
| Idiomatic | 2 |
| Proverb | 14 |
| Slang | 1 |