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| English | Russian |
| a single thread from everyone -and there's a shirt for a naked one | с миру по нитке – голому рубашка |
| a single thread from everyone -and there's a shirt for a naked one | с миру по нитке – голому рубаха |
| hang by a thread | висеть на волоске |
| the needle knows where its thread goes | куда иголка, туда и нитка |
| the thread breaks where it is weakest | где тонко, там и рвётся |
| thread follows needle | куда иголка, туда и нитка (said (in good humour) to mean: where the husband goes, there his wife should go, or (less frequently) children should follow their parents, or the like) |