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| Russian | English |
| после драки кулаками махать | shut the stable door when the horse is stolen |
| после драки кулаками махать | lock the stable door when the horse is stolen |
| после драки кулаками не машут | it is too late to lock the stable door when the horse is stolen |
| после драки кулаками не машут | when the calf is drowned, we cover the well |
| после драки кулаками не машут | it's too late to lock the stable door when the horse is stolen |
| после драки кулаками не машут | it is easy to be wise after the event |
| после драки кулаками не машут | there is no use crying over spilt milk (Anglophile) |
| после драки кулаками не машут | you don't wave your fists after a fight (In tweets, Mr Rogozin shrugged off Norway's displeasure at his visit to Svalbard on Sunday. Earlier he tweeted: "Norwegians bring their tourists here in snowmobiles to explore the 'Soviet heritage'", "I just took a dip in the Arctic Ocean" and – in an ironic comment on the Norwegian protest – "you don't wave your fists after a fight". BBC Alexander Demidov) |