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| English | Russian |
| fair blows the wind for France | соседу во всём прёт |
| fair blows the wind for France | у соседа и мёд слаще |
| fair blows the wind for France | для Франции попутный ветер дует |
| send a fool to France and a fool he will return again | пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |