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| English | Russian |
| Better fill a man's belly than his eye | с погляденья сыт не будешь (Mere looking at food or something else does not content a person VLZ_58) |
| fair words fill not the belly | соловья баснями не кормят (used to mean: you can't feed the hungry with words. said (in good humour or seriously) to point to the vital necessity of giving somebody food, money or certain property without delay) |
| grain by grain, and the hen fills her belly | курочка по зёрнышку клюёт, да сыта бывает (used to mean: one should be satisfied by what little one has (gets), for "little" happens to turn gradually into 'big enough") |