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Terms for subject Proverb containing if it were | all forms | exact matches only | in specified order only
| English | Russian |
| if it were not for hope, the heart would break | пока дышу – надеюсь |
| if it were not for hope, the heart would break | век живи, век надейся |
| if it were not for hope, the heart would break | счастье скоро покидает, а добрая надежда – никогда |
| if it were not for hope, the heart would break | пока живу – надеюсь |
| if it were not for hope, the heart would break | сердце надеждой живёт |
| it is good fish if it were but caught | хороша Маша, да не наша (said (often: with a humorous envy or ironically) to mean: this good thing (or this beautiful girl) belongs neither to me nor to you: it is somebody else's property though it is very good) |