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| Russian | English |
| сытый голодного не понимает | he whose belly is full, believes not him who is fasting |
| сытый голодного не понимает | the well-fed cannot understand the hungry |
| сытый голодного не понимает | sated men the hungry don't ken |
| сытый голодного не понимает | it is ill speaking between a full man and a fasting |
| сытый голодного не понимает | a man with a full belly thinks no one is hungry (usually used reproachfully to mean: a person who does not have certain problems (needs, troubles, etc) cannot fully understand others who have such problems and suffer now) |