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| Russian | English |
| не было у бабы забот, купила баба порося | Life is easy? A pig in a poke will make you busy (Capital) |
| не было у бабы забот, купила баба порося | the woman's life was easy until she made it busy – she bought herself a pig! (igisheva) |
| не было у бабы печали,да купила баба порося | the woman's life was easy until she made it busy – she bought herself a pig! (Rust71) |
| не было у бабы хлопот, купила баба порося | the woman's life was easy until she made it busy – she bought herself a pig! (used when a person meets (or is going to meet) with difficulties and troubles due to obligations taken upon oneself quite voluntarily) |
| не знала баба горя, купила баба порося | the woman's life was easy until she made it busy – she bought herself a pig! (igisheva) |