| Russian | English |
| пошли бог лжецу хорошую память | liars need good memories (дословно: Лжецам нужна хорошая память (чтобы себя не выдать)) |
| пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт | teach a fool to bow with grace and he would fall flat on his face |
| пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт | gentry sent to market will not buy one bushel of corn |
| пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт | send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again (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) |
| пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет | teach a fool to bow with grace and he would fall flat on his face |
| пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет | send a fool far and a fool he will return again (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) |
| пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет | gentry sent to market will not buy one bushel of corn |
| пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет | send a fool to France and a fool he will return again (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) |
| пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет | send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again (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) |
