English ⇄ Russian

it's good to have mustard in time, not after dinner stresses
proverb	дорога ложка к обеду (contrast: after dinner (or meat), mustard. after death, the doctor. slow help is no help. when the house is burned down, you bring water. when a thing is done, advice comes too late. Used to mean: that is good what is in time)
saying.	хороша ложка к обеду (violet_me)