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ближе локоть, да не укусишь stresses
proverb	you cannot touch your eye with your elbow (it is (was) so near and yet out of reach); the grapes are sour; if what you want is out of reach, there's nobody to impeach; your elbow is near, but you cannot bite it, dear; sour grapes; how near, and yet, so far!
близок локоть, да не укусишь
proverb	between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip (Slavik_K); you cannot touch your eye with your elbow (it is (was) so near and yet out of reach); the grapes are sour; sour grapes; if what you want is out of reach, there's nobody to impeach; your elbow is near, but you cannot bite it, dear; so near and yet so far (Anglophile); how near, and yet, so far!