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he that will steal a pin will steal a better thing (one reprehensible step leads to many more with no way of getting out of it at all); a city that parleys is half gotten; a castle that parleys is half gotten; a woman that parleys is half gotten; one link broken, the whole chain is broken (дословно: одно звено сломано – вся цепь порвана); if one claw is caught, the bird is lost; but one claw snagged, the bird is bagged | |||
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trouble begins with small mistakes (VLZ_58) |
коготок увяз – всей птичке пропасть: 2 phrases in 1 subject |
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