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В сорок лет ума нет - и не будет
If you’ve not shown any brain prowess by 40 - you’ll never do so
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Хочется, но колется
Lit.: I want it, but it stings. I want it but it’s too expensive
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В милом нет постылого, а в постылом нет милого
Faults are thick where love is thin
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ЛДПР: Люблю Дурачить Простых Ребят
LDPR (The Liberal Democratic [sic.] Party of Russia): I Love Making Fools of Simple Folk
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Кушайте, гости дорогие, все равно выбрасывать!
Don’t stand on ceremony / make yourselves at home. Lit.: Help yourselves, dear guests, it’s all going to be thrown out anyway!”
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В доме повешенного не говорят о верёвке
Let sleeping dogs lie. (Lit.: Name not a rope in the house of a hanged person)
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