a+creaking+door+hangs+long+on+its+hinges

• Creaking cart goes long on its wheels (A) - Скрипучее дерево стоит, а здоровое летит (C)

• Creaking door hangs long on its hinges (A) - Скрипучее дерево стоит, а здоровое летит (C)

• Creaking gate hangs a long time (hangs long, lasts long, swings a long time) (A) - Скрипучее дерево стоит, а здоровое летит (C)

• Creaking wagons are long in passing - Скрипучее дерево стоит, а здоровое летит (C)

1) General subject: a creaking door hands long on its hinges

2) Set phrase: a creaking door hangs long on its hinges (дословно: Скрипучая дверь долго висит на своих петлях), a creaking gate hangs longest, a creaking door hangs long on its hinges

Var.: Скрипучая берёза дольше стоит. Скрипучее дерево два века живёт

A creaking cart goes long on its wheels (Br.). A creaking door hangs long on its hinges (Am., Br.). A creaking gate hangs a long time (hangs long) (Br.). A creaking gate lasts long (swings a long time) (Am.). Creaking wagons are long in passing (Br.). The ill stake stands long (longest) (Br.). An ill stake stands the longest (Am.). The loose stake stands longest (Br.). Near dead never filled the kirkyard (Am.). The sickest is not the nearest the grave (Am.). A squeaking gate hangs the longest (Am.). A squeaking hinge lasts the longest (Am.)

Set phrase: a creaking door hangs long on its hinges

lit. a creaking tree lives for a long time; cf. a creaking door (gate) hangs long on its hinges; creaking doors (gates) hang the longest