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1 an evil gain is equal to a loss
нечесний прибуток – все одно, що втратаEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > an evil gain is equal to a loss
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2 GAIN
• Dishonest gains are losses - Худо нажитое впрок не идет (X), Чужим добром не разживешься (4)• Everyone fastens where there is gain - Где мед, там и мухи (Г)• Evil gain is equal to a loss (An) - Худо нажитое впрок не идет (X), Чужим добром не разживешься (4)• Ill - gotten gains are soon lost - За чужим погонишься, свое потеряешь (3), Худо нажитое впрок не идет (X)• Ill - gotten gains never prosper - Худо нажитое впрок не идет (X)• Light gains make a heavy purse (heavy purses, heavy profits) - Копейка к копейке - проживет и семейка (K)• Little gain, little pain - Меньше денег, меньше хлопот (M)• No great loss without some small gain - На одном потеряешь, на другом найдешь (H) -
3 Худо нажитое впрок не идет
Things gained in a dishonest way never bring lasting benefit. See За чужим погонишься, свое потеряешь (3), Легко добыто, легко и прожито (Л), Чужим добром не разживешься (4)Var.: Краденое добро впрок не идёт. Неправдой нажитое впрок не ойдёт. Чужая денежка впрок нейдёт: как придёт, так и уйдёт. Чужое добро впрок нейдётCf: Dishonest gains are losses (Am.). An evil gain is equal to a loss (Am.). Evil gotten, evil spent (Am.). Evil won is evil lost (Am.). Не who steals will always fail (Am.). Ill got, ill spent (Am.). Ill-gotten gains are soon lost (Am.). Ill-gotten gains never prosper (Br.). Ill-gotten goods seldom prosper (Am., Br.). Ill-gotten, ill-spent (Br.). Ill-gotten wealth never thrives (Br.). Nothing goes over the devil's back that doesn't come back under the devil's belly (Am.). What goes over the devil's back comes under his belly (Am., Br.). What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Худо нажитое впрок не идет
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4 _ненажерливість; скупість; користолюбство
all covet, all lose avarice and happiness never saw each all the chase of gain is rich in hate don't wait for dead men's shoes an evil gain is equal to a loss if you run after two hares you'll catch none many kiss the child for the nurse's sake near is my coat, but nearer is my shirt no longer pipe, no longer dance one beats the bush, and another catches the birds a penny soul never came to twopence the pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more poverty wants some things, luxury many things, avarice all things what is got over the devil's back is spent under his bellyEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _ненажерливість; скупість; користолюбство
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5 Чужим добром не разживешься
See Худо нажитое впрок не идет (X)Cf: Dishonest gains are losses (Am.). An evil gain is equal to a loss (Am.). Ill-gotten goods seldom prosper (Am., Br.). What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Чужим добром не разживешься
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