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1 idleness makes the wit rust
syn: unused wings cannot soarsloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always brightвід неробства розум тупіє ≅ невживане залізо скоро ржавіє без діла слабіє сила праця чоловіка годує, а лінь марнуєEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > idleness makes the wit rust
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2 sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright
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3 unused wings cannot soar
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > unused wings cannot soar
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4 _лінощі; недбалість
at open doors dogs come in the devil finds work for idle hands to do do not wait for a rainy day to fix your roof drowsiness dresses a man is rags an idle brain is the devil's workshop idle folks have the most labor idle folks lack no excuses idle people have the least leisure idleness goes in rags idleness makes the wit rust laziness travels so slow that poverty overtakes him lazy folks' stomachs don't get tired a lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy a long thread, a lazy tailor sloth is the mother of poverty sloth is the mother of vice sloth makes all things difficult, but industry makes all things easy they must hunger in winter that will not work in summerEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _лінощі; недбалість
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