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another person's soul (the human heart) is a mystery

  • 1 чужая душа - потемки

    [saying]
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    you cannot find out or know what is in another person's soul, what he thinks, what kind of person he is (said when it is difficult to understand a person's true nature, his mood, behavior, intentions):
    - you can never see into another heart.
         ♦ [Кабанов:] Да какие ж, маменька, у неб грехи такие могут быть особенные! Все такие же, как и у всех у нас.... [Кабанова:] А ты почём знаешь? Чужая душа потемки (Островский 6). [Kabanov:] But, Mama, what kind of special sins can she have? Just the same as all the rest of us.... [Kabanova:] And how do you know? The human heart is a mystery (6a).
         ♦ Нехорошо всё вышло, очень нехорошо! А я думал, что Лена меня любит. Когда новый год встречали, сказал Брайнину: "Выпьем за Лену, замечательная жена..." Чужая душа - потёмки, это бесспорно (Эренбург 3). "It's bad, it's very bad the way it has worked out. And I thought Lena loved me. Last New Year, I said to Brainin: 'Let's drink to Lena, she's a wonderful wife.' You can never see into another heart, no doubt about it" (3a).

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  • 2 Д-379

    ЧУЖАЯ ДУША - ПОТЁМКИ (saying) you cannot find out or know what is in another person's soul, what he thinks, what kind of person he is (said when it is difficult to understand a person's true nature, his mood, behavior, intentions): - another person' soul (the human heart) is a mystery one person' soul is (always) a mystery to another you can never see into another heart.
    (Кабанов:) Да какие ж, маменька, у неб грехи такие могут быть особенные! Все такие же, как и у всех у нас... (Кабанова:) А ты почем знаешь? Чужая душа потемки (Островский 6). (Kabanov:) But, Mama, what kind of special sins can she have? Just the same as all the rest of us.... (Kabanova:) And how do you know? The human heart is a mystery (6a).
    Нехорошо веб вышло, очень нехорошо! А я думал, что Лена меня любит. Когда новый год встречали, сказал Брайнину: «Выпьем за Лену, замечательная жена...» Чужая душа - потёмки, это бесспорно (Эренбург 3). "It's bad, it's very bad the way it has worked out. And I thought Lena loved me. Last New Year, I said to Brainin: 'Let's drink to Lena, she's a wonderful wife.' You can never see into another heart, no doubt about it" (3a).

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