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1 a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream
var: anyone can go downstream, but it takes a real man to go upstreamплисти за течією може й мертва риба, але тільки жива риба спроможна плисти проти течіїEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream
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2 anyone can go downstream, but it takes a real man to go upstream
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > anyone can go downstream, but it takes a real man to go upstream
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3 _самостійність; характер
ability will see a chance and snatch it, who has a match will find a place to strike it abundance, like want, can ruin character character is destiny character is the diamond that scratches every other stone character is what you are in the dark when no one is around a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream every tub must stand on its own bottom the man that makes character makes foesEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _самостійність; характер
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