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1 DIRT
• Cast no dirt in (into) the well that gives you water - Не плюй в колодезь, пригодится напиться (H)• Don't throw dirt into the well that gives you water - Не плюй в колодезь, пригодится напиться (H)• Every man must eat a peck of dirt before he dies - Век изжить - не рукой махнуть (B)• Fling dirt enough and some will stick - Клевета что уголь: не обожжет, так замарает (K)• It's no dirt down my neck - Моя хата с краю (M)• Never cast dirt in the fountain that has given you refreshing drink - Не плюй в колодезь, пригодится напиться (H)• Never cast dirt into that fountain of which thou hast sometimes drunk - Не плюй в колодезь, пригодится напиться (H)• We must eat a peck of dirt before we die - Век изжить - не рукой махнуть (B)• Who deals in dirt has foul fingers - Грязью играть - руки марать (Г) -
2 Век изжить - не рукой махнуть
There is no man who, in his lifetime, has not been through some trouble, trial, vexation, humiliation, etc. See Горе да беда с кем не была (Г), Жизнь протянется - всего достанется (Ж)Var.: Век изжить - не рукавицей тряхнутьCf: Every man must eat a peck of dirt before he dies (Am., Br.). Every man must eat a peck of salt before he dies (Br.). Into each (every) life some rain must fall (Am.). Life is a long lesson of humility (Am.). There is a crook in the lot of every one (Br.). We must all eat a peck of dirt before we die (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Век изжить - не рукой махнуть
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