A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
俄罗斯谚语
Russian Proverbs
You do not swap horses while crossing the ford.
过浅滩时不能掉队。
In the land of hope, there is never any winter.
在希望的土地上，永远没有冬天。
Nosy Barbara's nose was torn off at the market.
多管闲事的芭芭拉的鼻子在市场上被扯掉了。
Intoxication is not the wine's fault but man's.
醉酒不是酒的错，而是人的错。
Be patient, cossack, and you'll be a chieftain.
耐心点，哥萨克，你会成为首领的。
To keep a new friend, never break with the old.
要结交新朋友，切莫与旧朋友断绝关系。
Where something is thin, that's where it tears.
东西越薄，就越容易流泪。
Work is unlike wolf; it won't run to the woods.
工作不像狼;它不会跑到树林里去。
Friendship is one thing and tobacco is another.
友谊是一回事，烟草是另一回事。
You can't sew buttons on your neighbor's mouth.
你不能把扣子缝在邻居的嘴上。
The night's too short to warrant marrying poor.
夜太短了，不值得嫁给穷人。
Politics is a rotten egg; if broken, it stinks.
政治是个臭鸡蛋;如果坏了，就会发臭。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
It takes all kinds of trees to make a forest.
森林是由各种各样的树组成的。
Something well cared for lasts two centuries.
精心照料的东西可以保存两个世纪。
In the garden of time grows the flower of consolation.
时间的花园里生长着安慰之花。
Success consecrates the foulest crimes.
成功使最卑鄙的罪行神圣化。
You can't have two forenoons in the same day.
你不可能同时有两个上午。
Love makes the owl seem prettier than a white falcon.
爱情使猫头鹰看起来比白鹰更漂亮。