#RussianProverb: The Job is Afraid of a Good Worker

On By Sergey ArmeyskovIn Russian Sayings

Street art in Saint Petersburg (from Pushkin's poem "Ruslan & Lyudmila")
Street art in Saint Petersburg (from Pushkin’s poem “Ruslan & Lyudmila”)

Дело мастера боится (délo mástera boítsya).

Literally: the job is afraid of a good worker.

English equivalent: he works best who knows his trade; as the workman so is the work; master has it.

Any ideas?

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