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#RussianProverbs about Fish(ing)

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Dmitry Dmitriev - Illustration to Konyok-Gorbunok (The Humpbacked Horse), 1976.
Dmitry Dmitriev – Illustration to Konyok-Gorbunok (The Humpbacked Horse), 1976.

Russian Proverbs about Fish & Fishing:

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#RussianProverb: If You Want to Live, You Should Be Able to Spin

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Boris Kustodiev - A Merchant, 1918.
Boris Kustodiev – A Merchant, 1918.

Хочешь жить – умей вертеться

(hóchesh zhit’ – uméy vertétsya)

If you want to live, you should be able to spin

or

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#RussianSaying: What the Eyes Fear, the Hands Do

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Nicholas Roerich - The Himalayas (Medley)
Nicholas Roerich – The Himalayas (Medley)

Глаза боятся – руки делают (glazá boyátsya – rúki délayut).

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#RussianProverb: To Go to Tula with Your Own Samovar

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Samovar in the form of steam locomotive from Tula, Russia (the 2nd half of the 19th century).
Samovar in the form of steam locomotive from Tula, Russia (the 2nd half of the 19th century).

Ездить в Тулу со своим самоваром (yézdit’ v Túlu so svoim samovárom).

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#RussianProverb: Written with Pitchfork on the Water

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Written by Pitchfork on the Water

Вилами на воде писано (vilami na vode pisano).

Literally: written with pitchfork on the water.

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