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honey is sweet, but the bee stings (дословно: Сладок мед, да пчёлки жалятся); there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip; so near and yet so far (Anglophile) | |||
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there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip | |||
the grapes are sour (someone cannot have (get) the desired thing though it is near at hand or may seem so); sour grapes!; the girl looks fine, but she isn't mine; it catches your eye, but you can't catch it; between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip |
видит око , да зуб неймет: 9 phrases in 3 subjects |
Informal | 2 |
Makarov | 1 |
Proverb | 6 |