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всякая тряпица в три года пригодится | keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it (дословно: Сохрани вещь семь лет, и ты найдёшь ей применение (т.е. в конце концов любая вещь может пригодиться)) |
из года в год | year in year out (usu. with imp. v.) |
обещанного по три года ждут | promises are like piecrust, made to be broken |
обещанного три года ждут | promises are either broken or kept |
обещанного три года ждут | he who expects from a promise a lot must wait for three years or maybe not |
обещанного три года ждут | promises, like piecrust, are made to be broken (contrast: a gift in the hand is better than two promises. he gives twice who gives quickly. promising is the eve of giving. one acre of performance is worth twenty of the land of promise) |
обещанного три года ждут | between promising and performing, a man may marry his daughter (used ironically when one has to wait too long for what is promised) |
обещанного три года ждут | it is never long that comes at last |