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| Russian | English |
| дрова рубят – щепки летят | one you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs |
| дрова рубят – щепки летят | one you cannot make omelets without breaking eggs |
| дрова рубят – щепки летят | if you sell the cow you will sell her milk too |
| дрова рубят – щепки летят | splinters will fly when the axe you ply |
| дрова рубят – щепки летят | you can't chop wood without making the chips fly |
| дрова рубят – щепки летят | one you cannot make omelettes without breaking eggs |
| дрова рубят – щепки летят | one you cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs |
| чай пить – не дрова рубить | drinking tea with pleasure isn't working without measure (used (as a jocular reply to someone's invitation to sit down and have a cup of tea) to mean: yes, thank you – tea drinking is pleasure, not hard labour) |