The eye can see it, but the tooth can’t bite it.

More Russian Proverbs

• Don’t go to another monastery with your own rules.
• One thread of the world – shirt for a naked.
• Visiting is good, but home is better.
• An old friend is better than two new friends.
• You cannot throw a word out of a song.
• Live for a century – learn for a century.
• Don’t blame a mirror for your ugly face.
• The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.
• Big in body, but small in deeds.
• It is better to see once than to hear hundred times.
• It is easier for the mare when a woman is off the cart.
• The bird is known by its flight.
• Everything that glitters isn’t gold.
• Trouble never comes alone.
• The eye can see it, but the tooth can’t bite it.
• Ride slower – you will get further.
• Without a cat, mice feel free.
• Wine causes guilt.
• Without effort, you can not even pull a fish out of the pond.
• Without effort, you can’t even pull a fish out of the pond.
• There is no truth in feet.
• Tastes are not argued.
• God keeps those safe who keep themselves safe.
• Wolf feeds on his feet.
• To become a master or to be gone.
• Your elbow is close, yet you can’t bite it.
• Time makes the best healer.