Proverbs

[Mary Delle LeBeau]

Looking in Sophia Lubensky's Dictionary of Idioms:

"Myagko stelet, da zhestko budet spat' " = an iron hand in a velvet
glove

"I volki syty, i ovtsy tsely" = the wolves are sated and sheep intact
/ Peter was paid without robbing Paul

"Sem' raz otmer', odin raz otrezh' " = look before you leap/ better
to be safe than sorry

Hope this helps.

Best,

Mary Delle LeBeau

On 28 Feb 2003, at 9:19, Olga Golovina wrote:

> Dear SEELANGS,
>
> Are there English proverbs that would match the following Russian proverbs
> in meaning?
>
>
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