Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
дорога ложка к обеду
English translation:
He gives twice who gives quickly
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Yelena.
Apr 2, 2002 15:36
22 yrs ago
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Russian term
дорога ложка к обеду
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Proverb
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Proposed translations
+7
49 mins
Irina Filippova
Native in Russian
Certified Translator and Interpreter
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Russian, and 1 more.
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He gives twice who gives quickly
There are many versions:
He gives twice who gives quickly
Slow help is no help
While the grass grows the horse starves.
He that is long a-giving knows not how to give.
He gives twice who gives quickly
Slow help is no help
While the grass grows the horse starves.
He that is long a-giving knows not how to give.
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1 hr
an item of little value can be invaluable if given at the time whne it is needed
Значение этой пословицы - ценно то, что вовремя.
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Note added at 2002-04-02 16:47:09 (GMT)
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Прошу прощения за опечатку; when
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Note added at 2002-04-02 16:47:09 (GMT)
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Прошу прощения за опечатку; when
+3
2 hrs
Lyudmyla Thompson
United States
United States
Native in Russian
United States
14+ years in business
Native in: Ukrainian 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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22
Pozvol'te poupazhnyat'sya...:)
I just can't miss this opportunity. :) I love things like that. So, forgive me, and take it for what it's worth for you. OK? Here goes:
1) Who needs a spoon after dinner is over?
2) I only need an umbrella when it rains.
3) Don't take the temperature of a corpse!
4) It never rains until the fire has been put out.
5) Can you make a broken vase new?
Thank you for the pleasure! :) and good luck!
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Note added at 2002-04-03 16:37:33 (GMT)
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Dear collegues, thanks for your support. I was coming from the basic idea to make it sound fresh. The Russian saying is very colorful and I wanted to find something just as original.
Nezayuzannye varianty, t-skat\' :)
1) Who needs a spoon after dinner is over?
2) I only need an umbrella when it rains.
3) Don't take the temperature of a corpse!
4) It never rains until the fire has been put out.
5) Can you make a broken vase new?
Thank you for the pleasure! :) and good luck!
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Note added at 2002-04-03 16:37:33 (GMT)
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Dear collegues, thanks for your support. I was coming from the basic idea to make it sound fresh. The Russian saying is very colorful and I wanted to find something just as original.
Nezayuzannye varianty, t-skat\' :)
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Elena Volkovaya
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Tatiana Neroni (X)
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oldnick
: I like this list better, sound like human speech (russian speaker)
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it's all in the timing; a day late and a ruble short
From Sophia Lubensky's "R-E DIctionary of Idioms", p. 342. (The American expression is, of course, "...a dollar short")
+4
3 hrs
Galina Binkley
Native in Russian
20+ years professional experience
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, English to Ukrainian, Russian to English, and 1 more.
дорога ложка к обеду
1. Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
2. A stitch in time saves twine.
2. A stitch in time saves twine.
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Yelena.
: only "saves nine" :)
25 mins
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Lyudmyla Thompson
3 hrs
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Tatiana Neroni (X)
6 hrs
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AYP
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4 hrs
Better reap...
Better reap two days too soon than one day too late.
15 hrs
better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
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