He will never set the Thames on fire
Ему никогда Темзы не поджечь.
Он пороху не выдумает. Он с неба звезд не хватает.
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- Every miller draws water to his own mill
- Too much water drowned the miller
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- A little fire is quickly trodden out
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- Out of the frying-pan into the fire
- Salt water and absence wash away love
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- To go through fire and water (through thick and thin)
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