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7flash7 Just Starting Joined: 09 Jun 2010 Posts: 7	Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:54 am    Post subject: nikir wrote: Лучше синица в руках, чем утка под кроватью (The best bird in hand is a duck under the bed) Wrong, correctly - Better a bird in the hand than a lark in the sky. And some Seven of one does not wait. Seven times measure once cut off.
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Sandello Just Starting Joined: 08 Sep 2010 Posts: 5	Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 2:18 pm    Post subject: 7flash7 wrote: nikir wrote: Лучше синица в руках, чем утка под кроватью (The best bird in hand is a duck under the bed) Wrong, correctly - Better a bird in the hand than a lark in the sky. Сorrection: nikir's version exists too, it's a joke, transformed from 7flash7's version. In this case "утка" means "urinal" :) And, btw, in original version was not lark, there was shadoof (if Google translator not mistakes :)[/b]
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