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Road Backasked for translation 4 года назад

How to translate? (ru-en)

собака лает караван идет

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1.
sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you
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2.
let evil tongues wag
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Андриолли 1added a comment 4 года назад

Road, два подлежащих и два сказуемых. Может знаки препинания нужны? собака лает - караван идёт

grumbleradded a comment 4 года назад

https://www.lexico.com/definition/dogs_bark%2C_but_the_caravans_move_on

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/jose-mourinho-dogs-bark-and-caravan-goes-chelsea-manager-gives-cryptic-assessment-after-blues-win-title-10222643.html

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/the_dogs_bark,_but_the_caravan_goes_on

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 4 года назад

Those are all literal translations that have no bearing on our native lexicon. I think it’s best to find an equivalent expression that you can actually use in the same situations as you would in Russian.

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