phrase
Gde ima dima, ima i vatre
where there is smoke there is fire
нет дыма без огня (образ тот же, но построение обратное)
With stress
Gdȅ ȉmā dȉma, ȉmā i vȁtre
In Cyrillic
Где има дима, има и ватре
Examples from the lessons
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Next to it in the phrasebook
- Kȍ rȁno rȁnī, dvȇ srȅće grȁbīthe early riser catches two strokes of luck
- Bez mȕke néma nàukeno learning without hardship
- Vȗk dlȁku mȇnjā, àli ćȗd nȉkadathe wolf changes its coat but never its temper
- Bȍlje vrábac u rúci nȅgo gȍlūb na gránia sparrow in the hand beats a pigeon on the branch
- Kȍ drȕgome jȁmu kȍpā, sam u njȗ ùpadāhe who digs a pit for another falls into it himself
- Bȍlje ȉkad nȅgo nȉkadbetter ever than never
- Nȉje zlȃto svȅ štȍ sȉjāall that glitters is not gold
- Tȉha vòda brȇg rȍnīstill water wears away the bank
- U láži su krátke nȍgelies have short legs
- Bȍlje spréčiti nȅgo léčitiprevention is better than cure