Tiha voda breg roni

still waters run deep (literally ‘quiet water wears away the bank’)

в тихом омуте черти водятся (буквально «тихая вода подмывает берег»)

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• Kȍ rȁno rȁnī, dvȇ srȅće grȁbīthe early bird catches the worm (literally ‘grabs two lots of luck’)
• Bez mȕke néma nàukeno pain no gain (literally ‘no learning without toil’)
• Vȗk dlȁku mȇnjā, àli ćȗd nȉkadaa leopard can’t change its spots (literally ‘a wolf changes its coat’)
• Bȍlje vrábac u rúci nȅgo gȍlūb na gránia bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
• Kȍ drȕgome jȁmu kȍpā, sam u njȗ ùpadāhe who digs a pit for another falls into it himself (also … sam u nju…
• Bȍlje ȉkad nȅgo nȉkadbetter late than never (literally ‘better ever than never’)
• Nȉje zlȃto svȅ štȍ sȉjāall that glitters is not gold
• U láži su krátke nȍgethe truth will out, lies have short legs
• Bȍlje spréčiti nȅgo léčitiprevention is better than cure
• Ȉver ne pȁdā dalèko od klȁdethe apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, a chip off the old block

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