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| English | Russian |
| I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat | мне нечего предложить кроме тяжкого труда, слёз и кровавого пота (W. Churchill; У. Черчилль) |
| it's more than flesh and blood can bear | тяжела ты, шапка Мономаха! (used jestingly or with a feeling of self-pity to mean: the burden of one's responsibilities (obligations, duty, etc) is loo heavy to be carried easily (the tsar monomakh's hat was a heavy crown indeed because of heavy jewelry and gold the famous hat was decorated with. the pun is that wearing the crown was a heavy political burden, too)) |