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| English | Russian |
| be on one's guard | держи ухо востро! |
| be on one's guard | смотреть в оба |
| be on one's guard | держать ухо востро (imp.; more freq. inf. & imper.; not used with neg.) |
| they have set the wolf to guard the sheep | пустили козла в огород (contrast: give never the wolf the sheep to keep. a fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial. that cat is out of kind that sweet milk will not lap. Used to mean: they let him in there where he exactly wanted to be (in pursuit of profit for himself)) |
| you have set the wolf to guard the sheep | пустили козла в огород (contrast: give never the wolf the sheep to keep. a fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial. that cat is out of kind that sweet milk will not lap. Used to mean: they let him in there where he exactly wanted to be (in pursuit of profit for himself)) |