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| English | Russian |
| make a drink | приготовить напиток |
| make a drink | налить напиток |
| you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink | Была бы честь предложена (Иногда: You can take a horse to water but you can't make him drink Boris Gorelik) |
| you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink | насильно мил не будешь (anadyakov) |
| you can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink | насильно мил не будешь (чаще: you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink) |
| you can take a horse to water but you can't make him drink | сердцу не прикажешь (you can lead/take a horse to water but you can't make him drink: you can give someone the opportunity to do something but you can't get him or her to do it if they don't want to. The woman took her children to the park but they were not interested in playing in the playground. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. ICC Alexander Demidov) |