He can cheat a fish of its skin.
More Russian Proverbs:
Death is not found behind mountains but right behind our shoulders.Russian
Rather a bitter truth than a sweet lie.
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Do not spit in the well - you may be thirsty by and by.
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The river's reputation ends where the sea begins.
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Make peace with man and war with your sins.
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A jug that has been mended lasts two hundred years.
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