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Old 12-02-2007, 04:43 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Hello, Natasha!

I heard similar expression in Russian, darennomy koniu v zuby ne smotriat.

One shouldn't look into the teeth of a horse that was given to one as a gift, right?

I think my English translation is cumbersome and too long, has to be better wording for that.

But what it means is that you should accept a gift as it is without looking and finding defects on it.

You got me here as well, I was just trying to think of my own Qazaq equivalent for this proverb......................
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