Когда я ем, я глух и нем
With accent marks:
Когда́ я ем, я глух и нем.
Translation:
When I eat I am deaf and mute.
Meaning:
This Russian saying is well known to all Russian kids. Parents tell this to their children so they don't get distracted when eating and focus on finishing food first.
To be noted, some creative kids (or adults) came up with the opposite version of this saying: когда я кушаю, я говорю и слушаю.
Other Russian proverbs
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You can't command to the heart.
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There are no friends for taste and color.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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Trust but verify.
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Time for business, an hour for fun.
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Под лежачий камень вода не течёт
Water does not flow under a lying stone.
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~ Seven babysitters make the kid to lose an eye.
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За что боролись, на то и напоролись
We got what we fought for.
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