Нет худа без добра
With accent marks:
Нет ху́да без добра́.
Translation:
There is no bad withouth good.
Meaning:
You can always get something useful from any difficult situation.
The closest English equivalent: every cloud has a silver lining.
Other Russian proverbs
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Poor people are inventive.
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Яблоко от яблони недалеко падает
The apple never falls far from the tree.
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Crowded, but not aggrieved.
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С кем поведёшься, от того и наберёшься
With whom you are friends with, from them you will learn.
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Готовь сани летом, а телегу зимой
Get your sleigh ready in summer and your (horse-drawn) cart in winter.
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За двумя зайцами погонишься – ни одного не поймаешь
If you are chasing two hares at once, you won’t catch a single one.
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Some to the forest, some for firewood.
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A bird is visible by its flight.
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