После драки кулаками не машут
With accent marks:
По́сле дра́ки кулака́ми не ма́шут.
Translation:
Don’t wave your fists after the fight.
Meaning:
This Russian proverb reminds us after an argument is over or a job is done, it is too late and useless to try to prove your point or to change something.
The English equivalents of this proverb are:
- Don't fight when the fight is done!
- It is too late to lock the stable door when the horse is stolen.
- You came the day after the fair.
Other Russian proverbs
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Любишь кататься, люби и саночки возить
If you like sledding, you should like to carry the sled.
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Where there is no fish even a crayfish is a fish.
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In a quiet whirlpool, demons live.
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Дарёному коню в зубы не смотрят
Do not look at a given horse's teeth.
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Волков бояться – в лес не ходить
Don't go to the woods if afraid of wolves.
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Век живи, век учись, а дураком помрёшь
Live for a century, learn for a century, but die being a fool anyway.
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Poor people are inventive.
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Жизнь прожить – не поле перейти
To live a life is not the same (not as easy) as to go through a field.
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