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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~ Seven babysitters make the kid to lose an eye.
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Measure seven times, cut one.
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Time for business, an hour for fun.
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Where there is no fish even a crayfish is a fish.
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When the job is done, you can go for a walk.
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An old friend is better than two new ones.
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Repetition is the mother of learning.
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The one who walks will go through.
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