Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune
Вакх утопил больше людей, чем Нептун. Смысл: вино погубило больше людей, чем море.
В стакане тонет больше людей, чем в море. Больше людей погибает в вине, нежели в воде. Кто вино любит, тот сам себя губит.
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- Men may meet but mountains never
- A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds
- An unfortunate man would be drowned in a teacup
- As plain as the nose on a man's face
- One man, no man
- Let every man praise the bridge he goes over
- Every man has a fool in his sleeve
- Man proposes but God disposes
- A blind man would be glad to see
- A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will
- Time and tide wait for no man
- All men can't be first
- Blind men can judge no colours
- One man's meat is another man's poison
- Every man to his taste