Blood is thicker than water
Кровь гуще воды (т. е. узы кровного родства сильнее других уз).
Свой своему поневоле брат. Свой дурак дороже чужого умника. Свое дитя и горбато, да мило.
Другие пословицы:
- He will never set the Thames on fire
- There is no fire without smoke
- We never know the value of water till the well is dry
- Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
- It is good fishing in troubled waters
- A little fire is quickly trodden out
- To build a fire under oneself
- Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us
- To draw water in a sieve
- A burnt child dreads the fire
- Too much water drowned the miller
- Follow the river and you'll get to the sea
- A great ship asks deep waters
- Every miller draws water to his own mill
- Still waters run deep