He will never set the Thames on fire
Ему никогда Темзы не поджечь.
Он пороху не выдумает. Он с неба звезд не хватает.
Другие пословицы:
- To draw water in a sieve
- Fools grow without watering
- The mill cannot grind with the water that is past
- Too much water drowned the miller
- It is good fishing in troubled waters
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
- Blood is thicker than water
- To build a fire under oneself
- To fish in troubled waters
- A little fire is quickly trodden out
- A burnt child dreads the fire
- To go through fire and water (through thick and thin)
- The scalded dog fears cold water
- To pour water into a sieve