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:
- There is no fire without smoke
- To add fuel (oil) to the fire (flames)
- The fat is in the fire
- To draw water in a sieve
- Blood is thicker than water
- Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
- Every miller draws water to his own mill
- To go through fire and water (through thick and thin)
- Soft fire makes sweet malt
- There is no smoke without fire
- A little fire is quickly trodden out
- Fools grow without watering
- Still waters run deep
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- Follow the river and you'll get to the sea