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:
- Still waters run deep
- We never know the value of water till the well is dry
- To go through fire and water (through thick and thin)
- Little chips light great fires
- Blood is thicker than water
- A burnt child dreads the fire
- Beware of a silent dog and still water
- Every miller draws water to his own mill
- Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
- There is no smoke without fire
- To fish in troubled waters
- There is no fire without smoke
- To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water
- The scalded dog fears cold water
- To add fuel (oil) to the fire (flames)