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:
- Every miller draws water to his own mill
- He carries fire in one hand and water in the other
- To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water
- One fire drives out another
- A little fire is quickly trodden out
- We never know the value of water till the well is dry
- Salt water and absence wash away love
- To fish in troubled waters
- There is no smoke without fire
- Follow the river and you'll get to the sea
- Still waters run deep
- The mill cannot grind with the water that is past
- A great ship asks deep waters
- To pour water into a sieve
- As welcome as water in one's shoes