Soft fire makes sweet malt
Слабый огонь варит сладкий солод. Смысл: добрым словом многого добьешься.
Ласковое слово не трудно, а споро.
Другие пословицы:
- We never know the value of water till the well is dry
- To add fuel (oil) to the fire (flames)
- A burnt child dreads the fire
- To pour water into a sieve
- To pull the chestnuts out of the fire for somebody
- To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water
- The mill cannot grind with the water that is past
- A little fire is quickly trodden out
- As welcome as water in one's shoes
- Still waters run deep
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- Too much water drowned the miller
- To draw water in a sieve
- One fire drives out another
- The fat is in the fire