To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water
Любить, как чёрт любит святую воду.
Любить, как собака палку.
Другие пословицы:
- He carries fire in one hand and water in the other
- A little fire is quickly trodden out
- There is no smoke without fire
- Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
- The scalded dog fears cold water
- Nothing is impossible to a willing heart
- No herb will cure love
- Salt water and absence wash away love
- Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil
- Love in a cottage
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- To build a fire under oneself
- It is good fishing in troubled waters
- To go through fire and water (through thick and thin)
- A heavy purse makes a light heart