We never know the value of water till the well is dry
Мы никогда не знаем насколько ценна вода, пока не высохнет колодец.
Цену вещи узнаешь, когда потеряешь. Что имеем, не храним, потерявши, плачем.
Другие пословицы:
- A great ship asks deep waters
- To fish in troubled waters
- To pour water into a sieve
- To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water
- He will never set the Thames on fire
- To go through fire and water (through thick and thin)
- To draw water in a sieve
- Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us
- The fat is in the fire
- To add fuel (oil) to the fire (flames)
- He carries fire in one hand and water in the other
- Still waters run deep
- Beware of a silent dog and still water
- Salt water and absence wash away love
- Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea