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 burnt child dreads the fire
- There is no fire without smoke
- To pour water into a sieve
- The fat is in the fire
- There is no smoke without fire
- As welcome as water in one's shoes
- A little fire is quickly trodden out
- Soft fire makes sweet malt
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- Out of the frying-pan into the fire
- Beware of a silent dog and still water
- He carries fire in one hand and water in the other
- Follow the river and you'll get to the sea
- Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
- To fish in troubled waters