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:
- Soft fire makes sweet malt
- To pull the chestnuts out of the fire for somebody
- Salt water and absence wash away love
- Beware of a silent dog and still water
- To pour water into a sieve
- Little chips light great fires
- A burnt child dreads the fire
- Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us
- Out of the frying-pan into the fire
- The mill cannot grind with the water that is past
- It is good fishing in troubled waters
- The scalded dog fears cold water
- Blood is thicker than water
- To build a fire under oneself
- To fish in troubled waters