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менять шило на мыло

Submitted by μαρι on Sun, 12/11/2017 - 19:15

Idiomatic translations of "менять шило на мыло"

Chinese
改朝換代
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Chinese
English
to jump from the frying pan into the fire
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Arabic, English #1, #2, Greek
English
Nail drives out nail
English
Diamond cut diamond
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English
French
Un clou chasse l’autre
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Chinese
German
Den Teufel mit Beelzebub austreiben
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English
Italian
Chiodo scaccia chiodo
Latin
Similia similibus curatur
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Croatian, English
Romanian
Cui pe cui se scoate
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Romanian
Russian
Вышибать клин клином
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Russian
Russian
Алмаз алмазом гранится, плут плутом губится
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Russian
Sardinian (northern dialects)
A mossu de cane pilu de cane
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Spanish
Spanish
Un clavo saca otro clavo
Turkish
çivi çiviyi soker

Meanings of "менять шило на мыло"

English

to bargain one trouble for another

Explained by St. SolSt. Sol on Wed, 21/02/2018 - 16:32
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Russian

по сути не менять ничего

Explained by μαριμαρι on Sun, 12/11/2017 - 19:15
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