- If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.
- <03> Если бы желания были лошадьми, нищие могли бы ездить верхом. Ср. Кабы сивому коню черную гриву, был бы буланый.
Англо-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом. Академик.ру. 2011.
If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.
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if wishes were horses, beggars might ride — if wishes were ˌhorses, beggars would/might ˈride idiom (saying) wishing for sth does not make it happen Main entry: ↑wishidiom … Useful english dictionary
if wishes were horses, beggars would ride — proverb if you could achieve your aims simply by wishing for them, life would be very easy * * * if wishes were ˌhorses, beggars would/might ˈride idiom (saying) wishing for sth does not make it happen Main entry: ↑wishidiom … Useful english dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
