Sentence examples of "лиха беда - начало" in Russian
На протяжении многих лет японское правительство использовало подход "не буди лиха, пока лихо спит" к территориальной полемике по поводу островов, игнорируя периодические провокации со стороны Китая (и Тайваня).
For many years, Japanese governments have taken a "let-sleeping-dogs-lie" approach to territorial disputes over the islands, ignoring repeated provocations by China (and Taiwan).
Разумеется, это не столько их вина, сколько беда: немногие туркмены, узбеки, таджики могут позволить себе получить даже толковое начальное образование.
Naturally, this is not so much their fault, but due to poverty: very few Turks, Uzbeks, and Tajiks can afford even a basic education.
Изобретение электричества дало начало неисчислимому количеству изобретений.
The discovery of electricity gave birth to an innumerable number of inventions.
И там беда была в том, что через четверо суток они просто погибали.
And the problem was that they simply died after four days.
Но эта путаница, в которой Дуайта, скажем, в лицо не отличить от Джонни - тем более что лица, как и другие части тела, персонажам сносят с неумолимой регулярностью, - не беда и даже не полбеды.
But this confusion, in which, let’s say, Dwight can’t be differentiated by sight from Johnny – moreover since their faces, as with the other body parts of the characters, are demolished with relentless regularity – is not a big deal or even a little bit of a problem.
Одна беда – у них ничего не вышло, и они зря потратили кучу денег.
Only drawback: they failed, wasting one heck of a lot of money.
Беда в том, что денег на такую покупку у Сечина не было.
Sechin's big problem was that he didn't actually have the money to buy them out.
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