Кашу маслом не испортишь
With accent marks:
Ка́шу ма́слом не испо́ртишь.
Translation:
You can't spoil the porridge with butter.
Meaning:
From time immemorial, porridge was loved and respected in Russia. It was cooked from wheat, buckwheat, oats, etc. To make it tastier, people added more butter.
This Russian proverb is used to say that something good can not be bad even in large quantities.
Other Russian proverbs
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Where there is no fish even a crayfish is a fish.
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Measure seven times, cut one.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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Любишь кататься, люби и саночки возить
If you like sledding, you should like to carry the sled.
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Век живи, век учись, а дураком помрёшь
Live for a century, learn for a century, but die being a fool anyway.
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Repetition is the mother of learning.
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За что боролись, на то и напоролись
We got what we fought for.
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The morning is wiser than the evening.
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