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Russian
Russianдо свадьбы заживёт (do svad'by zazhivyot)
Meaning: A minor injury or problem will resolve itself naturally and quickly.
Literally: By the wedding it will heal
Example: “Разбитая коленка? До свадьбы заживёт.” — A scraped knee? You'll live.
English equivalent: You'll live
Equivalents in other languages
English: you'll live
Origin: A jocular consolation, above all to a child who has bumped or scraped themselves: "it'll heal before your wedding," that is, long before it matters. Michelson's 19th-century phrase dictionary records it, quoting Ostrovsky's play Voevoda (1865).
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