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зарывать свой талант в землю

Meaning: to waste or hide one's natural gifts instead of using them.

Language: Russian

Literally: to bury one's talent in the earth

Category: Daily Life

Origin: Derived from the Biblical parable of the talents (Matthew 25), where a servant buries his master's money instead of investing it; the phrase transfers that moral lesson to personal abilities.

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