Quote Originally Posted by Basil77 View Post
Russian saying for this case: "Не поваляешь - не поешь." And I also heard: "Быстро поднятое не считается упавшим".
American saying for this case: "Kiss it up to God, girl!" (At about the 1:40 mark)

Another American saying for this case would be something like: God made dirt, and dirt don't hurt! -- that's what they taught me in Boy Scouts!