Revenge...

How would you say in Russian
"Revenge is a dish best served cold" ?

In Italian:
"La vendetta

Kill Bill fan? :)
Месть это блюдо которое лучше подавать холодным. Though I dont know the phrase with the same meaning in Russian.

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Originally Posted by JJ

Месть - это блюдо, которое лучше подавать холодным.

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Yes, there's no purely Russian equivalent (revenge is not in our character, I suppose, God teaches us to forgive) - we use the direct translation of that idiom. It's quite common.

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Originally Posted by JJ

Kill Bill fan? :)
Месть это блюдо которое лучше подавать холодным. Though I dont know the phrase with the same meaning in Russian.

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Спасибо.
Да, я Kill Bill люблю...!

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Originally Posted by Ramil

Yes, there's no purely Russian equivalent (revenge is not in our character, I suppose, God teaches us to forgive) - we use the direct translation of that idiom. It's quite common.

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You suppose.

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Originally Posted by Rtyom

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Originally Posted by Ramil

Yes, there's no purely Russian equivalent (revenge is not in our character, I suppose, God teaches us to forgive) - we use the direct translation of that idiom. It's quite common.

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You suppose.

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I suppose, otherwise we would have our own idiom, not just the calque from Italian. The Italians have, from the other hand, a long tradition of practicing vendetta.

Саша очень любит книги про героев и про месть.
Саша хочет быть героем, а он такой и есть.