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🤖 Literally, in English

“A mother's prayer will reach you from the bottom of the sea.”

Материнська молитва з дна моря дістане. Materynska molytva z dna moria distane

🤨 What does it ACTUALLY mean? →

🇬🇧 What you'd actually say

“A mother's love will find you anywhere.”

also: “Nothing is beyond a mother's prayer.” · “A mother's love reaches everywhere.”

📖 Meaning
A mother's prayer or love can save her child from any situation.
💡 Why it's funny
This one is not funny at all, and that is deliberate — not every saying in the collection is a joke, and this is one of the most quoted serious ones.
🧭 Closest English idiom
No direct English equivalent. English has no equivalent idiom. Phrases like 'a mother's love knows no bounds' exist, but they are sentimental descriptions rather than a fixed saying with this weight.
📝 Explanation
Said sincerely, often by older relatives, and often about someone who survived something dangerous.

🧠 Learn

  • prayer (noun) — words spoken to God, often asking for help — молитва “She said a prayer for him.”
  • reach (verb) — to arrive at or get to someone — досягти, дістатися “The news reached us late.”

🗣 In context

Він вижив у тій аварії. Материнська молитва з дна моря дістане.

He survived that crash. A mother's love will find you anywhere.

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Questions people ask

What does “A mother's prayer will reach you from the bottom of the sea.” mean?

A mother's prayer or love can save her child from any situation.

How do you say «Материнська молитва з дна моря дістане.» in English?

Naturally: “A mother's love will find you anywhere.”. There is no direct English equivalent — English has no equivalent idiom. Phrases like 'a mother's love knows no bounds' exist, but they are sentimental descriptions rather than a fixed saying with this weight.

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