🤖 Literally, in English
“It isn't saints who mould the pots.”
Не святі горшки ліплять. Ne sviati horshky liplyat
🤨 What does it ACTUALLY mean? →
🇬🇧 What you'd actually say
“Anyone can learn to do it.”
also: “It's not rocket science.” · “You'll pick it up — people do it every day.”
- 📖 Meaning
- Don't be intimidated — ordinary people do this job, so you can too.
- 💡 Why it's funny
- Out of context it sounds like a theological ruling on the pottery industry.
- 🧭 Closest English idiom
- No direct English equivalent. 'It's not rocket science' says the task is easy; this one says something warmer — that ordinary people, not geniuses, are the ones who actually do it. English has no single idiom with that encouraging tone.
- 📝 Explanation
- Encouragement to a beginner who thinks a skill is beyond them.
🧠 Learn
- pick something up (phrase) — to learn a skill without formal study — навчитися, схопити “You'll pick it up in a week.”
- intimidated (adjective) — feeling nervous because something seems difficult — наляканий, невпевнений “Don't be intimidated by the software.”
🗣 In context
Спробуй, навчишся. Не святі горшки ліплять.
Give it a try, you'll learn. Anyone can do it.
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