if\ the\ hill\ will\ not\ come\ to\ Muhammad,\ Muhammad\ will\ go\ to\ the\ hill

if\ the\ hill\ will\ not\ come\ to\ Muhammad,\ Muhammad\ will\ go\ to\ the\ hill
proverb
If one person will not go to the other, then the other must go to him.

Grandfather won't come to visit us, so we must go and visit him. If the hill won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad will go to the hill.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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