с волками жить — по-волчьи выть
Russian
Etymology
"Living with wolves, you will howl like a wolf." "If you live with wolves, you will have to howl like one."
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [s‿vɐɫˈkamʲɪ ʐɨtʲ | pɐ‿ˈvoɫt͡ɕjɪ vɨtʲ]
Proverb
с волка́ми жить — по-во́лчьи выть • (s volkámi žitʹ — po-vólčʹi vytʹ)
- when in Rome, do as the Romans do
- Near-synonym: в чужо́й монасты́рь со свои́м уста́вом не хо́дят (v čužój monastýrʹ so svoím ustávom ne xódjat)
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “волк”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “выть 2”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.