Timothy Jones

Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish.

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fish or cut bait

[fish or cut bait] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. Decide what you want to do and stop wasting time; either act now or give someone else a chance or turn. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Jack Handy

If you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day. If you give a man a stick of TNT, there will be little unidentifiable fish parts all […] www.sky-net-eye.com

fish for

[fish for] {v.}, {informal} To try to get or to find out (something), by hinting or by a roundabout way to try to lead someone else to give or tell […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Zenna Schaffer

Give a man a fish and he has food for a day; teach him how to fish and you can get rid of him of the entire weekend. www.sky-net-eye.com

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лёгок на помине

[лёгок на помине] {turn of speech} [`l'iogok na po`minye] {literally} ~volatile if/while mentioned. {informal} […]

attributed to Oliver Cromwell

Put your trust in God--but keep your powder dry.

pull out of a hat

[pull out of a hat] {v. phr.}, {informal} To get as if by magic; invent; imagine. * /When the introduction to a dictionary […]

read between the lines

[read between the lines] {v. phr.} To understand all of a writer's meaning by guessing at what he has left unsaid. * /Some […]