The proverb ‘without effort, you won’t catch a fish from the pond’ and its Ukrainian alternatives

The proverb ‘without effort, you won’t catch a fish from the pond’ is a calque from Russian. The Ukrainian language has many suitable alternatives, such as ‘if you want to eat fish, you have to get into the water,’ which emphasize the importance of work and effort. This highlights the efforts of linguists to promote Ukrainian sayings.