FAINT HEART NEVER WON FAIR LADY.

Faint heart never won fair lady.: translation

Prov. A timid suitor never won his lady. (Used to encourage boys or men to be bold in courting women.) •

Bill: I'd really like to go out with Alice, but what if she says no? Alan: You won't know till you ask her. Faint heart never won fair lady.

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Don't be so shy about talking to Edith. Faint heart never won fair lady.

<03> Робкое сердце никогда не завоевывало (сердца) красавицы. Ср. Смелость (удаль) города берет. Кто смел, тот и съел.