I have to disappoint you: there is no such proverb in Russian. You idea about diet is closer to truth.

>Steven
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>I like these E. European idiomatic sayings. Mind you, I'd've thought way back then that the Russians had a healthy diet - raw potatoes and melted snow.
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>As for our version of the saying - that would suggest that I've been eating nothing but handsome b*****ds all my life then, which isn't the case LOL
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>Terry
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>>Hey Terry,
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>>Thanks, interesting. A coworker from years ago grew up in Minsk. She told me of a Russian proverb: "We did our graves with our teeth." I guess that Anglosizes to "we are what we eat."
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>>SuperSize me! ;-)
>>Steven-
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>>>Just a week or so ago we were talking about how tall the Dutch are, Tracy questioned it. Well it turns out that the Dutch have just overtaken the US for the tallest race too. Maybe it's something to do witrh being so well nurtured.
>>>
>>>http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/316/7149/1929/b
>>>http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2004/07/dutch_worldas_t.php
>>>
>>>Mind you, they're also getting fatter.
>>>
>>>But Brits are second in Europe, just under the average yank:
>>>http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,781616,00.html
>>>
>>>But also fatter and heavier.
>>>
>>>It seems like there is something to this "special relationship" after all. Similarity in race and culture (MacDonalds and baseball caps) - similarity in height, girth and child neglect.