стерпится, слюбится

• СТЕРПИТСЯ, СЛЮБИТСЯ

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⇒ when you give yourself time to get used to people, things etc that you do not initially like, you find that you (can) grow to like them (said to comfort and reassure a person who has to act against his wishes; sometimes said to a person entering into marriage without love):

- - you'll grow to like him <her, it etc> with time <in time, after a time>;

- you'll like him (her, it etc) once you get used to him (her, it etc);

- love comes with habit (with time);

- you'll learn to love him (like it etc);

- [in limited contexts] marry first, and love will follow.

     ♦ "А ты, мой батюшка, - продолжала она, обращаясь ко мне, - не печалься, что тебя упекли в наше захолустье. Не ты первый, не ты последний. Стерпится, слюбится" (Пушкин 2). "And you, my good sir," she continued, turning to me, "you mustn't grieve at being sent to this god-forsaken place. You are not the first, and you won't be the last. You will grow to like it after a time" (2b).

     ♦ "...Намерен я тебя женить". - "На ком это, батюшка?" - спросил изумлённый Алексей. "На Лизавете Григорьевне Муромской..." - "Воля ваша, Лиза Муромская мне вовсе не нравится". - "После понравится. Стерпится, слюбится" (Пушкин 3)... .I intend to get you a wife." "Who would that be, father?" asked the astonished Aleksei. "Lizaveta Grigorevna Muromskaia. ..." "That's all very well, but I don't like Liza Muromskaia in the least." "You'll grow to like her later. Love comes with time" (3a).