конь и о четырех ногах, да спотыкается

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⇒ anyone can err (said in justification of one's or s.o.'s mistake, negligence, oversight etc):

- - the horse has four legs and yet he (it) stumbles;

- horses have four legs and still they stumble;

- we all make mistakes;

- we're only human;

- nobodY's perfect.

     ♦ "Злодеи не злодеи, а твои ребята таки пошарили да порастаскали. Не гневись: конь и о четырёх ногах, да спотыкается" (Пушкин 2). "Brigands or no brigands, but it was your lads as went ransacking and plundering. Don't be angry with 'em: the horse has four legs and yet he stumbles'" (2a).

     ♦ "Ошибки были, - быстро сказал Хлебовводов. - Люди не ангелы. И на старуху бывает проруха. Конь о четырёх ногах и то спотыкается" (Стругацкие 3). "There have been mistakes," Khlebovvodov said quickly. "People are not angels. Anyone can make a mistake. Horses have four legs and still they stumble" (3a).