English
• Call the dogs off
• Call the shots
• Call the tune
• Can't get blood out of a turnip
• Can't hold a candle to it
• Can't make head nor tail of it
• Can't see the forest for the trees
• can't teach an old dog new tricks
• Canary in a coal mine
• Cannot hold a candle

Different cultures have different ways of saying the same thing

You can't have your cake and eat it too
On ne peut pas avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre
Man kann nicht auf zwei Hochzeiten tanzen
No se puede tenerlo todo
Нельзя сидеть сразу на двух стульях
Ne možeš imati i ovce i novce
魚和熊掌不可兼得

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