A cock is valiant on his own dunghill
Петух храбр на своей навозной куче.
И петух на своем пепелище храбрится. В подполье и мышь геройствует. На своей улочке храбра и курочка. Из-за куста и ворона востра.
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- Old birds are not caught with chaff
- Neither fish nor flesh
- You cannot flay the same ox twice
- All lay load on the willing horse
- The mountain has brought forth a mouse
- To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- All asses wag their ears
- Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail
- As the old cock crows, so does the young
- He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet
- To give a lark to catch a kite
- An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold
- Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil
- The evils we bring on ourselves are hardest to bear
- As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb