A word is enough to the wise
Умному и слова довольно.
Умный понимает с полуслова. Умному свистни, а он уже смыслит. Умному - намек, глупому - толчок.
Другие пословицы:
- Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl
- Many a true word is spoken in jest
- Head cook and bottle-washer
- To hit the nail on the head
- A silent fool is counted wise
- A word spoken is past recalling
- To be wise behind the hand
- Fish begins to stink at the head
- Fair words break no bones
- Soon learnt, soon forgotten
- Deeds, not words
- A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds
- A fool and his money are soon parted
- Learn to say before you sing
- Give a fool rope enough, and he will hang himself