Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot
Болезни к нам являются верхом, а от нас уходят пешком.
Болезнь входит пудами, а выходит золотниками. Беду скоро наживешь, да не скоро выживешь.
Другие пословицы:
- Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail
- A wolf in sheep's clothing
- If wishes were horses, beggars might ride
- You cannot flay the same ox twice
- It is a poor mouse that has only one hole
- To strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
- A shy cat makes a proud mouse
- Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free
- A cock is valiant on his own dunghill
- Hares may pull dead lions by the beard
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil
- To give a lark to catch a kite
- Many a good cow has a bad calf
- To eat the calf in the cow's belly