An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold
Осел ослом останется, даже если он гружен золотом.
Свинья в золотом ошейнике - всё свинья. Осел останется ослом и в орденах и в лентах!
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- The early bird catches the worm
- To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- To give a lark to catch a kite
- All lay load on the willing horse
- If you run after two hares, you will catch neither
- It is a poor mouse that has only one hole
- Money has no smell
- Give never the wolf the wether to keep
- The last straw breaks the camel's back
- It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait
- A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf
- Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl
- To strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
- The best fish swim near the bottom
- That's a horse of another colour