An ox is taken by the horns, and a man by the tongue
Быка берут за рога, а человека - за язык.
Всякая сорока от своего языка погибает. Болтуна язык до добра не доведет. Язык мой - враг мой. Говори, да не проговаривайся.
Другие пословицы:
- If my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle
- A curst cow has short horns
- A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years
- Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse
- Every man has a fool in his sleeve
- Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl
- If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow
- A drowning man will catch at a straw
- Never offer to teach fish to swim
- An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold
- Honey is not for the ass's mouth
- As the old cock crows, so does the young
- A fox is not taken twice in the same snare
- No man loves his fetters, be they made of gold
- It is a good horse that never stumbles