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:
- That cock won't fight
- To kill two birds with one stone
- If wishes were horses, beggars might ride
- No man loves his fetters, be they made of gold
- Let every man praise the bridge he goes over
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- Crows do not pick crow's eyes
- To lock the stable-door after the horse is stolen
- Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice
- Birds of a feather flock together
- Every man is the architect of his own fortunes
- A man can die but once
- To cook a hare before catching him
- A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out
- The early bird catches the worm