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.
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- Every bird likes its own nest
- A wolf in sheep's clothing
- It is a good horse that never stumbles
- While the grass grows the horse starves
- To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- To buy a pig in a poke
- A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf
- As plain as the nose on a man's face
- Fish begins to stink at the head
- A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out
- Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
- A man is known by the company he keeps
- If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow
- Money often unmakes the men who make it
- Blind men can judge no colours