Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us
Лучше маленький огонь, который нас согреет, чем большой, который нас сожжет.
Хорошего понемножку.
Другие пословицы:
- One fire drives out another
- Blood is thicker than water
- To draw water in a sieve
- A little fire is quickly trodden out
- Out of the frying-pan into the fire
- Beware of a silent dog and still water
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
- A great ship asks deep waters
- He carries fire in one hand and water in the other
- Still waters run deep
- To build a fire under oneself
- Follow the river and you'll get to the sea
- Too much water drowned the miller
- A burnt child dreads the fire