Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
Лучше быть головой собаки, чем хвостом льва. Смысл: лучше быть первым среди простых людей, чем последним среди знатных или богатых.
Лучше быть головой кошки, чем хвостом льва.
Другие пословицы:
- Two heads are better than one
- He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas
- Dog eats dog
- It is enough to make a cat laugh
- The scalded dog fears cold water
- A fool at forty is a fool indeed
- Curiosity killed a cat
- Fool's haste is no speed
- Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain
- Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings
- Let sleeping dogs lie
- Fools and madmen speak the truth
- A wager is a fool's argument
- All cats are grey in the dark (in the night)
- The cat would eat fish and would not wet her paws