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:
- A sound mind in a sound body
- Fools and madmen speak the truth
- Every dog has his day
- The scalded dog fears cold water
- A cat in gloves catches no mice
- Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other
- Two heads are better than one
- All cats are grey in the dark (in the night)
- Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools
- Dog eats dog
- When the cat is away, the mice will play
- Fools grow without watering
- He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas
- An idle brain is the devil's workshop
- An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of learning