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:
- Care killed the cat
- Every man has a fool in his sleeve
- A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out
- Learn wisdom by the follies of others
- It is enough to make a cat laugh
- To be wise behind the hand
- Wise after the event
- He who is born a fool is never cured
- Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain
- Beware of a silent dog and still water
- A fool and his money are soon parted
- He is a fool that forgets himself
- Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools
- The cat would eat fish and would not wet her paws
- A sound mind in a sound body