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:
- Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain
- Care killed the cat
- The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on
- When the cat is away, the mice will play
- No man is wise at all times
- Wait for the cat to jump
- Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools
- A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool
- You cannot teach old dogs new tricks
- To teach the dog to bark
- A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will
- Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other
- Two heads are better than one
- To call off the dogs
- He that has no head needs no hat