Catch the bear before you sell his skin
Прежде поймай медведя, а потом продавай его шкуру.
Не убив медведя, шкуры не продавай. Не дели шкуру неубитого медведя.
Другие пословицы:
- He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet
- A bird may be known by its song
- To flog a dead horse
- The best fish smell when they are three days old
- He that will steal an egg will steal an ox
- Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil
- All asses wag their ears
- To put (set) the cart before the horse
- If you run after two hares, you will catch neither
- A fox is not taken twice in the same snare
- A shy cat makes a proud mouse
- One scabby sheep will mar a whole flock
- Every bird likes its own nest
- The best fish swim near the bottom
- An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold