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:
- To give a lark to catch a kite
- If wishes were horses, beggars might ride
- The best fish swim near the bottom
- Each bird loves to hear himself sing
- One scabby sheep will mar a whole flock
- Fine feathers make fine birds
- If you run after two hares, you will catch neither
- A wolf in sheep's clothing
- A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf
- To buy a pig in a poke
- Crows do not pick crow's eyes
- To flog a dead horse
- All is fish that comes to his net
- The best fish smell when they are three days old
- Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail