Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free
Законы ловят мух, а шершней отпускают.
Закон, что паутина: шмель проскочит, а муха увязнет. Алтынного вора вешают, полтинного чествуют.
Другие пословицы:
- Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
- Fish begins to stink at the head
- To set the wolf to keep the sheep
- To buy a pig in a poke
- That's a horse of another colour
- To kill two birds with one stone
- If you run after two hares, you will catch neither
- Never offer to teach fish to swim
- A shy cat makes a proud mouse
- Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse
- All lay load on the willing horse
- Many a good cow has a bad calf
- To lock the stable-door after the horse is stolen
- He that will steal an egg will steal an ox
- When the fox preaches, take care of your geese