Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil
Посади нищего на коня, он и к самому дьяволу отправится.
Посади свинью за стол, она и ноги на стол.
Другие пословицы:
- Fish begins to stink at the head
- Dogs that put up many hares kill none
- A wolf in sheep's clothing
- If an ass (donkey) bray at you, don't bray at him
- To set the wolf to keep the sheep
- When flatterers meet, the devil goes to dinner
- To pull the devil by the tail
- To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- To strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
- If the sky falls, we shall catch larks
- The devil is not so black as he is painted
- The devil rebuking sin
- The devil lurks behind the cross
- Many a good cow has a bad calf
- Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl