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:
- The way (the road) to hell is paved with good intentions
- A bird may be known by its song
- Every bird likes its own nest
- Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
- To lock the stable-door after the horse is stolen
- To pull the devil by the tail
- Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark
- Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot
- Many a good cow has a bad calf
- The devil is not so black as he is painted
- To cook a hare before catching him
- A wolf in sheep's clothing
- Idleness is the mother of all evil
- To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- The camel going to seek horns lost his ears