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:
- All asses wag their ears
- The devil is not so black as he is painted
- To fish in troubled waters
- That's a horse of another colour
- An idle brain is the devil's workshop
- You cannot flay the same ox twice
- He that will steal an egg will steal an ox
- One scabby sheep will mar a whole flock
- To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water
- All is fish that comes to his net
- The cat would eat fish and would not wet her paws
- If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow
- Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
- When the fox preaches, take care of your geese
- An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold