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:
- One beats the bush, and another catches the bird
- To buy a pig in a poke
- If wishes were horses, beggars might ride
- The devil lurks behind the cross
- He knows best what good is that has endured evil
- Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free
- If the sky falls, we shall catch larks
- A close mouth catches no flies
- An ass loaded with gold climbs to the top of the castle
- To pull the devil by the tail
- It is a good horse that never stumbles
- A fox is not taken twice in the same snare
- It is good fishing in troubled waters
- The evils we bring on ourselves are hardest to bear
- Every ass loves to hear himself bray