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:
- To fish in troubled waters
- It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest
- Between two evils 'tis not worth choosing
- It is a poor mouse that has only one hole
- That cock won't fight
- An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold
- To eat the calf in the cow's belly
- Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
- First catch your hare
- A close mouth catches no flies
- All is fish that comes to his net
- What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly
- Evil communications corrupt good manners
- While the grass grows the horse starves
- Honey is not for the ass's mouth