The cat would eat fish and would not wet her paws
Кошка хотела бы рыбы поесть, да лапки замочить боится.
И хочется, и колется. Проглотить-то хочется, да прожевать-то лень.
Другие пословицы:
- Dogs that put up many hares kill none
- Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse
- When the cat is away, the mice will play
- A cat in gloves catches no mice
- To eat the calf in the cow's belly
- To strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
- A close mouth catches no flies
- Every bird likes its own nest
- Dog eats dog
- It is a good horse that never stumbles
- Hares may pull dead lions by the beard
- If wishes were horses, beggars might ride
- A good dog deserves a good bone
- An old dog barks not in vain
- All cats are grey in the dark (in the night)