The early bird catches the worm
Ранняя птичка ловит червя.
Какая пташка раньше проснулась, та скорее и корму нашла. Ранняя пташка носок прочищает, а поздняя глаза продирает. Кто рано встает, того удача ждет. Кто рано встает, тому бог дает. Кто поздно встает, у того хлеба недостает.
Другие пословицы:
- Each bird loves to hear himself sing
- Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil
- Honey is not for the ass's mouth
- Better early than late
- As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
- Never fry a fish till it's caught
- To flog a dead horse
- If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow
- The end crowns the work
- First catch your hare
- Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse
- It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait
- As the old cock crows, so does the young
- A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy
- That's a horse of another colour