To set the wolf to keep the sheep
Приставить волка стеречь овец.
Пустить козла в огород. Волк - не пастух, свинья- не огородник. Плохо овцам, где волк в пастухах.
Другие пословицы:
- He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet
- Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse
- As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
- The early bird catches the worm
- The end crowns the work
- A cock is valiant on his own dunghill
- When the fox preaches, take care of your geese
- It is good fishing in troubled waters
- Many a good cow has a bad calf
- Each bird loves to hear himself sing
- A curst cow has short horns
- The evils we bring on ourselves are hardest to bear
- The best fish swim near the bottom
- Never fry a fish till it's caught
- To give a lark to catch a kite