You cannot teach old dogs new tricks
Старых собак новым трюкам не научишь.
Молод - перебесится, а стар - не переменится. Старого пса к цепи не приучишь. Старого учить, что мертвого лечить.
Другие пословицы:
- Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings
- Wait for the cat to jump
- A cat in gloves catches no mice
- Like a cat on hot bricks
- Every dog has his day
- Dogs that put up many hares kill none
- The moon does not heed the barking of dogs
- A good dog deserves a good bone
- Curiosity killed a cat
- Beware of a silent dog and still water
- Dog does not eat dog
- To call off the dogs
- When the cat is away, the mice will play
- The cat would eat fish and would not wet her paws
- All cats are grey in the dark (in the night)