The best fish swim near the bottom.
Never offer to teach fish to swim. (Don't do anything you want to do.)
Go to the sea, if you would fish well. If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs.
There’s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. (The stronger is the stronger.)
It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. Only a stupid fish will bite the hook twice. (A wise man is never fooled twice.)
If water is noisy, there are no fish in it. There are no fish in the roaring water. (People who boast have no real talent and knowledge.)
Proverbs about cats:
A cat has nine lives. A cat has nine lives. (Auspicious people have their own destiny.)
Cats hide their claws. Cats always hide their claws. (Knowing people but not their hearts.)
All cats are gray in the dark.
All cats in the dark are gray. (People all look the same when they are not famous.)
A gloved cat catches no mice. A gloved cat catches no mice. (People who are unwilling to endure hardship cannot achieve great things.)
When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage.
Who will bell the cat? Who is going to tie a bell on a cat? (Who wants to take risks for everyone?)
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. (You are deceiving yourself and others.)
There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with butter. (There are many ways to achieve the goal.)
Proverbs about dogs:
He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad.
Love me, love my dog.
Every dog ??has his day.
Barking dogs seldom bite. Barking dogs seldom bite.
All are not thieves that dogs bark at. (Don’t judge people by their appearance.)
Don’t be a dog lying in the manger. Don’t be like a dog occupying a manger and not eating grass. (Don’t occupy the latrine and not poop.)
Dog does not eat dog. Dogs do not eat their own kind.
(They are born from the same roots, so why rush each other?)
A son never thinks his mother ugly, and a dog never shuns its owner's home however shabby it is. I don’t mind being poor.