If the lion's skin cannot, the fox's shall. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- One „Take it” is worth two „Thou shalt have it”.
- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
- Never say never.
- A living dog is better than a dead lion.
- Buy a pig in a poke.
- Have is have.
- Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
- He laughs best who laughs last.
- Night is the mother of counsel.
- For age and want save while you may; no morning sun lasts a whole day.
- Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
- To sell the bear's skin before one has caught the bear.
- Call no man happy till he dies.
- Drumming is not the way to catch a hare.
- Don't cross the bridge till you get to it.
- God sends a curst cow short horns.
- Honour the tree that gives you shelter.
- Every reed will not make a Pipe.
- Words fly, writings remain.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
- Skill will accomplish What is denied to force.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Vulpina pellis assuenda, si leonina non sufficit.
A fox's skin should be used, if the lion's skin is not sufficient.
French
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Quand on n'est pas le plus fort, il faut être le plus malin.
When you're not the strongest, you have to be the smartest.
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Coudre la peau du renard à celle du lion.
Sew the fox's skin to the lion's.
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Mieux vaut engin que force.
Better gear than force.
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Avec le renard on renarde.
With the fox we fox.
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Ce que le lion ne peut, le renard le fait.
What the lion can't do, the fox does.
German
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Was der Löwe nicht kann, das kann der Fuchs.
What the lion cannot do, the fox can.
Czech
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Na lišku se musí liškou štváti.
A fox must be barked at by a fox.
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Kde vlčiny nestačí, liščiny nasaditi.
Where the wolfhounds are not enough, the foxes shall be deployed.
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Raději rozumem než sochorem.
Better by reason than by billet.
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Kde krátko, nastav.
Where short, set.