The dog that trots about finds a bone. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- You can lead a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink.
- A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
- He that will not work shall not eat.
- Idleness is the mother of all evil.
- The grapes are sour.
- The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet.
- Idleness is the key of poverty.
- He that does not sow does not mow.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Friget, quem petere piget.
He is cold, whom he is reluctant to ask.
French
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A renard endormi ne vient bien ni profit.
To a sleeping fox comes neither good nor profit.
German
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Sei nicht faul, die Krippe kommt nicht zum Gaul.
Do not be lazy, the crib does not come to the horse.
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Das Brot geht nicht dem Bauche nach.
The bread does not go after the belly.
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Die Krippe kommt nicht zum Gaul.
The crib does not come to the horse.
Czech
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Chléb za břichem nechodí.
Bread does not follow the belly.
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Jesle k skotu nechodí.
Nurseries don't go to cattle.
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Vlk vleže netyje.
The wolf does not lie down.