РУБИ ДЕРЕВО ПО СЕБЕ
a) Do not take on yourself a task that you are unable to do. See Бери ношу по себе, чтоб не падать при ходьбе (Б); b) Do not marry your superior. See Богатую взять - станет попрекать (Б), Вяжись лычко с лычком, ремешок с ремешком (B) Cf:
a) Don't bite off more than you can chew (Am., Br.). A man must not swallow more than he can digest (Am.). Undertake no more than you can perform (Am., Br.)
b) Everyone to his equal (Am.). Keep to your own kind (Am.). Marry above your match and you get a master (Am.). Marry a wife of thine own degree (Br.). Marry your equal (your like, your match) (Br.)