1. Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov reminds us that although things might seem tumultuous now, it ...

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch," "The early bird catches the worm" — these and other proverbs are poems ...

In other words, “put your money where your mouth is.” Wolves and bears pop up in Russian proverbs a lot. What better way to translate this one than “out of the frying pan and into the fire”?