If they be not carefully trained... I would rather have a goshawk on my perch than the fairest falcon that ever stretched wing to weather. (W. Scott, ‘The Betrothed’, ch. XXIII) — Если они не будут хорошо обучены... я предпочту на своем насесте ястреба-тетеревятника самому замечательному соколу на свете.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.
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