من يقول للصيد فَمَّك ابخر

Another Libyan proverb from kato of http://dormirdebout.wordpress.com:

من يقول للصيد فَمَّك ابخر

(men yaqulu lilSaid famak abkharu)

Literal meaning:Who would tell the lion that his breath stinks?

Meaning: fear of retaliation, nobody wants to confront a tyrant. Kato adds "If this isn’t poignant in contemporary Libya, I don’t know what is"

If you can think of an English equivalent for this proverb, comment below.