اللی بیشرب البحر ما بغض الساقية He who has drunk the sea does not choke on a brook

A Syrian proverb from Arabic Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases: 


اللی بیشرب البحر ما بغض الساقية 
(illi biyeshrub elbahar maa bighaD elsaaqia)
Literal Meaning: He who has drunk the sea does not choke on a brook
Meaning: Someone who has done a big thing will not fear a small thing.

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.