For example, old russian saying: It's a cow now, tommorow - bitch.
Thank's for Dal
Apropos, for who doesn't know anything about Dal (indormation from Wikipedia)
Vladimir Ivanovich Dal (alternatively transliterated as Dahl; Russian: Владимир Иванович Даль; November 10, 1801 - September 22, 1872) was one of the greatest Russian lexicographers. and also he was an author of some compositions. But he is well-known for his freatest work - explanatory dictionary of alive great russian language.