I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about trap
He fishes in troubled waters. [If you wish to catch gudgeons stir up the mud. ]
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about trap
Opportunity has hair in front, behind she is bald; if you seize her by the forelock, you may hold her, but, if suffered to escape, not Jupiter himself can catch her again.