He expects that larks will fall ready roasted into his mouth.
More French Proverbs:
One day is as good as two for him who does everything in its place.French
Old friends and new reckonings.
French
He who goes abroad by day has no need of a lantern.
French
He has great need of a fool who makes himself one.
French
The bad man thinks that everybody looks like him.
French
The devil is not always at a poor man's door.
French