One beats the bush, and another catches the bird.
More German Proverbs:
He who looks on know more of the game than he who plays.German
Where the hedge is lowest, the devil leaps over.
German
Long foretold, long last; short notice, soon past.
German
Ill-gotten goods seldom prosper.
German
Old people see best in the distance.
German
One marriage is never celebrated but another grows out of it.
German