Man hugger ikke Hovedet af fordi det er skurvet.A head is not to be cut off because it is scabby.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Den Pung er tom anden Mands Penge ligge udi.That’s but an empty purse which is full of other men’s money.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHver Mand siger det; ingen Mand veed det.Everybody says it; nobody knows it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDet Barn der faaer Stivmoder faaer ogsaa Stivfader.The child who gets a stepmother also gets a stepfather.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNaar Kat og Muus giör eet, har Bonden tabt.When cat and mouse agree, the farmer has no chance.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLykken haver skröbeligt Ankerhold.Luck has but a slender anchorage.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesRavnen synes altid at hendes Unger ere de hvideste.The raven always thinks that her young ones are the whitest.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHaardt Bidsel giör ikke Hesten bedre.A hard bit does not make the horse better.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIld og Vand ere gode Tienere, men onde Herrer.Fire and water are good servants but bad masters.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHan föler bedst hvor Skoen trykker, som har den paa.He knows best where the shoe pinches who wears it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFlykket hænger ikke saa höit, at jo Hunden agter sig Benet.The flitch hangs never so high but a dog will look out for the bone.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesKoen veed ikke af, hvad hendes Hale duer til, för hun har mistet den.The cow does not know the value of her tail till she has lost it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDen Steen der ofte flyttes, bliver ikke mossegroet.The oft moved stone gathers no moss.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer vil skarp Lud til skurvet Hoved.A scald head needs strong lye.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEn Spurv har saa ondt af at bryde sit Laar, som en Friis Hest.A sparrow suffers as much when it breaks its leg as does a Flanders horse.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBedre er den Green der böier, end den der brister.Better is the branch that bends, than the branch that breaks.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDet er godt at være Præst om Paaske, Barn om Faste, Bonde om Juul, Föl om Hösten.It is good to be priest at Easter, child in Lent, peasant at Christmas, and foal in harvest-time.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHvo der vil have Hunden hængt, finder nok et Reb.He that wants to hang a dog, is sure to find a rope.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDet er ikke lang Vei til Vennehuus.To a friend’s house the road is never long.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVandet löber, mens Mölleren sover.The water runs while the miller sleeps.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAve er god naar hun kommer i Tide.Correction is good when administered in time.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesUvillig Gierning tiener ingen Tak.Unwilling service earns no thanks.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDen der vil have Hunden hængt, siger den bider Faar.He that wants to hang a dog, says that it bites the sheep.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDet er let at krybe i Træ naar det er fældet.It is easy to stride a tree when it is down.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources