En Skilling er i Tide saa god som en Daler.A penny in time is as good as a dollar.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Den der jager to Harer af een Busk, faaer sielden nogen af dem.He who hunts two hares from one bush, is not likely to catch either.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDet er ei Börneværk naar Kiærling dandser.It is no child’s play when an old woman dances.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDen som skal æde af en Andens Haand, bliver sielden mæt.He who is fed by another’s hand seldom gets enough.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHvo der hugger over sig, ham falder Spaanerne i Öinene.He that cuts above himself, will get splinters in his eye.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHvo sig blander med Saader, ham æde Sviin.He who lies down in the wash will be eaten by swine.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMange Bække smaae, giöre en stor Aa.Many little rivulets make a great river.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMan kan ikke bære al sin Slægt paa Skuldrene.A man cannot carry all his kin on his back.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSaa er hver hædt som han er klædt.As a man dresses so is he esteemed.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHvo der ikke vil kjöbe Raad for godt Kjöb, skal kjöbe Anger dyret.He who will not take cheap advice, will have to buy dear repentance.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLad den blive ved Aaren, som har lært at roe.Let him stay at the oar who has learnt to row.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDen har svært Löb, som nödes til at löbe.He runs heavily who is forced to run.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDet er en dristig Muus der giör Rede i Kattens Öre.It is a bold mouse that makes her nest in the cat’s ear.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTag Raad af rödskjægged Mand, og gaae snart fra ham.Take advice of a red-bearded man, and be gone.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHan kommer ei til Skov der ræddes for hver Busk.He will never get into the wood who starts at every bush.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOnd Rod giver ei godt Æble.A bad tree does not yield good apples.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNye Koste feie vel.New brooms sweep clean.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHvo der saaer Had, skal höste Anger.He who sows hatred shall gather rue.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNaar man selv gaaer, sparer man Budleien.He that performs his own errand saves the messenger’s hire.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHvor Mistanke gaaer ind, gaaer Kjærlighed ud.When mistrust enters, love departs.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer vil let Hu til tung Skiæbne.It needs a light spirit to bear a heavy fate.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHerrer og Narre have frit Sprog.Lords and fools speak freely.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSaa længe en Mand er unævnt er han uskiændt.A man who is not spoken of is not abused.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTil Udyd behöves ingen Skolemester.Vice is learnt without a schoolmaster.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources