1053 sayings with source references.
Alle Qvinder ere gode lutherske de prædike heller end de höre Messe.All women are good Lutherans, they would rather preach than hear mass.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEfter en god Avler kommer en god Oder.After one that earns comes one that wastes.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBedre noget paa Armen end alt i Tarmen.Better something on the arm than all in the stomach.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNabos Öie er avindsfuldt.A neighbour’s eye is full of jealousy.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSandhed og Daarskab sidde begge i Viinfadet.Truth and folly dwell in the wine-cask.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEnhver bær sin Fjende i egen Barm.Every man carries an enemy in his own bosom.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSaa flyver hver Fugl som han er fiedret.According to his pinions the bird flies.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesKald ikke paa Fanden, han kommer vel ubuden.Call not the devil, he will come fast enough unbidden.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGiem din Mund, og giem din Ven.Keep your mouth, and keep your friend.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDen lever ikke i al Verden, som kan flaae Huden af en Qvadsteen.He does not live in this world that can skin a grindstone.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDen Qværnsteen maler og, der under ligger.The millstone that lies undermost also helps to grind.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHellere seer jeg Rögen af min egen Skorsteen, end Ilden paa en andens.I would rather see smoke from my own chimney than the fire on another’s hearth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHuusbonds Öie giör en fed Hest.The eye of the master makes the horse fat.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSielden skiærer man godt Korn af ond Ager.Good corn is not reaped from a bad field.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDet var Lyst at age, skulde man ikke vælte.It is pleasant driving when there is no danger of upsetting.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGamle Sviin har haarde Tryner, gamle Stude haarde Horn.Old swine have hard snouts, old oxen hard horns.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesStakket Lyst har tidt lang anger.Short pleasure often brings long repentance.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSkov haver Ören, og Mark haver Öien.The forest has ears, and the field has eyes.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe sove ikke alle der snive og snarke.All who snore are not asleep.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRæven gaaer ei to Gange paa eet Gilder.The fox does not go twice into the same trap.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAlmisse tömmer ei Pung, og ei Messe Dagsfærd.Alms do not empty the purse, and a mass does not exhaust the day’s duty.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTo Hund og kæm Hund, dog er Hund som han förre var.Wash a dog and comb a dog, he still remains a dog.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVi sidde nu alle vel, sagde Katten han sad paa Flesket.We are all well placed, said the cat, when she was seated on the bacon.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDet er ondt at lokke Höge med tomme Hænder.It is hard to lure hawks with empty hands.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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