Naar jeg har Penge i min Pung, da har jeg Mad i min Mund.When I have money in my purse, I have food in my mouth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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En ond Hest æder saa meget som en god.A bad horse eats as much as a good one.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHvo der vil kjöbe Pölse af Hunden maa give ham Flesk igjen.He who would buy sausage of a dog must give him bacon in exchange.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDet duer til intet at gjöre Skoe til Gæs.It is of no use making shoes for geese.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHerre uden Land, er Fadet uden Viin.A lord without land, is like a cask without wine.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMan skal bruge den Sol som nu skinner.Make use of the sun while it shines.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDaare lader Raad gaae ind ad det ene Öre, og ud ad det andet.Advice to a fool goes in at one ear and out at the other.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBön er dyrest Kiöb.What is got by begging is dearly bought.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGraa Haar ere Dödens Blomster.Grey hairs are death’s blossoms.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDet Saar man ei kan hele, skal man ei rive op.If you cannot heal the wound, do not tear it open.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHvo der vil have godt af Ilden maa taale Rögen.He who would enjoy the fire must bear the smoke.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMan fanger flere Fluer med en Draabe Honning end med en Tönde Ædike.More flies are caught with a drop of honey than with a barrel of vinegar.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUnder hvid Aske ligger ofte gloende Kul.Under white ashes lie often glowing embers.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNærved slaaer ingen Mand ihiel.Almost kills no man.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDen der venter paa död Mands Skoe, kommer længe til at gaae barfodet.He who waits for dead men’s shoes, may have to go long barefoot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDet er bedre at spörge to Gange, end at fare vild en Gang.Better ask twice than lose your way once.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSöde Ord fylde kun lidt i Sækken.Fair words won’t fill the sack.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUraad kommer tidligt nok.Mischief comes soon enough.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOfte gielder Griis det gammel So gjorde.The young pig must often suffer for what the old sow did.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPenge tale meer end tolv Tingmænd.Money is more eloquent than a dozen members of parliament.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMan kan nöde en Hest til Vands, men ikke til at drikke.You may force a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBedre er Venne-Napp, end Fiende-Klap.Better a friend’s bite than an enemy’s caress.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources“Jeg kiender nok Karsen,” sagde Bonden, han aad Skarntyde.”I am a judge of cresses,” said the peasant, as he was eating hemlock.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEn Bonde bliver Bonde, sov han end paa Silkebolster.A boor remains a boor, though he sleep on silken bolsters.
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