Man skal ei skue given Hest i Munden.Look not a gift horse in the mouth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Alle Nögle ere ei bundne ved en Kones Laar.All keys hang not at one woman’s girdle.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesList har liden Ære.Cunning has little honour.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDet Korn vorder ilde malet, som bæres paa en ond Qværn.The corn that is taken to a bad mill, will be badly ground.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVærge byder Landefred.The sword keeps the peace of the land.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDer vil Salt til at drysse Sandhed med, om hun ellers skal ned.Truth must be seasoned to make it palatable.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHund er Hund om han er aldrig saa broget.A dog is a dog whatever his colour.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEet godt Raad er bedre end en Pose fuld.One piece of good advice is better than a bag full.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSygdom er hver Mands Herre.Sickness is every man’s master.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesJorden er altid frossen for utrevne Sviin.The earth is always frozen to lazy swine.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEet Jomfru Haar drager stærkere end ti Par Öxen.One hair of a maiden’s head pulls harder than ten yoke of oxen.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNöd kommer gammel Kierling til at trave.Need makes the old wife trot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDen sene Ko faaer det sure Græs.The laggard cow gets the sour grass.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLovkiön og Maler kan snart giöre hvidt til sort.Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTidt forer man Sandheds Kaabe med Lögn.Truth’s cloak is often lined with lies.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe lumske Sviin æde Masken, de galne löbe uden om.The still swine eat the mash, the wild ones run past it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDen förste Fugl fanger det förste Korn.The first bird gets the first grain.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGiver Gud ei Skiepper fulde, saa giver han Skeer fulde.If God give not bushelfuls, he gives spoonfuls.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOndt Barn skal man ilde vugge.A naughty child must be roughly rocked.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDen Fattige fattes meget, men den Gierrige alt.The poor man wants much, the miser everything.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHvo sig selv laster, ham lover ingen Mand.He who speaks ill of himself is praised by no one.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIlden skrötter ikke, hvis Kappe den svier.The fire heeds little whose cloak it burns.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFred skal man dyrt kjöbe.Peace must be bought even at a high price.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDen lade Dreng og den varme Seng kunne ei vel skilles ad.A lazy boy and a warm bed are difficult to part.
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