Ook hazen trekken een leeuw bij den baard als hij dood is.Even hares pull a lion by the beard when he is dead.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Die de wereld wel beziet, men zag nooit schoonder niet.He that well considers the world, must own he has never seen a better.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe gans blaast wel, maar bijt niet.The goose hisses, but does not bite.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTusschen lepel en mond, valt het sop te grond.’Twixt the spoon and the lip, the morsel may slip.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie mij geeft, die leert mij geeven.Who gives to me, teaches me to give.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is een arme muis die maar één hol heeft.It is a poor mouse that has but one hole.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVeeg eerst voor uwe eigene deur, en dan voor die uws buurmans.Sweep before your own door before you look after your neighbour’s.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesÉén penning in den spaarpot maakt meer geraas dan als hij vol is.One penny in the pot (money-box) makes more noise than when it is full.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij wil vliegen eer hij vleugels heeft.He wants to fly before he has wings.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNa den regen komt het mooije weêr.After rain comes fair weather.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGekoppelde schapen die verdrinken.Coupled sheep drown one another.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAlle dagen kan men dragen uitgezondert goede dagen.Men can bear all things except good days.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is beter hard geblazen dan de mond gebrand.It is better to blow than burn your mouth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen geëdelde boer kent zijn vader niet.An ennobled peasant does not know his own father.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen God, ééne vrouw, maar veel vrienden.One God, one wife, but many friends.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij heeft liever den beker dan den bijbel in de hand.He would rather have a bumper in hand than a Bible.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLedige vaten brommen het meest.Empty vessels make the most sound.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLeer van geleerden: gy moet de ongeleerden leeren, dus zal de wetenschap der dingen zich vermeeren.Learn thou of learned men, th’ unlearned of thee; for thus must knowledge propagated be.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen blind man schiet somtijds wel een kraai.A blind man may sometimes shoot a crow.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen leugenaar moet een goede memorie hebben.A liar must have a good memory.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe duivel is zoo zwart niet, als hij wel geschilderd wordt.The devil is not so black as he is painted.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is kwaad stelen waar de waard zelf een dief is.It is hard to steal where the host is a thief.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is den eenen hond leed dat d’ander in de keuken gaat.It grieveth one dog that the other goeth into the kitchen.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNeemt nooit bij de hand dat u hier na mocht rouwen.Take nothing in hand that may bring repentance.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources