Uit het oog, uit het hart.Out of sight, out of mind.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Ligt gewin maakt zware beurzen.Light gains make a heavy purse.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHoe schurfter schaap, hoe harder geblaat.The scabbier the sheep the harder it bleats.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGeen koorn zonder kaf.No corn without chaff.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie van den hond gebeten is, moet van hetzelfde haar daaropleggen.He that is bitten by a dog must apply some of its hair.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMen plukt de gans, zoo lang zij vederen heeft.Geese are plucked as long as they have any feathers.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBooze reden bederven goede zeden.Evil words corrupt good manners.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEendragt maakt magt.Union is strength.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesArme lui wijsheid gaat meest verloren.Poor folk’s wisdom goes for little.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen muis, die maar één holletje heeft, is wel dra gevangen.The mouse that hath but one hole is soon caught.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOnthoud dit, lieve vriend, het is een wijzen raad: ontkleed u nimmermeer eer dat gy slapen gaat.Precaution said, Good friend, this counsel keep: strip not yourself until you’re laid to sleep.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls de kok met den bottelier kijft, dan hoort men waar de boter blijft.When the cook and the steward fall out we hear who stole the butter.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWie is ’t die zonder op-spraak blijft, die voor de wereld spreekt of schrijft?Who can escape envy and blame, that speaks or writes for public fame?
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe vorsch huppelt weder in de poel, zat hij ook al op een gulden stoel.The frog will jump back into the pool, although it sits on a golden stool.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls de herder doolt, doolen de schapen.When the shepherd strays, the sheep stray.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe rijken vreten de armen en de duivel vreet de rijken, zoo worden allen gevreten.The rich devour the poor, and the devil devours the rich, and so both are devoured.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen eij scheeren.To shave an egg.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe geleerdsten zijn de wijsten niet.The most learned are not the wisest.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGeen huis of ’t heeft zijn kruis.No house without its cross.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie maar een oog heeft bewaar dat wel.Who has but one eye must take good care of it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMen moet de huid niet willen verdeelen voor dat de beer dood is.Don’t sell the bearskin before the bear is dead.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie met gouden wapens vecht, heeft altijd het beste regt.They who fight with golden weapons are pretty sure to prove their right.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe pot verwijt den ketel, dat hij zwart is.The pot upbraids the kettle that it is black.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie zwijgt bewilligt.Silence gives consent.
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Read the saying and check its sources