910 sayings with source references.
Bijt mij niet, ik heet beetje; had ik een staartje zoo was ik een leeuwtje.Bite me not, my name is little grizzle; had I a little tail I should be a little lion.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGelegenheid maakt genegenheid.Opportunity makes desire.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe mug vliegt zoo lang om de kaars, tot dat zij zich brandt.The fly flutters about the candle till at last it gets burnt.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe tijd is aan God en ons.Time is God’s and ours.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVogels van gelijke veeren vliegen graag t’zamen.Birds of a feather flock together.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet zijn niet alle vrienden die eenen toelachen.All are not friends who smile on you.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZuinigheid is een groote rente.Economy is a great revenue.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEene talie te kort is zooveel als eene el.An inch too short is as bad as an ell.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen huis vol dochters is een kelder vol zuur bier.A house full of daughters is a cellar full of sour beer.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij huilt met de wolven, en blaat met de schapen.He howls with the wolves, and bleats with the sheep.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij heeft het nest-ei verloren.He has lost the nest-egg.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIn geluk voorzigtigheid, in ongeluk geduld.In prosperity caution, in adversity patience.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIeder zot heeft zijn zotskap.To every fool his cap.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBelofte maakt schuld, en schuld maakt belofte.Promises make debts, and debts make promises.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is goed mild zijn uit eens anders beurs.It is easy to be liberal out of another man’s purse.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMen kan ligt een stok vinden, als men den hond wil slaan.It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen dief maakt gelegenheid.A thief makes opportunity.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe vrucht valt niet ver van den stam.The fruit falls not far from the stem.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie vuur wil hebben moet de rook lijden.He that will have fire must bear with smoke.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLigt gekomen, ligt gegaan.Lightly come, lightly gone.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe eene spijker drijft de andere in.One nail drives in another.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAchter iederen berg ligt weer een dal.Behind every mountain lies a vale.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVan een anders leer is goed riemen snijden.It is pleasant to cut thongs of another man’s leather.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDoe raad voor ’t kwaad, eer ’t verder gaat.Take counsel before it goes ill, lest it go worse.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources