Magere vlooijen bijten scherp.Hungry flies bite sore.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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910 sayings with source references.
Één schacht is beter in de hand dan zeven ganzen op het strand.One quill is better in the hand than seven geese upon the strand.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij moet wijd gapen, die tegen een oven gapen zal.He must gape wide who would gape against an oven.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen woekeraar, een molenaar, een wisselaar, een tollenaar, zijn de vier evangelisten van Lucifer.A usurer, a miller, a banker, and a publican, are the four evangelists of Lucifer.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHoe verder van Rome, hoe nader bij God.The farther from Rome the nearer to God.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet beste paard struikelt wel eens.The best horse stumbles sometimes.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDaar was nooit kap zoo heilig of de duivel krijgt er zijn hoofd wel in.Never was hood so holy but the devil could get his head into it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHoe edeler boom hoe buigzamer tak.The nobler the tree, the more pliant the twig.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTe veel is kwaad genoeg, zij dat wat gij geniet; een schip vaart veiligst door een’ niet te sterken vliet.Rejoice in little, shun what is extreme; the ship rides safest in a little stream.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEenmaal is geen gewoonte.Once is no custom.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBeter een half ei dan een ledige dop.Better half an egg than an empty shell.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe tijd wischt alles uit.Time destroys all things.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSchoone appelen zijn ook wel zuur.Handsome apples are sometimes sour.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWat het oog niet en ziet, dat begeert het herte niet.What the eye sees not, the heart craves not.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesRoept geen haring eer hij in ’t net is.Don’t cry herrings till they are in the net.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMen moet de koe wel melken, maar de spenen niet aftrekken.Milk the cow, but don’t pull off the udder.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMen moet alle zijne eijeren niet in ééne mand doen.Put not all your eggs into one basket.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMet hertensvrienden mijd van twisten zelfs ’t begin: want gramschap teelt maar haat; en eendragt voed de min.Forbear a quarrel with a friend to move: anger breeds hatred; concord sweetens love.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZegt ons met wie dat gij verkeert, en heb ik uwen raad geleerd.Tell me the company you keep, and I’ll tell you what you are.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is goed warmen by een anders vuur.It is good to warm oneself by another’s fire.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIn zijne vuist lagchen.To laugh in one’s sleeve.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBeter scheel dan blind.Better squinting than blind.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAan velen belast wordt minst gedaan.Little is done where many command.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen vliegende kraai vangt altijd wat.A flying crow always catches something.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources