910 sayings with source references.
Hij is zoo wijs, dat hij drie dagen eerder op het ijs gaat, dan het vriest.He is so wise, that he goes upon the ice three days before it freezes.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWat horens heeft wil steken.What has horns will gore.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij is te lui on zijn’ adem te halen.He is too idle to fetch his breath.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHaast getrouwd, lang berouwd.Marry in haste and repent at leisure.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesRijd voort, maar ziet om.Ride on, but look before you.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVeele handen maaken ligt werk.Many hands make light work.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZaai geen geld op zee: ’t moet zinken.Sow not money on the sea, lest it sink.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHoe ouder men wordt, hoe meer men leert.The older one grows, the more one learns.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGoed vuur maakt een snellen kok.A good fire makes a quick cook.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesJonge lieden kunnen, maar oude lieden moeten sterven.The young may die, the old must.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij is geboren op Sint-Galperts nacht, drie dagen voor ’t geluk.He was born upon St. Galtpert’s night, three days before luck.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen gegeeven paard moet men niet in den bek zien.Look not a gift horse in the mouth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is geen koopman die altijd wint.He is no merchant who always gains.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZet u teeringe, na u neeringe.Set thy expense according to thy trade.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAllemans vriend, is allemans gek.Every man’s friend, is every man’s fool.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWie op twee hazen te gelijk jaagt, vangt geen van beide.He who hunts two hares at once, catches neither.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls een muis in de meelzak gevallen is, meent zij dat zij de molenaar zelf is.When a mouse has fallen into a meal sack, he thinks he is the miller himself.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet hoen, dat het meest kakelt, geeft de meeste eijers niet.It is not the hen which cackles most that lays most eggs.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen aap, een paap, en eene weegluis, zijn drie duivels in één huis.An ape, a priest, and a louse, are three devils in one house.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZachtzens en soergens gaat verre.Soft and fair goeth far.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie de duivel op zijn hals haalt, moet hem werk geven.He that has the devil on his neck must find him work.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie aan God geen woord houd, houd geen woord aan menschen.Who don’t keep faith with God won’t keep it with man.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen die een zot trouwt om zijn kot, verliest het kot en houdt den zot.Who weds a sot to get his cot, will lose the cot and keep the sot.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls de hond onder ligt, al de wereld wil hem bijten.When the dog is down, every one is ready to bite him.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources