Een schurft hoofd ontziet de kam.A scabby head fears the comb.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuotations by Tradizione olandese
910 sayings with source references.
Groote narren moeten groote bellen hebben.Great fools must have great bells.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEn straft of streelt u vrouwe niet, waar ’t iemand hoort of iemand ziet.Neither reprove nor flatter thy wife, where any one heareth or seeth it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen oude vos komt niet gemakkelijk twee maal in het garen.An old fox doesn’t go twice into the trap.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVan den hak op den tak springen.To make coqs-à-l’âne.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen dag verleent, wat een geheel jaar weigert.A single day grants what a whole year denies.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGoed gezelschap maakt korte mijlen.Good company makes short miles.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen hongerige buik heeft geen’ ooren.A hungry belly has no ears.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet oog van den meester maakt de paarden vet, en dat van het vrouwtje de kamers net.The eye of the master makes the horse fat, and that of the mistress the chambers neat.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWie zijn kind straft, die heeft eere van hem; wie het niet straft, die zal schande beleven.Who chastises his child will be honoured by him, who chastises him not will be shamed.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMen vangt geen hazen met trommels.Hares are not caught with drums.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZij zijn niet allen gelijk die met den keizer rijden.All are not princes who ride with the emperor.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie bij kreupelen woont, leert hinken.He that lives with cripples learns to limp.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie zijn gat brand, moet op de blaêren zitten.He who burns his posteriors must sit on blisters.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe gekken vragen naar de klok, maar de wijzen weten hunnen tijd.Fools ask what’s o’clock, but wise men know their time.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVroeg vuur, vroeg asch.Soon fire, soon ashes.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEene bedroefde bruid maakt eene blijde vrouw.A sad bride makes a glad wife.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMeer geluk dan wijsheid.More luck than wit.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is eene lange laan, die geen’ draai heeft.It’s a long lane that has no turning.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNiemand zoo zeker of hij kan missen.No one so sure but he may miss.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWie tegen wind spuwt, maakt zijn baard vuil.Who spits against the wind, fouls his beard.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij is zoo paapsch als Duc d’Alfs hond; die at vleesch in de vasten.He is as good a Catholic as Duke Alva’s dog; who ate flesh in Lent.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesÉén rotte appel in de mande, maakt al de gave fruit te schande.One rotten apple in the basket infects the whole.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAl eer dat gij een vriend betrouwt, zoo eet met hem een mudde zout.Before you make a friend, eat a peck of salt with him.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources