Bij alle feesten dient een zotje.There is a fool at every feast.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Hij is zoo arm als Job.He is as poor as Job.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen kat kijkt wel een’ keizer aan.A cat may look at a king.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOude honden is kwaad bassen te leeren.It is hard to teach old dogs to bark.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is veel beter tweemaal gemeten, dan eens en het beste vergeten.Better twice remembered than once forgotten.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen gek spreekt wel eens wijs woord.A fool may chance to say a wise thing.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIk ben hier niet om vliegen te vangen.I am not here to catch flies.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe zotten maken de feesten en de wijzen hebben de geneugten.Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie op de zee is heeft de wind niet in zijn handen.He that is at sea has not the wind in his hands.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAlle beetjes helpen en alle vrachtjes ligten, zei de schipper en hij smeet zijne vrouw overboord.Every little helps to lighten the freight, said the captain, as he threw his wife overboard.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGeene roozen zonder doornen.No roses without thorns.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe gebraden ganzen kommen u niet in den mond vliegen.Roast geese don’t come flying into your mouth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNiemand’s lief is lelijk.Nobody’s sweetheart is ugly.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWerelds goed is eb en vloed.Worldly good is ebb and flood.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe exter kan haar huppelen niet laten.The magpie cannot leave her hopping.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe kleine dieven hangt men, de groote laat men loopen.We hang little thieves, and let great ones escape.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen ieder is prediker onder de galg.Every one is a preacher under the gallows.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesRoep geen hei, eer gij overgekomen zijt.Don’t cry holloa! till you’re out of the bush.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVelen openen een deur om een venster te sluiten.Many open a door to shut a window.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is goed spinnen van eens ander mans garen.It is good spinning from another’s yarn.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWel voorgaan doet wel volgen.Good leading makes good following.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGelijk bij gelijk, Jan bij Lijs, het paar een dubbeltje.Like to like, Jack to Gill, a penny a pair.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe zee met sponsen opdroogen.To wipe up the sea with a sponge.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe duivel zit achter het kruis.The devil sits behind the cross.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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