910 sayings with source references.
Erst eene raap, en dan een schaap; daarna eene koe, dan de galg toe.First a turnip, then a sheep; next a cow, and then the gallows.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVerkoop den huid niet, voor gij den beer hebt gevangen.Don’t sell the skin till you’ve caught the bear.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen paard met vier pooten struikelt wel.A horse may stumble, though he has four feet.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls de muggen in January danssen, wordt de boer een bedelaar.When gnats swarm in January, the peasant becomes a beggar.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet vossenvel aan den leeuwenhuid hechten.To piece the lion’s skin with that of the fox.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesKleine dieven hangt men aan den hals, de groote aan de beurs.Little thieves are hanged by the neck, great thieves by the purse.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZulk begin, zulk einde.So begun, so done.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOude vossen zijn kwaad te vangen.Old foxes are hard to catch.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWaar de hegge het laagste is, wil elk er over.Where the hedge is lowest every one goes over.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe boog kan niet altijd gespannen zijn.The bow must not be always bent.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls de zotten ter markt kommen, so krijgen de kramers geld.When fools go to market, pedlars make money.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesKleine potten loopen gaauw over.Little pots soon run over.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen man zonder geld is een schip zonder zeilen.A man without money is like a ship without sails.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDaar niets goeds in is, gaat niets goeds uit.Where there’s no good within, no good comes out.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMet vallen leert men zeker gaan.By falling we learn to go safely.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe beste zaak heeft nog een goed’ advocaat noodig.The best cause requires a good pleader.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBeloven en houden zijn twee dingen.Promising and performing are two things.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe keel kost veel.The maw costs much.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNiemand gelukkig voor zijnen dood.No man knoweth fortune till he dies.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHonderd bakkers, honderd molenaars, en honderd kleêrmakers zijn drie honderd dieven.A hundred bakers, a hundred millers, and a hundred tailors are three hundred thieves.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGedwee als een handschoen.Supple as a glove.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls de wijn ingaat, gaat de wijsheid uit.When the wine goes in the wit goes out.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTwee vliegen met éénen klap slaan.To kill two birds with one stone.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie eieren hebben wil, moet der hennen kakelen lijden.He that will have eggs, must bear with cackling.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources