Hoe slimmer timmerman hoe meerder spaanders.The worse the carpenter the more the chips.
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.
Het vermaak streelt de zinnen.Pleasures steal away the mind.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesRaad voor daad.Counsel before action.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesKwalijk begonnen, kwalijk geslaagd.Ill begun, ill done.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet duister en de nachten, zijn moeders van gedachten.Darkness and night are mothers of thought.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHij is geslepen als een looden pook.He is as sharp as a leaden dagger.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls apen hoog willen klimmen, ziet men hun naakte billen.When apes climb high, they show their naked rumps.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie met den duivel ingescheept is, moet met hem overvaren.He that is embarked with the devil must sail with him.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie zich zelven honig maakt wordt van de bijen opgegeten.He who makes himself honey will be eaten by the bees.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesÉén vogel in de hand is beter dan twee in de vlugt.One bird in the hand is better than two flying.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls uws buurmans huis brandt, is ’t tijd uit te zien.When thy neighbour’s house is on fire it’s time to look about thee.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe gewoonte is eene tweede natuur.Custom is second nature.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDat is hem noodig, als eenen bedelaar het goudgewigt.’Tis as necessary to him as gold weights are to a beggar.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesKrakende wagens duuren het langst.Creaking carts last the longest.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMagere luizen bijten het hardst.Starved lice bite the hardest.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is alles niet goud wat er blinkt.All is not gold that glitters.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe tijd brengt rozen.Time brings roses.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij heeft de schrift vast den bijbel van 52 bladen.He studies the Bible of fifty-two leaves (a pack of cards).
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij beoordeelt een ieder naar zich zelven.He measures others by his own standard.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBeter nog een anker kwijt dan het geheele schip.Better lose the anchor than the whole ship.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe open deur roept den dief.The open door invites the thief.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is een wijs kind dat zijn vader kent.’Tis a wise child that knows its own father.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen gebrand kind vreest het vuur.A burnt child dreads the fire.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZoo de gekken geen brood aten, het koren zogoed koop zijn.If fools ate no bread, corn would be cheap.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources