Zich bij den neus laten leiden.To be led by the nose.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Ledigheid is hongers moeder, en van diefte volle broeder.Idleness is hunger’s mother, and of theft it is full brother.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe schoone veêren maaken den schoonen vogel.Fine feathers make fine birds.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEffene rekeningen maken goede vrienden.Short reckonings make long friends.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen arbeider is zijn’ loon waardig.The workman is worthy of his hire.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesJonge lui, domme lui; oude lui, koude lui.Young folk, silly folk; old folk, cold folk.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNa regen komt zonneschijn.After rain comes sunshine.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVan ’t klein komt men tot ’t groote.From little things men go on to great.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBeter eene vogel in de hand dan tien in de lucht.Better a bird in the hand than ten in the air.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGoede waar prijst zichzelven.Good wine praises itself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie komt ongeroepen gaat weg ongedankt.He that comes unbidden goes unthanked.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMen moet zomwijl de duivel een kaars ontsteeken.One must sometimes hold a candle to the devil.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesKlein gewin brengt rijkdom in.Small gains bring great wealth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is geene kunst geld te winnen, maar te bewaren.The art is not in making money, but in keeping it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet slechtste rad maakt het meeste geraas.The worst wheel makes most noise.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe jonge dwazen meenen dat d’oude razen, maar d’oude hebben meer vergeeten als de jonge dwazen weten.Young fools think that the old are dotards, but the old have forgotten more than the young fools know.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesKom ik over den hond, zoo kom ik over den staart.Let me get over the lake, and I have no fear of the brook.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie op borg geeft, verliest zijn goed en zijn vriend.Who ventures to lend, loses money and friend.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen zacht antwoord stilt den toorn.A soft answer turneth away wrath.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet geen gij schenken kunt, zoek daar geen voordeel in; den goeden goed doen, is te reek’nen voor gewin.Give at first asking what you safely can; ’tis certain gain to help an honest man.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBij de vromen wordt men vroom.With the good we become good.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEens te trouwen is noodwendigheid; tweemaal is malligheid; driemaal is dolligheid.To marry once is a duty; twice a folly; thrice is madness.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen oud voerman hoort gaarn ’t klappen van de zweep.An old coachman loves the crack of the whip.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHoe grooter jurist, hoe boozer Christ.The better lawyer, the worse Christian.
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