Trekt men één varken bij den staart dan schreeuwen zij allen.If you pull one pig by the tail all the rest squeak.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Arbeid verwarmt, luiheid verarmt.Labour warms, sloth harms.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHoe meer men de stront roert, hoe meer ze stinkt.The more you stir a t—d, the more it stinks.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBeter een jaar op een goed paard gereden, dan zijn gansche leven op een’ ezel.Better ride a good horse for a year, than an ass all your life.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAls de ezel te wel is, soo gaat hij op ’t s danssen.When the ass is too happy he begins dancing on the ice.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGenoeg is meer dan overvloed.Enough is better than too much.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGroote visschen scheuren het net.Great fishes break the net.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie de honig wil uithalen moet het steken der bijen ondergaan.He who would gather honey must brave the sting of bees.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesElk zijns gelijk, ’t zij arm of rijk.Like will to like, be they poor or rich.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVoor groote kwalen sterke hulpmiddelen.For great evils strong remedies.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet geluk staat niet stil voor iemands deur.Fortune does not stand waiting at any one’s door.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen houdaar is beter dan twee gij zult het hebben.One Take-this is better than two You-shall-haves.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSpreekwoorden zijn dochters der dagelijksche ondervinding.Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij verdient een’ stuiver en heeft wel voor een’ braspenning dorst.He earns a farthing and has a penn’orth of thirst.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOude vogelen zijn niet met katten vangen.Old birds are not caught with cats.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen os en een ezel dienen niet aan een ploeg.An ox and an ass don’t yoke well to the same plough.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is den moriaan geschuurd.To wash a blackamoor white.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet hemd is my nader dan de rok.My shirt is nearer than my cloak.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHaring in ’t land, de doctor aan kant.Herring in the land, the doctor at a stand.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOm eene kleine zaak eet de wolf het schaap.On a small pretence the wolf devours the sheep.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAllengskens gaat men ook verre.Step by step one goes far.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOlie in het vuur werpen.To throw oil on the fire.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGemeen gerucht is zelden gelogen.Common fame seldom lies.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie keur heeft, heeft angst.He that has a choice has trouble.
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Read the saying and check its sources