Beter vrede houden dan vrede maken.Better keep peace than make peace.
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.
Zij verstaan elkander als dieven op eene kermis.They understand one another like thieves in a fair.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesStreelje den hond, hij bederft uw kleed.Caress your dog, and he’ll spoil your clothes.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij is van de familie Jan Van Kleef; liever van de heb dan van de geef.He is of the race of Johnny Van Cleeve; who would always much rather have than give.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZij leven te zamen als honden en katten.They agree like cats and dogs.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAlle dingen hebben twee handvatsels.Everything has two handles (or two sides).
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVan verre gehaalt en duur gekocht, is eten voor me vrouwen.Far fetched and dear bought is meat for ladies.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVan vader komt eere, van moeder gemak.From the father comes honour, from the mother comfort.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is te laat gespaard, als het vat ten einde gaat.’Tis too late to spare when the cask is bare.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNiemand weet waar een ander de schoen wringt.No one knows where another’s shoe pinches.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDat is het ambacht van dikken Michiel: drinken, eten, en wandelen.The trade of thick-headed Michael: eating, drinking, and idling.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie voor de bladeren bang is, moet niet in het bosch gaan.He who is afraid of leaves must not go into the wood.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie iets vindt eer ’t verloren is, sterft eer hij ziek is.He that finds something before it is lost, will die before he is sick.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWie geen dorst heeft, wat doet hij bij de fontein.Who has no thirst has no business at the fountain.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAlle waarom heeft zijn daarom.Every why has its wherefore.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen vriend in nood, is een vriend in der daad.A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMostaard na den maaltijd.After meat comes mustard.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGod helpt de sterkste.God helps the strongest.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMen moet eten, al waren alle boomen galgen.A man must eat, though every tree were a gallows.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie heden wat spaart, morgen wat heeft.He that spares something to-day will have something to-morrow.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie ’t klein versmaad is ’t groot niet waard.He that despises the little is not worthy of the great.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZij bijten niet al die haar tanden laten zien.All do not bite that show their teeth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGoede drank verdrijft kwade gedachten.Good drink drives out bad thoughts.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls ’t geluk u tegen lacht, sta dan op de wacht.When prosperity smiles, beware of its guiles.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources