Vroeg gras, vroeg hooi.Soon grass, soon hay.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Die kruipt en valt niet.He that creepeth falleth not.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is genoegelijk te zien regenen, als men in den drooge staat.It’s pleasant to look on the rain, when one stands dry.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHonger eet door steenen muuren.Hunger eats through stone walls.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMen kent een man niet eer voor dat hij komt tot eer.A man is not known till he cometh to honour.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWil men alle dingen met goede oogen aanzien dan moet men staâg door de vingeren kijken.Who would regard all things complacently must wink at a great many.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWij appelen zwemmen, zei de paardenkeutel.How we apples swim! said the horse-t—d.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe dwaasheid heeft arends vleugelen, maar uils oogen.Folly hath eagle’s wings, but the eyes of an owl.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMen kan geen loopend paard beslaan.One can’t shoe a running horse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLang vasten is geen brood sparen.Long fasting is no bread sparing.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDat is goed en wel, maar geld is beter.That’s all well and good, but gold is better.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen ongeluk komt zelden alleen.Misfortunes never come single.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSnijd uw mantel naar uw laken.Cut your coat according to your cloth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWeinig houts veel vruchten.Little wood, much fruit.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHaastigheid is de aanvang, berouw het einde des toorns.Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHoe nader het been, hoe zoeter vleesch.The nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is haast gedaan dat lange rouwt.That’s quickly done which is long repented.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWeinig met eer, wat behoef je meer.With honour and store, what would you more.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesElk waant dat zijn uil een valk is.Every man thinks his own owl a falcon.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVeel koks verzouten de brij.Too many cooks oversalt the porridge.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGoede boom, goede vrucht.Good tree, good fruit.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAls men van den wolf spreekt, ziet men weldra zijn staart.Talk of the wolf and his tail appears.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie mild is, geeft zich rijk; de gierigaard neemt zich arm.The generous man enriches himself by giving; the miser hoards himself poor.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMet dieven vangt men dieven.Set a thief to catch a thief.
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