Het is zoo veel als een boon in een brouw ketel.That’s as much as a bean in a brewing copper.
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Het is goed dat kwade koeijen korte horens hebben.’Tis well that wicked cows have short horns.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHij is uit de hel gekropen toen de duivel sliep.He must have crept out of hell while the devil was asleep.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is niet alle dag feestdag.Every day is not holiday.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen oude wolf is veel gerucht gewend.An old wolf is used to be shouted at.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAan het werk kent men den werkman.The workman is known by his work.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNood breekt wet.Necessity knows no law.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesZoo veel hoofden, zoo veel zinnen.So many men, so many minds.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNaaste buur naaste bloedvriend als het kalf in de groef ligt.The nearest boor is the nearest kinsman when the calf lies in the ditch.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen half woord is bij hem genoeg.Half a word to the wise is enough.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHoe meerder haast, hoe minder spoed.The more haste, the less speed.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDiepe zwemmers, hooge klimmers ziet men zelden op bed sterven.Deep swimmers and high climbers seldom die in their beds.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHij zou een cent in tweeën bijten.He would bite a cent in two.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPraatjes vullen geen gaatjes.Fine words don’t fill the belly.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAls ’t wel gaat zo is het goet raden.When things go well it is easy to advise.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDochters zijn broze waren.Daughters are brittle ware.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEr is hulp voor alles, behalve voor den dood.There is a remedy for all things save death.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie laag blijft kan niet hard vallen.He that abideth low cannot fall hard.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLeent uwen vriend en maant uwen vijand.Your friend lends and your enemy asks payment.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGebrade duijven vliegen niet door de lucht.Roast pigeons don’t fly through the air.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVan twee kwalen moet men de ergste mijden.Of two evils choose the least.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie voor een ander borg blijft, betaalt voor hem.He who is surety for another, pays for him.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen oude rat vindt ligt een gat.An old rat easily finds a hole.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWie de roos wil plukken moet de doornen niet ontzien.He who would gather roses, must not fear thorns.
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Read the saying and check its sources