Kwade tijding komt tijds genoeg.Ill tidings come soon enough.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Een oude rat wil niet in de val.An old rat won’t go into the trap.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen zindelijk kleed is eene goede aanbeveling.A smart coat is a good letter of introduction.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGeen beter meesters dan armoede en nood.No better masters than poverty and want.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAlle dagen een draadje is een hemdsmouw in het jaar.Every day a thread makes a skein in the year.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesElk huis heeft zijn kruis.Every house has its cross.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIn troebel water is’t goed visschen.It is good fishing in troubled waters.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie een hond smijten wel vind ras een knuppel.Who wants to beat a dog, soon finds a stick.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTucht baart vrucht.Correction bringeth fruit.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWacht u voor een’ man met twee aangezigten.Beware of the man of two faces.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is te laat sta vast te zeggen, als de pijl uit den boog is.It is too late to cry “Hold hard!” when the arrow has left the bow.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls de katten muizen, miaauwen ze niet.When cats are mousing they don’t mew.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is een harde brok daar men aan wurgt.It is a hard morsel that chokes.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPaarlen voor de varkens strooijen.To cast pearls before swine.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie eerst komt, die eerst maalt.Who comes first, grinds first.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesElk schot is geen vogel.Every shot does not bring down a bird.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHelpt gij een’ bedelaar te paard hij draaft niet maar hij galoppeert.Set a beggar on horseback, and he don’t trot, but gallops.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBemin wel and’ren, maar u zelven boven al; zijt aan den goeden goed, doch mijd uw ongeval.Love others well, but love thyself the most; give good for good, but not to thine own cost.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe gedaante nabootsen van eenen pot met twee ooren.The counterfeit image of a pot with two ears.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is te laat den stal te sluiten als het paard gestolen is.It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesElk voor zichzelven, God voor ons allen.Every one for himself, God for us all.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGoed verloren, niet verloren; moed verloren, veel verloren; eer verloren, meer verloren; ziel verloren, al verloren.Fortune lost, nothing lost; courage lost, much lost; honour lost, more lost; soul lost, all lost.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe een slaat op de haag terwijl de ander vogels vangt.One beats the bush and the other catches the bird.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen kat die veel maauwt vangt weinig muizen.A cat that meweth much catcheth but few mice.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources