Een rollende steen neemt geen mos mede.A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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910 sayings with source references.
Schuim is geen bier.Froth is no beer.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls één schaap over den dam is, volgen de anderen.When one sheep is over the dam, the rest follow.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is best te vrijen, daar men de rook kan zien.’Tis best woo where a man can see the smoke.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe druiven zijn zuur, sprak de vos, maar hij kon er niet bij.The grapes are sour, said the fox, when he could not get at them.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGoeden moed in tegenspoed.A stout heart tempers adversity.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is den eenen bedelaar leed, dat de andere voor de deur staat.It is a grief to one beggar that another stands at the door.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGeen kroon heeft hooftzweer.A crown is no cure for the headache.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHelp u zelven zoo helpt u God.Help yourself and God will help you.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBeloven is een, en woord houden is twee.Promising is one thing, performing another.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie een kwaad wijf heeft, diens hel begint op d’aarde.Who has a bad wife, his hell begins on earth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDaar behoort meer ten dans dan een paar dans schoenen.More belongs to dancing than a pair of dancing-shoes.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen bedreigd man leeft zeven jaren.A threatened man lives seven years.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen goed paard is zijn voeder waard.A good horse is worth his fodder.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls ’t varken zat is, zoo stoot het de trog om.When the pig has had a bellyful it upsets the trough.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDaar ’t een mensch wee doet, daar heeft hij de hand.Where a man feels pain he lays his hand.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet end goed, alles goed.All’s well that ends well.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe nood doet een oud wijf draven.Need maketh the old wife trot.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe ezel en de drijver denken niet eveneens.The ass and the driver never think alike.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWijsheid in mans, geduld in vrouwen, dat kan het huis in ruste houen.Wisdom in the man, patience in the wife, brings peace to the house, and a happy life.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOp een’ witten Spanjaard en op een’ zwarten Engelschman moet men achtgeven.Beware of a white Spaniard and a black Englishman.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe oogen zijn groter dan de buik.The eyes are bigger than the belly.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe wereld wil bedrogen zijn.The world likes to be cheated.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen ezel stoot zich geen tweemaal aan een’ steen.An ass does not hit himself twice against the same stone.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources