Kraauwt mij, en ik kraauw dij.Claw me, and I’ll claw thee.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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De afwezigen krijgen altijd de schuld.The absent always bear the blame.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDoode honden bijten niet.Dead dogs don’t bite.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEr is niets zoo verborgen, of het komt uit.There is nothing so secret but it transpires.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGroot goed, groot zorg.Great wealth, great care.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVaart gij dan oost, of vaarje west, eens eigen huis is alder best.Travel east or travel west, a man’s own house is still the best.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe boom valt ten eersten slage niet.The tree does not fall at the first stroke.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDwazen zijn vrij in alle landen.Fools are free all the world over.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe tijd die voorbij is en komt niet weer.Time past never returns.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesZulke heer, zulke knecht.Like master, like man.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVeel praats en weinig werks.Much talk little work.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHandelt gij pek, gij krijgt een vlek.If thou touchest pitch thou shalt be defiled.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVeel honden is der hazen dood.Many hounds are the death of the hare.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOver een haverstroo twisten.To quarrel over a straw.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie met wolven omgaan wil, moet mede huilen.He that lives with wolves, must howl with wolves.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is goed met heel vel slapen gaan.It is good to sleep in a whole skin.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWaar de dijk (of dam) het laagst is, loopt het water ’t eerst over.Where the dike (or dam) is lowest the water first runs over.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAls de man wel wint de vrouw wel spint.When the husband earns well the wife spins well.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAls de zak vol is, reegt hij zijn oren.When the sack is full it pricks up its ears.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWat van daag onregt is, is morgen geen regt.What is wrong to-day won’t be right to-morrow.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesElke vogel zingt zoo als hij gebekt is.Every bird sings as it is beaked.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBeter bedorven dan verloren land.Better a ruined than a lost land.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen kuijaar, een bruijaar; een buljaar, een smuljaar.A cow-year, a sad year; a bull-year, a glad year.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie de schande niet ontziet, komt niet tot eer.Who fears no shame comes to no honour.
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