Een luiaard is des duivel’s oorkussen.An idle man is the devil’s pillow.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Hoe hooger berg, hoe dieper dal; hoe hooger boom, hoe zwaarder val.The higher the mountain the lower the vale, the taller the tree the harder the fall.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe eene kraai bijt den andere geen oogen uit.One crow does not peck out another’s eyes.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHaast en is geen spoed, snelle raad, zelden baat.Of hasty counsel take good heed, for haste is very rarely speed.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDoor wind en stroom is goed stuuren.It’s good steering with wind and tide.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls twee honden vechten om een been, loopt de derde er meê heen.When two dogs fight for a bone, the third runs away with it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHeden rood, morgen dood.To-day red, to-morrow dead.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMaai liever twee dagen te vroeg dan een dag te laat.Better reap two days too soon than one too late.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGeef een’ ezel haver, hij loopt tot de distels.Give an ass oats and he runs after thistles.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen wenig te laat, veel te laat.A little too late, much too late.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe vogel is geern daar hij gebroed is.Where the bird was hatched it haunts.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie in een kwaad gerucht komt, is half gehangen.He that hath an ill name is half hanged.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij zegt duivel en meent u.He said devil, but meant you.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGroote visschen springen uit de ketel.Big fish spring out of the kettle.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie kaatsen wil, moet den bal verwachten.He that plays at racket must watch the ball.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOnder een staand zeil is goed roeijen.It is good rowing with set sail.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe rozen vallen af, maar de doornen blijven over.Roses fall, but the thorns remain.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie eens steelt is altijd een dief.Once a thief always a thief.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGod betaalt alle weken niet, maar hij betaalt eens op het einde.God does not pay weekly, but pays at the end.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGeen ding zoo slecht of het vindt zijn’ meester.Nothing so bad but it finds its master.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSchoonheid is maar drek als de eerbaarheid verloren is.Beauty is but dross if honesty be lost.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAlle dingen hebben een einde behalve God.Everything has an end excepting God.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVroeg rijp, vroeg rot; vroeg wijs, vroeg zot.Soon ripe, soon rotten; soon wise, soon foolish.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesKleine dieven hebben ijzeren, en groote, gouden ketenen.Little thieves have iron chains, and great thieves gold ones.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources