910 sayings with source references.
Die kan lijden en verdragen, vind zijn vijand voor zijn voeten geslagen.He that can be patient finds his foe at his feet.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWie zijn buren beledigt, maakt het zich zelven daarna zuur.He who slanders his neighbour makes a rod for himself.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesArenden vangen geene vliegen.Eagles catch no fleas.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is een goed schutter die altijd het wit schiet.He must shoot well who always hits the mark.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe beste mesting is des heerens oog.The best fodder is the master’s eye.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij krimpt als een aal.He wriggles like an eel.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet beste goed is de beste koop.The best goods are the cheapest.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij gaapt als een boer op eene jaarmarkt.He gapes like a clown at a fair.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGoed regt behoeft goed hulp.Good right needs good help.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZij steekt den bezem uit.She hangs out the broom (wants a husband).
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSpan den boog niet al te sterk, want dan barst hij.Strain not your bow beyond its bent, lest it break.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesArmoede is luiheids loon.Poverty is the reward of idleness.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet geluk is rond; den eenen maakt het koning den anderen stront.Fortune is round; it makes one a king, another a dunghill.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVolle flesschen en glazen maken vloekers en dwazen.Full bottles and glasses make swearers and asses.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesKomt de duivel in de kerk, dan wil hij op het hoogaltaar zitten.When the devil gets into the church he seats himself on the altar.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMen dempt den put als het kalf verdronken is.When the calf is drowned they cover the well.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHoe kwader schalk, hoe beter geluk.The worse service, the better luck.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen stuiver gespaard is beter dan een gulden gewonnen.A penny spared is better than a florin gained.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBedelaars erf ligt in alle landen.A beggar’s estate lies in all lands.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOnkruid vergaat nooit.Ill weeds grow apace.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie de kern wil hebben moet de dop kraken.He that would have the kernel must crack the shell.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen kleine pot wordt haast heet.A little pot is soon hot.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet wapen van Brugge: een ezel in een’ leuningstoel.The arms of Bruges: an ass in an arm-chair.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTijd is geld.Time is money.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources