910 sayings with source references.
Het blijft hem aan de vingers hangen, als der goede vrouw de aalmoes.It sticks to his fingers, like the charity-money to the matron.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGehuurde paarden maken korte mijlen.Hired horses make short miles.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEigenliefde maakt blind.Self-love is blind.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij zal den schel-visch in de boomen vangen.He thinks to catch shell-fish in the trees.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls ’t hoofd ziek is, is al ziek.When the head is sick the whole body is sick.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTusschen den hamer en het aanbeeld.Between the hammer and the anvil.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is niet al goud dat er blinkt.All is not gold that glitters.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen spiering uitwerpen om een kabbeljaauw te vangen.To cast in a smelt to catch a codfish.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEer het gras gewassert is, is de hengst dood.While the grass grows the steed starves.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe kap maakt de monnik niet.It is not the cowl that makes the friar.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEene zwarte hen legt witte eijeren.Black hens lay white eggs.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen wrak op strand is een baak op zee.A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMet leêge handen is kwaad te markt te gaan.It is bad marketing with empty pockets.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie een boer bedriegen wil, moet een’ boer medebrengen.He who would cheat a peasant must take one with him.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHonden hebben tanden in alle landen.Dogs have teeth in all countries.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEten is een goed begin: het eene beetje brengt het andere.In eating ’tis good to begin, one morsel helps the other in.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie zonder den waard reekent, reekent kwaalijk.Who reckons without his host must reckon again.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWas, vlas, en tin; voor groot geld klein gewin.Wax, flax, and tin; much out and little in.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij legt zijne eijeren buiten zijn nest.He lays his eggs beside his nest.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOngelegde eijeren zijn onzekere kuikens.Unlaid eggs are uncertain chickens.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEffen is kwaad passen.It is hard to please every one.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLoon verzoet den arbeid.Reward sweetens labour.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesKosters koe weidt op het kerkhof.The beadle’s cow may graze in the churchyard.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij heeft den bijbel wel in den mond, maar niet in het hart.He has the Bible on his lips, but not in his heart.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources