Een ieder is meester in zijn eigen huis.Every man is master in his own house.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Wanneer de wijn is in de man, dan is de wijsheid in de kan.When the wine is in the man, the wit is in the can.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBeter arm met eere, dan rijk met schande.Better poor with honour than rich with shame.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSta maar een wijl, gij verliest een mijl.Stay a while, and lose a mile.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls men van den duivel spreekt, dan rammelt reeds zijn gebeente.Talk of the devil and you hear his bones rattle.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij wacht lang, die naar eens anders dood wacht.He waits long that waits for another man’s death.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMet veel slagens wordt de stok-visch murwer.Stock-fish are made tender by much beating.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHonger drijft den wolf uit het bosch.Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGij hebt den dans begonnen, en kunt de muziek betalen.As you began the dance you may pay the piper.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe tijd gaat, de dood komt.Time goes, death comes.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMetter tijt bijt de muis een kabel in stukken.In time a mouse will gnaw through a cable.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWaar de vlijt de deur uit gaat, komt de armoede het venster in.When industry goes out of the door, poverty comes in at the window.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDaar komen zo wel kalver huiden als ossen huiden te markt.There come as many calf-skins to market as ox-skins.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDaar zijn meer dieven als er opgehangen worden.There are more thieves than are hanged.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen dwaas en zijn geld zijn haast gescheiden.A fool and his money are soon parted.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIk zal er mij op beslapen.I’ll sleep on it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie wel bemind kastijdt zijn kind.He that loves his child chastises him.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie veel dienstboden heeft, die heeft veel dieven.Who has many servants has many thieves.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls de kat van huis is, dan hebben de muizen bruis.When the cat’s away, it is jubilee with the mice.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe morgenstond heeft goud in den mond.The morning hour has gold in its mouth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGeduld gaat boven geleerdheid.Patience surpasses learning.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBeter een been gebroken dan de hals.Better a leg broken than the neck.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesZachte meesters maken stinkende wonden.Tender surgeons make foul wounds.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij domineert als een aal in de tobbe.He lords it (or swaggers) like an eel in a tub.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources