Von einem Streiche fällt keine Eiche.A single stroke don’t fell the oak.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Laß deine Rechte nicht wissen, was deine Linke thut.Let not thy right hand know what thy left hand doeth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLieben und Husten lassen sich nicht verbergen.Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVor lachenden Wirthinn und weinenden Pfaffen hüte dich.Beware of laughing hosts and weeping priests.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesJeder meint sein Kukuk singe besser denn des andern Nachtigall.Every one thinks his own cuckoo sings better than another’s nightingale.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Mensch liebt nur einmal.Man loves but once.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer liebe Niemand ist an allem schuld.Honest Nobody is to blame for all.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDreizehn Nonnen, vierzehn Kinder!Thirteen nuns, fourteen children!
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesKleine Feinde und kleine Wunden sind nicht zu verachten.Little enemies and little wounds are not to be despised.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMan küßt das Kind wegen der Mutter und die Mutter wegen des Kindes.One kisses the child for the mother’s sake, and the mother for the child’s sake.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls Christus allein war, versuchte ihn der Teufel.When Christ was alone, the devil tempted him.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie Welt will Nachteulen haben, sich zu verwundern.The world likes to have night-owls, that it may have matter for wonder.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie Wände haben Ohren.Walls have ears.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer bald gibt, der doppelt gibt.He who gives quickly, gives doubly.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHast du Geld, so setz dich nieder; hast du keines, so scheer dich wieder.If you’ve money, take a seat; if you’ve none, take to your feet.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMan kann Gold zu theuer kaufen.One may buy gold too dear.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesStarker Leute Spiel ist kranker Leute Todt.The strong man’s sport is the sickly man’s death.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesViele Hunde sind des Hasen Tod.Many hounds are the death of the hare.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNiemand ist klug genug sich zu rathen.No one is wise enough to advise himself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEiner Frau und einem Glas drohet jede Stunde was.A woman and a glass are ever in danger.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSalz und Brot macht die Wangen roth.Salt and bread make the cheeks red.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWein auf Bier rath ich dir, Bier auf Wein das laß sein.Wine upon beer is very good cheer; beer upon wine consider with fear.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesReiche Spieler und alte Trompeter sind selten.Rich gamblers and old trumpeters are rare.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEs hilft keine Krone für das Hauptweh.A crown is no cure for the headache.
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