Theurer Honig, den man aus Dornen muß lecken.It is dear honey that must be licked off thorns.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Esel singen schlecht, weil sie zu hoch anstimmen.Asses sing badly, because they pitch their voices too high.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWorte sind gut, aber Hühner legen Eier.Words are good, but fowls lay eggs.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWo weder Glauben an Himmel noch Hölle, da zieht der Teufel alle Gefälle.Who neither believes heaven or hell, the devil heartily wishes him well.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer nicht vorwärts kommt, bleibt zurück.He who does not go forward, stays behind.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMutter, ich muß einen Mann ha’n, oder ich zünd’s Haus an.Mother, I must have a husband, or I shall set fire to the house.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWie der Meister, so das Werk.As the master, so the work.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSenf nach der Tafel.After meat comes mustard.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVorrath nimmer schadet.Store is no sore.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer den Pabst zum Vetter hat, kann bald Kardinal werden.He who has the Pope for his cousin may soon be a Cardinal.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNeukommen, willkommen.New come, welcome.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer schweigt, bejaht.Silence gives consent.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWeinende Braut, lachende Frau.The weeping bride makes a laughing wife.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTheure Arznei hilft immer, wenn nicht dem Kranken doch dem Apotheker.Dear physic always does good, if not to the patient, at least to the apothecary.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZartem Ohre halbes Wort.To a quick ear half a word.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAlte Liebe rostet nicht.Old love does not rust.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDes Mannes Mutter ist der Frau Teufel.The husband’s mother is the wife’s devil.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWas man nicht im Kopfe hat, muß man in den Leinen haben.Who falls short in the head, must be long in the heels.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEs flog ein Gänschen über den Rhein, es kam ein Gigack wieder heim.A gosling flew over the Rhine, and came home a goose.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWahrmanns Haus steht am längsten.Trueman’s house stands the longest.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAuf heiler Haut ist gut schlafen.It is good to sleep in a whole skin.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDas schlechtestes Rad am Wagen knarrt am meisten.The worst wheel creaks most.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Fisch will dreimal schwimmen; im Wasser, im Schmalz, und im Wein.A fish should swim thrice: in water, in sauce, and in wine.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesImmer nur ein Haar und der Mann wird kahl.Ever one hair, only one, and the man is bald at last.
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