1303 sayings with source references.
Jeder muß ein Paar Narrenschuhen zerreißen, zerreißt er nicht mehr.Everybody must wear out one pair of fool’s shoes, if he wear no more.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLügen zerschmelzen wie Schnee.Lies melt like snow.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEine Nothlüge schadet nichts.A necessary lie is harmless.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMit Hunden fängt man Hasen, mit Lob die Narren und mit Geld die Frauen.Hares are caught with hounds, fools with praise, and women with gold.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer fürchtet, er thue zu viel, der thut immer zu wenig.He who is afraid of doing too much, always does too little.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEin Schuh ist nicht Jedem gerecht.One shoe will not fit every foot.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOhne Mehl und Wasser ist übel backen.It is bad baking without flour and water.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTodte Hunde beißen nicht.Dead dogs don’t bite.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMan kann durch eine Wand sehen, wenn ein Loch darin ist.One may see through a wall, if there’s a hole in it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer ein Kalb stiehlt, stiehlt eine Kuh.Who steals a calf, steals a cow.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer droht, der warnt.Who threatens, warns.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWeiser Mann, starker Mann.A wise man, a strong man.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer zwei Hasen zugleich hetzt, fängt gar keinen.Who hunts two hares together catches neither.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSänger, Buhler und Poeten, lügen viel.Singers, lovers, and poets, are privileged liars.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSobald Gesetze ersonnen, wird Betrug begonnen.As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesJeder hält sein Kupfer für Gold.Every man thinks his own copper gold.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHochmuth kommt zu Fall.Pride will have a fall.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWeiberrache hat keine Grenzen.A woman’s vengeance knows no bounds.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLändlich, sittlich.So many countries, so many customs.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWas dir zu hoch ist, daß laß fliegen.What is too high, that let fly.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWo’s spukt, da liebt oder diebt sich’s.Were ghosts walk, there is loving or thieving.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesJe voller das Faß, je gelinder der Klang.The fuller the cask, the duller it’s sound.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWenn der Fuchs predigt, so nimm die Gänse in Acht.When the fox preaches, look to the geese.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesStetes tropfen höhlt den Stein.Constant dropping wears the stone.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources