Siedet der Topf, so blühet die Freundschaft.While the pot boils, friendship blooms.
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Was man nicht am Heu hat, hat man am Stroh.What we want in hay we make up in straw.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSamson war ein starker Mann, aber er konnte nicht zahlen ehe er Geld hatte.Samson was a strong man, but he could not pay money before he had it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIn der einen Hand Brot, in der anderen einen Stein.Bread in one hand, a stone in the other.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie süßesten Trauben hängen am höchsten.The sweetest grapes hang highest.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesZu Sanct-Nimmerstag.When two Sundays come together.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst.Who comes first, grinds first.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSchein betrügt.Appearances are deceitful.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAlte Krähen sind schwer zu fangen.Old crows are hard to catch.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTrunkener Mund redet aus Herzens Grund.The drunken mouth reveals the heart’s secrets.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHeirathen in Eile, bereut man mit Weile.Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAbends wird der Faule fleißig.At evening the sluggard is busy.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEs weht nicht allezeit derselbe Wind.The wind does not always blow from the same quarter.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMan muß das Eisen schmieden wann es warm ist.Strike while the iron is hot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWenn die Birne reif ist, fällt sie ab.When the pear is ripe, it falls.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGeschenktem Gaul sieht man nicht in’s Maul.Look not a gift horse in the mouth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer Recht fordert, muß auch Recht pflegen.Who demands justice, must administer justice.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer einen Betrüger betrügt und einen Dieb bestiehlt, erlangt für 100 Jahre Ablaß.He who cheats a cheat and robs a thief, earns a dispensation for 100 years.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUm des Kindes willen küsset man die Amme.One kisses the nurse for the sake of the child.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesJedes Weib will lieber schön als fromm Sein.Every woman would rather be handsome than good.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesJe weniger Worte, je besser Gebet.The fewer the words, the better the prayer.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSo geht es in der Welt: der Eine hat den Beutel, der Andere hat das Geld.So it goes in the world: one has the purse, the other has the gold.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesStelle und Stunde machen einen Dieb.Time and place make the thief.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOst und West, daheim das Best.East or west, home is best.
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