1303 sayings with source references.
Wer geringe Dinge wenig acht’t, sich um geringere Mühe macht.Who heeds not little things, will be troubled about lesser ones.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesUnkraut vergeht nicht.Weeds never die.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZwischen Nachbars Garten ist ein Zaun gut.Between neighbours’ gardens a hedge is not amiss.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFliege nicht eher, als bis dir die Federn gewachsen sind.Don’t fly till your wings are feathered.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRathe Niemand ungebeten.Never give advice unasked.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer Andere jagt, muß selber laufen.He that hunts others, must run himself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer zu viel faßt, läßt viel fallen.He who grasps too much lets much fall.
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Read the saying and check its sources”Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern,” sprach her Teufel zum Köhler.“Like will to like,” as the devil said to the coal-burner.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer einen Kopf hat, bekommt leicht einen Hut.Who has a head won’t want for a hat.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWie der Acker, so die Rüben; wie der Vater, so die Büben.As the field, so the crops; as the father, so the sons.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVorsicht schadet nicht.Safe bind, safe find.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPfennig ist Pfennigs Bruder.Penny is penny’s brother.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDes Schulzen Kuh und eines Andern Kuh sind zweierlei Kühe.The bailiff’s cow and another’s cow are two different cows.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNicht zu wenig, nicht zu viel.Not too little, not too much.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEin Dienst ist des andern Werth.One good turn deserves another.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGenug ist über einen Sack voll.Enough is better than a sackful.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWahrheit findet keine Herberge.Truth finds no asylum.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Hahn ist König auf seinem Miste.The cock is king on his own dunghill.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGeld im Beutel vertreibt die Schwermuth.Money in the purse dispels melancholy.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEs kommen eben so viel Kalbshäute zu Markt als Kuhhäute.There come just as many calf-skins as cow-skins to market.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNur Einer kann Kaiser sein.Only one can be emperor.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSeine Hühner legen Eier die zwei Dotter haben.His hens lay eggs with two yolks.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSchwarze Kühe geben auch weiße Milch.Black cows give white milk.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGewarnter Mann ist halb gerettet.A man warned is half saved.
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