Im Becher ersaufen mehr als im Meer.More are drowned in the bowl than in the sea.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Man disputirt mehr über die Schaal, als über den Kern.There is more disputing about the shell than the kernel.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEs wird kein blöder Hund fett.A bashful dog never fattens.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEs reitet ein jeder sein Steckenpferd.Every man rides his own hobby.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWas du dem Freunde leihest, das mahnt der Feind.What you lend to a friend, an enemy sues for.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesKleine Heilige thun auch Zeichen.Small saints too work miracles.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesUnrecht Gut thut nicht gut.Ill-gotten goods seldom prosper.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPfaffen zahlen einander keine Zehnten.Priests pay each other no tithes.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGroßer Prahler, schlechter Zahler.Great say-masters, bad pay-masters.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHalt’s mit ben Nachbarn, geh’ es dir wohl oder übel.Keep well with your neighbours, whether right or wrong.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer zu Hof sein will, muß bald oben bald unten liegen.He who would succeed at court, must lie sometimes low, sometimes high.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPfau, schau deine Beine.Peacock, look at your legs.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer da fällt, über den läuft alle Welt.When a man is down, everybody runs over him.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEin Mühlstein wird nicht moosig.A millstone gathers no moss.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWenn der Gast am liebsten ist, soll er wandern.When the guest is in most favour, he will do well to quit.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSchöne Aepfel sind auch wohl sauer.Handsome apples are sometimes sour.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWenn’s Maaß voll ist, läuft es über.When the measure is full, it runs over.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEin Weib mit vielfältigem Rock hat einfältigen Kopf.A woman strong in flounces is weak in the head.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLieße der Wolf sein Laufen, das Volk ließe sein Rufen.If the wolf would cease his running, the people would cease their shouting.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer nicht hören will, muß fühlen.He that won’t listen, must feel.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVerheißen macht Schuld.A promise is a debt.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer sich helfen lassen will, dem ist gut zu helfen.It is easy to help him, who is willing to be helped.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer nicht liebt Wein, Weib und Gesang, der bleibt ein Narr sein Lebenlang.Who loves not women, wine, and song, remains a fool his whole life long.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer den Teufel einmal in’s Haus geladen, kann sein’ nimmermehr abkommen.He who has once invited the devil into his house, will never be rid of him.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources