Man soll die Zeche nicht ohne den Wirth machen.Don’t reckon without your host.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Leichte Magen, schwerer Sinn.A light belly, heavy heart.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer größte Schritt ist der aus der Thür.The greatest step is out of doors.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesReden ist Silber, Schweigen ist Gold.Talking is silver, silence is gold.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Letzte hat den Sack gestohlen.The last stole the sack.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBlödes Herz buhlt keine schöne Frau.Faint heart never won fair lady.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMorgenstunde hat Gold im Munde.The morning hour has gold in its mouth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Esel und sein Treiber denken nicht überein.The ass and his driver do not think alike.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWenn die Kuh den Schwanz verloren hat, merkt sie es erst, wozu er gut gewesen ist.It is not till the cow has lost her tail, that she discovers its value.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesJe höher der Affe steigt, je mehr er den Hintern zeigt.The higher the ape climbs, the more he shows his rump.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSag eine Lüge, so hörst du die Wahrheit.Tell a lie, and you’ll hear the truth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSchöne Worte gemacht, ist halb verkauft.Words fine and bold, are goods half sold.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNichts ist gut für die Augen, aber nicht für den Magen.Nought is good for the eyes, but not for the stomach.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGeschenke halten die Freundschaft warm.Presents keep friendship warm.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVerzagte Hunde bellen am meisten.Timid dogs bark most.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMann kann nicht länger Frieden halten, als der Nachbar will.One cannot keep peace longer than his neighbour will let him.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer in’s Feuer bläst, dem fliegen die Funken in die Augen.He who blows in the fire will get sparks in his eyes.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIm Hause der Gehenkten soll man nicht vom Stricke reden.Never speak of a rope in the house of one who was hanged.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer nicht mit mir ist, der ist wider mich.He who is not for me, is against me.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDas Roß wird nicht nach dem Sattel beurtheilt.The horse is not judged of by the saddle.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesJeder für sich, Gott für Alle.Every man for himself, and God for us all.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer im Frühjahr nicht säet, wird im Spätjahr nicht erndten.They must hunger in frost who spring-time have lost.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAuf seinem Miste ist der Hahn ein Herr.The cock is a lord on his own dunghill.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBehaupten ist nicht beweisen.Assertion is no proof.
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