Geredt ist geredt, man kann es mit keinem Schwamme abwischen.What is said is said, and no sponge can wipe it out.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Gemsen steigen hoch und werden doch gefangen.The chamois climbs high and yet is caught.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBorgen thut nur einmal wohl.Borrowing does well only once.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFrüh zu Bett und früh wieder auf, macht gesund und reich in Kauf.Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGuter Wein verdirbt den Beutel, und Schlechter den Magen.Good wine ruins the purse, and bad the stomach.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesKauf bedarf hundert Augen, Verkauf hat an einem genug.Buyers want a hundred eyes, sellers only one.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMancher nimmt mit Scheffeln und giebt mit Löffeln.Many take by the bushel, and give with the spoon.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFaulheit ist der Schlüssel zur Armuth.Sloth is the key to poverty.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMancher geht nach Wolle aus und kommt geschoren selbst nach Haus.Many go out for wool, and come home shorn.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZeit macht Heu.Time makes hay.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesJe näher dem Bein, je süßer das Fleisch.The nearer the bone, the sweeter the flesh.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesJunger Schlemmer, alter Bettler.A glutton young, a beggar old.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEnde gut, alles gut.All’s well that ends well.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesKinder und Narren sagen die Wahrheit.Children and fools speak the truth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWenn der Fuchs Gänse fangen will, wedelt er mit dem Schwanze.When the fox wants to catch geese, he wags his tail.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAuf den Abend soll man den Tag loben.In the evening one may praise the day.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVerzeih dir nichts und Andern viel.Forgive thyself nothing and others much.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesUnverhofft kommt oft.Unlooked-for often comes.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBesser einäugig als gar blind.Better one-eyed than stone-blind.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDas Ei will klüger sein als die Henne.The egg will be more knowing than the hen.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAnfang heiß, Mittel lau, Ende kalt.The beginning hot, the middle lukewarm, the end cold.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZage haben kein Glück.Cowards have no luck.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesJe mehr man den Dreck rüttelt, je mehr stinkt er.The more you stir the mire, the more it stinks.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZum Reiten gehört mehr denn ein Paar Stiefeln.More belongs to riding than a pair of boots.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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