Ersparter Pfennig ist so gut wie der erworbene.A penny saved is a penny gained.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Ducaten werden beschnitten, Pfennige nicht.Ducats are clipped, pence are not.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLeere Tonnen geben großen Schall.Empty casks make the most sound.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHungrige Fliegen stechen übel.Hungry flies sting sore.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEin bös Auge verdirbt das andere.One bad eye spoils the other.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEr ist ein armer Fuchs, der nur ein Loch hat.It is a poor fox that has but one hole.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEs sind nicht alle Köche, die lange Messer tragen.All are not cooks who carry long knives.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSchuster bleib bei deinem Leisten.Shoemaker stick to your last.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDas Auge sieht sich nimmer satt.The eye is never satiated with seeing.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDas Nächste das Liebste.The nearest the dearest.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSetzt einen Frosch auf goldenen Stuhl, er hüpft doch wieder in den Pfuhl.Though you seat the frog on a golden stool, he’ll soon jump off again into the pool.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWenn das Schiff gut geht, will jeder Schiffherr sein.In a calm sea, every man is a pilot.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNoth kennt kein Gebot.Necessity has no law.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesJe fetter der Floh, je magerer der Hund.The fatter the flea, the leaner the dog.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWessen Huldin schielt, der sagt: sie liebäugele.He whose mistress squints, says she ogles.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer Eier haben will, muß sich das Gackern gefallen lassen.He who will have eggs, must bear with the cackling.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesJung Weib ist altem Mann, das Postpferd zum Grabe.A young wife is an old man’s post-horse to the grave.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWenn der Scherz am besten ist, soll man aufhören.When the jest is at its best, ’twill be well to let it rest.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWenn ein Bettler auf’s Pferd kömmt, so kann ihm kein Teufel mehr voreilen.Set a beggar on horseback, and he’ll outride the devil.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZeit und Gelegenheit hat Niemand im Aermel.Time and opportunity are in no man’s sleeve.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesKein Aff’, er schwört, er habe die schönsten Kinder.No ape but swears he has the handsomest children.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGroße Worte und Federn gehen viel auf ein Pfund.Of big words and feathers many go to the pound.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesViele Köche verderben den Brei.Many cooks spoil the broth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSammt und Seide löschen das Feuer in der Küche aus.Silk and velvet put out the kitchen fire.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources