Traue, schaue Wem!Trust, beware whom!
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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1303 sayings with source references.
Leben und leben lassen.Live and let live.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZu viel muß bald brechen.Too much will soon break.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWeiber sind unrichtige Uhren.Women are watches that keep bad time.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMan muß mit Pfaffen nicht anfangen oder sie todtschlagen.Either fight not with priests or beat them to death.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNeutrale wollen auf Eiern gehen und keines zertreten.Neutrals think to tread on eggs and break none.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHastiger Mann war nie Verräther.The hasty man was never a traitor.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMit Geduld und Zeit wird’s Maulbeerblatt zum Atlas-Kleid.With patience and time the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZeit und Stunde rennt durch den rauhsten Tag.Time and the hour run through the roughest day.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHat die Henne ein Ei gelegt, so gacket sie.When the hen has laid an egg she cackles.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGeld genommen, um Freiheit gekommen.Money taken, freedom forsaken.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEine Krähe macht keinen Winter.One crow does not make a winter.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTraue keinem, du habest denn einen Scheffel Salz mit ihm gegessen.Trust no one till you have eaten a bushel of salt with him.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer die Leiter hält, ist so schuldig wie der Dieb.He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIn der Mühle ist das Beste, daß die Säcke nicht reden können.The best of the mill is that the sacks can’t speak.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEs kommt allzeit Pharao, der Joseph nicht kennt.There is always a Pharaoh who does not know Joseph.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBellende Hunde beißen nicht.Barking dogs don’t bite.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVon der Hand zum Munde, verschüttet mancher die Suppe.Between the hand and the lip the soup may be spilt.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGrüne Weihnacht, weiße Ostern.Green Christmas, a white Easter.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDas Glück giebt Vielen zu viel, aber Keinem genug.Fortune gives many too much, but no one enough.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSie streiten um ein Ei, und lassen die Henne fliegen.They wrangle about an egg, and let the hens fly away.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Eine schlagt auf den Busch, der Andere kriegt den Vogel.One beats the bush, and another catches the bird.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAffen bleiben Affen, wenn man sie auch in Sammet kleidet.Apes remain apes, though you clothe them in velvet.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEs ist nöthiger den Mund zu bewahren, denn die Kiste.It is more necessary to guard the mouth than the chest.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources