Quotations by Tradizione tedesca

Des Königs Spreu gilt mehr, als andere Leute Korn.

The king’s chaff is better than other folk’s corn.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Tausch ist kein Raub.

Exchange is no robbery.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Jeder ist seiner Worte bester Ausleger.

Every man is the best interpreter of his own words.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Mit der Mutter soll beginnen, wer die Tochter will gewinnen.

Who the daughter would win, with mamma must begin.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Hast du nicht Pfeile im Köcher, so misch dich nicht unter die Schützen.

If you have no arrows in your quiver, go not with archers.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Eilte die Hündin nicht, so würfe sie nicht blinde Junge.

If the bitch were not in such haste, she would not litter blind puppies.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Auch der Löwe muß sich vor der Mücke wehren.

Even the lion must defend himself against the flies.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Er hat die Henne für das Ei gegeben.

He has given the hen for the egg.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Wo es schlimm hergeht in der Welt, da ist ein Pfaffe dabei und ein Weib.

Wherever there is mischief, there is sure to be a priest and a woman in it.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Je näher der Herberge, je länger der Weg.

The nearer the inn, the longer the road.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Ein ersparter Pfennig ist zweimal verdient.

A penny saved is two-pence got.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Hohe Häuser sind gemeinlich unter dem Dache leer.

High houses are mostly empty in the upper story.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Gott macht gesund, und der Doktor kriegt das Geld.

God cures the sick, and the doctor gets the money.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Wer beim Wolf Gevatter stehen will, muß einen Hund unter seinem Mantel haben.

He who stands godfather to a wolf should have a dog under his cloak.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Mönch ins Kloster, Fisch ins Wasser, Dieb an’n Galgen.

A monk in his cloister, a fish in the water, a thief on the gallows.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Wem’s juckt, der kratze sich.

Let him that itches, scratch himself.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Armuth und Hunger haben viel gelehrte Jünger.

Poverty and hunger have many learned disciples.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Man murmelt so lange von einem Dinge, bis es geschieht.

Long-talked-of (or looked-for) comes at last.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Wer hoch klimmt, der fällt hart.

He that climbs high, falls heavily.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Es geschieht nichts Neues unter der Sonne.

There’s nothing new under the sun.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Zwei Katzen und Eine Maus, zwei Weiber in Einem Haus, zwei Hund’ an einem Bein, kommen selten überein.

Two cats and one mouse, two women in one house, two dogs to one bone, will not agree long.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Weiber findet man nimmer ohne Rede.

Women are never at a loss for words.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Einmal in der Leute Mund, kommt man übel wieder heraus.

Once in people’s mouths, ’tis hard to get well out of them.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Den Brunnen decken, so das Kind ertrunken ist.

To cover the well after the child has been drowned in it.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857