1303 sayings with source references.
Es ist zu viel von einer Katze begehrt, daß sie bei der Milch sitze, und nicht davon schlecke.It is too much to expect of a cat that she should sit by the milk and not lap it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLösche das Feuer bei Zeiten, ehe es zum Dache hinausschlägt.Put out the fire betimes, ere it reach the roof.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGeld ist der Mann.Money makes the man.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Müller ist fromm, der Haare auf den Zähnen hat.That miller is honest who has hair on his teeth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesUngelegte Eier sind ungewisse Hühnlein.Unlaid eggs are uncertain chickens.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAus klattrigen Fohlen werden die schönsten Hengste.Ragged colts make the handsomest stallions.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTrage Jeder seinen Sack zur Mühle.Let every man carry his own sack to the mill.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBesser ist besser.Better is better.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWahrheit giebt kurzen Bescheid, Lüge macht viel Redens.Truth gives a short answer, lies go round about.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWem wohl ist, der schweige.Let him who is well off hold his tongue.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer redet was er will, muß hören was er nicht will.He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWo die Löwenhaut nicht reicht, muß man den Fuchsbalg annähen.Where the lion’s skin falls short, borrow of the fox.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEr geht so gern als der Dieb an den Galgen.He goes as willingly as a thief to the gallows.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWenn Gott sagt: Heute, sagt der Teufel: Morgen.When God says To-day, the devil says To-morrow.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer’s Alter nicht ehrt, ist des Alter’s nicht werth.Who honours not age, is unworthy of it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEine Schwalbe macht keinen Frühling.One swallow does not make a spring.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWem nicht zu rathen ist, dem ist auch nicht zu helfen.He who won’t be advised, can’t be helped.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Mensch denkt’s, Gott lenkt’s.Man proposes, God disposes.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWeiber, Glück und Gold, sind allen Narren hold.Women, fortune, and gold, favour fools.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMancher sucht einen Pfennig, und verbrennt dabei ein Pfund.Penny wise, and pound foolish.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesImmer etwas Neues, selten etwas Gutes.Always something new, seldom something good.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesJeder ist sich selbst der Nächste.Every man is dearest to himself.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEs sind nicht alle frei, die ihrer Kette spotten.All are not free who mock their chains.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMaulesel treiben viel Parlaren daß ihre Voreltern Pferde waren.Mules make a great fuss about their ancestors having been horses.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources