Much noise and little wool, said the devil, when he was shearing the sow.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Du har nok af Munden og lidt af Ulden, sagde Fanden, han klippede en So.

Much noise and little wool, said the devil, when he was shearing the sow.

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