Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Wer einen Aal beim Schwanz und Weiber faßt bei Worten, wie feste der auch hält, hält nichts an beiden Orten.Who takes an eel by the tail or a woman by her word, grasp as he will, holds nothing fast.
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Was Menschenhände machen, können Menschenhände verderben.What man has made, man can destroy.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSteckenpferde sind theuerer als arabische Hengste.Hobby horses are dearer than Arabians.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer ungebeten kommt, geht ungedankt davon.Who comes unbidden departs unthanked.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSommersaat und Weiberrath geräth alle sieben Jahre einmal.Summer sown corn and women’s advice turn out well once in every seven years.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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