Der leere Wagen muß dem vollen ausweichen.The empty waggon must make room for the full one.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesThe empty waggon must make room for the full one.
Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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- Henry G. Bohn · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857) · GERMAN PROVERBS · paragrafo 154 · «Der leere Wagen muß dem vollen ausweichen.»
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