Two cocks in one house, a cat and a mouse, an old man and young wife, are always in strife.
Tradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Twee hanen in een huis, de kat met de muis, een oud man en een ijongwn wijf geeft eeuwig gekijf.
Two cocks in one house, a cat and a mouse, an old man and young wife, are always in strife.
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