Proverbs and old sayings, page 693

43575 proverbs and old sayings

That beer's of your own brewing, and you must drink it.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about drinking, contentment

He that is bitten by a dog must apply some of its hair.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

A house full of daughters is a cellar full of sour beer.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about home, house

He that makes himself a sheep will be eaten by the wolf.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

He covers me with his wings, and bites me with his bill.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about bills

No one can have peace longer than his neighbour pleases.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about peace

No greater promisers than they who have nothing to give.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about nothing

Do you speak English? (Meaning, Have you got any money? )

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about money, contentment

It grieveth one dog that another goeth into the kitchen.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about kitchen

'Tis as necessary to him as gold weights are to a beggar.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

As ass does not hit himself twice against the same stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

He who plants fruit-trees, must not count upon the fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

If you hear a lot of things, you will hear a lot of lies.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about things, contentment

Deep swimmers and high climbers seldom die in their beds.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about death

When we least expect it, the hare darts out of the ditch.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

To marry one is a duty; twice a folly; thrice is madness.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about duty

I have a mouth which I feed, it must speak what I please.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

It is not the hen which cackles most that lays most eggs.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

If you eat someone's cake, you must also eat his lentils.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about contentment

He who is afraid of the leaves must not go into the wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch