Proverbs and old sayings, page 998

43575 proverbs and old sayings

One bird in the dish is better than a hundred in the air.

Proverbs and old sayings German about air

Red is Love's colour, said the wooer to his foxy charmer.

Proverbs and old sayings German about love

He that marries for love has good nights, but sorry days.

Proverbs and old sayings German about day, love, good, good luck

The higher a monkey climbs, the more he shows his behind.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Don't sell the bear-skin before you have killed the bear.

Proverbs and old sayings German about commerce, contentment

He who drinks no more still likes to see the beer pulled.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Who stands bail for someone is being teased by the devil.

Proverbs and old sayings German about being, devil

Working on the land is better than praying in the desert.

Proverbs and old sayings German

God gave us hands but He doesn't build bridges with them.

Proverbs and old sayings German about god

If wood-hewing were an order, there would be fewer monks.

Proverbs and old sayings German about order

Not all people who have yawned together must get married.

Proverbs and old sayings German about people

He who cannot pay with his purse, must pay with his hide.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The pope eats peasants, gulps gentlemen, and voids monks.

Proverbs and old sayings German

If the prince wants an apple, his servants take the tree.

Proverbs and old sayings German

There come just as many calf-skins as cow-skins to market.

Proverbs and old sayings German about stores

Fair flowers are not left standing along the wayside long.

Proverbs and old sayings German about flowers

What is not taken by the Church is taken by the Exchequer.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He who is the judge between two friends loses one of them.

Proverbs and old sayings German about judges

If you have no arrows in your quiver, go not with archers.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

When the guest is in most favour, he will do well to quit.

Proverbs and old sayings German