What is play to the cat is death to the mouse.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about death
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It is safe to lend barley to him who has oats.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
If your house is on fire, warm yourself by it.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fire, fire brigade, home, house
They who do not wash well, do not bleach well.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
You cannot shift an old tree without it dying.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about old, olderness, contentment
You cannot take a cow from a man who has none.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man, contentment
It is a poor horse that is not worth his oats.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
What you learn to your cost you remember long.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about contentment
God sends men cold according to their clothes.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about clothes, man, god
What! give the lettuce in charge to the geese!
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
It is easier to stem the brook than the river.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
The shirt is nearer to the body than the coat.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about body
Every man must carry his own sack to the mill.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man
Honeyed speech often conceals poison and gall.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
The used plough shines, standing water stinks.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about water
Luck has much for many, but enough for no one.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bad luck, good luck
Better a friend's bite than an enemy's caress.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about enemies
To be a fool at the right time is also an art.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about art, magic, rightness, time
Gold is gold, though it be in a rogue's purse.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
No one gets into trouble without his own help.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about problems, help
