Escaping from the smoke he falls into the fire.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about smoke, fire, fire brigade
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He lords it (or swaggers) like an eel in a tub.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Who reckons without his host must reckon again.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Coffee has two virtues, it's wet and it's warm.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
One bird in the hand is better than two flying.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He means well, but has a bad way of showing it.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about bad luck, bad
He counts his chickens before they are hatched.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Who has only one eye must take good care of it.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about good, good luck
He must indeed be a good master who never errs.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about good, good luck
He is as good a divine as Judas was an apostle.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about good, good luck
Heavy purses and light hearts can sustain much.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about light
Far fetched and dear bought is meat for ladies.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about woman
It needs a cunning hand to shave a fool's head.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about heads
He runs as fast as if he had eggs in his shoes.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fasting
Better reap two day too soon than one too late.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about day
The fox may lose his hair, but not his cunning.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
It is good speaking that improves good silence.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about silence, good, good luck
On a small pretence the wolf devours the sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He that has the luck leads the bride to church.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about bad luck, good luck
What the old ones sing, the young ones whistle.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness
