Dutch Proverb
Dutch Proverb
barrel
What is in a barrel will not go sour.
What Hans does not learn, Hans does not know.
bread whose word
Whose bread one eats, whose word one preaches.
farmer
What a farmer does not know, he won't eat.
catch order throw
To throw out a sardine, in order to catch cod.
fox lose tricks
A fox will lose it's hair, but not it's tricks
donkey foot hit twice
A donkey usually does not hit his foot twice to the same stone.
feathers goose pick
Pick the goose as long as it has feathers
drown
He who will try to drown his sorrows, will find that they can swimm very well.
body loose takes wife
He who takes a wife for her body, will loose the body and keep the wife.
butter stay
He who has butter on his head, should stay out of the sun.
clock heard lever
He has heard the clock ring, but can't find the lever
guests himself landlord trusts
The landlord will trusts his guests as he trusts himself
coming moses mountain
If Moses is not coming to the mountain, then the mountain will come to Moses