Dutch Proverbs, Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
976 Dutch Proverbs
|
|
|
|
“Better reap two day too soon than one too late.”
|
|
“Better reap two days early than one day late.”
|
|
“Better return half way than lose yourself.”
|
|
“Better ride a good horse for a year, than an ass all your life.”
|
|
“Better squinting than blind.”
|
|
“Better stretch your hand than your neck.”
|
|
“Better twice remembered than once forgotten.”
|
|
“Better when birds sing than where irons ring.”
|
|
“Beware of a white Spaniard and a black Englishman.”
|
|
“Beware of an oak, it draws the stroke; avoid an ash, it counts
the flash; creep under the thorn, it can save you from harm.”
|
|
“Beware of the man of two faces.”
|
|
“Biding makes thriving.”
|
|
“Big fish devour the little ones.”
|
|
“Big fish eat little fish.”
|
|
“Big fish spring out of the kettle.”
|
|
“Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite them, and
little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum.”
|
|
“Bird never flew so high but it had to come to the ground for
food.”
|
|
“Bite me not, my name is little grizzle; had I a little tail I
should be a little lion.”
|
|
“Black hens lays white eggs.”
|
|
“Black will take no other hue.”
|
|
“Blossoms are not fruits.”
|
|
“Blow first, and sip afterwards.”
|
|
“Borrowing brings care.”
|
|
“By falling we earn to go safely.”
|
|
“By falling we learn to go safely.”
|
|
|
