Danish Proverb
Danish Proverb
bad heel toe turned wife wishes
A bad wife wishes her husband's heel turned homewards, and not his toe
apples bad good tree yield
A bad tree does not yield good apples
bad eats good horse
A bad horse eats as much as a good one
bad cut hair shame
A bad hair cut is two people's shame
man none small stretch tall
No man is so tall that he never need stretch and none to small that he never need stoop.
ancestors brag unworthy
They brag most of their ancestors who are unworthy of them
light serious together
The light and the serious go well together
sausage
The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage
art great laugh misfortune
It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune
poverty riches
If you can keep yourself with poverty you have no need of riches
bad child cries fine pig
Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries , and you will have a fine pig and a bad child
best knows water
He knows the water best who has waded through it