It is a poor roast that gives no dripping.
More Danish Proverbs:
It is bad iron in which there is no steel.Danish
When the cook is roasting for the butler, woe to the master's wine-cask.
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Better walk on wooden legs, than be carried on a wooden bier.
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Better coarse cloth than naked thighs.
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The flame is not far from the smoke.
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A thief does not willingly see another carry a basket.
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