Cover up the pot, there’s an eel in it.
More Dutch Proverbs:
Who has but one eye must take good care of it.Dutch
Better a dog fawn on you than bite you.
Dutch
He is as poor as Job.
Dutch
It sticks to his fingers, like the charity-money to the matron.
Dutch
He that hath many irons in the fire, some of them will cool.
Dutch
An ape, a priest, and a louse, are three devils in one house.
Dutch