He has lost the nest-egg.
More Dutch Proverbs:
He that would make a golden gate, must bring a nail to it daily.Dutch
The counterfeit image of a pot with two ears.
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Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand.
Dutch
No wheat without chaff.
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I have a mouth which I feed, it must speak what I please.
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