It’s a poor mouse that sits on the sack and doesn’t gnaw.
More German Proverbs:
All men are baked in the same clay.German
Weeping bride, laughing wife, laughing bride, weeping wife.
German
Weeping bride, laughing wife, laughing bride, weeping wife.
German
It is bad baking without flour and water.
German
After Christmas comes Lent.
German
He who saves in little things, can be liberal in great ones.
German