Were he to throw a groat on the roof, it would come down a dollar.
More German Proverbs:
It is harder work getting to hell than to heaven.German
The greatest things are done by the help of small ones.
German
Other towns, other lasses.
German
He who can does, he who cannot, teaches.
German
First weigh, then venture.
German
Sudden trust brings sudden repentance.
German