What’s the good of a sun-dial in the shade?
More German Proverbs:
I can see as far into a mill-stone as another man.German
Those bosoms can be sold cheapest which are stolen ready made.
German
He who lives on hope, dies of hunger.
German
When the pear is ripe, it falls.
German
One log does not burn long by itself.
German
He who drinks no more still likes to see the beer pulled.
German