When the measure is full, it runs over.
More German Proverbs:
Long is not forever.German
A lawyer and a wagon wheel must be well greased.
German
A ripe pear is more likely to fall in the shit than onto the clean ground.
German
He who builds by the roadside has many masters.
German
Something to every one is good division.
German
Young men may die, but old men must die.
German