Friday, October 7, 2022
Norwegian Proverbs (81 Proverbs)
- Shared joy is double joy.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Sweep before your own door first before you sweep before the doorsteps of your neighbors.
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- A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- The best gifts are those which expect no return.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- A little thing can ruin the whole thing.
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- The old are the eldest.
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- A sip at a time empties the cask.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- The old bucks got the stiffest horns.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- A small but excellent party, said the man, he was drinking alone.
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- This week passed on quickly, the day after tomorrow is already Wednesday, the man said.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- All weather is passing.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Those who want to sing will always find a song.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- An empty head gets the easiest sleep.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- To be away is well and good, but home is where the heart is.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Ask for advice, and then use your brain.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- You may go where you want, but you cannot escape yourself.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Behind the clouds the sky is always blue.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Better early than late.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Dont sell the skin, until you have shot the bear.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- He that lies on the floor doesn't fall down.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- It is better to feed one cat than many mice.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- It's too late to close the stable door after the horse has escaped.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Many become brave when brought to bay.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- There is never a fish without a bone, and no man without faults.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- It's too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- A boy's will is the will of the wind.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- The taller the house, the heavier the storm.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- A blushing lie is better than the pale truth.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- The stomach is not content with nice words.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- It's no shame to look into the warm spring sun and regret a lost limb.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- The shame you can't lift away, you had better let lie.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- It is the law that judges, not the judge.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- The pardon may be more severe than the penalty.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- It is the great north wind that made the Vikings.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- The lowest fence is the easiest to get across.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- It is better to be a free man in a small house than a slave in a big one.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- The less you know, the less you forget.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- In the game no one is brother to others.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- The lazier a man is, the more he plans to do tomorrow.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- In every woman there is a Queen. Speak to the Queen and the Queen will answer.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- You don't have to put out the fire when all is burnt out.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- The lame man runs if he has to.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- If the glacier perceives a headless army is clumsy, it feels a sort of emphatic guilt, I dare say.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- You can give a piece of advice, but not good luck along with that.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- The coat of truth is often lined with lies.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Heroism consists of hanging on one minute longer.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- What's good is often forgotten; what's bad is often hidden.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- The afterthought is good, but forethought is better.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- He who leaves a good name does not die poor.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- What three men know then the whole world knows.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Rather free in a foreign place than a slave back home.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- He who has a dog need not bark himself.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Tomorrow is the day that idlers get busy.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Poor thanks is the way of the world.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- He who does no evil does a lot of good.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- To be a hero hang on for a minute longer.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- On the road between the homes of friends, grass does not grow.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Given counsel is all the same hard to take.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- There's no shame in clothing you haven't cut yourself.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Not all the words that were ever uttered are worth weighing on golden scales.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Better an iron dictatorship than a golden anarchy.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- There is no wind that blows right for the sailor who doesn't know where the harbor is.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Men look more like their uncles on the mother's side.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Better a free bird than a king in captivity.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Good fortune is loaned, not owned.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Latecomers see the least.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Luck is loaned, not owned.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Rather a bit correctly than much incorrectly.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Shameful deeds bring on revenge.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- The age of miracles is past.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- The thief thinks everybody steals.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Time has strong teeth.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Wise men learn at another's expense.
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- Ask for advice, then use your head.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Bad is called good when worse happens.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Black soil produces white bread.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Every family has its hanger-on.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Everybody's friend is true to none.
(Norwegian Proverb)
- Fish bite best on a golden hook.
(Norwegian Proverb)
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