German Proverbs
It’s definitely true that silence is golden. In German this goes one step further. How?
Silence is golden, singing is platinum.
Talking is silver, silence is golden.
Silence is golden, talking is dirt.
Silence is golden, speaking out loud is diamond
If something is difficult to understand like “That’s all Greek to me”, Germans would say:
I can’t read Egyptian
Where does the day begin and the night end
Where does east meet west
I only understand railway station
To go off on the wrong track is to bark up the wrong tree. What is a common equivalent in German?
To bet on the wrong horse
To drink the wrong beer
To shoot the wrong target
To look for peas in a fruit shop
It’s well known that the early bird catches the worm. But what happens in German?
The first light is made of gold
The sunrise has silver teeth
The morning hour has gold in its mouth
The owl cowers in the morning hour
What is an equivalent to “don’t count your chickens before they hatch”
Don’t drink your wine before you’ve harvested the grapes
One shouldn’t look at a herring from behind
A horse with a bridle is still a horse
One shouldn’t praise the day before the night
What is equivalent to “live like a king”. To live...
Like god in France
Like Caesar in Rome
Like an actress in Hollywood
Like a fox in a rabbit hole
A saying literally translate to “close the lid, the monkey is dead”. What does it mean?
It’s not worth looking at it
Let’s put an end to this.
There are no bananas left
The weather is going to be bad
What does this mean: I have had a pig
I was lucky
I had bad luck
I have won money
I was too late
What is equivalent to “beat around the bush”
To drink beer at the brewery
To light a fire with a twig
To talk around the hot porridge
To walk outside the park
What would Germans say instead of “to kill two birds with one stone”
To roast two pieces of meat on one fire
To kill two flies with one swat
To shoot two rabbits with one shot
To catch two pigeons with one bean
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