Viel rutschen macht blede hose. A lot of sliding wears out your pants. Wo die liebe na fallt da bleibt sie liebe, und wanns gerade immisthaufe isch. Where love falls, there love stays lying, and if it is right in a heap of manure. Der eigener lob stinkt.
Self praise stinks.
Humor in the German dialect often is full of 'umgangsprache', a term linguists use to describe language in which neutral terms could be replaced with emotionally charged expressions, Vossler said. This was reflected in the way his German grandmother might react if her small grandson tracked mud onto her clean floor. Vossler said current political correctness might cast a negative view on the often hard-edged humor. But he said the Germans thought giving lots of praise and compliments would tempt fate and lead to the sin of pride. Likewise, nicknames were a way of keeping straight the people from the same family who had similar names, and also a way of remembering a person who had some notable characteristic, or who had done something silly.