ضرب‌المثل‌های هلندی

ضرب‌المثل‌های هلندی () یا ضرب‌المثل‌های فلامندرز یک نقاشی رنگ روغن سال ۱۵۵۹ اثر پیتر بروگل است که انسان‌ها، کمتر حیوانات و اشیاء، تصاویری از اصطلاحات و ضرب‌المثل‌های هلندی را در آن نشان می‌دهد.
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ضرب‌المثل/اصطلاح
معنی
ناحیه
تصویر
قادر بودن حتی برای گره‌زدن شیطان به بالش
سرسختی همه‌چیز را حل می‌کند.
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ستون-گازگیر بودن
To be a religious hypocrite
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Never believe someone who carries fire in one hand and water in the other (fr) (nl)
To be two-faced and to stir up trouble
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To bang ones head against a brick wall (fr) (nl)
To try to achieve the impossible
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یک پا کفش‌پوشیده و یک پا برهنه
رعایت تعادل
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خوک چوب‌پنبه را می‌کشد.
اهمال نتیجه‌اش فاجعه خواهد بود.
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زنگوله آویختن به گربه
انجام دادن یک طرح خطرناک یا غیر عملی
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تا دندان مسلح
بسیار مسلح
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زره به تن کردن
خشم‌گین شدن
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یکی پشم گوسفند را می‌تراشد، دیگری خوک را.
یکی کاملا سودمند است، دیگری نه
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پشمش رو بتراش ولی پوستش رو نکن
بیش از اندازه برای بهره‌برداری فشار نیاورید.
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شاه‌ماهی اینجا سرخ نمی‌شود.
طبق برنامه پیش نمی‌رود
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To fry the whole herring for the sake of the roe
تلاش بسیار برای نتیجه کم
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سرپوش روی سر گذاشتن.
از زیر مسئولیت در رفتن
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The herring hangs by its own gills (fr) (nl)
You must accept responsibility for your own actions
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There is more in it than an empty herring (nl)
There is more to it than meets the eye
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What can smoke do to iron? (fr) (nl)
There is no point in trying to change the unchangeable
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پیدا کردن سگ در دیگ
وقتی برای شام دیر میرسی و میبینی همه غذاها خورده شده.
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نشستن بین دو چهارپایه در خاکستر
دو دل بودن
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To be a hen feeler
To be very miserly (feeling whether the hen is about to lay an egg before slaughtering it)
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The scissors hang out there (fr) (nl)
They are liable to cheat you there
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To always gnaw on a single bone (fr) (nl)
To continually talk about the same subject
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It depends on the fall of the cards (fr) (nl)
It is up to chance
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The world is turned upside down (fr) (nl)
Everything is the opposite of what it should be
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Leave at least one egg in the nest (fr) (nl)
Always have something in reserve
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To crap on the world (fr) (nl)
To despise everything
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To lead each other by the nose (fr) (nl)
To fool each other
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The die is cast (fr) (nl)
The decision is made
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Fools get the best cards (fr) (nl)
Luck can overcome intelligence
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To look through ones fingers (fr) (nl)
To turn a blind eye
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There hangs the knife (fr) (nl)
To issue a challenge
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There stand the wooden shoes (fr) (nl)
To wait in vain
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To stick out the broom (fr) (nl)
To have fun while the master is away
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To marry under the broomstick (fr) (nl)
To live together without marrying
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To have the roof tiled with tarts (fr) (nl)
To be very wealthy
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To have a hole in ones roof (fr) (nl)
To be unintelligent
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An old roof needs a lot of patching up (fr) (nl)
Old things need more maintenance
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The roof has laths (fr) (nl)
There could be eavesdroppers (The walls have ears)
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To have toothache behind the ears (fr) (nl)
To be a malingerer
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To be pissing against the moon (fr) (nl)
To waste ones time on a futile endeavour
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Here hangs the pot (fr) (nl)
It is the opposite of what it should be
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To shoot a second bolt to find the first (fr) (nl)
To repeat a foolish action
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To shave the fool without lather (fr) (nl)
To trick somebody
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Two fools under one hood (fr) (nl)
Stupidity loves company
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It grows out of the window (fr) (nl)
It cannot be concealed
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To play on the pillory (fr) (nl)
To attract attention to ones shameful acts
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When the gate is open the pigs will run into the corn (fr) (nl)
Disaster ensues from carelessness
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When the corn decreases the pig increases
If one person gains then another must lose
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To run like ones backside is on fire (fr) (nl)
To be in great distress
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He who eats fire, craps sparks
Do not be surprised at the outcome if you attempt a dangerous venture
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To hang ones cloak according to the wind (fr) (nl)
To adapt ones viewpoint to the current opinion
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To toss feathers in the wind (fr) (nl)
To work fruitlessly
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To gaze at the stork (fr) (nl)
To waste ones time
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To try to kill two flies with one stroke (fr) (nl)
To be efficient (equivalent to todays To kill two birds with one stone)
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To fall from the ox onto the rear end of an ass (fr) (nl)
To fall on hard times
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To kiss the ring of the door (fr) (nl)
To be obsequious
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To wipe ones backside on the door (nl)
To treat something lightly
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To go around shouldering a burden (fr) (nl)
To imagine that things are worse than they are
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One beggar pities the other standing in front of the door (nl)
Being afraid for competition
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To fish behind the net (fr) (nl)
To miss an opportunity
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Sharks eat smaller fish (fr) (nl)
Anything people say will be put in perspective according to their level of importance
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To be unable to see the sun shine on the water (fr) (nl)
To be jealous of anothers success
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It hangs like a privy over a ditch (fr) (nl)
It is obvious
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Anybody can see through an oak plank if there is a hole in it (fr) (nl)
There is no point in stating the obvious
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They both crap through the same hole (fr) (nl)
They are inseparable comrades
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To throw ones money into the water (fr) (nl)
To waste ones money
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A wall with cracks will soon collapse (fr) (nl)
Anything poorly managed will soon fail
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To not care whose house is on fire as long as one can warm oneself at the blaze (fr) (nl)
To take every opportunity regardless of the consequences to others
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To drag the block (fr) (nl)
To be deceived by a lover or to work at a pointless task
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Fear makes the old woman trot (fr) (nl)
An unexpected event can reveal unknown qualities
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Horse droppings are not figs (fr) (nl)
Do not be fooled by appearances
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اگر کوری یک کور را هدایت کند؛ هردو در جوی می‌افتند.
هیچ سودی در پیروی از نادان وجود ندارد.
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The journey is not yet over when one can discern the church and steeple (fr) (nl)
Do not give up until the task is fully complete
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Everything, however finely spun, finally comes to the sun (nl)
Nothing can be hidden forever
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To keep ones eye on the sail (fr) (nl)
To stay alert, be wary
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To crap on the gallows (fr) (nl)
To be undeterred by any penalty
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Where the carcass is, there fly the crows (fr) (nl)
If theres something to be gained, everyone hurries in front
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It is easy to sail before the wind (fr) (nl)
If conditions are favourable it is not difficult to achieve ones goal
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Who knows why geese go barefoot? (fr) (nl)
There is a reason for everything, though it may not be obvious
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If I am not meant to be their keeper, I will let geese be geese
Do not interfere in matters that are not your concern
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دیدن رقص خرس‌ها
گرسنگی
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خرس‌های وحشی مشارکت با خودشان را ترجیح می‌دهند
همسالان با یک‌دیگر بهتر می‌سازند تا با دیگران
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To throw ones cowl over the fence (fr) (nl)
To discard something without knowing whether it will be required later
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It is ill to swim against the current (fr) (nl)
It is difficult to oppose the general opinion
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The pitcher goes to the water until it finally breaks (fr) (nl)
Everything has its limitations
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The broadest straps are cut from someone elses leather (fr) (nl)
One is quick to anothers money.
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To hold an eel by the tail (fr) (nl)
To undertake a difficult task (Compare: "Catch a tiger by the tail")
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To fall through the basket (fr) (nl)
To have your deception uncovered
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To be suspended between heaven and earth (nl)
To be in an awkward situation
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To keep the hens egg and let the gooses egg go (fr) (nl)
To make a bad decision
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To yawn against the oven (fr) (nl)
To attempt more than one can manage
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To be barely able to reach from one loaf to another (fr) (nl)
To have difficulty living within budget
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یک کج‌بیل بی‌دسته
احتمالا یک چیز بی‌مصرف
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To look for the hatchet (fr) (nl)
To try to find an excuse
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Here he is with his lantern (nl)
To finally have an opportunity to show a talent
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یک تیشه با یک دسته
احتمالا بر «کل یک چیز» دلالت می‌کند.
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He who has spilt his porridge cannot scrape it all up again (fr) (nl)
Once something is done it cannot be undone (Compare: "Dont cry over spilt milk")
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To put a spoke through someones wheel (fr) (nl)
To put up an obstacle, to destroy someones plans
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Love is on the side where the money bag hangs (fr) (nl)
Love can be bought
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To pull to get the longest end (fr) (nl)
To attempt to get the advantage
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To stand in ones own light (nl)
To behave contrarily to ones own happiness or advantage
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No one looks for others in the oven who has not been in there himself (nl)
To imagine wickedness in others is a sign of wickedness in oneself
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To have the world spinning on ones thumb (fr) (nl)
To have every advantage (Compare: "To have the world in the palm of your hand")
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To tie a flaxen beard to the face of Christ (fr) (nl)
To hide deceit under a veneer of Christian piety
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To have to stoop to get on in the world (fr) (nl)
To succeed one must be willing to make sacrifices
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To cast roses before swine (nl)
To waste effort on the unworthy
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To fill the well after the calf has already drowned (fr) (nl)
To take action only after a disaster (Compare: "Shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted")
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To be as gentle as a lamb (fr) (nl)
Someone who is exceptionally calm or gentle
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She puts the blue cloak on her husband (fr) (nl)
She deceives him
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Watch out that a black dog does not come in between (fr) (nl)
Mind that things dont go wrong
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One winds on the distaff what the other spins (fr) (nl)
Both spread gossip
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To carry the day out in baskets (fr) (nl)
To waste ones time (Compare: "to carry coals to Newcastle" and "to sell sand in the desert")
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To hold a candle to the Devil (fr) (nl)
To flatter and make friends indiscriminately
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To confess to the Devil (fr) (nl)
To reveal secrets to ones enemy
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The pig is stabbed through the belly (fr) (nl)
A foregone conclusion or what is done can not be undone
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Two dogs over one bone seldom agree (fr) (nl)
To argue over a single point
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When two dogs fight out who gets the bone,the third one steals it (fr) (nl)
Self-explanatory
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To be a skimming ladle (fr) (nl)
To be a parasite or sponger
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What is the good of a beautiful plate when there is nothing on it? (fr) (nl)
Beauty does not make up for substance
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«روباه و لک‌لک» یا «روباه و درنا» با هم شام می‌خورند.
اگر کسی را فریب دهید، ممکن است به خودتان بازگردد
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To blow in the ear (fr) (nl)
To spread gossip
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Chalk up a debt (fr) (nl)
To owe someone a favour
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The meat on the spit must be basted (fr) (nl)
Certain things need constant attention
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There is no turning the spit with him (fr) (nl)
He is uncooperative
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To sit on hot coals (fr) (nl)
To be impatient
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To catch fish without a net (fr) (nl)
To profit from the work of others
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