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kalel 77,099 posts
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Registered 10 years agoYes, we have that proverb in English. -
warlockuk 18,672 posts
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Registered 9 years agoSalaman wrote:
Isn't the English version of that "People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones"?smoothpete wrote:
Me neither to be honest. It's mostly used in Holland, especially politicians seem to find it a a handy saying when under siege from opposition parties/members. Although these days they usually say the first part about the buttered forehead and leave out the "in the sun" bit.Salaman wrote:
Eh? I don't get that one at all..
Like this variation on "don't throw bricks in a glass house": if you have butter on your forehead you should stay out of the sun.I'm a grumpy bastard.
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neilka 12,523 posts
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Registered 8 years agoThread is now "list all the proverbs you know"EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FINE
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Tonka 18,252 posts
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Registered 9 years agoSalaman wrote:
Sounds very similar AND confirms the old mysterious flemish/swedish link.
I can't think of the right phrasing for the life of me but there is a Flemish saying that goes along the lines of "what the head neglects, the legs have to compensate or suffer or something similar"
It's bugging me now.If you can read this you really need to fiddle with your forum settings.
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ZizouFC 5,299 posts
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Registered 4 years agoA damp squid
On tender hooks
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Deckard1 19,079 posts
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Registered 4 years agoOne in the brown is worth two in the pink. -
Tonka 18,252 posts
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Registered 9 years agoLeoliansBro wrote:
As in spicy hot? Otherwise you're doing it wrong.
I use butter in my cooking to ensure the food isn't too hot.If you can read this you really need to fiddle with your forum settings.
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kalel 77,099 posts
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jellyhead 24,348 posts
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Registered 10 years agoSwedish Proverbs with English equivalents. Might be in that lot somewhere.
edit: No, no we don't not according to Wiki anyway.Det man inte har i huvudet, får man ha i benen.
Translation: What one's head lacks, one has to have in one's legs.
Source: Ström (1981), p. 289This signature intentionally left blank.
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smoothpete 29,422 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI asked two Dutch people, one had heard of the butter head sun thing. One had not, but said "If you have butter on your head you are two faced - you would say one thing to one person to please them and something completely different to another person to please that person too" -
Salaman 16,729 posts
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Registered 9 years agosmoothpete wrote:
It's a real thing, seriously.
I asked two Dutch people, one had heard of the butter head sun thing. One had not, but said "If you have butter on your head you are two faced - you would say one thing to one person to please them and something completely different to another person to please that person too"
Here's a newspaper headline from last October:
"Nike has kilos of butter on it's head for supporting cheater Armstrong"
http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/3184/opinie/article/detail/3331947/2012/10/15/Nike-heeft-kilo-s-boter-op-het-hoofd-met-steun-aan-valsspeler-Armstrong.dhtml -
Deckard1 19,079 posts
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Registered 4 years agoWhat a fucking stupid saying -
Deckard1 19,079 posts
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Registered 4 years agoIf your pockets are full of sausages don't ride a mountain bike
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Ka-blamo 6,506 posts
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Salaman 16,729 posts
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Registered 9 years agoDeckard1 wrote:
It's not that hard to make up similar non-sensical proverbs to the glass house/butter on the forehead one.
If your pockets are full of sausages don't ride a mountain bike
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Deckard1 19,079 posts
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Registered 4 years ago"If you're man enough to pull off white fluffy dogs, your penis must be large indeed."
And yes, I meant that kind of pulling off.
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Salaman 16,729 posts
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LeoliansBro 35,822 posts
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Registered 7 years agoThere's an old Vulcan proverb: 'Only Nixon could go to China.'LB, you really are a massive geek.
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Fake_Blood 3,054 posts
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There's a German proverb that's identical to the one in the op. Was man nicht im Kopf hat, hat man in den Beinen. -
Salaman 16,729 posts
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Registered 9 years agoTonka wrote:
Maybe Germany is your missing link Tonka?Salaman wrote:
Sounds very similar AND confirms the old mysterious flemish/swedish link.
I can't think of the right phrasing for the life of me but there is a Flemish saying that goes along the lines of "what the head neglects, the legs have to compensate or suffer or something similar"
It's bugging me now.
I wonder if the Italians have a similar proverb and whether there are regional variations on it between the north and south. -
Deckard1 19,079 posts
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Registered 4 years agoIn French I believe its "Si vos poches sont pleines de saucisses ne pas monter un vélo de montagne!" -
Salaman 16,729 posts
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Registered 9 years agoNah, the french is "ne nique pas des chiens sans sufficant de poil pour bien se prendre" or something like that. -
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Registered 5 years agoConfucius say, you be docta not graphic designa or you not my son. -
'If you're going to get fucked by the devil, make sure you bring some icecubes'
There is only one thing we say to Death: 'Maybe Tomorrow'
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