1492 Danish Proverbs / Page 70
1381.
When fools go to market the huckster gets money.1382.
When fortune's chariot rolls easily, envy and shame cling to the wheels.1383.
When friends ask, there is no tomorrow.1384.
When I have money in my purse, I have food in my mouth.1385.
When it pours upon the parson, it drops upon the clerk.1386.
When it rains porridge the beggar has no spoon.1387.
When joy is in the parlour, sorrow is in the passage.1388.
When lazy horses begin to start, old women to dance, and white clouds to rain, there is no stopping them.1389.
When mistrust enters, love departs.1390.
When neighbours quarrel, lookers-on are more apt to add fuel than water.1391.
When one foot stumbles, the other is near falling.1392.
When the beer goes in the wits go out.1393.
When the belly is full the mind is amongst the maids.1394.
When the cat and the mouse agree the farmer doesn't stand a chance.1395.
When the cat's away the mice will play.1396.
When the cook is roasting for the butler, woe to the master's wine-cask.1397.
When the cord is tightest it is nearest snapping.1398.
When the crane attempts to dance with the house she gets broken bones.1399.
When the feed box is empty, the horses bite each other.1400.
When the fox licks his paw let the farmer look after his geese.