23 Danish Proverbs about Devil

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1. A customary railer is the devil's bagpipe, which the world danceth after.
2. An ill-tempered woman is the devil's door-nail.
3. Call not the devil, he will come fast enough unbidden.
4. Falsehood is the Devil's daughter, and speaks her father's tongue.
5. Give a thing, and take a thing, to wear the devil's gold ring.
6. He loves me as the devil loves holy water.
7. He must be a clever host that would take the devil into his hostelry.
8. He must be ill-favoured who scares the devil.
9. He must cry aloud who would scare the devil.
10. He must have iron fingers who would flay the devil.
11. He needs a long spoon that would eat out of the same dish with the devil.
12. Idleness is the devil's bolster.
13. It is easy to bid the devil be your guest, but difficult to get rid of him.
14. "It is easy to work with a good comb," said the devil, when he combed his mother's hair with a pitchfork."
15. It is not easy to walk upon the devil's ice.
16. It is not for nothing that the devil lays himself down in the ditch.
17. Much noise and little wool, said the devil, when he was shearing the sow.
18. One to one, and two to the devil.
19. Virtue in the middle, said the Devil, when seated between two lawyers.
20. What is gotten over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
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