263 Sayings of Norwegian Origin

1. "Tomorrow is the day that idlers get busy." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "The eye wants to be where it is dear, and the hand where it hurts." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "Face to face eagles shall claw." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "All don't like the same thing; some like it cold, and some like it hot." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "Bad is called good when worse happens." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "A burning light may go out, a sailing man may drown." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "All shoes are not sewn on the same last." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "The blemishes of another are easily seen." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "When old age is good, youth is forgotten." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "The Billy-goat knows he has horns." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "Good love glides easily and smoothly and pays in time." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "Seriousness and fun often go together." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "Everything serves the thief." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "Better ten hairs on the head than one in the soup." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "Things very often take a bad turn for shameless guys that are running free." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "Rather a bit correctly than much incorrectly." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "Where age gets in, he will never get out again." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "From harm one gets wise." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "It's hard to talk in front of empty pews." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "He who leaves a good name does not die poor." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "A burnt child fears fire." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "The patch always has to be larger than the hole." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "The shame you cannot lift away, you had better let lie." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "From our years we learn more than from many books." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "Getting a small part is better than a long quarrel." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "Better too full than too early empty." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "The old are the eldest." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "Everybody wants to put the axe in the bear-skull, but nobody wants to hold the handle." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "The coat of truth is often lined with lies." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "Barter is for fault." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "Everything is not as bad as it sounds." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "If the man does not heed time, time does not heed the man." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "Documents do not forget." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "It's hard to condemn others, being guilty yourself." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "Too shy gets nowhere ahead." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "Merely book makes none wise." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "Everyone wants to hear praise, and nobody blame." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "The farmer can sow, but not put on the ear." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "Too much makes the sack burst." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "All madmen are not the same." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "Not everyone can become pope in Rome." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "The burden of someone else is always light." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "All the fat floats together." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "Better bend to get through the door than run one's head against a stone wall." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "Even the best swimmer may sink." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "Seemingly wild and weird counsel may be inspected, for wild-looking sayings can contain much heart-warming counsel, and useful counsel too." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

47. "Everybody's friend is true to none." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

48. "Another's horse is always strong." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

49. "Both gentlemen and fools speak freely." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

50. "Bare are buttocks without breaches." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

51. "A child's grief is soon put out." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

52. "Seek the helpful counsel of experienced and successful persons that trust you." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

53. "The old bucks have the stiffest horns." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

54. "You can't carry a better load up a hill than much knowledge." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

55. "Anyone has to live on top of good customs where he is settled." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

56. "The headless army can be in for a hard time." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

57. "Given counsel is all the same hard to take." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

58. "The best cure meets the disease before it enters the home." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

59. "Straight ahead is shortest, but not always easiest." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

60. "The best friends are fewest." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

61. "Away is not to be at home." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

62. "One swallow creates no summer." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

63. "Don't sell the hide until you've shot the bear." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

64. "Who marries too hastily can regret it too constantly and wistfully." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

65. "Exposing yourself to danger by weapons in hand, is bad." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

66. "Everything must be destroyed that is meant to be so." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

67. "The farmer is no goose because he is grey." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

68. "It is a poor ear of grain that is without an awn on it." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

69. "If you bend the rights, they will break." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

70. "Better learn from one damage than many." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

71. "The farmer himself the best, and his wife the next." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

72. "All weather is passing." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

73. "Every cloud has a silver lining. There is nothing so bad in which there is not something good." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

74. "Everything is pure to the pure." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

75. "Only he who wanders, finds new paths." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

76. "You don't have to put out the fire when all is burnt out." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

77. "Forge while the iron is hot." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

78. "Everything is well told that is well received." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

79. "The baker and the smith belong to the devil." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

80. "Better an iron dictatorship than a golden anarchy." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

81. "Age changes the hair, but not always the mind." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

82. "Age comes not alone; it brings so much with it." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

83. "Those who yawn at the same time, are not on bad terms." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

84. "Gather and spare can last long." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

85. "The lame runs if he has to." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

86. "To be away is well and good, but home is best." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

87. "Better to live with certainty than in the hope." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

88. "From a gruff word both harm and murder may ensue." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

89. "Honor the old, teach the young." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

90. "Every little bit helps." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

91. "Shameful deeds bring on revenge." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

92. "The summer moments always pass quickly." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

93. "Even though the man forgets how old he is, his age does not forget him." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

94. "Everyone's friend is faithful to none." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

95. "Luck is loaned, not owned." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

96. "Men look more like their uncles on the mother's side." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

97. "Where there is no discipline, there is no honor." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

98. "All sense is not housed in one single head." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

99. "Better know a little too much than too little." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

100. "The thief thinks everybody steals." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

101. "The ancients were no fools." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

102. "Either conform to the customs or flee the country." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

103. "The eye is the first thing that is blinded." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

104. "Barter is to favor two and not just one." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

105. "Fodder and care make the cattle pleasant." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

106. "The child has to crawl till it learns to walk." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

107. "A boy's will is the will of the wind." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

108. "The lazier a man is, the more he plans to do tomorrow." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

109. "Rather suffer for truth than get rewarded for lies." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

110. "The day that is gone, you will not get one more time." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

111. "If you bend the bow too much, it will break." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

112. "It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

113. "Ask for advice, then use your head." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

114. "Age is nothing to boast of; you get it for free." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

115. "The afterthought is good, but forethought is better." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

116. "Too audacious is often given a beating." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

117. "Wise men learn at another's expense." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

118. "A weeping suitor, a barefoot smith, a runaway horse and a stammering minister, who do you prefer?" (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

119. "To be a hero hang on for a minute longer." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

120. "Better turn in the brook than in the waterfall." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

121. "From nothing comes nothing." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

122. "Too clean has no taste." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

123. "There is no shame in clothing you have not cut yourself." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

124. "All birds cannot be hawks." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

125. "The will be quiet sometime, those who are wild now." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

126. "Better grey than bald." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

127. "There is a knack to every handicraft." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

128. "There are at least two sides to a thing." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

129. "The farmer cannot invite all." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

130. "Better be without money than without honor." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

131. "Everything will lie where it is lowest." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

132. "Better lie uncomfortably than to cover oneself with a rag." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

133. "Child memories will last long." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

134. "No one can help someone who will not help himself." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

135. "The best fruits hang highest." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

136. "The bear and bear hunter are not of the same opinion." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

137. "Everything has an end, except the sausage." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

138. "He who does no evil does a lot of good." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

139. "In the game no one is brother to others." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

140. "It is the law that judges, not the judge." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

141. "Respect gives power." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

142. "It's best to search while the trail is new." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

143. "Another's steak is always fat." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

144. "Most prayers go unanswered anyway." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

145. "There is nothing so bad that it cannot be worse." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

146. "It is the great north wind that made the Vikings." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

147. "It's no shame to look into the warm spring sun and regret a lost limb." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

148. "Everyone wants to live long, but nobody wants to age." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

149. "When you're not given it, you don't have to thank anyone either." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

150. "Without discipline, the world would get out of order." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

151. "Better turn than go astray." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

152. "A grey patch is better than a bare side." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

153. "From small seeds big trees grow." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

154. "The lowest fence it the easiest to get across." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

155. "Not all the words that were ever uttered are worth weighing on golden scales." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

156. "Age is likely to lead to something worse." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

157. "Everyone wants to be a gentleman; nobody want to carry the sack." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

158. "Make deft use of what you learn to the degree you can gather." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

159. "There is never a fish without a bone, and no man without faults." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

160. "The taller the house, the heavier the storm." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

161. "Better an empty purse than wrongly got money." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

162. "Better whole than mended well." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

163. "Everything is good for its own use." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

164. "It is better to be a free man in a small house than a slave in a big one." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

165. "Poor thanks is of the way of the world." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

166. "Age wants honor." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

167. "Bookless man is blind." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

168. "Not everyone can meet one's better." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

169. "A tied up man is sorrowful." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

170. "Everything needs its time." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

171. "If you build your house as everybody counsels, it will never stand straight." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

172. "When the glacier sees the spring sun, he weeps." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

173. "The friend of all is the fool of all." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

174. "A fair wind at our back is best." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

175. "What three men know then the whole world knows." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

176. "It is easier to learn from the damage of another." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

177. "Too sensitive gets nowhere." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

178. "Injuries make one wise." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

179. "The pardon may be more severe than the penalty." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

180. "Better a whole ship than a broken one." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

181. "Children are pauper wealth." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

182. "The burnt child fears the fire." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

183. "Every family has its hanger-on." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

184. "To gather and spare can last long." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

185. "The best joy lasts the longest." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

186. "Black soil produces white bread." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

187. "Too near is little dear." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

188. "Everyone has seen his cradle, but none his grave." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

189. "Too sharp may be a burden too." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

190. "Farmer thrives among farmers best." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

191. "Better a free bird than a king in captivity." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

192. "A rolling stone gathers no moss." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

193. "The straightest road is shortest, but not always easiest." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

194. "Patchwork is better than bare buttocks." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

195. "Other times, other customs." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

196. "Even the best horse may stumble." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

197. "The less you know, the less you forget." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

198. "Good fortune is loaned, not owned." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

199. "It's better to remain with a little shame than to come home again with a great one." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

200. "Better be limping than footless." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

201. "Great fear and spanking hardly make the boy extremely wise." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

202. "There is much poverty in the world, but many to share it." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

203. "Better know rightly than hope wrongly." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

204. "On the road between the homes of friends, grass does not grow." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

205. "A tied dog does not jump farther than his cord." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

206. "Better be wise beforehand than aware afterwards." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

207. "The maniacs have many funny hours that the sane guy does not have." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

208. "An empty head gets the easiest sleep." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

209. "The old are to be honored." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

210. "It is impossible to be the friend of everyone for long." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

211. "Hid away hardly means forgotten." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

212. "Other years make other people." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

213. "Everyone knows what to do with a bad wife except the one who has her." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

214. "Beautiful kid, Swedish dad." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

215. "In every woman there is a Queen. Speak to the Queen and the Queen will answer." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

216. "A blushing lie is better than the pale truth." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

217. "What's good is often forgotten, what's bad is often hidden." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

218. "He who has a dog need not bark himself." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

219. "Everyone wants to turn the prettiest side forward." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

220. "There is no wind that blows right for the sailor who doesn't know where the harbor is." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

221. "Better know for sure than just guess." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

222. "A small, but excellent party, the man said, he was drinking alone." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

223. "The craziest speak most truly." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

224. "Blind hen finds a corn too." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

225. "Everything does not go as we guess." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

226. "The stomach is not content with nice words." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

227. "Age does not always help against foolishness." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

228. "From children and drunk people we get to hear the truth." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

229. "It's best to stop while things go well." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

230. "Beyond the mountain there are people too." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

231. "Everyone wants to climb the lowest fence." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

232. "Certainty is better than hope." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

233. "The fair wind blows even if the sailor does not see it." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

234. "Better unlearned and bright than erudite and foolish." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

235. "Better let ten guilty ones go free than judging an innocent man." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

236. "The table catches." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

237. "Better be unmarried than badly married." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

238. "Good reckoning forms decent friendship." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

239. "Carve your good words in stone, the bad in snow." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

240. "The best fruits of severe experiences are useful to many." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

241. "You can give a piece of advice, but not good luck along with that." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

242. "The comparison halts." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

243. "Better little than nothing." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

244. "The east wind travels where it is supposed to." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

245. "It's bad to be ashamed for something very well done." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

246. "Everybody looks at others, and none on himself." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

247. "Rather free in a foreign place than a slave back home." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

248. "Latecomers see the least." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

249. "Who little ventures, little gains." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

250. "Not everyone can have the bishop for his uncle." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

251. "Better bend than bump." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

252. "Age is not like youth." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

253. "Better barefooted than without jeans." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

254. "Morning has gold in its mouth." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

255. "Behind the clouds the sky is always blue." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

256. "Children do children's work." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

257. "There never was so bad a crow that it did not want a mate." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

258. "Better wind one's way on dry land than lie in water and call." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

259. "All food does not come upon one single dish." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

260. "Fish bite best on a golden hook." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

261. "The best remedy against getting drunk is keeping sober." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

262. "Old age and poverty are a spiteful company." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

263. "Time has strong teeth." (Norwegian Sayings) Click to tweet