He who has spilt his porridge cannot scrape it all up again. (Don’t cry over spilt milk.)
Two dogs over one bone seldom agree. (To argue uselessly over a single point).
Sitting on hot coals. (To be impatient.)
To hang one’s cloak according to the wind. (To adapt one’s viewpoint to the current opinion.)
The whole world is upside down.
To have the roof tiled with tarts. (To be very wealthy).
To sit between two stools in the ashes. (To be indecisive.)
To be able to tie even the devil to a pillow. (Perseverance overcomes everything.)
To crap on the world. (To despise everything.)
A pillar-biter. (A religious hypocrite.)
To lead each other by the nose. (To fool each other.)
To have the world spinning on one’s thumb. (To have the world in the palm of your hand.)
To put a spoke in someone’s wheel. (To throw a wrench in someone’s plans.)
Horse droppings are not figs. (Appearances are deceiving.)
To try to kill two flies with one stroke. (To kill two birds with one stone.)
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