Il can che vuol mordere, non abbaia.The dog that means to bite don’t bark.
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Dalla mano alla bocca si perde la zuppa.Between the hand and the month the soup is spilt.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAssai basta, e troppo guasta.Enough is enough, and too much spoils.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi compra il magistrato, forza è che venda la giustizia.He that buys the office of magistrate must of necessity sell justice.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEgli ben sa dove la spina il punge.He knows well where the thorn pricks him.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio il cuor felice che la borsa.A happy heart is better than a full purse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi non rompe le uova, non fa la frittata.There is no making pancakes without breaking the eggs.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTra la briglia e lo sprone consiste la ragione.Reason lies between bridle and spur.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa padella dice al paiuolo: Fatti in là, che tu mi tigni.The pan says to the pot: Keep off, or you’ll smutch me.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAl ladro fa paura anche un sorcio.The thief is frightened even by a mouse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAd un colpo non cade à terra l’albero.The tree is not felled at one blow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCon la volpe convien volpeggiare.With the fox one must play the fox.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUna bugia ne tira dieci.One lie draws ten after it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe rose cascano, e le spine rimangono.The roses fall, and the thorns remain.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio sdrucciolare col piè che con la lingua.Better slip with the foot than with the tongue.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl più forte ha sempre ragione.The strongest is always in the right.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCosta men del don quel che si compra.What is bought is cheaper than a gift.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesI cenni de’ padroni sono commandamenti.Masters’ hints are commands.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDel tutto non è savio chi non sa far il pazzo.He is not a thorough wise man who cannot play the fool on occasion.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE buon tenere i panni a chi nuota.It is good to hold the clothes of one who is swimming.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPiù ombra che frutto fanno gli arberi grandi.Large trees give more shade than fruit.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOgnun crede di aver più cervello che non ha, e meno quattrini.Every one gives himself credit for more brains than he has, and less money.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMedico, cura te stesso.Physician, heal thyself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi fabbrica su quel d’altri, perde la calcina e le pietre.He who builds on another’s ground loses his stone and mortar.
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