Descalabrar al alguacil, y acogerse al corregidor.To break the constable’s head, and take refuge with the sheriff.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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El bobo, si es callado, por sesudo es reputado.A fool, if he holds his tongue, passes for wise.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBien predica quien bien vive.He preaches well who lives well.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFiar de Dios sobre buena prenda.Trust in God upon good security.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSoltero, pavon; desposado, leon; casado, asno.Bachelor, a peacock; betrothed, a lion; married, an ass.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA presurosa demanda espaciosa respuesta.To a hasty demand a leisure reply.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDime con quien andas, diréte quien eres.Tell me what company you keep, and I will tell you who you are.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien al cielo escupe, en la cara le cae.He who spits above himself will have it fall on his face.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTres cosas matan al hombre, soles, cenas, y penas.Three things kill a man: a scorching sun, suppers, and cares.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQual el tiempo, tal el tiento.As are the times, so are the manners.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMiedo guarda viña.Fear guards the vineyard.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesArrieros somos, y en el camino nos encontraremos.We are both carriers, and shall meet on the road.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesManda y descuida, no se hará cosa ninguna.Give orders and do no more, and nothing will come of it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA pan duro diente agudo.A sharp tooth for hard bread.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHaz buena harina, y no toques bocina.Make good flour, and do not blow the trumpet
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien con lobos anda, á aullar se enseña.He who goes with wolves learns to howl.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEl mal de milano, las alas quebradas y el pico sano.The kite’s malady, its wings broken and its beak sound.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien mucho habla, en algo acierta.He who talks much is sometimes right.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEl golpe de la sarten, aunque no duele, tizna.A blow from a frying-pan, if it does not hurt, smuts.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAmor loco, yo por vos, y vos por otro.Mad love—I for you, and you for another.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando uno ne quiere, dos no barajan.Two cannot fall out if one does not choose.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEl habito no hace al monge.The dress does not make the friar.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuieres buen mercado? Con el necio necesitado.Do you want to buy cheap? Buy of a needy fool.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLa cuba llena, la suegra bevida.The cask full, the mother-in-law drunk.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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