Quien calla piedras apaña.He who is silent gains store.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Si uno dos y tres te dicen que eres asno, ponte un rabo.If one, two, three say you are an ass, put on a tail.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEntre dos amigos un notario y dos testigos.Between two friends a notary and two witnesses.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAl que tiene muger hermosa, ó castillo en frontera, ó viña en carrera, nunca le falta guerra.He who has a handsome wife, a castle on the frontier, or a vineyard on the roadside, is never without war.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEn arca abierta el justo peca.The righteous man sins before an open chest.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAl hijo de tu vezina quítale el mico, y cásale con tu hija.Wipe the nose of your neighbour’s son, and marry him to your daughter.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLa mano cuerda no hace todo lo que due la lengua.The wise hand does not all that the tongue says.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesUnos tienen la fama, y otros cardan la lana.Some have the fame, and others card the wool.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAllá va la lengua, do duele la muela.The tongue goes where the tooth aches.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBuscar cinque pies al gato.To look for five feet in a cat.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEncomendar las ovejas al lobo.To commit the sheep to the care of the wolf.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCompuesta no hay muger fea.No woman is ugly when she is dressed.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEl mejor lance de los dados es no jugarlos.The best cast at dice is not to play.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesComer y rascar, todo es empezar.To eat and to scratch one has but to begin.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPuesque la casa se quema, calentémonos todos.Since the house is on fire, let us warm ourselves.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSopla, herrero, ganarás dinero.Blow, smith, and you’ll get money.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien ménos procura, alcanza mas bien.He who asks the fewest favours is the best received.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAzotenme en la plaza, que no lo sepan en mi casa.Let them whip me in the market-place, provided it be not known at home.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA tu amigo gánale un juego, y bévele luego.Win a game of your friend, and drink the money on the spot.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAndar á caza con huron muerto.To go rabbit catching with a dead ferret.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPalo de ciego, que sáca polvo de debajo de agua.A blind man’s stroke, which raises a dust from beneath water.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNo mata la carga sino la sobrecarga.It is not the load but the overload that kills
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesArde verde por seco, y pagan justos por pecadores.The green burns for the dry, and the righteous pay for sinners.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMas vale tuerto que ciego.Better one-eyed than stone blind.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources