A carne de lobo, diente de perro.To wolf’s flesh dog’s tooth.
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El ojo limpiale con el codo.Wipe your eye with your elbow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCostumbre hace ley.Custom becomes law.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOnza de estado, libra de oro.An ounce of state to a pound of gold.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMas tira moça que soga.A girl draws more than a rope.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNo hay mejor remiendo que el del mismo paño.There is no better patch than one off the same cloth
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa mala llaga sana, la mala fama mata.A bad wound may be cured, bad repute kills.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien quita la ocasion, quita el pecado.He who avoids the temptation avoids the sin.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEl huesped y el pez á tres dias huele.A guest and a fish stink in three days.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMas vale una abeja que mil moscas.One bee is better than a thousand flies.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNo hace tanto la zorra en un año como paga en un hora.The fox does not do as much mischief in a year as it pays for in an hour.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMiguel, Miguel, no tienes abejas y vendes miel.Miguel, Miguel, you have no bees, and yet sell honey.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCada cabello hace su sombra.Every hair casts its shadow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA poca barba, poca vergüenza.Little beard, little modesty.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesZorro en zorrera el humo lo echa fuera.When a fox is in his hole, the smoke fetches him out.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCada uno en su casa, y Dios en la de todos.Every one in his own house, and God in all men’s.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA tu amigo dile la mentira; si te guardare poridad, dile la verdad.Tell your friend a lie; and if he keeps it secret, tell him the truth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien feo ama, hermoso le parece.She who loves an ugly man thinks him handsome.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAssaz puede poco, quien no amenaza á otro.He can do but little who cannot threaten another.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa tierra que el hombre sabe, esa es su madre.The land a man knows is his mother.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe do sacan y no pon, presto llegan al hondon.Taking out and not putting in soon reaches the bottom.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien ó A quien no habla, no le oye Dios.He who does not speak, God does not hear.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBuen siglo haya quien dijó bolta.Blessings on him that said, Face about.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEl mentir y el compadrar ambos audan á la par.Lying and gossipping go hand in hand.
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