Lo que hace el loco á la derreria, hace el sabio á la primeria.What the fool does at last the wise man does at first.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Azotan á la gata, si no hila nuestra ama.They whip the cat, if our mistress does not spin.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA tuerto ó á derecho, nuestra casa hasta al techo.Right or wrong, ’tis our house up to the roof.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien una vez hurta, fiel nunca.He who steals once is never trusty.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAl hombre osado, la fortuna le da la mano.To the bold man fortune gives her hand.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDijó la sarten á la caldera, Tirte allá, cul negra.Said the frying pan to the kettle, Stand off, black bottom.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSer alguno un caxon de sastre.To be like a tailor’s pattern-book.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuién es tu enemigo? El de tu oficio.Two of a trade can never agree.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDonde irá el buey que no are?Where shall the ox go and not plough?
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien tiene tejado de vidrio, no tire piedras al de su vecino.He who has a glass roof should not throw stones at his neighbour’s.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe me digan, y á mi pidan.Let them talk of me, and beg of me.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNi absente sin culpa, ni presente sin disculpa.Absent, none without blame; present, none without excuse.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA las veces do cazar pensamos, cazados quedamos.When we think to catch we are sometimes caught.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien la raposa ha de engañar, cumplele madrugar.He who would cheat the fox must rise early.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAunque el decidor sea loco, el escuchador sea cuerdo.Though the speaker be a fool, let the hearer be wise.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien ramo pone, su vino quiere vender.He who hangs out a branch wants to sell his wine.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEse es mi amigo el que muele en mi molinillo.He is my friend who grinds at my mill.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLa cabra de mi vecina mas leche da que no la mia.My neighbour’s goat gives more milk than mine.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPaga lo que debes, sanarás del mal que tienes.Pay what you owe, and be cured of your complaint.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPaga lo que debes, sabrás lo que tienes.If you pay what you owe, what you’re worth you’ll know.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTirar la piedra y esconder la mano.To throw the stone and conceal the hand.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHijo del alcalde con todo sale.The magistrate’s son gets out of every scrape
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHerradura que chacotea, clavo le falta.The horseshoe that clatters wants a nail
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSea mi enemigo, y vaya á mi molino.Be my enemy and go to my mill.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources