La suegra ha de ser rogada, y olla reposada.The mother-in-law must be entreated, and the pot must be let stand.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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No ay ladron sin encubridor.There is no thief without a receiver.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCampana cascada, nunca sana.A cracked bell will never be sound.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien come y condensa, dos veces pone la mesa.He who eats and puts by, has sufficient for two meals.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesRiñen las comadres y dicense las verdades.The gossips fall out and tell each other truths.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando en verano es invierno, y en invierno verano, nunca buen año.When the summer is winter, and the winter summer, it is a sorry year.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien todo lo quiere, todo lo pierde.He who grasps all loses all.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVaya con Dios, que un pan me lleva.Go in God’s name, for he takes a loaf of mine.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVender gato por liebre.To sell a cat for a hare.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPereza, llave de pobreza.Sloth is the key of poverty.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEl mal que no tiene cura es locura.Folly is the most incurable of maladies.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMuger, viento, y ventura, presto se muda.Women, wind, and fortune, soon change.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNo vive mas el leal que quanto quiere el traidor.The loyal man lives no longer than the traitor pleases.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe casa del gato no vá harto el rato.The mouse does not leave the cat’s house with a bellyful.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEl judío échase á perder con pascuas, el moro con bodas, y el cristiano con escrituras.The Jew ruins himself with passovers, the Moor with wedding feasts, and the Christian with lawsuits.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNo lo quiero, no lo quiero, mas échadme lo en la capilla.I don’t want it, I don’t want it, but put it into my hood
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLa coz de la yegua no hace mal al potro.The mare’s kick does not harm the colt.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien quiere medrar, iglesia, ó mar, ó casa real.He who would thrive must follow the church, the sea, or the king’s service.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMenea la cola el can, no por ti, sino por el pan.The dog wags his tail, not for you but for your bread.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien ha criados, ha enemigos no escusados.He who has servants has unavoidable enemies.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuieres que te siga el can? Dale pan.If you would have the dog follow you, give him bread.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA buey viejo no le cates abrigo.No need to seek shelter for an old ox.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesJuras del que ama muger, no se han de creer.The oaths of one who loves a woman are not to be believed.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSer como piojo en costura.To be like a louse in a seam.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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