El que está en el lodo querria meter á otro.He who is in the mud likes to get another into it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona so queda.A monkey remains a monkey, though dressed in silk.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA Dios rogando y con el mazo dando.Praying to God and hitting with the hammer.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA Dios te doy, libreta, bevida, y por hilar.God take you, pound (of flax), drunk out and not yet spun.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNo se hacen tortillas sin romper huevos.You can’t make pancakes without breaking eggs.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVoz del pueblo es voz de Dios.The voice of the people is the voice of God.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLa cruz en los pechos, y el diablo en los hechos.The cross on his breast, and the devil in his acts.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCierra tu puerta, y harás tu vecina buena.Shut your door, and you will make your neighbour a good woman.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando te dieren el anillo, pon el dedillo.When they offer you a ring, hold out your finger.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien se muda, Dios le ayuda.He who reforms, God assists.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLo que te dijeren al oido, no lo digas a tu marido.What is whispered in your ear tell not to your husband.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGoza tú de tu poco, mientras busca mas el loco.Enjoy your little whilst the fool is seeking for more.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCasa labrada y viña plantada.A house ready built and a vineyard ready planted.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMas vale ruin asno que ser asno.Better have a bad ass than to be your own ass.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDesquitóse Miguel; perdió un ducado y ganó un conejo.Michael is quits; he lost a ducat and gained a rabbit.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAma á quien no te ama, responde á quien no te llama, correrás carrera vana.Love one that does not love you, answer one that does not call you, and you will run a fruitless race.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLa gotera dando hace señal en la piedra.The gutter by dropping wears the stone.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEchar un virote tras otro.To send one arrow after another.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEl lobo y la vulpeja ambos son de una conseja.The wolf and the fox are both in one story.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNo me digas oliva hasta que me veas cogida.Call me not olive till you see me gathered
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien no miente, no viene de buena gente.He that does not lie, does not come of good blood.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSi quieres buena fama, no te dé el sol en la cama.If you would acquire fame, let not the sun shine on you in bed.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe quien pone los ojos en el suelo no fies tu dinero.Trust not your money to one whose eyes are bent on the ground.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA mengua de carne, buenos son pollos con tocino.When you can’t get meat, chickens and bacon are good.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources