Cada qual siente el frio como anda vestido.Every one feels the cold according as he is clad.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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No inventó la polvera.He did not invent gunpowder
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA calças cortas abugeta largas.Short hose must have long points.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAlegrias, antruejo, que mañana serás ceniza.Be merry, Shrovetide, for to-morrow thou wilt be ashes.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA las barbas con dineros honra hacen los caballeros.To beards with money cavaliers pay respect.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNo dice el umbral sino lo que oye al quincial.The threshold says nothing but what it hears of the hinge.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien mucho abarca, poco aprieta.He who grasps at much holds fast little.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMañana sera otro dia.To-morrow will be another day.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEl que no tiene casa de suyo, vecino es de todo el mundo.He who has no house of his own is everywhere at home.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPelean los ladrones y descubrense los hurtos.When thieves fall out the thefts come to light.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSacar el pie del lodo.To draw the foot out of the mire.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA la cabeça, la comida la endereça.Eating sets the head to rights.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDedo de espada, palma de lanza, es gran ventaja.An inch in a sword, or a palm in a lance, is a great advantage.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTraspasa el rico las leyes, y es castigado el pobre.The rich man transgresses the law, and the poor man is punished.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPobreza no es vileza, ma es ramo de picardia.Poverty is no sin, but it is a branch of roguery.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien del alacran está picado, la sombra le espanta.He who has been stung by the scorpion is frightened at its shadow.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVer, oir y callar.See, hear, and hold your tongue.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLas manos blancas no ofenden.White hands are no offence.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien la miel menea, siempre se le pega de ella.He that stirs honey will have some of it stick to him.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPoca hiel hace amarga mucha miel.A little gall embitters much honey.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMientra la grande se abaja, la chica barre la casa.Whilst the tall wench is stooping, the little one has swept the house.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCostumbre buena, costumbre mala, el villano quiere que vala.Be a custom good or bad, a peasant will have it continue in force.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLas llaves en la cinta, y el perro en la cocina.The keys at the girdle, the dog in the larder.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMete mendigo en tu pajar, y hacer se te ha heredero.Put a beggar into your barn and he will make himself your heir.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources