La lengua luenga es señal de mano corta.A long tongue betokens a short hand.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Uno ojo á la sarten y otro á la gata.One eye on the frying-pan and the other on the cat.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMira que ates que desates.See that you tie so that you can untie.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLos pies del hortolano no echan á perder la huerta.The gardener’s feet do no harm to the garden.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien quisiere mula sin tacha, ándese á pie.He who wants a mule without fault must walk on foot.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAllégate á los buenos, y serás uno dellos.Associate with the good, and you will be one of them.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien calla, otorga.Silence gives consent.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAra bien y hondo, cogerás pan en abondo.Plough deep and you will have plenty of corn.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAsí dijó la zorra á las uvas, no pudiendolas alcazar, que no estarvan maduras.The grapes are sour, said the fox when he could not reach them.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPícame Pedro, y yo me lo quiero.Peter pinches me, and I like it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSi quieres ser bien servido, sírvete a tú mismo.If you wish to be well served, serve yourself.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAl buen pagador, no le duelen prendas.A good paymaster needs no security.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuitáron me el espejo por fea, y dieronlo á la ciega.They took away the mirror from me because I was ugly, and gave it to the blind woman.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEl buen vino la venta trae consigo.Good wine sells itself.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA las malas lenguas, tixera.For evil tongues, scissors.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNo compres asno de recuero, ni te cases con hija de mesonero.Do not buy a carrier’s ass, or marry an innkeeper’s daughter.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA idos de mi casa, y que quereis con mi muger? no hay que responder.There is no answer for Get out of my house, and What have you to do with my wife?
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNo hay peor burla que la verdadera.There is no worse joke than a true one
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCon lo que Sancho cura, Marta cae mala.What cures Sancho makes Martha sick.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA casa de tu hermano no irás cada serano.Go not every evening to your brother’s house.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEl hombre es el fuego, la muger la estopa; viene el diablo y sopla.Man is fire, woman is tow; the devil comes with a bellows.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIglesia, ó mar, ó casa real, quien quiere medrar.The church, the sea, or the royal household, for whoever would thrive.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEscrive antes que des, y recibe antes que escrivas.Let there be writing before you pay, and receipt before you write.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA todo hay maña, sino á la muerte.There is a remedy for everything but death.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources