The snail, to be rid of annoyances, bartered its eyes for horns.
Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
El caracol, por quitar de enojos, por los cuernos trocó los ojos.
The snail, to be rid of annoyances, bartered its eyes for horns.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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