Por viejo que sea el barco, pasa una vez el vado.Old as is the boat it may cross the ferry once.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOld as is the boat it may cross the ferry once.
Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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- Henry G. Bohn · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857) · SPANISH PROVERBS · paragrafo 950 · «Por viejo que sea el barco, pasa una vez el vado.»
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