La telaraña suelta al rato, y la mosca apana.The spider’s web lets the rat escape and catches the fly.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesThe spider’s web lets the rat escape and catches the fly.
Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Work and sources
- Henry G. Bohn · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857) · SPANISH PROVERBS · paragrafo 687 · «La telaraña suelta al rato, y la mosca apana.»
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