La suegra ha de ser rogada, y olla reposada.The mother-in-law must be entreated, and the pot must be let stand.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesThe mother-in-law must be entreated, and the pot must be let stand.
Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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- Henry G. Bohn · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857) · SPANISH PROVERBS · paragrafo 686 · «La suegra ha de ser rogada, y olla reposada.»
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