Proverbs in Spanish.
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Guerra avisada no mata a soldado
A warned war doesn't kill a soldier
Explain the saying to me → Cada uno sabe donde aprieta el zapato
Everyone knows where their shoe pinches
Explain the saying to me → Si te caes siete veces, levántate ocho
If you fall seven times, stand up eight
Explain the saying to me → El que mucho abarca poco aprieta
He who grasps at too much loses all
Explain the saying to me → Más vale pájaro en mano, que cien volado
A bird in the hand is worth more than a hundred flying
Explain the saying to me → Cuando hay hambre, no hay mal pan
When you are hungry, there is no bad bread
Explain the saying to me → Ladrón que roba a ladrón tiene 100 años de perdón
A thief who steals from a thief has a hundred years of pardon
Explain the saying to me → No hay mal que por bien no venga
Every cloud has a silver lining
Explain the saying to me → Quien mucho abarca poco aprieta
He who embraces too much, squeezes little
Explain the saying to me → A quien madruga, Dios le ayuda
God helps those who get up early
Explain the saying to me → Dime con quien andas y te diré quien eres
Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are
Explain the saying to me → En boca cerrada no entran moscas
Flies don't enter a closed mouth
Explain the saying to me → A caballo regalado no se le mira el diente
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
Explain the saying to me → Ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente
Out of sight, out of mind
Explain the saying to me → En casa de herrero, cuchillo de palo.
In the blacksmith's house, a wooden knife.
Explain the saying to me → Quien a buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra le cobija.
He, who nears a good tree, is covered by good shade.
Explain the saying to me → No dejes para mañana lo que puedas hacer hoy.
Don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today.
Explain the saying to me → A donde te quieran mucho, no vayas a menudo
Don't frequent the place where you are much loved
Explain the saying to me → Más sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo
The devil knows more because he is old than because he is the devil
Explain the saying to me → No hay mal que dure 100 años
There's no evil that lasts a hundred years
Explain the saying to me → No juzgues un libro por su portada
Don't judge a book by its cover
Explain the saying to me → Donde fueres, haz lo que vieres
Wherever you are, do what you see
Explain the saying to me → Del dicho al hecho, hay mucho trecho
There's a long way from words to deeds
Explain the saying to me → Camarón que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente
The shrimp that falls asleep is carried away by the current
Explain the saying to me → Las desgracias nunca vienen solas
Misfortunes never come singly
Explain the saying to me → A veces el remedio es peor que la enfermedad
Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease
Explain the saying to me → En las malas se conoce a los amigos
Friends are known in times of adversity
Explain the saying to me → Tener un piano no te hace pianista
Having a piano does not make you a pianist
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