Spanish Proverbs and Sayings With Their English Equivalents 300 Proverbs and Sayings 1

Proverbios y Refranes
Spanish proverbs and sayings

with their English equivalents
300 Proverbs and Sayings

Compiled by / Compilado por Berta Alicia Chen
Revised 5 Aug 2000
SPANISH ENGLISH
A beber y a tragar, que el mundo se va a Eat, drink and be merry (for

acabar. tomorrow we die).
A buen(a) hambre, no hay mal pan / pan

duro, (ni falta salsa a ninguno) /no hace
Beggars can't be choosers.
falta condimento.
For a good appetite there is no
A mucha hambre, no hay pan duro.
hard bread.
Al hambre de siete dias, no hay pan duro.
Everyone gets his comeuppance in

A cada puerco le llega su sabado / San
the end / just deserts sooner or
Martin.
later.
An apple a day keeps the doctor

A diario una manzana es cosa sana.
away.
A donde el corazon se inclina, el pie

Home is where the heart is.
camina.
A donde te quieren mucho no vengas a

A constant guest is never welcome.
menudo.
A falta de pan, buenas son (las) tortas / las

We'll just have to make do.
tortas son buenas.
You have to make the most of the

chances that come your way.
A la ocasion la pintan calva.
You have to strike while the iron is
hot.
A fool and his money are soon

A los tontos no les dura el dinero.
parted.
A mas honor, mas dolor. The more danger, the more honor.
Take no notice of the stupid things

A palabras necias, oidos sordos.
people say.

hard bread.
Hunger is good kitchen.

A pan de quince dias, hambre de tres
Hunger is the best sauce.
semanas.
Hunger never saw bad bread /
food.
When one is hungry everything

tastes good.
A quien cuida la peseta nunca le falta un Look after the pennies, and the
duro. pounds will look after themselves.
A quien Dios ama, le llama. Whom the gods love die young.
Never spend your money before

A quien no le sobra pan, no crie can.
you have it.
A quien Dios quiere para si, poco tiempo lo

Whom the gods love die young.
tiene aqui.
As soon as one goes out the

A rey muerto, rey puesto. window, another comes in the
door.
A todos les llega su momento de gloria. Every dog has its day.
Abundancia y soberbia andan en pareja. Plenty breed pride.
A good payer will not object to

Al buen pagador no le duelen prendas.
leaving a deposit.
Al desdichado hace consuelo tener

Two in distress makes sorrow less.
compania en su suerte y duelo.
Al freir sera el reir (y al pagar sera el At the game's end we shall see
llorar). who gains.
Al que no quiera(e) caldo / taza, (se le dan)

It never rains, but it pours.
taza y media / dos / tres / siete tazas.
We must live by the living, not by

Al vivo la hogaza y al muerto, la mortaja.
the dead.
Algo es algo; menos es nada. Half a loaf is better than no bread.

Amar es tiempo perdido, si no se es
correspondido.
Amar y no ser amado es tiempo mal

empleado.
Of all pains, the greatest pain, is to
Amar, horas perdidas, sino son love, but love in vain.
correspondidas.
Amor no correspondido, tiempo perdido.
Old friends and old wine and old

Amigo y vino, el mas antiguo.
gold are best.
Amor con amor se paga; y lo demas con Love does much, money does
dinero. everything.
Amor no respeta ley, ni obedece a rey. Love laughs at locksmiths.
The chickens have come home to

roost.
Aquellos polvos traen estos lodos.
You're suffering the consequences
now.
Ausencia al mas amigo presto le pone en

olvido.
Long absent, soon forgotten.
Ausencias causan olvido.
Borra con el codo lo que escribe con la Her left hand doesn't know what
mano. her right hand is doing.
Borron y cuenta nueva. Let bygones be bygones.
Cada uno en su casa, y Dios en la de Each to his own and God watching
todos. over everyone.
Cada uno es / era de su padre y de su

They are / were all different.
madre.
Cada uno habla de la feria segun le va en Everyone sees things from his /
ella. her own point of view.
Cada uno sabe (a) donde le aprieta el Each person knows where
zapato. problems lie.
Chancho limpio nunca engorda. A few germs never hurt anyone.

Comer hasta enfermar y ayunar hasta He that eats till he is sick must fast
sanar. till he is well.
When good cheer is lacking, our

Comida hecha, compania deshecha.
friends will be packing.
Comiendo entra la gana. Appetite comes with eating.
As sure as eggs is eggs / (God

Como (que) dos y dos son cuatro. made) little green apples / night
follows day / the day is long.
Como quien oye llover. It's like water off a duck's back.
Con el tiempo y la paciencia se adquiere la Patience, time, and money

ciencia. accommodate all things.
Honor buys no meat in the market.
Con esperanza no se come. Hope is a good breakfast but a

bad supper.
Con la honra no se pone la olla. Honor buys no meat in the market.
Con paciencia y con mana, un elefante se

comio una arana.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Con paciencia y saliva, un elefante se tiro
a una hormiga.
It's his / her own lookout / tough

Con su pan se lo coma.
luck.
Con un cambio de actividad se renuevan

A change is as good as a rest.
las energias.
Consejo es de sabios perdonar injurias y

To err is human, to forgive divine.
olvidar agravios.
Consejo no pedido, consejo mal oido. Never give advice unasked.
Cortesia de boca gana mucho a poca costa

A soft answer turneth away wrath.
/ mucho consigue y nada cuesta..
Give a dog a bad name (and hang

Cria fama y echate a dormir.
it).
Cuando de vista te pierdo, si te vi ya no

me acuerdo.
Any port in a storm.

hard bread.

Cuando hay hambre, no hay mal pan / pan
duro.

food.

tastes good.
Cuando la fuerza manda, la ley calla. When drums beat, laws are silent.
Things often happen when you

least expect them to.
Cuando menos piensa el galgo, salta la
liebre. Where we least think, there goes
the hare away.
Cuanto menos se diga, mejor / menos hay

Least said, soonest mended.
que rectificar.
Cumpla yo y tiren ellos. Do what is right, come what may.
(It's) Six of one (and half a dozen of

Da lo mismo (una cosa que otra).
the other).
I don't care what people say as

Dame pan y dime tonto.
long as I get what want.
De casi no se muere nadie. A miss is as good as a mile.
We're all a little crazy in one way

De cuerdo y loco todos tenemos un poco.
or another.
Make the best of a bad bargain /

De lo perdido saca lo que puedas.
bad job / bad situation / it.
De musico, poeta, y loco, todos tenemos We have been fools once in our
un poco. lives.
De noche, (todos) los gatos son pardos. No one will notice (in the dark).
De (sabio) poeta y loco, todos tenemos un We have been fools once in our
poco. lives.
De todo hay en la vina del Senor. There's nothing so queer as folk.
He that chastens one chastens

De un castigo, cien escarmentados.
twenty.
Desgracia compartida, menos sentida. Two in distress makes sorrow less.
Dime con quien andas, y te dire quien You can judge a man by the
eres. company he keeps.
Dime no con quien naces, sino con quien

Birth is much, but breeding is more.
paces.
Dios que da la llaga, da la medicina. God sends cold after clothes.

Donde hay hambre, no hay pan duro.
hard bread.
There's no smoke without fire.

Donde hay humo, hay calor.
Where there's smoke, there's fire.
Donde hay patron, no manda marinero. What the boss says goes.
Things often happen when you

least expect them to.
Donde menos piensa el galgo, salta la
liebre. Where we least think, there goes
the hare away.
Donde no hay harina, todo es mohina. Poverty breeds discontent.
El amor todo lo puede. Love will find a way.
El casado casa quiere.

Married people need a home of
El casado quiere casa, y costal para la
plaza. their own.
El dinero llama (al) dinero. Money goes where money is.
El errar es humano, (el) perdonar, divino. To err is human, to forgive divine.

El exito llama al exito. Nothing succeeds like success.

hard bread.

El hambre no encuentra peros al
condimento.

food.

tastes good.
El ladron que roba a otro ladron tiene cien

It's no crime to steal from a thief.
años de perdon.
El mal entra a brazadas y sale a Mischief comes by the pound and

pulgaradas. goes away by the ounce.
El mayor aborrecimiento, en el amor tiene The greatest hate springs from the
su cimiento. greatest love.
Imitation is the sincerest form of

El mejor halago es que lo imiten a uno.
flattery.
Actions speak louder than words /

El movimiento se demuestra andando.
voice.
El muerto al hoyo y le vivo al bollo. Dead men have no friends.
El mundo es de los audaces. Faint heart never won fair lady.
El mundo es un panuelo. (It's a) Small world!
Fools rush / walk in where angels

El necio es atrevido y el sabio comedido.
fear to tread.
El pecado se paga con la muerte. The wages of sin is death.
He that would have the fruit must

El que algo quiere, algo le cuesta.
climb the tree.
You've made bed, (and) now you'll

El que hace la paga.
have to / you must lie in it.
El que hurta / roba al / a un / otro ladron
tiene cien años de perdon.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try

El que la sigue la consigue.
again.
El que madruga coge la oruga. The early bird catches the worm.
If you don't have what it takes you

El que nace para medio nunca llega a real.
won't get on in the world.
He that is born to be hanged shall

never be drowned.
El que nace para mulo del cielo le cae el
arnes / policia del cielo le cae el bolillo.
You can't escape your destiny.
El que no mira, no suspira. Long absent, soon forgotten.
No bees, no honey; no work, no

money.
El que no trabaje, que no coma.
No mill, no meal.
El que se fue a / para la villa perdio su silla

If you go away, you can't expect
y el que se fue a Torreon su sillon.
people to keep your place for you.
El que se fue a Sevilla, perdio su silla /
para Quito perdio su banquito. If you leave your place, you lose it.
El remedio puede ser peor que la Sometimes the remedy is worse

enfermedad. than the disease.
El saber no ocupa lugar. One can never know too much.
We are all equal in the eyes of the

El sol brilla para todos.
Lord.
Time heals all wounds.

El tiempo lo cura todo.
Time is a great healer.
El tiempo pasa inexorablemente. Time and tide wait for no man.
Time heals all wounds.

El tiempo restaura las heridas.
Time is a great healer.
El trabajo compartido es mas llevadero. Many hands make light work.
El verdadero hogar es donde uno tiene a

Home is where the heart is.
los suyos.
El viejo que se cura, cien anos dura. A creaking door hangs longest.
En casa de carpintero, puerta de cuero.

The shoemaker's son always goes
En casa de herrero, cuchillo de palo. barefoot.
En el amor y la guerra, todo hueco es

trinchera.
En el termino medio esta la virtud. More than enough is too much.

money.
En esta vida caduca el que no trabaja no
manduca.
No mill, no meal.
En las malas se conocen a los amigos. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Things have changed.

En los nidos de antano, no hay pajaros
hogano. Time doesn't stand still.
En tiempos de guerra, cualquier hoyo es

trinchera.
Ensuciandose las manos, se puede hacer Where there's muck, there's

uno rico. brass / money.
Entre bueyes no hay cornadas. There's honor among thieves.
Entre ruin ganado poco hay que escoger. Small choice in rotten apples.
Es como hablar a la pared. It's like talking to a brick wall.
It's the same people under a

different name.
Es el mismo perro con diferente collar.
Nothing has really changed.

Es igual uno que otro.
the other).
Es peor el remedio que la enfermedad. It just makes things worse.

Espaldas vueltas, memorias muertas. Long absent, soon forgotten.
He who excuses himself accuses

Excusa no pedida, la culpa manifiesta.
himself.
Fue peor el remedio que la enfermedad. It just makes things worse.
Gusta lo ajeno, mas por ajeno que por The grass looks greener on the
bueno. other side of the fence.
What can't be cured must be

Hacer de tripas corazon.
endured.
Live and let live.

Hay de todo en la vina del Senor.
There's nothing so queer as folk.
It's more blessed to give than to

Hay mas felicidad en dar que en recibir.
receive.
There are plenty more fish in the

Hay mucho mas donde elegir.
sea.
Hay que dejar tiempo para el All work and no play make Jack a
esparcimiento. dull boy.
Hay ropa tendida. Walls have ears.
Haz el bien sin mirar a quien / y no acates /

Do what is right, come what may.
mires a quien.
The devil looks after himself / his

Hierba mala nunca muere.
own.
Hombre de muchos oficios, pobre seguro. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
One good forewit is worth two

Hombre precavido, vale por dos.
afterwits.
Abundance of things engenders

La abundancia mata la gana.
disdainfulness.
La ausencia es al amor lo que al fuego el

Absence makes the heart grow
aire: que apaga el pequeño y aviva el
grande. fonder.
After dinner rest a while, after

La comida, a reposar; y la cena a pasear.
supper walk a mile.
La compania en la miseria hace a esta mas

Two in distress makes sorrow less.
llevadera.
La distancia es el olvido. Long absent, soon forgotten.
La ira es locura, el tiempo que dura. Anger is a short madeness.
La mejor felicidad es la conformidad. Bear and forbear.
La mujer honrada, la pierna quebrada y en

A woman's place is in the home.
casa.
Necessity is the mother of

La necesidad hace maestros.
invention.
If you talk too much you're likely to

La perdiz por el pico se pierde.
give yourself away.
La plata llama la plata. Money goes where money is.
Possession is nine parts / points /

La posesion es lo que cuenta.
tenths of the law.
Spring is in the air.

La primavera la sangre altera.
The sap rises in the spring.
Discretion is the better part of

La prudencia es la madre de la ciencia.
courage / valor.
La risa es el mejor remedio. Laughter is the best medicine.
La salud es la mayor riqueza. Health is better than wealth.
La suerte esta echada. The die is cast.
La verdad a medias es mentira verdadera. Half the truth is often a whole lie.
Ladron que roba a otro ladron tiene cien

anos de perdon.
Larga ausencia causa olvido. Long absent, soon forgotten.
Las cosas no se arreglan con palabras

Fine words butter no parsnips.
elocuentes.
Las cosas suelen empeorar antes de The darkest hour comes / is past /
mejorar. is that before the dawn.
Las cuentas claras hacen los buenos

Let's get things clear.
amigos.
Las mentiras tienen las patas cortas. (The) Truth will out.
Actions speak louder than words /
Las palabras se las lleva el viento.
voice.
Las penas con pan son menos. All griefs with bread are less.
Lejos de ojos, lejos del corazon. Long absent, soon forgotten.
A rule isn't unfair if it applies to

Ley pareja no es dura / rigurosa.
everyone.
Lo mejor es ser franco. Honesty is the best policy.

Lo mismo Chana que Sebas-tiana.
the other).
Lo pasado, pasado esta. Let bygones be bygones.
Lo poco agrada y lo mucho enfada. A constant guest is never welcome.
You have to suffer in the name of

Lo que es moda no incomoda.
fashion / to be fashionable.
Lo que no se ve, pronto se olvida. Long absent, soon forgotten.
Lo que pienses en comprar, no lo has de

He that blames would buy.
alabar.
Lo que se mama de nino dura toda la vida. The child is the father of the man.
It's a question of swings and

roundabouts.
Lo que se pierde en una casa se gana en
otra. What you lose in / on the swings,
you gain in the roundabouts.
Los genios pensamos igual. Great minds think alike.
If you want to watch, you'd better

Los mirones son de piedra.
keep quiet.
Los trabajos vienen al trote y se van al Mischief comes by the pound and
paso. goes away by the ounce.
Mal de muchos, consuelo de todos / tontos. Two in distress makes sorrow less.
Mal que no tiene cura, quererlo curar es What can't be cured must be
locura. endured.
The devil looks after himself / his

Mala hierba nunca muere.
own.
Mas apaga la buena palabra que caldera
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
de agua.
Mas discurre un hambriento que cien Hunger drives the wol out of the
letrados. woods.
Mas puede la pluma que la espada. The pen is mightier than the sword.
Mas sabe el diablo por viejo que por There's no substitute for
diablo. experience.
It's not the end of the world.

Mas se perdio en Cuba.
Worse things happened at sea.
One good forewit is worth two

Mas vale antes que despues.
afterwits.

Mas vale dar que recibir.
receive.
Mas vale estar solo que (estar) mal It's better to be on your own than
acompanado. with people you don't like.
Mas vale la salud que el dinero / la riqueza. Health is better than wealth.
Mas vale mana que fuerza. Brain is better than brawn.
Más vale tarde que nunca. Better late than never

Mayor dicha es dar que recibir.
receive.
Mejor es no menearlo.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Mejor no revolver el asunto.
Who receives a gift, sells his

Merced recibida, libertad vendida.
liberty.
All mouth and no trousers.

Mucho ruido y pocas nueces.
All talk and no action.
The best way to solve a problem is

Muerto el perro, se acabo la rabia.
to attack the cause / root of it.
Murmurador a la oreja, antes place que Where there's whispering, there's

molesta. lying.
Nada mejor que un ladron para atrapar a
Set a thief to catch a thief.
otro ladron.
Nada que valga la pena se logra sin crear You can't make an omelet without
conflictos. breaking eggs.
The grass is always greener on

Nadie esta contento con su suerte.
the other side of the fence.
Ni tanto que queme al santo, ni tanto que

Try to strike a happy medium.
no lo alumbre.
He that would have the fruit must

No dan a quien no acude.
climb the tree.
A little thing in hand is worth more

than a great thing in prospect.
No dejes camino por vereda / camino viejo Better keep now than seek anon.
por camino nuevo.
We would be better off to have
than to have coming.
Misfortunes always come in threes.
No hay dos sin tres. These things always come in

threes.
No hay mal (ni bien) que cien anos dure /

dure cien anos, (ni cristiano / cuerpo / Nothing goes on for ever.
enfermo que lo aguante / resista).
No hay mas cera que la que arde. What you see is what you get.
No hay mas de temer que una mujer Hell has / hath no fury like a
despechada. woman scorned.
Necessity is the mother of

No hay mejor maestra que la necesidad.
invention.

money.
No hay miel sin hiel. No mill, no meal.
There's always a catch.
No hay peor cuna que la de la misma

Servants make the worst masters.
madera / del mismo palo.
Lightning never strikes twice in the
No hay tempestad que mucho dure.
same place.
No se hizo la miel para la boca del asno. You're casting pearls before swine.
There wasn't a sound to be heard.

No se oia ni (el vuelo de) una mosca.
You could have heard a pin drop.
No se puede servir a dos senores. You can't serve God and Mammon.
You can't have your cake and eat it

No se puede tener todo.
too.
You can't make bricks without

No se puede trabajar sin materia prima.
straw.
No se sabe si algo es bueno hasta que se The proof of the pudding is in the
lo pone a prueba. eating.
No solo de pan vive el hombre. Man cannot live by bread alone.
No tiene raices en ningun sitio. Home is where he hangs his hat.
A little thing in hand is worth more

than a great thing in prospect.
Nunca dejes camino por vereda / camino Better keep now than seek anon.
viejo por camino nuevo.
We would be better off to have
than to have coming.
Better late / later than never.

Nunca es tarde si la dicha es buena.
Never too late to do well.
One man's meat is another man's

poison / another's poison.
Nunca llueve a gusto de todos.
You can't please everybody.
Obra de comun, obra de ningun. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Ojos que no ven, corazon que no llora /

siente.
Paga lo que debes, sanaras del mal que

Out of debt, out of danger.
tienes.
No offense taken when none is
Palabras no sacan sangre.
meant.
Palos porque bogas, palos porque no

You can't win them all.
bogas.
Para amigos, todos; para enemigos, uno One enemy is too many; and a
solo. hundred friends too few.
Peor es nada. Half a loaf is better than no bread.
Perdiendo aprendi: mas vale lo que Learning is better than house and
aprendi que lo que perdi. land.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try

again.
Persevera y triunfaras.
Never say die. .
A pound of care will not pay a

Pesadumbres no pagan deudas.
pound of debt.
Piensa el ladron que todos son de Evildoers always think the worst of
condicion. others.
Piensa mal y acertaras, (aunque alguna If you think the worst, you won't be
vez te equivocaras). far wrong.
It's just a question of putting two

Por el hilo se saca el ovillo.
and two together.
Por un perro que mate, mata-perros me Give a dog a bad name (and hang
llamaron. it).
Primero es la salud que el dinero. Health is better than wealth.
Procura lo mejor, espera lo peor y toma lo Hope for the best and prepare for
que viniere. the worst.
Puedes darle un consejo a alguien, pero no You can lead a horse to water, but
puedes obligarlo a que lo siga. you can't make it drink.
Each of us must face our own

Que cada palo aguante su vela.
responsibilities.
¡Que pequeno es el mundo! . (It's a) Small world!.
Quien a los suyos se parece en nada los

Like breeds like.
desmerece / honra merece.
He that chastens one chastens
Quien a uno castiga a ciento hostiga.
twenty.
Problems don't seem so bad if you

Quien canta sus males espanta.
keep cheerful.
Where there's gossiping, there's

Quien comenta, inventa.
lying.
Quien compra ha de tener cien ojos; a The buyer needs a hundred eyes,
quien vende le basta uno solo. the seller but one.
Quien con ninos se acuesta, cagado If you lie down with dogs, you'll get
amanece / se levanta. up with fleas.
Quien con perros se echa, con pulgas se If you lie down with dogs, you'll get
levanta. up with fleas.
He that fights and runs away, lives

Quien en tiempo huye, en tiempo acude.
to fight another day.
Hope deferred makes the heart

Quien espera, desespera.
sick.
Quien hace la ley hace la trampa. Every law has a / its loophole.
Quien hurta / roba al / a un ladron tiene

cien anos de perdon.
Better to ask the way than to go

Quien lengua ha, a Roma va.
astray.
If you live like that, you're bound to

Quien mal anda, mal acaba.
come to a bad end.
He who pays the piper calls the

Quien paga elige.
tune.
A moneyless man goes fast

Quien poco tiene pronto lo gasta.
through the market.
Quien por su gusto padece, (que) vaya al You must face the consequences
infierno a quejarse. of your actions.
If you wish good advice, consult an

Quien quiera saber, que compre un viejo.
old man.
Give a thing and take a thing, to

Quien quita lo que da al infierno va.
wear the devil's gold ring.
Quien roba una vez roba diez. Once a thief, always / ever a thief.
Quien teme la muerte no goza la vida. Cowards die many times.
Rinen a menudo los amantes, por el gusto

Lovers quarrels are soon mended.
de hacer las paces.
Santa Rita, Santa Rita, lo que se da ya no Give a thing and take a thing, to
se quita. wear the devil's gold ring.
Se pilla al mentiroso antes que al cojo. (The) Truth will out.
If wishes were horses (, then

Si con desear bastara ...
beggars would ride).
Si te he visto / vi / vide, (ya) no me

acuerdo.
Si vale la pena hacerlo, vale la pena If a job is worth doing, it's worth
hacerlo bien. doing well.
If you can't stand the heat, get out

Si, quitate de en medio.
of the kitchen.
Siempre llueve sobre mojado. When it rains, it pours.
Different strokes for different

folks.
Sobre gustos y colores no discuten los
doctores / no han escrito los autores.
Each to his own.
Sobre gustos, no hay nada escrito .
There's no accounting / disputing
for taste.
As sure as eggs is eggs / (God

Tan cierto como dos y dos son cuatro / que
made) little green apples / night
yo me llamo X.
follows day / the day is long.
It makes no difference.
Tanto monta, monta tanto, (Isabel como
Fernando). It's as broad as it is long .
Tanto tienes, tanto vales; nada tienes,

You are what you own.
nada vales.
All things are easy that are done

Tarea que agrada presto se acaba.
willingly.
Tenga yo salud, y dineros quien los

Health is better than wealth.
quisiere.
Tetas de mujer tienen mucho poder. Beauty draws more than oxen.
Todos los dias se aprende algo. A man may learn wit every day.
Tomar las cosas a pechos, da fin a los Anger and hate hinder good
hechos. counsel.
Friendless in life, friendless in

Vida sin amigos, muerte sin testigos.
death.
Visita cada dia, a la semana hastia.

A constant guest is never welcome.
Visita rara, convidado amable.
Ya que estamos en el baile, bailemos. In for a penny, in for a pound.

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interpretations in Spanish
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300 Proverbs and Sayings

A beber y a tragar, que el mundo se va a Eat, drink and be merry (for

A buen(a) hambre, no hay mal pan / pan

Everyone gets his comeuppance in

An apple a day keeps the doctor

A donde el corazon se inclina, el pie

A donde te quieren mucho no vengas a

A falta de pan, buenas son (las) tortas / las

You have to make the most of the

A fool and his money are soon

Take no notice of the stupid things

For a good appetite there is no

Hunger is good kitchen.

When one is hungry everything

Never spend your money before

A quien Dios quiere para si, poco tiempo lo

As soon as one goes out the

Abundancia y soberbia andan en pareja. Plenty breed pride.

A good payer will not object to

Al desdichado hace consuelo tener

Al que no quiera(e) caldo / taza, (se le dan)

We must live by the living, not by

Algo es algo; menos es nada. Half a loaf is better than no bread.

Amar y no ser amado es tiempo mal

Amor no correspondido, tiempo perdido.

Old friends and old wine and old

Amor no respeta ley, ni obedece a rey. Love laughs at locksmiths.

The chickens have come home to

Ausencia al mas amigo presto le pone en

Borron y cuenta nueva. Let bygones be bygones.

Cada uno es / era de su padre y de su

Chancho limpio nunca engorda. A few germs never hurt anyone.

When good cheer is lacking, our

Comiendo entra la gana. Appetite comes with eating.

As sure as eggs is eggs / (God

Con el tiempo y la paciencia se adquiere la Patience, time, and money

Honor buys no meat in the market.

Con esperanza no se come. Hope is a good breakfast but a

Con la honra no se pone la olla. Honor buys no meat in the market.

Con paciencia y con mana, un elefante se

It's his / her own lookout / tough

Con un cambio de actividad se renuevan

Consejo es de sabios perdonar injurias y

Consejo no pedido, consejo mal oido. Never give advice unasked.

Cortesia de boca gana mucho a poca costa

Give a dog a bad name (and hang

Cuando de vista te pierdo, si te vi ya no

Beggars can't be choosers.

For a good appetite there is no

Hunger is good kitchen.

Hunger never saw bad bread /

When one is hungry everything

Things often happen when you

Cuanto menos se diga, mejor / menos hay

Cumpla yo y tiren ellos. Do what is right, come what may.

(It's) Six of one (and half a dozen of

I don't care what people say as

De casi no se muere nadie. A miss is as good as a mile.

We're all a little crazy in one way

Make the best of a bad bargain /

De todo hay en la vina del Senor. There's nothing so queer as folk.