Evidence: A world of images

Card # 1

Idiom: Example:

1- He who speaks little … he says a lot.
Definition:
It is the anonym of the saying “he who talks
a lot little squeezes”. It tells us that people
who are not very talk active generally work
more.
Sometimes it is better to speak little and let the
acts speak for themselves. People who speak a lot
tend to leave things incomplete and invent
situations to be accepted.
Spanish:
El que mucho habla, poco hace.

Card # 2

Idiom: Example:

1- Do not open my eyes that I am not
going to put drops.
Definition:
This Colombian phrase is typical of mothers
who send a warning to their children when
they open their eyes in disapproval. It is also
an alert for the little ones who are being
disobedient.
You want me to help you do things, tell me the
good way, don’t open my eyes that I am not going
to give you drops.
Spanish:
Molestarse por hacer alguna labor que otra
persona le ordena.

It is used when young people are given an

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order and do not want to comply.

Card # 3

Idiom: Example:

1- A God begging and with the It is deal to comment on the double morals of
hammer giving. people, who with one hand give something and
with the other criticize and denigrate people.
Definition:
Spanish:
Many centuries complete the use of this
saying, with today can be use understood in A Dios dando y con el mazo dando.
two ways, the effort not to entrust one´s
desires in anticipation of a miracle without
working to obtain it, or else to appear to be
the correct attitude in the eyes of God while
in the shade this behavior is diametrically
opposite.

Card # 4

Idiom: Example:

1- Gathering of foxes, bane of The classmates from the university were talking
chickens. about different things, they ended up talking about
husbands and it turned out that they found out
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Definition:
It may mean that when bad people come
together, good people usually get hurt.
It can also refer to the fact that when a
group of people is formed, some important
events have occurred.
Card # 5
Idiom:
1- The soup falls from the plate to the
mouth.
Definition:
This saying tells us never to trust ourselves,
not even when we are about to achieve
what we wanted because at the last
moment everything can go wrong in the
face of an unforeseen event.
Card # 6
that the teacher so ill – tempered did not have a
husband, they said “ we already know why the bad
temper “. Then they say, “fox gathering, chicken
bane”
Spanish:
Reunión de zorras, perdición de gallinas.
Example:
I only need to sign the contract, but an
occupational examination went wrong and they
rejected me at work. I shouldn’t have trusted
myself since the soup falls from the plate to the
mouth.
Spanish:
Del plato a la boca se cae la sopa.
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Idiom: Example:

1- Old cat, cute mouse. I have and age difference with my husband, who is
13 years old. – Yes, is it many years? – No. – Old
Definition: car, cute mouse.

It is used a lot to refer to couples where Spanish:

there is a lot of age difference between the
man and the woman. Another meaning A gato viejo, ratón tierno.
could be when it refers to the fact that the
old cat has more experience and therefore
hunts more tender young mice instead of
old mice.

Card # 7

Idiom: Example:

1- Since the excuses were made, I had to be at the meeting, but I was late! – Yes, of
everyone looks good. course since the excuses were made, everyone
looks fine.
Definition:
Spanish:
Everyone uses excuses for not taking
responsibility for their mistakes. Colocar excusas para justificar cualquier error.

Human beings got used to giving an excuse,

when they were late, when they did not
meet the results and the boys when they
didn’t comply at school.