SP: A buen hambre no hay pan duro.

TR: For good hunger there is no hard bread.

ENG: Anything tastes good when you're hungry.

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TR: Wherever you go, do what you see.

ENG: When in Rome do as the Romans do.

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TR: To another dog with that bone.

ENG: You're pulling my leg.

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TR: Now that there is a way or mood.

ENG: Make hay while the sun shines.

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TR: Beat the hot iron at once.

ENG: Strike while the iron's hot.

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TR: Before you marry look what you do.

ENG: Look before you leap.

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SP: Beben agua en el mismo jarrito.

TR: They drink water from the same little jug.

ENG: They're as thick as thieves.

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SP: Cada quien tiene su manera de matar pulgas.

TR: Each has his way to kill fleas.

ENG: There's more than one way to skin a cat.

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TR: Each parrot on its perch, each monkey on its rope.

ENG: To each his own.

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TR: Faces we see, hearts we don't know.

ENG: You can't judge a book by its cover.

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TR: Clear as the water of Xochimilco

ENG: Clear as mud.

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TR: To eat beans and belch chicken

ENG: His bark is mightier than his bite.

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TR: They drink water from the same little jug.

ENG: They're as thick as thieves.

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TR: Like the burro that played the flute

ENG: By a stroke of luck

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TR: Like the shedding of the hair of a cat

ENG: Like a drop in the bucket

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TR: With these burros one must plough.

ENG: One must make do with what one has.

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TR: The shrimp that falls asleep, the current carries it away.

ENG: You snooze, you lose.

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SP: De tal palo, tal astilla.

TR: From such a log such chips.

ENG: A chip off the old block

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TR: To give the smooth to someone

ENG: To polish the apple

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TR: To give the bottle a kiss

ENG: To take a swig

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TR: Of the highest rise, the shortest fall.

ENG: The bigger they are the harder they fall.

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TR: To stip on saint bare to clothe another

ENG: To rob Peter to pay Paul

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TR: After the atole (corn meal drink)

ENG: Hindsight is better that foresight.

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SP: El agua es para los bueyes, el vino para los hombres.

TR: Water is for oxen, wine is for men.

ENG: Let the fish drink water.

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TR: The unrested fertile field turns sterile.

ENG: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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TR: The parrot says what he knows , but does'nt know what he says.

ENG: To learn something parrot fashion.

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TR: In heat and suddenly

ENG: Strike while the iron's hot.

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TR: In the blacksmith's house, a wooden knife.

ENG: In the blacksmith's house, a wooden knife.

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TR: In the blacksmith's house, a wooden knife.

ENG: The blacksmith's mare and the shoemaker's children are the worst shod.

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TR: In less time than the rooster crows

ENG: In the shake of a lamb's tail

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TR: Enter on horseback, exit on a burro

ENG: To go off with a bang and out like a light

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TR: It's like carrying coles to the hill.

ENG: Like carrying coals to Newcastle

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TR: That's flour from another sack.

ENG: That's a different story.

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TR: To be like a dog in a neighbor's yard

ENG: To feel like a fish out of water

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TR: The son of a cat kills mice.

ENG: Like father like son.

TR: He or she is thinking about the creepy-crawlies.

ENG: He or she is daydreaming.

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SP: Falta lo mero bueno.

TR: The true good is lacking.

ENG: We are not out of the woods yet.

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SP: Gato escaldado del agua fria huye.

TR: The scalded cat flees cold water.

ENG: Once bitten twice shy

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SP: Hacer lo que otro no puede hacer por uno

TR: To do what no other can do for one

ENG: To go powder one's nose

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SP: Haz bien y no mires a quien.

TR: Do right and do not look at others.

ENG: Mind your own business.

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SP: La carne de burro no es transparente.

TR: The flesh of the burro is not transparent.

ENG: I can't see through you.

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SP: Le patina el coco.

TR: His coconut (head) slips.

ENG: He has a screw loose.

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SP: Más loco que una cabra

TR: Crazier than a goat

ENG: As mad as a hatter

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TR: Better to arrive on time than to be invited

ENG: First come, first served

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TR: A bird in the hand is worth more than a hundred flying.

ENG: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

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TR: To put the spoon in

ENG: To stick one's oar in

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TR: To put oneself amidst the horses feet

ENG: To get out of one's depth

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TR: While in my house, I am king.

ENG: A man's house is his castle.

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SP: No hay nada tan atrevido como le ignorancia.

TR: There is nothing more bold than ignorance.

ENG: Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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SP: Otro gallo nos cantará.

TR: Another (different) rooster will sing for us.

ENG: That's a horse of a different color.

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SP: Por un pelito de rana

TR: By a little hair of the frog

ENG: It was a close shave.

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TR: The little black one's of the same rice.

ENG: It's all in a day's work.

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SP: Quedarse como el que chiflóen la loma

TR: To remain like the one who whistled on the hill

ENG: To be left holding the bag

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TR: To remain with a foot in the stirup

ENG: To be left standing

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SP: Saberlo de buena fuente

TR: To know it from a good source

ENG: To hear it straight from the horse's mouth

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TR: To draw the fat one

ENG: To hit the jackpot

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TR: To be more ready (alert) than a coyote

ENG: As sharp as a tack

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TR: If this snake bites you, there's no remedy in the pharmacy.

ENG: You're playing with fire.

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TR: If my aunt had wheels she would be a bicycle.

ENG: If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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SP: Tener más lana que un borrego

TR: To have more wool than a lamb

ENG: To have money to burn

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SP: Vivito y coleando

TR: Alive and wagging tail

ENG: Alive and kicking

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SP: Yo pregunto si la manteca es unto.

TR: I asked if the butter is grease.

ENG: I didn't beat around the bush.

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TR: I know you codfish, even though you wear a disguise.

ENG: I know your game.

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TR: I have an aunt who plays the guitar.

ENG: What does that have to do with the price of eggs in China?

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