A Dictionary of Spanish ProverbsE. Lumley, 1834 - 391 Seiten |
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... avoid transacting business on their Sabbath , pretended illness or some other excuse upon the occasion ; which gave rise to the proverb . Achaques al viernes para no ayunar . " Ailings on Fridays to avoid fasting . " - Applied to Ca ...
... avoid transacting business on their Sabbath , pretended illness or some other excuse upon the occasion ; which gave rise to the proverb . Achaques al viernes para no ayunar . " Ailings on Fridays to avoid fasting . " - Applied to Ca ...
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... avoid the contents of certain utensils falling upon them from the windows . Aguja de San German.- " St. Germain's needle . " It is used to express a person who is always in a bustle , and can never keep quiet in one place . Why they use ...
... avoid the contents of certain utensils falling upon them from the windows . Aguja de San German.- " St. Germain's needle . " It is used to express a person who is always in a bustle , and can never keep quiet in one place . Why they use ...
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... , de lejos la saluda.- " Salute a woman with a beard at a distance . " — Ad- vising persons to avoid women with beards , they being of warm and impetuous dispositions . A la muger brava , dala la soga larga.- " AL ——————— AL 17.
... , de lejos la saluda.- " Salute a woman with a beard at a distance . " — Ad- vising persons to avoid women with beards , they being of warm and impetuous dispositions . A la muger brava , dala la soga larga.- " AL ——————— AL 17.
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... Avoid praising or censuring a person with whom you are not acquainted . " Antes que te cases , mira lo que haces.- " Before you marry look at what you are about . " - Look before you leap . A otro perro , con ese hueso . " Throw that ...
... Avoid praising or censuring a person with whom you are not acquainted . " Antes que te cases , mira lo que haces.- " Before you marry look at what you are about . " - Look before you leap . A otro perro , con ese hueso . " Throw that ...
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... avoid working . Borrachez de agua , nunca se acaba . " Intoxica- tion from water is endless . " - Which teaches , that vices increase in the same degree that the occasions of them are embraced . Brasa trae en el seno la que cria hijo ...
... avoid working . Borrachez de agua , nunca se acaba . " Intoxica- tion from water is endless . " - Which teaches , that vices increase in the same degree that the occasions of them are embraced . Brasa trae en el seno la que cria hijo ...
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