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com English Subject Building Vocabulary Source: English Diary / Aula Creativa: First published in 1988 :

English proverbs with their Spanish equivalents

All that glitters is not gold. A word to the wise is sufficient. Always A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Action speaks louder than words. Advisers run no risks. All roads lead to Rome. mind your P's and Q's. Be as close as an oyster. Every cloud has a silver lining. Experience is the mother of knowledge. God helps those who help themselves. Grasp all lose all. His bark is worse than his bite. It is not the cowl that makes the monk. Jack of all trades is master of none. Let sleeping dogs lie. Look before you leap. Many a little makes a mickle. Money begets money. More haste, less speed. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. One good turn deserves another. Opportunity makes the thief. Prevention is better than cure. Save me from my friends. Silence gives consent. Silence is golden. Sleep upon it. Strike while the iron is hot. The early bird catches the worm. The exception proves the rule. There is many a slip between the cup and the lip. There's no fool like an old fool. There is no rose without a thorn. Time will show, Too many cooks spoil the broth. To put the cart before the horse. Two heads are better than one. Well begun is half done. Where there's a will, there's a way. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. No es oro todo lo que reluce. A buen entendedor con pocas palabras hasta. Ms vale pjaro en mano que ciento volando. Obras son amores y no buenas razones. Es ms fcil predicar que dar trigo. Todos los caminos llevan a Roma. Poner los puntos sobre las es. En boca cerrada no entran moscas. No hay mal que por bien no venga. La experiencia es la madre de la ciencia. A Dios rogando y con el mazo dando. Quien mucho abarca poco aprieta. Perro ladrador, poco mordedor. El hbito no hace al monje. Aprendiz de todo y maestro de nada Ms vale no meneallo. Antes que te cases, mira lo que haces. Poco a poco hila la vieja el copo. Dinero llama dinero. Vsteme despacio, que tengo prisa. El que no se arriesga no cruza la mar. Amor con amor se paga. La ocasin hace al ladrn. Ms vale prevenir que curar. Dios nos guarde de los buenos amigos. Quien calla, otorga. El silencio es oro. Consultar con la almohada. Al hierro caliente batir de repente. A quien madruga Dios le ayuda. La excepcin confirma la regla. De la mano a la boca desaparece la sopa. La cabeza blanca y el seso por venir. No hay rosa sin espinas. Vivir para ver. Olla de muchos, mal mejida y peor cocida. Empezar la casa por el tejado. Cuatro ojos ven ms que dos. Lo que bien empieza, bien acaba. Querer es poder. All donde fueres, haz lo que vieres.