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| No hay nada tan atrevido como la ignorancia. |
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| Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. |
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| Come see me anytime. Please make yourself at home. Please make yourselves comfortable. |
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| Más vale tarde que nunca. |
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| Mientras que en mi casa estoy, rey soy. |
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| Gray hair is not got in vain. (literal) |
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Meterse en Honduras.
Meterse entre las patas de los caballos. |
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To be or get in over one's head.
To get into trouble. |
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| Where there's a will there's a way. |
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| A buena hambre no hay pan duro. |
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| Anything tastes good when you're hungry. |
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| A dónde fueres haz lo que vieres. |
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| When in Rome, do as the Romans do. |
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| Make hay while the sun shines. |
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Al hierro caliente batir de repente.
En caliente y de repente. |
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| Strike while the iron is hot. |
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| Antes que te cases mira lo que haces. |
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Poner su granito de arena.
Meter la cuchara. |
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To put in one's two cents.
To butt in. |
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Cada quien tiene su modo de dar chiche. (nursing a baby).
Cada quien tiene su modo de matar pulgas (killing fleas). |
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| There's more than one way to skin a cat. |
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| Caras veremos, corazones no sabemos. |
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| You can't tell a book by its cover. |
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| Perro que ladra no muerde. |
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| His bark is worse than his bite. |
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| Más vale un pájaro en mano que cien volando. |
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| A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. |
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| Con estos bueyes hay que arar. |
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| Make do with what one has. |
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| Más vale llegar a tiempo que en convidado. |
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The early bird gets the worm.
First come, first served. |
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| De tal palo, tal astilla. |
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| Like father, like son. Chip off the old block. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. |
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| De la subida más alta es la caída más lastimosa. |
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The bigger they are the harder they fall.
Pride goeth before a fall. |
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| Hindsight is better than foresight. |
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| Hocus-pocus. Sleight-of-hand. |
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| El perico dice lo que sabe, pero no sabe lo que dice. |
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| To say something by rote. |
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| ¿En qué cama hemos dormido juntos? |
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| Do I know you? How did we get to be so friendly? |
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| Entrada de caballo y salida de burro. |
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| Don't start something you can't finish. |
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| La carne de burro no es transparente. |
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| I can't see through you. I can't read your mind (?). |
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It's not over yet.
We're not out of the woods yet. |
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| Gato escaldado del agua fría huye. |
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| No quiero, no quiero, pero échemelo en el sombrero. |
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| Against my better judgment. Half-heartedly. |
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| No sabes en qué palo te trepas. |
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You don't know what you're up against.
You don't know what you're getting into. |
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| Si esta víbora te pica, no hay remedio en la botica. |
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| You're playing with fire. |
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Si mi tía no hubiera muerto, todavía viviría.
Si mi tía tuviera ruedas, sería una bicicleta. |
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| If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. |
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| El que madruga, Dios le ayuda |
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The early bird gets the worm.
God helps those who help themselves. |
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| What's done is done. You can't ring an unrung bell. You've made your bed, now lie in it. |
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