Spanish Proverbs and Idioms
El amor es como el agua que no se seca. Love is like water that never evaporates. (True love lasts forever.)
A falta de pan, tortillas.Lack of bread, tortillas. (Make do with what you have. Half a loaf is better than none.)
Donde no hay harina, todo es mohina.Where there's no flour, everything is an annoyance. (Poverty breeds discontent. If your needs aren't met, you won't be happy.)
No dejes para mañana lo que puedas hacer hoy.Don't leave for tomorrow that which you can do today.
No dejes camino viejo por sendero nuevo.Don't leave the old road for a new trail. (It's better to stick with what works. A shortcut isn't always quicker.)
Obras son amores y no buenas razones.Acts are love and good reasons aren't. (Actions speak louder than words.)
Consejo no pedido, consejo mal oÃdo.Advice not asked for, advice poorly heard. (Someone who doesn't ask for advice doesn't want to hear it. Don't give advice unless you're asked.)
El mundo es un pañuelo.The world is a handkerchief. (It's a small world.)
Nadie da palos de balde.Nobody gives sticks for free. (You can't get something for nothing. There's no such thing as a free lunch.)
No vendas la piel del oso antes de cazarlo.Don't sell the bear's hide before you hunt it. (Don't count your chickens before they hatch.)
Donde hay humo, hay fuego.Where there's smoke, there's fire.
A lo hecho, pecho.To what is done, the chest. (Face up to what is. What is done is done.)
Camarón que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente.The shrimp that falls asleep is carried by the current. (Don't let the world pass you by. Stay alert and be proactive. Don't fall asleep at the wheel.)
Al mejor escribano se le va un borrón.To the best scribe comes a smudge. (Even the best of us make mistakes. Nobody's perfect.)
No hay que ahogarse en un vaso de agua.It isn't necessary to drown oneself in a glass of water. (Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.)
Dame pan y dime tonto.Give me bread and call me a fool. (Think of me what you will. As long as I get what I want, it doesn't matter what you think.)
La cabra siempre tira al monte.The goat always heads toward the mountain. (The leopard doesn't change its spots. You can't teach an old dog new tricks.)
De músico, poeta y loco, todos tenemos un poco.We all have a little bit of musician, poet and crazy person in ourselves. (We're all a little bit crazy.)
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