Apr 12, 2020
El que es perico, donde quiera es verde.
A parrot is green anywhere.
Mexican Proverb
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El que es perico, donde quiera es verde.
A parrot is green anywhere.
Mexican Proverb
Proverbio español / Spanish Proverb:
"Algo es algo; menos es nada."
Meaning:
"Something is something; less is nothing. [It's better than nothing. Half a loaf is better than none.]" (ThoughtCo.)
or...
"Half a loaf is better than no bread." (CogWeb)
Usage:
"When something isn't quite what you need, or you hear someone complaining about something that isn't quite up to the standards they were hoping for, you can use this phrase." (Twitter.com/IdiomsinSpanish)
Vocabulario inglés-español / English-Spanish Vocabulary:
algo pronoun = something, anything, somewhat
es verb = (he/she/it/one) is
algo es algo (por lo menos)* = it's better than nothing expression
peor es nada (Latin America) = it’s better than nothing
menos adjective = less, fewer
nada pronoun = nothing, (not) at all
*por lo menos = at least (phrase)
3 Bonus Ways to Say "It's better than nothing" in Spanish
"Más vale algo que nada."
Translation: "Something is worth more than nothing."
English equivalent: "Better a lean jade than an empty halter."
Meaning: "It is better to have an insufficient version of something inherently desirable than nothing at all."
(Spanish proverbs - Wikiquote)
"Algo es algo, peor es nada, y algo vale más que nada / Algo es algo / Vale más algo que nada."
Translation or Interpretation: "Something is something, nothing is worse, and something is worth more than nothing."
Context: "What this means is that when you find yourself with very few of something you wanted a lot of, you should be glad to have a little and not any at all."
(A Dictionary of Mexican American Proverbs)
Sources, Credits and Further Reading:
https://www.thoughtco.com/more-spanish-proverbs-3079512
http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Discourse/Proverbs/Spanish-English.html
https://mobile.twitter.com/IdiomsInSpanish/status/568719206503600128
PDF book: "A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish: Core Vocabulary for Learners"
https://es.oxforddictionaries.com/translate/spanish-english/algo
https://www.powerthesaurus.org/somewhat/synonyms
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/es#Verb_13
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http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=algo
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/spanish-english/por-lo-menos
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/spanish-english/peor-es-nada
https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Spanish_proverbs
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https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100215192152AAcKL1f&guccounter=1
https://books.google.tt/books?id=39-sWW7QvUYC&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=Mas+vale+algo+que+nada&source=bl&ots=ICgcWDSV0t&sig=0ygCr1GhWTvID5_xy_Aj50lrS5I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwij09eQtOHcAhUD1lMKHXVPAu0Q6AEwE3oECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=Mas%20vale%20algo%20que%20nada&f=false
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He who gets close to a good tree will find a nice shade for shelter.
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