It fares ill with the house where the spinning-wheel commands the sword.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home, house
Proverbs and old sayings, page 2008
43574 proverbs and old sayings
The world is a round gulf, and he who cannot swim must go to the bottom.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about world
If the mountain will not go to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
The well-dressed woman draws her husband away from another woman's door.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about woman, husband
So you tell me there are wolves on the mountain, and foxes in the valley.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
Walk until the blood appears on the cheek, but not the sweat on the brow.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about blood
If you listen at a hole, you will hear ill of yourself as well as others.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
The fox does not do as much mischief in a year as it pays for in an hour.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
Plough wet or dry, and you will not have to kiss your neighbour's breech.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about kiss
The tiger that has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about blood
The day I did not sweep the house, there came to it one I did not expect.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home, house, day
If you want to thrash your wife, ask her for a drink of water in the sun.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about sun, drinking, wife, water
When the corsair promises masses and candles, it goes ill with the galley.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
He who has both money and bread, may choose with whom his daughter to wed.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about money
In hunting and in love you begin when you like and leave off when you can.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about love
God defend you from the devil, the eye of a harlot, and the turn of a die.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about devil, god
The woman who dresses well attracts the husband from another woman's door.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about woman, husband
What the abbot of Bamba cannot eat he gives away for the good of his soul.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about soul, good, good luck
Tell your friend a lie -- and if he keeps it a secret, tell him the truth.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about secret, lie, truth
He who goes far from home to marry, goes either to deceive or be deceived.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home
