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Mexican Sayings
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This Mexican Sayings web page
has, for your free non commercial use a
collection of our favourite Mexican proverbs, with English
translations. We
hope you enjoy them.
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Agua que no has de beber, déjala correr
- Water you are not
going to drink, let it run
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Donde fuego hubo cenizas quedan
- Where fire was ashes
remain
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Dime con quién estás y te diré quién eres
- Tell me who you are
with and I will tell you who you are
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El muerto y el arrimado a los tres días apesta
- Corpses and annoying
guests stink by the third day
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El que calla otorga
- Who is silent consents
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Más vale un pájaro en mano que ver un ciento volar
- A bird in hand is
worth more than a hundred in flight
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Más sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo
- The devil knows more
for being old than for being the devil
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Nadie tropieza dos veces con la misma piedra
- Nobody trips twice
with the same stone
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No por mucho madrugar amanece más temprano
- No matter how early
you rise the dawn comes no earlier
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No hay mal que por bien no venga
- There is no bad that
comes without a good
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Si de tu vecino ves la barba cortar, pon la tuya a remojar
- If you see your
neighbor has shaved his beard, you do best start lathering yours
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