More Spanish Proverbs

Like a parakeet that says what he knows but doesn't know what he says.... >>

Better is rule than rent.... >>

A full belly is neither good for flight, nor for fighting.... >>

A sooty chimney costs many a beef-steak.... >>

It is not the same thing to talk of bulls as to be in the bullring.... >>

Other Proverbs

He looks one way and rows another.... (French) >>

The owl is the kind of the night.... (English) >>

Youth will be served... (English) >>

Men in the game are blind to what men looking on see clearly... (Chinese) >>

Witches and harlots come out at night.... (English) >>

When the flatterer pipes, the devil dances.

- Spanish Proverb