Más
vale prevenir que curar = Better
safe than sorry
Más
vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando =A
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Lo
barato sale caro = If
you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
Perro
ladrador poco mordedor = Barking
dogs seldom bite
El
gato escaldado del agua fría huye = Once
bitten twice shy
Al
que madruga Dios le ayuda = The
early bird catches the worm
Nunca
es tarde si la dicha es buena = Better
late than never
Nunca
llueve a gusto de todos = One
man’s meat is another’s poison
Ojos
que no ven, corazón que no siente = Long
absent, soon forgotten
Cuantos
más, mejor = The
more the merrier
Talking
of Spanish . . . The adjective verde normally means 'green'
but it can also mean 'blue', as in 'dirty joke', or viejo verde,
'dirty old man'. And here are a couple of useful idioms:-
Poner
verde a - To run down, slagg off someone.
Darse
un verde de algo - To have one's fill of something.
I
had a notion that verde could also mean angry but can't find
any evidence of this.
Still
on Spanish . . . Here's a brief guide to legal
terms, for people who've had their collar felt by the law. It
may or may not be totally accurate:-
Arrestado:
Taken into custody by the police, who have c. 24 hours to take you
before a judge or release you.
Acusado:
Accused by the police of something, prior to going before the judge.
Charged.
Imputado:
Imputed or charged by a judge, after questioning and investigation.
Sent for trial.
Indultado:
Pardoned. The sentence normally applied to Spanish politicians who
are unfortunate enough to be both caught and trialled.
Still
in Spanish . . . . I was amused to come across this Wiki article
yesterday, specifically by the use of my forename: El
fromlostiano es una lengua
artística de tono humorístico de origen popular, plasmada por Colin
(seudónimo de Federico López Socasau) y Güéster (seudónimo de
Ignacio Ochoa Santamaría) en el libro "From Lost to the River",
de cuyo título deriva su nombre. La lengua se construye traduciendo
literalmente delespañol al inglés sin intentar mantener el
significado real original. Por ejemplo, 'De perdidos al río',
expresión española que indica que en una situación desesperada es
mejor realizar una acción arriesgada que en condiciones normales no
se intentaría, se traduce al fromlostiano como From lost to the
river. El carácter humorístico del lenguaje deriva de que si bien
dicha expresión es gramaticalmente correcta en inglés, para un
angloparlante que no sepa español no tiene ningún sentido. Por lo
tanto, es necesario conocer ambos idiomas (especialmente sus frases
hecahs) para entender la gracia.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fromlostiano
I
have to give a hat tip for both the Fromlostiano finding and the
above idioms to this blog, Guirilandia. A must-read for all
foreigners(guiris) in Spain.
A
Daily Telegraph poll on Gibraltar this week was highjacked by
almost a million voters from Spain, with predictable results. Many of
the callers came from the Spanish Ministry of Defence and many more
from citizens encouraged to register their belief that The Rock
should be Spanish. One wonders if the Ministry really thought they
could get away with this. My guess is Yes.
Can it really be true that Don Simón Vino Tinto is "The Best Selling Wine in the World"? Has anyone ever drunk it? Anyway, it's now available in 'lightweight' (i. e. plastic) bottles.
Can it really be true that Don Simón Vino Tinto is "The Best Selling Wine in the World"? Has anyone ever drunk it? Anyway, it's now available in 'lightweight' (i. e. plastic) bottles.
Finally
. . . The past couple of weeks have suggested that machines have
learnt to get past the number+garbled-word security process designed
to stop spam being posted to Comment pages. For example,
yesterday my inbox told me that someone had posted the following
text to this blog. But, when I went to delete it, there was
nothing there. So, I thought I would titillate everyone by copying it
here, with all the spelling and punctuation errors intact. Who knows, It
might do some good for some poor soul or two.
There was, of course, a
web page cited but I've omitted it. For those interested, it
shouldn't be too difficult to find it:-
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