Dichos/refranes

Question 1

the son is like the father (or similar) (h…)

Answer 1

hijo de tigre sale pintado

Question 2

wandering aimlessly

Answer 2

como perro sin dueno

Question 3

when the cat’s away, the mice will play

Answer 3

cuando el gato sale, el ratón baila

Question 4

chip off the old block (no tigre)

Answer 4

de tal palo, tal astilla (splinter)

Question 5

just in case

Answer 5

por si las moscas

Question 6

What’s up? (rhyme)

Answer 6

que pasa calabaza?

nada nada, limonada

Question 7

it never entered my mind

Answer 7

ni por aqui (line on forehead) = nunca lo pensé

Question 8

where there’s a will, there’s a way

Answer 8

querer es poder

Question 9

Life is unfair. (refrán) (D….)

Answer 9

Dios le da pan a quien no tiene dientes

Question 10

to say somthing insincerely, to give lip service to something

Answer 10

/ hablar/ decir algo de dientes para afuera (Mexico)d : to say (something) from the teeth and beyond )not from inside of you)

Question 11

whoever laughs last laughs best

Answer 11

Quien ríe de último, ríe mejor.

Question 12

de tal palo, tal astilla = en ingles?

Answer 12

a chip off the old block

Question 13

much ado about nothing

Answer 13

mucho ruido y pocas nueces much ado about nothing

Question 14

México (ahorrar poco a poco) (money) save, save up vi phrasal
(colloquial) feed the piggy bank,
Have you robbed the piggy bank? (segun Juanita #2)

Answer 14

hacer un cochinito loc verb

has robado el cochinito? (cuando se tiene mucha moneda)

Question 15

The early bird gets the worm.

Answer 15

El pajaro madrugador gana el gusano

Question 16

my heart is beating really fast (refrAn?)(Guat.)

Answer 16

mi corazón late como pulgas en el petate.(COLCHON DE PAJA –STRAW) Guat.

Question 17

my heart is beating fast (Mx) (refrAn)

Answer 17

mi corazon late como burro sin mecate

Question 18

Who takes away the opportunity avoids the robber

Answer 18

El que quita la ocasión, evita el ladrón. [v]

Question 19

To this Indian it’s the arrow.

Answer 19

segun ese indio es la flecha

Question 20

nothing ventured, nothing gained

Answer 20

nada pierden con intentarlo

Question 21

a piece of your own medicine(?)

Answer 21

una sopa de su propria chocolate

Question 22

(There’s a great distance between the word and the deed)

Answer 22

Del dicho al hecho, hay mucho trecho (distancia).

Question 23

my heart is beating really fast (burro)

Answer 23

mi corazon late como burro sin mecate (rope) –lo inventé

Question 24

wild, out of control

Answer 24

como burro sin mecate loc adv México, coloquial (sin control)
Anda como burro sin mecate porque sus papás se fueron de viaje.

Question 25

If you’re born into a difficult role, you’ll have to live it.

Answer 25

Cuando naciste para clavo, tendrAs que ser martillado

Question 26

a little bit (of sg. bad) won’t kill (dicho.P…)

Answer 26

poco veneno no matan (Hija, p. 123)

Question 27

It’s better to be poor and happy than rich and worried

Answer 27

Es mejor ser pobre y feliz que rico y preocupado (Hija, p. 123)

Question 28

it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack

Answer 28

Es como buscar una aguja en un pajar

Question 29

to drive sb up the wall (no volver loco) (no con canas, de q…)

Answer 29

sacar a algn de quicio

Question 30

he who doesn’t reply gives assent

Answer 30

el que calla ortorga

Question 31

are you in a bad mood? –2 verbos (c… O d…)

Answer 31

comiste el gallo? desayunaste el gallo? —ckd

Question 32

pay in advance and you get bad work

Answer 32

“musico pagada toca mal el son”.

Question 33

u snooze u lose

Answer 33

El camerón que se duerme se lo llueve la corriente.

Question 34

If you pay in advance, you get bad service

Answer 34

“musico pagada toca mal el son”.

Question 35

don’t stick your nose in other’s business/make things more difficult

Answer 35

no te metas en camisa de once varas–Carlos, café

Question 36

It’s better to stay single than to marry badly (women).—refrán

Answer 36

Es mejor vestir santos que desvestir borrachos–Ana

(vestir santos – help in the church dressing up the statues of saints every year)

Question 37

(don’t talk too much)(mosca)

Answer 37

abre la boca y entre la mosca. (Ed)

Question 38

the coast is clear

Answer 38

no hay moros en la costa…

Question 39

Better safe than sorry

Answer 39

Mas vale prevenir que lamentar–Marie

Question 40

This story is still not over

Answer 40

Colorín colorado este cuento aun no se ha acabado–Maria

Colorín es un tipo de arbol con flores…

Question 41

To kill two birds with one stone

Answer 41

Matar dos pajaritos con un tiro

Question 42

God pardons everything, but we all age.(mas o menos) (saying)

Answer 42

Dios perdona todo, el tiempo no (we all age)–taxista y Maria

Question 43

the pot calling the kettle black

Answer 43

El burro hablando de las orejas (como si fueran demasiado grandes o algo)

Question 44

La Sabiduría de los Años–frase

Answer 44

Más sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo.

sabe mas por ser viejo que por ser diablo