Dichos

Question 1

para todo mal, mezcal; para todo bien, tambien

Answer 1

for all bad, mezcal; for all good, too

Question 2

No hay árbol de tortillas

Answer 2

Tortillas don’t grow on trees

Question 3

Sabe bien el coyote cuando hace mal

Answer 3

The coyote knows when he has done something wrong

Question 4

Si tienes estrés, tómate tres

Answer 4

If you’re stressed, have three

Question 5

no dejes para mañana lo que puedes hacer pasado mañana

Answer 5

Don’t leave for tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow

Question 6

más vale tarde que nunca

Answer 6

Better late than never

Question 7

más vale tarde que más tarde

Answer 7

Better late than later

Question 8

las paredes tienen oídos

Answer 8

Walls have ears

Question 9

El que canta, sus males espanta

Answer 9

Sing your troubles away (lit. He who sings, scares his evils)

Question 10

no puse columpio para que otro se meciera

Answer 10

I did not set up a swing for another person to use (I am not supporting you so that someone else gets the benefit) - (lit. I didn’t put a swing for someone else to rock)

Question 11

mas sueños que dinero

Answer 11

More dreams than money

Question 12

Hierba mala nunca muere

Answer 12

Bad weeds never die

Question 13

Tener bastante con nada

Answer 13

To have enough with nothing

Question 14

No hay mal que por bien no venga

Answer 14

Some good comes from every bad thing (it was a blessing in disguise)

Question 15

Ve ser el más rico del panteón

Answer 15

There’s no point being the richest person in the cemetery

Question 16

Nadie se va de este mundo vivo

Answer 16

No one leaves this world alive

Question 17

Los lunes ni las gallinas ponen.

Answer 17

Monday even the hens don’t lay eggs

Question 18

Que hermoso hacer nada y descansar después

Answer 18

How beautiful it is to do nothing and then rest afterwards

Question 19

Cuentas claras, amistades largas

Answer 19

Clear accounts, long friendships

Question 20

el que sabe, sabe, y el que no es gerente

Answer 20

He who knows, knows, and he who doesn’t (know) is the manager

Question 21

le salió más caro el caldo que las albóndigas

Answer 21

The broth ended up costing more than the meatballs

The expensive broth came out more than the meatballs

Question 22

Mis dos razones para tomar Mezcal: porque si y; por que no

Answer 22

My two reasons for drinking Mezcal: just because and why not?

Question 23

el que mucho abarca poco aprieta

Answer 23

Those who embrace too much squeeze too little

Jack of all trades, master of none

Question 24

no hay que llegar primero, pero hay que saber llegar

Answer 24

It’s not about arriving first but about knowing how to arrive

Question 25

año de Hildago, chingue a su madre el que deje algo

Answer 25

The year of Hildago, screw the fool who leaves anything behind (year of Hidalgo, fuck his mother if he leaves something)

The final year of a Mexican president’s term in office. Reference to a Miguel Hidalgo rhyme about greedy behavior of a public servant’s final year in power.

Question 26

perdonamos todo menos el éxito ajeno

Answer 26

we forgive everything except the success of others

Question 27

el valiente muere solo una vez, el cobarde muere mil veces

Answer 27

the brave dies only once, the coward dies a thousand times

Question 28

Ni picha, ni cacha, ni deja batear

Answer 28

Doesn’t pitch, catch, or let (others) bat

Question 29

dios los cria, y ellos se juntan

Answer 29

God creates them, and they get together (on their own)

Birds of a feather flock together

Question 30

Amor de lejos, felices los cuatro

Answer 30

Long-distance love, all four are happy

Question 31

En tierra de ciegos, el tuerto es rey

Answer 31

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

Question 32

si ves a alguien descansando ayudalo

Answer 32

if you see someone resting, help them

Question 33

si el trabajo diera dinero, el burro tendria chequera

Answer 33

if work gave money, the donkey would have a checkbook

Question 34

no tengo vela en este entierro

Answer 34

I don’t have a candle in this funeral

Question 35

El que calla otorga

Answer 35

Those who keep silent consent

Silence is consent

Question 36

El que nada debe nada teme

Answer 36

He who owes nothing fears nothing

Question 37

Ya no quiero queso, sino salir de la ratonera

Answer 37

I don’t want any more cheese, I just want to get out of the mousetrap

Question 38

No hay mal que por bien no venga

Answer 38

There is no bad that some good doesn’t come from it

Every cloud has a silver lining

Question 39

quisieron enterrarnos, pero se les olvido que somos semillas

Answer 39

They wanted to bury us, but they forgot that we are seeds

Question 40

a veces el envoltorio es mejor que el regalo

Answer 40

sometimes the wrapping is better than the gift