Refranes

Question 1

Antes que te cases, mira lo que haces.

Answer 1

Look before you leap.

Question 2

A quien le venga el guante, que se lo plante.

Answer 2

If the shoe fits, wear it.

Question 3

A quien le quepa el sayo, que se lo ponga.

Answer 3

If the shoe fits, wear it.

Question 4

A quien madruga, Dios lo ayuda.

Answer 4

The early bird catches the worm.

Question 5

Bien predica quien bien vive.

Answer 5

Practice what you preach.

Question 6

Dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres.

Answer 6

You are judged by the company that you keep.

Question 7

El que mucho abarca, poco aprieta.

Answer 7

Grasp all, lose all.

Question 8

El que la hace, la paga.

Answer 8

You get what you deserve.

Question 9

El que tiene padrinos, se bautiza.

Answer 9

It is not what you know, but whom you know.

Question 10

El que tiene tejado de vidrio, no tire piedras al del vecino.

Answer 10

People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

Question 11

En el país donde fueres, haz lo que vieres.

Answer 11

When in Rome, do as the Romans.

Question 12

No es oro todo lo que reluce.

Answer 12

All that glitters is not gold.

Question 13

No hay peor sordo que el que no quiere oír.

Answer 13

No one is so deaf as he who will not hear.

Question 14

Ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente.

Answer 14

Out of sight, out of mind.

Question 15

Perro que ladra no muerde.

Answer 15

A barking dog never bites.

Question 16

Quien busca, halla.

Answer 16

He who seeks, finds.

Question 17

Quien calla, otorga.

Answer 17

Silences gives consent.

Question 18

Quien más tiene, más quiere.

Answer 18

The more one has, the more one wants.

Question 19

Quien mucho habla, mucho yerra.

Answer 19

Silence is golden.

Question 20

Quien no se aventura, no cruza la mar.

Answer 20

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Question 21

Quien se junta con lobos, a aullar aprende.

Answer 21

He who lies with dogs wakes up with fleas.

Question 22

Quien siembra vientos, recoge tempestades.

Answer 22

You reap what you sow.

Question 23

De igual modo que la tierra, no importa lo fértil que sea, no rinde fruto si no es cultivada. Así sucede con la mente sin enseñanza ni esperanza.

Answer 23

It goes that the Earth, no matter how fertile it is it will not bear fruit if it is not cultivated. So it goes with the mind without education nor hope.

Question 24

Que hable sin pelos en la lengua

Answer 24

That I may speak without stuttering (without hair on the tongue).

Question 25

Dichosos los ojos!

Answer 25

You’re a sight for sore eyes.

Question 26

de tal palo tal astilla

Answer 26

a chip off the old block / the apple didn’t fall far from the tree.

Question 27

Yo te cubro

Answer 27

I’ve got your back / you covered.

Question 28

Sale y vale

Answer 28

It’s a deal.

Question 29

hablen pero no hacen nada

Answer 29

They talk but do nothing.

Question 30

El camino a casa de un amigo nunca es largo.

Answer 30

The path to a friend’s house is never long.

Question 31

La mejor manera de predecir tu futuro es crearlo.

Answer 31

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Question 32

Cuando la limosna es grande, hasta el santo desconfía.

Answer 32

When one donates a lot, people get suspicious. Being holier than thou attracts suspicion.