I leave you a list of Argentine sayings with recommendations and teachings derived from collective wisdom, dealing with topics as diverse as interpersonal relationships, karma, virtue, responsibilities or emotions.
Sayings are small phrases that have been passed down from generation to generation and that transmit knowledge and popular wisdom acquired through experience. They normally transmit knowledge that is considered true by a large part of the population.
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-Where there was fire ashes remain.
-The house with a good foundation is not afraid of any wind.
- Cheap is expensive.
-The tree must be straightened from a young age.
-Each one talks about the fair as it goes.
-The one who is born pot-bellied is the one who gets tied.
-A god begging and with the hammer giving.
-He who does not limp, limps.
-Toasted alazan, dead rather than tired.
-He who does not love you, mocking you, defames you.
-What begins badly ends badly.
-Whoever of the scorpion is stung, the shadow scares him.
-The one who sleeps in someone else's house, gets up early.
-Own house is better than someone else's castle.
-He who is hungry with bread dreams.
-Where there is justice, there is bread.
-Friends and books, few and good.
-More throws a shell than a team of oxen.
-The one who does not have more, with his grandmother is entertained.
-A lot of ass, wolves eat it.
-There is nothing more dangerous than a willful ignorant.
-Whoever gives and takes, a hump is raised.
-Actions take away passions.
-In the absence of bread, good are cakes.
-Whoever wants to be blue, let it cost him.
-One swallow does not make a summer.
-Shrimp that falls asleep is carried by the current.
-A good hunger no hard bread.
-He who lives on hope dies of hunger.
-Experience is a comb that they give us when we are already bald.
-All lazy, goats go away.
-A small enemy, big barrier.
-Horseshoe that rattles, nail is missing.
-A river uprooted, gain of fishermen.
-Where the devil cannot put his hand, he puts his tail.
-Tree that grows crooked never straightens its branch.
-From said to fact there is a certain stretch.
-Without spurs or bridle, there is no good horse.
-The friend who does not lend, and the knife that does not cut, who gets lost, does not matter.
-Birds of a feather flock together.
-Whoever shoots without a bullet never kills.
-Small blow, don't knock down an oak tree.
-He who sows thistles gathers thorns.
-He who gets up late, neither hears mass nor buys meat.
-The man is like the bear: the uglier the more beautiful.
-After the downpour, the sun always comes out.
-Who suffers for their pleasure, pay their faults crying.
- Something sticks to someone who walks with wax.
-A old cat, cute mouse.
-The rooster above always shits the one below.
-There is nothing that is not known or debt that is not paid.
-Where least expected, the hare jumps.
-To wolf meat, dog tooth.
-The more money, the more hunger to retain it.
-First there are my teeth than my relatives.
-When one door closes, another opens.
-He who waits despairs.
-Don't say what you shouldn't, or ask what you don't care about.
-Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are.
-The thread is cut at the thinnest.
-Whoever gives you the gall, gives you the honey.
-The letter with blood enters.
-The lie has short legs.
-The diseases come on horseback and go on foot.
-God helps those who help themselves.
-Water that the river goes down does not come back up.
-Cold hands, love for a day.
-The one with itching scratches.
-Whoever attends well learns well if in addition to hearing he understands.
-He who is waiting lives, in despair dies.
-One on the nail, the others on the horseshoe.
- Who alleges, does not surrender or refuse.
-To the one who errs, forgive him once, but not later.
-A deceased enemy, forgiveness and oblivion.
-Leaves of the fallen tree, toy of the wind are.
-The broth tastes better than the chicken.
-The monkey, although it dresses in silk, it remains cute.
-In time the figs ripen.
-In adversity, friends meet.
-Son of cat, kills mice.
-Who owes nothing, fears no one.
-Absence and forgetfulness always go hand in hand.
- Not everyone who writes is a writer.
-When there are figs, there are friends.
-Who does bad, don't wait well.
-Looking for defects loses affections.
-The slow ox drinks the cloudy water.
-The punishment hurts, but he's a good friend.
- With the few years, come the deceptions, and with the many, the disappointments.
-Easy is to say, the difficult thing is to do.
-Love and money were never companions.
-If envy were ringworm, how many people there would be!
-Through the strand the ball is removed.
- Better a good friend, and not many and bad ones.
-Money calls money.
-He who does not cry does not breastfeed.
-The bird is known for its plumage.
-Charcoal that was ember, easily ignites.
-The good is not known until it is lost.
-In the absence of the cat, the mice are celebrating.
-He who has a straw tail should not approach the fire.
-One hand washes the other and both wash the face.
-God gives bread to the one who has no teeth.
-Who does not look forward, back stays.
-He who kills iron, dies iron.
-He who has a store, let him take care of it; and if not, sell it.
-He who comes in winning, comes out losing.
-Appearances are deceiving and assumptions are harmful.
-The accent sounds and the tone poisons.
-The cross in the breasts and the devil in deeds.
-Never affirm anything without knowing it first.
-The higher you climb, the stronger the blow will be.
-What is learned well late is forgotten.
-The danger proves a good friend.
-Every cloud has a silver lining.
- Badly acquired assets have enriched no one.
-Por eso quiero hacer las cosas con Calma y poder terminar Los trabajos pendientes.
-The badly acquired is never lucid.
-More is the fuss than beans.
-When the soul is in the body, place has hope.
-After drinking, each one says his opinion.
-Axe that cuts a trunk is not a friend of the tree.
-It is never late when happiness is good.
-Confidence kills man.
-Whoever goes wrong ends.
-By shit you know the bird.
-To whom God may give it, Saint Peter bless it.
-Speak whenever you must and be silent whenever you can.
-What was not in my year, was not in my damage.
-Love with love is paid and the rest with money.
-I know you cod, even if you come disguised.
-He who enters at a gallop leaves at a trot.
-Whoever walks with cats, learns to scratch.
-Which good tree approaches, good shade covers it.
-You don't have to get in the way by walking well on the shore.
-Who loves well, punishes well.
-Crow that flies high, it sure looks far.
-There is no better defense than a good offense.
-Water as ox and wine as king.
-God free me from the meek water, let me free myself from the cloudy ones.
-Year of figs, never see it.
- Greed breaks the sack.
-Between cabbage and cabbage, lettuce.
-The cheap is usually more expensive.
-Son of a tiger, it must be overo.
-Whoever seeks finds, but no medal.
-Every cloud has a silver lining.
-Façade at the top and thread at the bottom.
-It is better to learn when you are old than to die a fool.
-A good listener few words.
-Seamstress without a thimble sews little and sews poorly.
-When the alms are great, even the saint distrusts.
-Crocodile that sleeps is a wallet.
-Step things, things trodden.
-A clear accounts, secure friendship.
-Silence is consent.
-The one who covers the most is always the one who tightens the least.
-When one walks in the bad, even in the dry one slips.
-Tell me what you brag about and I'll tell you what you lack.
-Seeing the face of the monkey, you know the milk it has to give.
-Whoever spits in the sky falls.
-Don't put water in my wine, there are worms in the river.
-An angel who is not born to heaven, it is in vain that I look up.
-The well understood carity starts at home.
-The early bird God helps.
-When a donkey brays, the others stop their ears.
-Whoever is born, an ass dies.
-In the soapmaker's house, he who does not fall, slips.
-Love and laughter are not enough for a shirt.
-You are a son and you will be a father, whatever you do, you will be.
- Many acquaintances, few friends.
-Whoever does what he wants, does what he shouldn't.
-More is achieved the good times than the bad.
-The man propose and God dispose.
-He who chooses a lot, gets the worst.
-To make mistakes, it happens from time to time.
-Where there is love, there is pain.
-There is no joy that lasts, nor sorrow that does not end.
-The thief believes that all are of his condition.
-Each one takes care of his house and does not get into someone else's.
-He who sleeps a lot lives little.
-In love and war, anything goes.
-At the head, eating straightens it.
-Each owl to his olive tree.
-There is no worse thing than what is not done.
-The one who hugs a good tree with good shade, shelters it.
- Cackling hen signals that she has laid an egg.
-He who does not risk, does not undertake.
-Blind hobby reason.
- Donkey curse is never enough.
-In the school of experience, lessons are expensive.
-It is not the pig's fault, but the one who gives it the bran.
-The gossip pleases but the gossiper angers.
-With bad steel, neither a good sword nor a good knife was made.
-Hand games, villain games.
- Better caution than regret.
-Loving and not wanting is like seeing and not smelling.
- Account and reason remain friendship.
-Don't make judgments about penalties, just as they come bad, they come good.
-Some heat the water and others drink the mate.
-He who wants eggs, put up with the cackling.
-True enemy, more than leisure is money.
-Boys boys, problems boys; big boys, big problems.
-A dead king, put king.
-Whoever does not have a head to think must have a back to bear.
-Horns, like teeth, hurt at birth, then help to eat.
-Abundance gives arrogance.
-Big donkey, walk or not.
-The devil knows for devil, but he knows more for old.
-Rooster that sings early, hoarse dawn.
-Trees at night, in the morning they are suns.
-To the good friend, with your bread and your wine.
-Don't despise the advice of the wise and the old.
-He who kills with the sword, dies with the sword.
-Before you finish, don't praise yourself.
-If the river makes a noise its because water is running.
-Good fame is better than a golden bed.
-Evil of many, consolation of fools.
-In the mouth of the liar, truths are lost.
-Horse that does not gallop goes straight to the tread.
-Good wine, good vinegar.
-Party without wine is not worth a damn.
-Cautionary man is never defeated.
-There is no hard that does not soften.
-He who misunderstands, misunderstands.
-Good thing lasts little.
-Whoever goes to bed singing gets up crying.
-He who says what he wants, hears what he doesn't want.
-It should not be said: I will not drink this water because one day it may quench my thirst.
-Whoever inherits it does not steal it.
- Running away on time is not cowardice.
-What does not go away in tears goes away in sighs.
-From drip to drip, the chorrera is made.
-Eating and scratching do not ask but to start.
- Closer are my teeth, than my relatives.
-Not by much getting up early it dawns earlier.
-Don't sign what you don't read, or drink what you don't see.
-Everything can be arranged, except death.
-Today flatterer, tomorrow traitor.
- Whoever scavenges the hornet's nest, the wasps sting.
-Things have to be taken as from whom they come.
-Out of sight, out of mind.
-Whoever flatters and flatters, desires good or evil.
-The goat laughs at the balls of the ram.
-To a wedding or baptism go without being called.
-The devil loads the weapons and the jerks shoot them.
-Whoever errs and makes amends, entrusts himself to God.
- Self praise, known need.
-One hand washes the other, and they both wash their faces.
-Who does love you, will make you cry.
-In feats, art is better than skill.
-All roads lead to Rome.
-From the fallen tree everyone makes firewood.
- Never lose hope, that the rope reaches the deepest well.
-He who mistreats an animal shows a natural evil.
-Whoever is a friend of wine is an enemy of himself.
-Tell me what air you breathe and I'll tell you what blood you have.
-He who leaves without being thrown out, returns without being called.
-Don't eat anything that you don't like, and never eat much of what you like.
-From such firewood, such splinter.
-The man propose and God dispose.
-He who is not sick is rich without knowing it.
-Before you get married, watch what you do.
-The thief believes that all are of his condition.
-Some cardan wool and others have fame.
-Pa 'the beards are the razors.
-Abad that he was an altar boy, you know who drinks his wine.
-A better partner, a lot of advice and little money.
-Each one brings the ember to his sardine.
- Go to bed without dinner, and you will wake up without debt.
-Push your jagüel before the dry.
-It's better to walk alone than in bad company.
-Poor love and green wood burn when there is occasion.
-He who says what he wants, hears what he doesn't want.
-Good examples and good reasons overwhelm hearts.
-He who hurries a lot, stays behind.
-To each his own theme.
-Go slowly to get there first.
-From ruin to ruin, whoever rushes wins.
-A good understanding, short talker, few words are enough.
-Bug that flies, to the casserole.
-When the bells ring it is because the priest sings.
-Love of force is not will.
- Better a bad arrangement than a good judgment.
-In the mouth of the discreet, the public is secret.
-The daring enjoy more than the happy.
-Make yourself a lamb and the wolves will eat you.
-Yerba mala never dies.
-The years that pass do not return.
-Through the strand the ball is removed.
-Bees alone are better than a million flies.
-Whoever chops, has eaten garlic, or eats garlic.
-A neglected labrador, rats eat the crops.
-If you want to keep your teeth, fly with caution and height.
-He who burns with milk when he sees a cow cries.
-Each one is the owner of making a bonnet out of his ears.
-A good chaplain, best sexton.
-A heart that does not hear, lost words.
-After a year, the waiter has the tricks of his master.
-To slow ass, crazy muleteer.
-Who you distrust, do not trust.
-God punishes without stick and without whipping.
-Where the spider bites, the blister remains.
-Get out of bed early and you will be agile and healthy.
-One is the owner of what is silent and a slave to what he says.
-Don't get married too lightly, or die single.
-Horse run, donkey stop.
-To letters, letters, and to words, words.
-Today for you tomorrow for me.
-There is no better walking than not stopping.
-Each one can make a robe out of his cape.
-Where there are mares, foals are born.
-There is no good or bad that lasts a hundred years or man that resists it.
-The meowing cat is never a good hunter.
-Water that you don't have to drink, let it run.
-Love does not look at lineage, nor faith, nor homage lawsuit.
-Flattering friend, or round your wife or your money.
-Things well thought out are successful.
-Drop by drop the jar is filled.
-There is no language I speak that does not pay for it.
-Old meat makes good broth.
-Who sings their evils scares.
-Old parrot does not learn to talk.
-To badly marry, it is better never to marry.
-The oxen are made by walking.
-The student of fame, climbs the throne and descends through the branches.
- To the restrained and entremés everything goes backwards.
-Where least expected, the hare jumps.
-Over rainy, wet.
-To whom God does not give children, the devil gives nephews.
-A new knight, old horse.
-Whoever has ailment, open the bag and be patient.
-He who has a mouth is wrong and he who does not, shuts his mouth.
-Front I do respect and behind the king I kill.
-There is no worse knife than the tongue.
- Joys of a poor man, they are announcements of a regret.
-A gift horse in the teeth not look.
-Unfortunately for many, consolation of fools.
-The best agreement is when both parties are dissatisfied.
-Mr money is a powerful gentleman.
-The happiness is not for everyone, but for those who deserve it.
- From the discussion the light comes out.
-Genio and figure to the grave.
-Which he makes pay.
- Misfortunes and roads make friends.
-Do not leave for tomorrow what you can do today.
-Never missing a torn for a ripped.
-Abuse is wrong to use.
-For the mother there is no ugly child.
-He who does not venture does not pass the sea.
-Cat with gloves does not hunt mice.
-Flower in the chest, undone love.
-He who is born to be a donkey must not be a horse.
-How little flatters, how much annoys.
-To honest gray hair there are no closed doors.
-Married man, tied donkey.
-He wants more skill than strength, so that love does not twist.
-In the absence of bread, the bun is good.
-The ambitious sacrifices his rest for money.
-Each house is a world, each heart a deep sea.
- For a fine drunkard, neither water nor wine is enough.
-Some are born with stars and others are born with stars.
-When the sky thunders, it signals that it wants to rain.
-Don't leave the true for the doubtful or the old for the young.
-Each owl to his olive tree.
-Each one talks about the dance as it went.
-Before doing anything, check with your pillow.
-The need has the face of a herectic.
-Raise crows and they will gouge out your eyes.
-If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.
-The joys of a poor man are announcements of regret.
-Not for a long walk you get there sooner.
-A old ox, tender grass.
-Tuesday, do not get married or embark or move to another part.
-Late pruning and sowing early, if you miss a year you will hit four.
-The lion is not as cute as they paint him.
-What one discards, another takes advantage of.
-Whoever talks a lot does little.
-What is endured with pain, is remembered with pleasure.
-When the fly gets hot, the head does not rule.
Themes of interest
Short sayings and their meaning.
Mexican sayings.
Spanish sayings.
Venezuelan sayings.
Sayings of love.
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