More Spanish Proverbs
When the cat's away the rats will play....
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Some go to law, for the wagging of a straw....
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Set a sprat to catch a mackerel....
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Let them whip me in the market-place, provided it be not known at home...
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Milk the cow that standeth still....
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Other Proverbs
Like ants eating a bone...
(Chinese) >>
Between promising and giving a man should marry his daughter...
(French) >>
The go-between wears out a thousand sandals...
(Arab) >>
A good head does not want for hats....
(French) >>
What the people believe is true...
(Romanian) >>
See that you tie so that you can untie.
- Spanish Proverb